Timothy F. Koch

 

8454 N. Sundown Trail                                                                                                                      Cellular # (970) 274-3955                                                             Parker, Colorado  80134                                                                                                                           Email: timkoch01@gmail.com                                         

 

Superior High Level Negotiator with outstanding Conflict Resolution skills, Business Development, Real Estate Law, Project/Field Management and Government/Tribal Affairs is pursuing an industry leader seeking to employ a talented individual for their organization

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Over 25 years of experience in E&P, FERC/Non-regulated O&G Pipeline and Telecom industries in addition to a strong Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Business Development and Project/Field  Management background

·         Regional Director (Business Development)- Identify and generate well-qualified business opportunities along with management/retention of existing relationships in the Rocky Mountain, Appalachia and Mid-Continent markets

·         Senior Surface Landman (Team Lead)- Oversee Acquisition of Surface Use Agreements, Road/Pipeline Agreements & Application for Permit to Drill (APD) for Montana & North Dakota- $400MM Drilling Program; Familiarity with JOA’s, Farm-out/Farm-In, AFEs, Regulatory Issues, Area of Mutual Interest, Pooling/ Exploration Agreements, Oil & Gas Leases, Right of Way/Pipeline Agreements

·         Director of Land- Created Formal Land Department consisting of In-house/Contract Land, Survey and Environmental Services within Appalachia (Marcellus, Utica), Gulf Coast, Eastern TX and OK Regions; Interact with PA State Legislators, Township Manager/Supervisors, Senior Levels PENN DOT regarding $80MM Major Capital Expenditure Project

·         National Technical Director- Energy- Craft Right of Way Acquisition Strategy for the proposed 760-mile Alaskan Pipeline Project (Natural Gas)- Anchorage, Alaska; Principal O&G Client Lead- Negotiate Lease/Sale of Mineral Interests for a Major US Railroad System

·         Right of Way Services Manager- Created Formal ROW Department- Staffing, Budgeting and Directing all U.S. ROW projects; Expertise under FERC, DOT, CO Rev. Statutes (C.R.S.); Government Affairs Specialist for negotiating ROW Easements, Road Crossings; Franchise/License Agreements within Federal/State/County Agency jurisdictions

·         Well Pad Manager (Land)- Supervised up to eight (8) Landman in negotiating over 100,000 acres for SUA, Road Access, Surface Facility and ROW Agreements for Federal/Fee Well Pad Sites which supported a Twenty-two (22) Rig Drilling Program; Land Representative for Federal On-Site POD review

·         Condemnation Coordinator- Coordinated Local Counsel with Eminent Domain proceedings in regards to Final Offer Letter, Date of Service, Court Dates and Damage Settlements for 350++ Landowners;

·         Project Manager (Land)- Directed ROW/Permit activities with forty (40) Field agents and ten (10) in-house personnel; Directed Eminent Domain in five (5) WA Counties (150 Landowners)

·         Developed/Implemented a cost-effective Land Data Base system which created an efficient records search engine for over 25,000 landowner documents along with establishing permanent corporate record retention and accessibility

      

IN-HOUSE EMPLOYMENT

ENSERCA ENGINEERING- LAND SERVICES (Lakewood, Colorado)                                             July 2012 to February 2013

REGIONAL DIRECTOR

·         Business Development

§         Identify and generate well-qualified business opportunities along with management/retention of existing relationships in the Rocky Mountain, Marcellus, Utica and Mid-Continent market segments

§         Demonstrate a superior understanding of the business drivers for the O&G/Midstream Industries relating to Sub-Surface Minerals, Surface, Permitting, Gathering Systems and Government Affairs  

§         Develop strategies for maintaining and further penetrating existing accounts and executing the strategy with calls, needs assessment and follow-up meetings to maintain, enhance and expand customer relationships

§         Assist clients in analyzing difficulties and propose solutions to those issues, questions and concerns

·         Project Management

§         Oversee the project team(s) by providing direction and establishing milestone goals

§         Oversee Project reporting, including status reports, periodic special reports and financial reconciliation

§         Analyze project economic feasibility studies

HDR ENGINEERING (Denver, CO)                                                                                                                                                          May 2010/ Dec 2010

NATIONAL TECHNICAL DIRECTOR- ENERGY

·         Team Lead- Craft Right of Way Acquisition Strategy for the proposed 760-mile Alaskan Pipeline Project (Natural Gas)- Anchorage, Alaska  

·         Business Development; Collaboration for the staffing, budgeting and directing of all U.S. based Oil & Gas, Pipeline, Wind Energy and Transmission Projects in relation to Right of Way, Land/Permitting Activities  

·         Principal O&G Client Lead- Negotiate Lease/Sale of Mineral Interests for a Major US Railroad System  

MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS (Denver, CO)                                                                                                                         Jul 2008/Feb 2010                

DIRECTOR OF LAND 

·         Created Formal Land Department consisting of In-house/Contract Land, Survey and Environmental Services within Marcellus, Utica, Gulf Coast, Eastern TX and OK Regions

·         Interact with PA State Legislators, Township Manager/Supervisors, Senior Levels PENN DOT regarding $80MM Major Capital Expenditure Project

·         Developed/Implemented a cost-effective Land Data Base system which created an efficient landowner records search engine for MWE systems/plants along with establishing permanent corporate record retention and accessibility.

