JON CARDER

P. O. Box 721931

Oklahoma City, OK.   73172

(817) 691-9772

jon.carder@sbcglobal.net

Summary

Professional Right of Way/Permit Agent & Permit Agent

Professional Landman (CPL) In House, Field, Production and Federal

Experienced in Land Exploration and Property Administration

Government Regulatory Experienced

Highly Developed Skills in Contracts and Negotiations

Heavy Experience in Acquisitions and Divestitures

Title Analyst and Division Order Work

Loan Servicing Agent and Loan Document Review Specialist

Mineral Estate and Trusts Banking Experience

Knowledgeable in Personal and Mainframe Computer Application.

Areas of Expertise

Oil & Gas Land, All Types of Right of Way, Project Management, Acquisitions, Contracts, Construction, Damage Settlement, Permitting, State and Federal, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Planning, Routing, Contract Negotiations, Public Hearings, Special Interest Negotiations, Title Research & Curative.

Industry Experience

All Types Pipelines, Electric Power (lager and small), Sites, Routes & Poles, Oil and Gas, All Oil and Gas Land Departments, Power Wind Energy, City Public Works, State Highway Departments, Telephone and Fiber, Cell Sites, Routes & Towers, Real Estate Acquisitions, Trust Department Duties, Acquisition and Divestiture, Title & Abstract, Document Preparation and Review, Computer Record Systems, Supervising and Training

States Worked

Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, California, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, West Virginia, New York.

Associations & Memberships

American Association of Petroleum Landman, Past Member

International Right-of-Way Association, Past Member

American Records Administrators and Managers, Past Member

Recent Client Projects:

MidAmerican Energy Company (Nov. 2015 to April 2016)

Title: Land Construction Coordinator for the MPV-16 Project, Illinois

Duties: All landowners and tenants contact, off right of way issues and contracts, title curative, permits and special interest contact and contracts, damage settlement and restoration and any other land legal related request and problems that may come up during the construction phase.   

Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI) Power Line Project: State of Illinois

Employed (Sept. 2013 to Nov. 2015) as a Sr. Right of Way Agent, Survey Support Agent, Permit Agent, and Special Projects Agent.

The Illinois Rivers Project is a 300 plus mile project from the Mississippi River on the West, crossing the state in 10 project segments to the Indiana State line. This is all new acquisition construction of a 345 Kv line. I was the first agent on this assignment to complete all my assigned files within the deadline time period and I had no re-routes. In my position as a Survey Support Agent, I worked with all types of survey requests for three different survey contractors for the entire power line route. As a Permit Agent, I was mainly involved in discovery and research for Drainage District jurisdictions and Commissioners contact information. Then as a Railroad Permit Agent. Lastly, I was assigned various small special projects by supervisors and managers as requested.  

NuStar Pipeline, Illinois

Short 4 month assignment through Contract Land Staff.

I work a one man project for select digs, update, damages and reconstruction to various tracts of land across this 140 mile mid-southern anhydrous pipeline Illinois project.

I finished within the timeline and $40,000 under budget.

ITC Power Line Project:  Hays, KS.

Employed as a Sr. Right of Way Agent.  Assigned to ITC Great Plains, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Michigan-based ITC Holdings Corp., the nation’s first and largest independent transmission provider. The project is known as the Spearville-Axtell line KETA Project. It is a 345,000 volt transmission line. The line runs from Spearville, Kansas to the Kansas-Nebraska border.

I worked over 268 land tracts with both the owners and tenants (3/4 of the project) myself. I completed this project plus additional special assignments in only 10 months. The client, contractors and landowners were well pleased with my performance on this project. (contact details upon request)

My duties included: Acquisition of Off Right of Way Access Roads, Dirt Spoil Agreements, Title Work, Damage Settlement and various Construction Support Contracts and Agreements.

Oncor Electric Projects: Oncor Electric Delivery Company, Texas. Right of Way Agent on existing electric transmission lines for construction upgrade, new electric transmission line projects to be constructed and new substation fee sites. The area assigned was within a 250 mile radius of the Midland, Tx. Area.

Trail Co Project:  Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company (TrAILCo), a subsidiary of Allegheny Energy Inc., All Right of Way services for a new 500-kV transmission line extending from Virginia crossing West Virginia to Southwestern Pennsylvania

Experience Summary

Sept 1981 – Present

Right of Way Agent, Permit Agent, Landman, & Property Management:

Pipeline:

In house and field right of way agent dealing with negotiations, route selections, abstracting title, settling damages, preparing agreements, and mapping.  Also Permit Agent dealing with special interest groups, highway, river, and historical and Indian property crossings.  Supervisory, training, and cost control experienced.

