Oklahoma Energy Institute

The Emerging Energy Crisis, Securing the Future

If you called your doctor, plumber or mechanic and nobody answered, what would you do? Shortages of critical services have a profound impact on personal and business success. The current workforce providing field land services is at or near retirement age, and recruitment of new talent has been largely unsuccessful.

In this special session, a panel of industry experts assembled by AAPL's 2025-26 Strategic Planning Committee will discuss the challenges of maintaining an adequate, competent field landman workforce, including insufficient incentives, lack of training and professional recognition, and propose potential solutions to the looming issue. 

Read "The Emerging Energy Crisis" on landman.org, a sneak peek at a featured article in the upcoming May/June Landman magazine that delves into this important subject.