Eric T. Smith
P.O. Box 16361                                            (682) 433-6866
Fort Worth, Texas                             largegoals10@yahoo.com

Petroleum Landman/Title Abstractor
Lease Acquisition ~~ Lease Negotiation ~~ Title (Patent) Research
A clear minded, degreed professional with Eleven (11) years of experience.  Jointly leased over
55, 000 acres in the past 5 years, with direct negotiations for four (6) current and producing natural gas wells. I’m experienced in negotiating lease/land acquisitions, right of way leasing, running/curing title and analyzing mineral lease contracts. Currently Pursuing RPL Certification.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professional Experience:
Generation Land Resources, LLC                                                                       PA/WV/TEXAS/MI                                                                                      
(07/07 to Present)
Petroleum Landman/Project Manager
Supervise; negotiate; lease, right-of-way and surface agreement and acquisition; joint venture, joint operating, farm-outs/farm-ins and unitization agreements; title and curative.
Manage, track and maintain all lease, surface and contractual obligations, including rental, minimum royalty and shut-in royalty payments.
Set up new leases, license and contract terms and make appropriate revisions in Land System, obtain related information from division order records.
Field Operations – Mineral lease acquisitions, research land ownerships, formulate strategies and negotiate land trades. Mineral and Patent Searches.


Petrocasa Energy/Residential Title/Texas United Title/Default Consulting                                                                                                 Dallas/Houston, TX /LA                                                                                     
(12/2004 – 07/2007)
Landman -Contractor 
 Abstracting and researching clients for oil & gas acquisitions, evaluation of prospects.
Acquire/negotiate mineral leases, maintain and prepare properties for drilling, recompletions, and P&A.
Assist in obtaining drilling permits, rights of ways, settle surface damages.
Maintain changes in mineral and working interest ownership with knowledge of depth severances.


Commerce Title                                                                                                        Dallas, TX
(09/03-12/2004)
Title Landman
Examination and review of all Land Reports, Mineral Land Searches, Property Reports and Title Abstracts.
Analysis of all related documents from property (deeds, mortgages, leases and exceptions to title).
Analysis of Chain of Title – Creation and completion of Title Commitments.
Abstracting and researching for documents in the chain of title - per court and public records.


First American Title                                                                                       Lewisville, TX
(01/02-08/03)
Land Specialist
Examination and review of all documents in the chain of title, curing of title – payoffs, clouds on title.
Analysis of all related documents from property (deeds, mortgages, leases and exceptions to title).
Analysis of Chain of Title – Creation and completion of Title Commitments via Valu-Trak.
Abstracting and researching for documents in the chain of title - per court and public records.




Land America One Stop                                                              Dallas, TX
(04/01 to 9/01 and 12/2001 – 01/2002)
Title Production Manager
Managing the staff and workflow of production Teams. Coordinating the workflow via the title production specialist. Responsible for ensuring title production reports are performed as required.
Managing a team of 15 production specialist, including training, goal-setting, scheduling and motivating them to provide exceptional customer service and quality title work.
Managing title operations (the analysis, the review  and procurement of title opinions) with an emphasis on high service levels, while maintaining cost-effective measures.
Daily review of escalated and risky land acquisitions, verification of property insurability, per State and
Federal guidelines.


Fidelity National Title                                                                                         Irving, TX
(10/2000-03-2001)
Abstractor
Examination and review of all documents in the chain of title, curing of title – payoffs, clouds on title.
Analysis of all related documents from property (deeds, mortgages, leases and exceptions to title).
Review of plat maps, historic documents and title plant archives. In-house title plant.


EDUCATION:                            
University of North Texas                     Bachelors of Business Administration Degree - Finance
Minor: Real Estate                                 Denton, Texas

Tarleton State University                 Stephenville, Texas
Engineering


AFFILIATIONS:
AAPL 
UNT – Alumni Association
Texas Land Title Association Member
Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce
Fellowship of Christian Athletes - Mentor
Financial Management Association Student Chapter
Society of Human Resource Mgmt. - Student
Society of Professional Engineers – Student Chapter

SKILLS: MS Word, Excel, Access and Power Point, Valutrak, Tobin, Land Data, Impetus (Professional Landman Software), Deed-Plotter, Land Pro, Citrix-Wintrack, Lenstar, Pro-Law, Lotus Notes, Fast and Ramquest - AUS (Automated System Underwriting); ACS, TDI, and ADI.

LANGUAGES:  English Fluent - Full Knowledge; Spanish Conversational – Limited.

REFERENCES: Available Upon Request.