·         Created over 200++ FERC and Non-Regulated Land Documents and Agreements

·         Present Quarterly/Annual Land Summaries to MWE Senior Management Directors and JV Partnerships.    

CH2MHILL ENGINEERING COMPANY (Denver, CO)                                                                                                  Sept 2007/Jul 2008                

RIGHT OF WAY SERVICES MANAGER

·         Business Development; Created Formal ROW Department- Staffing, Budgeting and Directing all U.S. ROW projects

·         Expertise under FERC, DOT, CO Rev. Statutes (C.R.S.) and Federal Telecom Act of 1996

·         Government Affairs Specialist for negotiating ROW Easements, Road Crossings; Franchise/License Agreements within Federal/State/County Agency jurisdictions

·         Negotiated Pipeline Exemption for CUP/SUP Agreements with four (4) separate Colorado County Attorneys

·         Recommend ROW Acquisition Strategies with Blanket/Multiple Line Rights

·         Coordinated with Legal Counsel for Easement/Settlement payments for Pre-trial Eminent Domain actions

 

CONSULTANT- OIL & GAS PROJECTS (PROJECTS TO $2B)

SAMSON RESOURCES COMPANY (Denver, Colorado)                                                                                        July 2011/ July 2012

SENIOR SURFACE LANDMAN- TEAM LEAD

·         Oversee Acquisition of Surface Use Agreements, Road/Pipeline Agreements & Application for Permit to Drill (APD) for Montana & North Dakota- $400MM Drilling Program

·         Successful Approval from P&Z Board, City Council and City Attorney for Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Well Pad/Drilling within City Limits (ND); Secured FAA Permit for Well Pad Location within County Airport Flight Path

·         Develop Pipeline Infrastructure (ROW) Acquisition Strategy for Gathering System; Approval from Corp of Engineers

·         Team Surface Lead- Formation of 20,000 Acre 2012 Federal Drilling Unit with BLM/US Forest Service- Montana

·         Providing Direction to Internal Land Techs/Analysts Teams

·         Familiarity with JOA’s, Farm-out/Farm-In, AFEs, Regulatory Issues, Area of Mutual Interest, Pooling/ Exploration Agreements, Oil & Gas Leases, Right of Way/Pipeline and Purchase & Sale Agreements

GREAT WESTERN OIL & GAS (Denver, Colorado)                                                                                                     Jan 2011/ July 2011

SENIOR LANDMAN- TEAM LEAD

·         Mineral/Surface/Permitting Acquisition (Douglas & Ebert Counties CO) 

·         Serve on Review Board for Drafting New O&G Regulations- Elbert County, CO  

·         Team Lead- Due Diligence for $4MM Mineral Purchase Evaluation 

·         Supervise up to four (4) Landman in Title/Mineral Ownership, Acquiring O&G Leases, Surface Use Agreements (Well Pad Locations), Road Access, Surface Facility and Pipeline ROW Agreements

·         Government Affairs Specialist for Negotiating O&G Leases, ROW Agreements, Road Crossings, Applications for Special/Conditional Use Permits within County/Local Agency Jurisdictions

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY (Garfield County, CO;  Carbon / Emery County, UT)                                                                Mar 2006/Sept 2007

SENIOR SURFACE LANDMAN- TEAM LEAD

·         Negotiated Complex Surface Damage, Access Roads, Surface Facility and Pipeline R.O.W. for Six (6) Conventional/CBM Step-Out Well Pad sites- (UT); Directed Submittal/Approval for Four (4) Conditional Use Permits (CUP)- (UT); On-Site Inspections for Federal/Fee well sites with Division Oil, Gas & Mining (DOGM)- (UT)

PETROGULF CORPORATION (Garfield /LaPlata , Colorado)-  (In-House)                                                                    Dec 2004/Mar 2006

SENIOR SURFACE LANDMAN- TEAM LEAD

·          Negotiate Surface Damage, Road Access, Surface Facility and Pipeline ROW agreements for over 10,000 Acres of Federal/Fee Owners for Twenty-five (25) Conventional/CBM Well Pad sites; Successfully Negotiated complex Agreements with NO SURFACE DISTURBANCE provisions; Land Representative for Federal On-Site POD review and Southern Ute Indian Tribe; Represented Three (3) Major Natural Gas Companies regarding Garfield County Road Realignment Project

ENCANA OIL & GAS (USA) INC (Garfield/Mesa, Colorado)- (In-House)                                                                            Feb 2003/Dec2004

WELL PAD MANAGER- LAND 

·          Supervised up to eight (8) Landman in negotiating SUA, Road Access, Surface Facility and ROW Agreements for Federal/Fee Well Pad Sites for a Twenty-two (22) Rig Drilling Program

 

KOCH LAND SERVICES, LLC                                                                                                                   1979 to 1983; 1988 to 1994

SENIOR LANDMAN: ACQUISITION/TITLE/SURFACE- ROCKY MOUNTAIN BASINS (CO, WY, ND, UT)

