Jeffrey D O’Brien
2820 Douglas Ln SE, Mandan, ND 58554
Email address: jeffobri@gmail.com
Daytime/Evening: (701) 690-8439
Objective: To obtain and maintain a career in the Oil and Gas and Right of Way
industries with an emphasis in Land Management where I will be able to utilize my
experience and interpersonal communication skills in a highly competitive environment.
Summary of Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Oil and Gas contracts.
- Surface contracts.
- Familiarity of both surface and mineral title throughout the upper Rockies.
- Acquisitions.
- Closings.
- Crew Supervision.
Experience:
Independent Contractor
Landman
Sundance Oil and Gas, LLC
PO Box 2631
Bismarck, ND 58502
- Extensive title examination in Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie,
Mountrail, Stark, and Williams Counties in North Dakota.
- Extensive title examination in Richland and Roosevelt Counties in Montana.
- Review and journalize courthouse records to determine ownership, prepare necessary
reports and locate mineral/landowners.
- Produce complete abstracts and updated existing abstracts.
- Train in new hires for title and lease acquisition.
- Assisted clients in directly purchasing over 30,000 acres of oil and gas leases.
- Worked directly with Montana/Dakota Bureau of Land Management and North Dakota
Oil and Gas Commission.
- Settled Well Pad surface damages.
- Performed title curative.
- Managed projects involving several landmen throughout various counties at once.
May 2005 to November 2013
O’Brien Exploration, LLC
November 2013 to Present
Jeffrey D O’Brien, President
P.O. Box 1813
Bismarck, ND 58502
- Acquired several hundred acres of leases and mineral rights for participation as a nonoperating
working interest owner in the Bakken Shale formation.
- Participated in over 80 wells throughout North Dakota.
- Assisted partners in closing several million dollars of mineral and lease purchases.
- Along with partners put together 100,000 net acres+ of lease prospects in Laramie,
Goshen, and Platte Counties in Wyoming; Sioux and Scotts Bluff Counties in Nebraska;
and Sheridan County, Montana.
- Extensive experience with Joint Interest Billing and Division Orders relating to leases/
mineral rights owned.
EDUCATION:
Colleges & Universities: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Mathematics 2003-2008
High School:
Dickinson High School, Dickinson, ND 58501
Diploma: 2003
COMPUTER SOFTWARE:
- Omni Form Premium 5.0
- Keyland 5.0vl Oil and Gas Lease Management System
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
- Filemaker Pro