Electric Power & Wind Power & Telephone & Cellular:

All Land & Real Estate related activities for electric power lines, substations and power plant activity.  Acquisition of city and cross country cable, fiber optic cable, sites for utility boxes, pair gain cabinets, cellular mono poles, and rural cellular towers. Acquisition and Relocation of equipment and poles/lines.

Company Acquisition & Divestiture:   Represented both buyer and seller for acquisition of pipeline companies, oil and gas companies, and trust properties performing due diligence and cost adjustments.

Property Management /Project Manager:

Responsible for City of Okla. City contracts to facilitate and monitor various contractors and service companies for streets/roads, drainage, sewage, water, traffic, buildings, and properties for improvement projects relating to the City’s infrastructure and it’s various trusts; also including land related matters for police, fire, and water departments.  Right of way, title, curative, leases, various types of deed, files, City ordinances and codes were involved in everyday activities.  Responsibilities also included project management, supervision and training.

Seismic:  

Oil and gas exploration. Vibroseis and shot holes agreements, abstracting landowners to final damage settlements with surface owners, special interest groups, historical sites, Indian agencies, etc.

Trust Manager:

Manage properties. Make decisions and prepare documents for all types of mineral estates. Trust representative for operators and royalty owners. Senate Bill 168 experience.

Loan Servicing Agent:

Loan review of various types of mortgages (FHA, GNMA, and conventional), notes, deeds, assignments and various riders. Reviewed thousands of loans and files for various requirements, correcting them, and re-recording of documents in all US states.

Sales & Training/Computer Oil and Gas Software Design:

Marketing and Sales Rep. Designed altered and implemented computer programs and records conversions for oil and gas land, production, and mapping records. Supervised and trained company personnel on new software and new systems.

Clients:   Gathers Software, Waggoner and Brown Oil & Gas, Plains Resources, and other small independent oil and gas companies.

Education:

Southwestern Oklahoma State University,  Weatherford, OK

Bachelor of Science Degree, Marketing & Business Administration, 1980.

Oklahoma Military Academy, Claremore, OK

High School Diploma, 1970

References:

1. Phil Wright, Senior Counsel, Right of Department Manager, Retired, Koch Industries, Inc.

4133 Jasmin Court

Wichita, KS 67226

(316) 440-8136

pdw17@netscape.net

2. Wyatt Price

10321 Shad Pine Dr.

Vancleave, MS 39565

(601) 434-1095 cell

wnprice76@hotmail.com

3. Dr. Randy Brown, President/Owner, Medallion Energy

2409 Wilcox Drive, Norman, OK 73069

(405) 414-3837

jrb71850@hotmail.com

Excerpts from Recommendation Letters:

“Jon has performed numerous roles over the past 2 plus years with the Illinois Rivers Power Line Project. As an Agent, he closed tracts quicker than anyone else. He was made the Survey Coordinator and took a nonexistent program and made it viable. He then was made a Permit Agent. He was in charge of finding Drainage Districts and at same time he was given the job of Railroad Permit Agent. He excelled in all these tacks and got them up and running efficiently making it very easy to transfer them to new agents. When available Jon is ready to assume the role as lead and soon after for promotion to supervisor.” George Anderson, Project Manager, Ameren Illinois Rivers Project. 11/2015

“Jon is the best negotiator I’ve seen in my 30 plus years with Koch, bar none.” – Terrell Zigler, Right of Way Supervisor, Koch Industries, Inc.

“…he has shown the aptitude and drive necessary to bring a complicated project to a timely and successful resolution. I can confidently give Jon my highest recommendation as a valuable addition and asset to our industry.” – Pat Grammar, Land Manager, Texas International Petroleum Company.

“Jon is extremely conscientious and is dedicated to completing any task to which he is assigned. Jon has an understanding of how a land department should function and interrelate with other departments in an active oil and gas exploration firm.” – Jim Smith, Division Land Manager, Universal Resources Corporation.

“I feel confident in Jon’s ability to function as our representative due to his experience as a Title Analyst, Records Landman, Staff Landman, and as a Division Order Analyst.” – Dick Eshelman, Division Manager, Gathers Software, Inc.

“Jon is one of the best backup men with whom I have worked. I think he is an asset to Tenneco.” – Carl G. Patton, General Manager, Walker Louisiana Properties.

“Jon was a hard worker and thoroughly understood the lease records organization and functions. Jon has a pleasant manner and conducts his business professionally. He was well-liked by everyone at E. R. G. and we enjoyed working with him.” – K. Wayne Thornton, Land Manager, Energy Reserves Group.

(review of actual letters provided upon request)