Researched Mineral Ownership; Submitted complex Mineral Ownership Reports indicating Working Interests, Net Revenue Interests (NRI) and ORR interests for multiple stratigraphic horizons; Examined over 1,450,000 Acres for Union Pacific Rail Road Mineral Ownership; Acquired/Leased/Surface Use for Fee Owner Interests; Leasehold Takeoffs; Probate Examination; Special Use Permit for DJ Basin Oil & Gas Drilling program; Due Diligence- Researched/Reviewed O&G related documents in Six (6) ND counties for a potential $2Billion Acquisition of Leasehold Interests, Surface and Infrastructure Facilities of a Major E&P Company

CONSULTANT- PIPELINE PROJECTS (PROJECTS TO $2.2B)

WILLIAMS PIPELINE/DUKE ENERGY (Thurston/Grays Harbor, WA) (1300++ tracts)                                                                                   Aug 2001/Jun 20/02

SENIOR RIGHT OF WAY SPECIALIST

·          Negotiated sixty-two (62) ROW Agreements/Settle Damages in 120-day timeframe

PLANTATION PIPELINE COMPANY (Bremen, GA to Knoxville, TN- 2100+ tracts)                                                                      Jul 2002/Nov 2002

SENIOR PERMITTING SPECIALIST

·          Acquire City/County Franchise Agreements, Licenses, Street Permits and other Public-agency issues in all TN/GA Counties; Federal/State/County Road Crossing Permits; Tennessee DOT

EXPRESS PIPELINE (Billings, MT) - 515 miles (U.S.) (1100++ tracts)- (In-House)                                                                                                    Jan 1995/Jun 1996

ROW FIELD SUPERVISOR; CONDEMNATION COORDINATOR; GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS:

·          Directed Title Curative process for all U.S. land files by utilizing up to fifteen (15) Field agents and six (6) in-house personnel: Corrected ROW Documents; Cured all "Gaps"; Ratifications; Subordinations

·          Update/ Identify Current Ownership from County Assessor Tax Parcel Maps; Recommend ROW Acquisition Strategies with Blanket/Multiple Line Rights; Negotiated/Acquired ROW Agreements from State Land Board (Wyoming) and Natrona County Board of Commissioners; Settled Damages; Purchased Commercial Lots; Acquired six (6) Pump Station sites; Crossing Permits- BNSF, Rail America, Tacoma Eastern RR, WADOT, Olympia Airport/FAA, County Roads

·          Coordinated with Local Counsel (Montana & Wyoming) as to Eminent Domain proceedings in regards to Final Offer Letter, Date of Service, Court Dates and Damage Settlements for 350++ Landowners; Interviewed/Selected Title Companies to preparation of 100 Owner Title policies; Negotiated conversion to Litigation Guarantees; Selected MAI Appraisal Company for Site Specific Appraisals; Created Initial Draft for Final Offer Letter

CONSULTANT- TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS (PROJECTS TO $200MM)

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS (Laramie, WY to Rock Springs, WY)                                                                 Aug 1997/Nov 1998

FIELD SUPERVISOR- LAND

·          Negotiate City/County Licenses, Street Permits, Building Permits and various other Public-agency issues; Negotiate/Acquire Fee Ownership tracts; Ditch/Canal/Irrigation Association Encroachment Permits

WILLIAMS COMMUNICATION, INC (Portland to Seattle-1500+ tracts)                                                            Dec 1998/Apr 2000

PROJECT MANAGER-RIGHT OF WAY 

·          Directed ROW/Permit activities with forty (40) Field agents and ten (10) in-house personnel; Directed Eminent Domain procedures in five (5) WA Counties for 150 Landowners; Directed Government Affairs: City/County Franchise Agreements, Licenses, Street Permits/Public-agency Issues; Directed Regen/OpAmp Site Acquisition activities; Coordinate Survey/Environmental permitting.

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORP (Denver, CO)                                                                                                               Apr 2000/Jul 2001

SENIOR REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT 

·          Report/Verify 270++ Regen, POP and OpAmp sites within the UP, BNSF, CSX, FEC, Norfolk Southern, Amtrak and ConRail Rights of Way throughout entire 33,000 miles of fiber-optic system; Negotiate/Attain Fifteen (15) ROW agreements regarding Encroachment issues

EDUCATION

M.B.A.                      Harvard Business School  Cambridge, MA             

                      Area of Specialization: Business Administration; Real Estate/Contract Law

                      Graduation Honors: Magna Cum Laude

M.B.A.          University of Phoenix  Aurora, Colorado

        Area of Emphasis: Business

        Area of Specialization: Real Estate Law; Business Methods and Practices

BS/BA          University of Nebraska at Omaha   Omaha, Nebraska

                       Real Estate/Business Law:  Three (3) years; Finance: Two (2) years

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Windows XP Pro, Windows 7; 2010 MS Office; Excel; MS Outlook; MS Access; Quorum/Tobin Software

DESIGNATIONS

Certified Professional Landman (CPL)- inactive

IRWA- Member

Colorado Notary Public (2011 to present); Colorado Real Estate Broker's License (1984-1997)