Land

As a member of Chevron's Land Business Unit, you'll negotiate and draft various agreements related to oil and gas exploration and production, provide advice on agreements and land ownership and help provide the organization with timely access to complete and accurate land information. In doing so, you'll help our customers make informed, strategic business decisions.

By collaborating closely with customers' work and project teams, you'll play an essential role in their success. You'll help cultivate a rich store of shared expertise while expanding your own understanding of each team's business needs.

Who we hire

We're looking for candidates with the following attributes:

• Negotiation Ability/Persuasiveness: Using appropriate interpersonal skills and communication methods to establish relationships with third parties (land owners, other company land professionals) and to obtain leases/other agreements/chain of title documents from these third parties.
• Planning and Organizing: Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Teamwork: Operating in a team environment; Multi-directional communication.
• Communication: Ability to express thoughts effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Contract Interpretation/Drafting/Problem Solving: Ability to review contracts submitted by third parties and identify what is acceptable/unacceptable to Chevron. Ability to draft contracts to effectively accomplish business objectives that are acceptable to third parties. Ability to review complicated Title Opinions, chain of title documents, and determine required actions.

Degree Requirements: Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree required. Successful candidates generally have majors or emphasis in the following areas: Law, Energy Management, Petroleum Land Management or various Business disciplines.

What you'll do

Within this discipline you can expect to:

• Negotiate, draft, and provide advice on various agreements related to oil and gas exploration and production.
• Participate with Engineers and Geologists in making strategic business decisions related to oil and gas exploration and production.
• Provide business advice to multi-disciplinary teams on issues such as:
  • Negotiations
  • Lease / Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Contract obligations
  • Asset management
  • New Property Set ups for appropriate booking of revenue
  • Valuation issues
• Interact with Federal and State agencies on oil and gas regulatory issues
• Provide support and analysis, including:
  • Litigation matters
  • Lease Maintenance review
  • File research
  • Title curative
• Manage land, lease and contract data requiring use of specialized software
• Negotiate and deal with partners and land owners
• Provide Land information to internal customers
• Establish and maintain critical information relative to Chevron's producing property assets:
  • When new wells are completed, set up the new producing properties in our Land Revenue systems so that revenues can be booked
  • Determine ownership in producing properties / wells, resolve any title discrepancies and establish data in systems so that revenue can be paid to correct owners of record
  • Analyze and update data bases to reflect changes in ownership or address for owning parties
• Generate payments and invoices for Lease rental, minimum royalty and shut-in royalty obligations

Where you'll work

We have offices in the following locations:

• Bakersfield, California
• Midland, Texas
• Houston, Texas
• Lafayette, Louisiana
• New Orleans, Louisiana