CHRISTY ARMSTRONG
Fort Worth, TX 76116
(817) 791-6204 or
Email:
OBJECTIVE
To provide accurate and trust-worthy oil and gas land information, leading to the overall success and profitability of the assigned project.
QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
Fifteen years of oil and gas land experience working as an independent land consultant. Demonstrated abilities to manage, plan, teach, coordinate, and direct various land activities. Experience as a land department manager, lease records and division order supervisor, including specialization in land titles and title curative matters. Twelve additional years working as a Legal Secretary/Paralegal. Experience in Problem Solving, Surface and mineral permitting, Government permitting, Personnel Management, Business networking, Contract negotiation, Presentation development, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, TitlePro, GIS Mapping, The PLAN, iLandman, Lease Package Negotiations and Deed Plotter.
EDUCATION
University of North Texas - Major: Business; Minor: Paralegal Studies
Member of Cambridge Who’s Who’s
AAPL Member
EXPERIENCE
INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM LANDMAN - April 2002 – Present
Field Landman, Crew Chief, Land Manager and Business Owner
Land Manager in charge of land department with managerial duties, overseeing both the lease records and division order functions and managing all aspects of the day to day land work, including leasing, broker supervision, contract negotiation and preparation, lease data entry into Visual Land Pro, handling of diverse projects (State, Federal, Fee) including liaison with working interest partners and mineral owners, negotiation/consummation of trades for drilling, property acquisition and divestiture, preparation of joint operating agreements, farmouts/farm-ins, pooling/communitization agreements, assignments/bills of sale, letter agreements, division order preparation and tracking, and title curative.
Title examination and curative (State, Federal, Fee), lease negotiation and purchase, land/division order consultant. Title examination and preparation of computerized title summaries for use by the attorneys in title opinion preparation. Field title review and document examination, working alone and with paralegals, for the preparation of court cases. Organization of the law firm’s title information into a readily-accessible computerized system.
ROW acquisitions with duties including Due Diligence, Negotiations, Route Selection, Damage Compensation;
Water Acquisition; Knowledge of Title, Survey and Pipeline Construction.
Prior to becoming a petroleum landman, I worked as a paralegal for 12 years, of which 6 of those years were spent working with title attorneys and assisting in writing title opinions.
REFERENCES
Tim Hayden Steve Borum
Broker. Landman
(469) 766-5275 (817) 718-0624
Kyle Hogan. Jeff Hodges
Title Attorney Title Attorney
(254) 592-2092 (817) 559-4872