On-Demand Webinars
When you purchase an on-demand webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the webinar video. Please login to AAPL’s website before clicking on the link then you will have access to the webinar for 1-year. You do need internet in order to watch the webinar, and you will not be able to download the webinar video to your computer. At the bottom of the webinar page there are instructions on how to enter your code to receive your recertification credits after you have watched the webinar.

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Panel Discussion
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Excel 101
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Advanced Due Diligence
Credits
1.50 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Surface Use Issues
Credits
1.50 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Financing a Deal
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Comparative Analysis
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Royalty Deductions
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Statutes of Limitations and Equitable Defenses to Lease Termination Claims
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Federal Oil and Gas
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

Making Cash Flow
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Decisions pivot on cash flow analysis, and cash flow builds on all of the major drivers in the business. Reliable cash flow analysis requires a broad understandig of the issues and methods for inputs ranging from geology to gas differentials, from decline curves to discount rates. Mr. Purvis will survey methods, notable issues and misunderstood assumptions for creating and interpreting cash flows.
Learning objectives:
Be able to dissect a reservoir engineer's cash flow projections.Be able to ask meaningful questions about the underlying work process that created the assumptions.
To apply appropriate concepts of uncertainty to comprehend the implications of the analysis.
Working Interest and NRI Caluclations for the Top 10 Texas Oil and Gas Cases of 2019
Credits
1.25 CEU
Description
With a bit of creative thought, nearly every title dispute can be characterized as a battle for the ownership of WI & NRI. In this webinar, Douglas M. Potter, CPL, provides his commentary as to the contested WI & NRI for selected Lawsuits within AAPL's Landman Magazine's [March/April, 2020 Vol 65 No. 2] artileThe Top 10 Texas Oil and Gas Cases of 2019. The commentary is not to be considered to be a legal opinion, but rather general guidance for Landmen in their daily work.
To prepare you for this webinar, the commentator suggests that the webinar registrant should familiarize himself/herself with the above AAPL article. The March/April Landman Magazine can be located here: https://www.landman.org/resources/member-resources/landman-magazine.(you must be logged in to view) The article can also be found further down this page, under "Additional Information".
After the webinar, AAPL’s Landnews Digest will serve as a “blog” to provide feedback and peer review of Mr. Potter’s comments. AAPL’s Landnews Digest will also serve as a forum to exchange perspectives for similar circumstances in other oil producing states. If you are not currently receiving AAPL’s Landnews Digest, you may visit www.landman.org to subscribe.

JOA Disputes and Litigation
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
This webinar will focus on several of the types of disputes and potential litigation that may arise under a JOA given the current market conditions of low oil prices and COVID-19.
Among the issues to be discussed includes an analysis of the circumstances governing removal of the operator, including concerns of whether the operator is solvent and strategies for working with an operator that has filed for bankruptcy. The webinar will address steps an operator may take to protect its interest and perfect any potential liens. Additionally, the webinar will address potential issues involving non-operators under a JOA, including the rights of a non-operator and potential liability. In asserting a claim under a JOA, the webinar will address the types of relief available, including injunctive relief. Finally, the webinar will address the issues and potential liability relating to assignments of interests in a JOA.

2017 Mining and Land Resources Institute
Description

2018 Annual Meeting Session - Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2018 Annual Meeting Session - AAPL 2015 JOA Panel
Credits
2.00 CEU
Description

2018 Annual Meeting Session - Tempest at Teapot Dome
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2018 Annual Meeting Session - Participation Agreements
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2018 Annual Meeting Session - Allocation Wells Panel
Credits
2.00 CEU
Description

Independent Contractor Workshop
Credits
3.50 CEU
Description
Independent Contractor Workshop
The AAPL Independent Contractor Workshop presents landmen with a comprehensive source of important tax, legislative and regulatory information for brokers and independent landmen. The Workshop offers guidance on how to model your business to comply with tax regulations, how to prepare if you’re facing an audit, and serves as a guide on tax and independent contractor laws throughout the U.S. that may affect your business practices. The Workshop also provides vital information on how to avoid pitfalls, offers case studies, and best practices in operating as, and working with, independent landmen.

2018 Texas Land Institute
Credits
8.00 CEU
Description
TOPICS & SPEAKERS:
AAPL Update
Mike Curry
Offshore Drilling
Keith Couvillion
Independent Contractor
Alan Morgan
Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions
Stephen K. Newton
Panel Discussion: Mergers & Acquisitions
Frank Klam
Robin Galvin
Stuart Rexrode
Joseph Williams
Deed Construction Issues
Robert Ballentine
Oil and Gas Law Update
Austin Brister
Ethics: “A Funny Thing Happened...”
Rand Marsh

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Wage and Hour
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Step by Step: Acquisitions from PSA to Closing
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Making Cash Flow
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Lease Payments
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Comingling Doctrine & Horizontal Wells: Whose Burden is it Anyway?
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - The Importance of Understanding Complexities of Petroleum Geology
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Midstream Oil & Gas
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Due Diligence
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Covenants Running with the Land
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Annual Meeting Session - Held by Production in the Appalachia Basin
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

2019 Appalachian Land Institute Day 1
Credits
7.00 CEU
Description

2019 Appalachian Land Institute Day 2
Credits
4.00 CEU 1.00 CEU Ethics
Description

2019 Gulf Coast Land Institute
Credits
10.00 CEU 1.00 CEU Ethics
Description

AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
Credits
1.00 CEU Ethics
Description

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Opening Session: Awards Ceremony & Annual keynote Address
Credits
1.50 CEU
Description
Speaker: Colin Fenton |
The global economy of the 2020s and beyond will need American oil and gas. But a return to healthy exploration and development of US resources depends upon economic recovery. Economic recovery cannot happen in force until COVID public health risks are sufficiently mitigated or eliminated. Therefore, specifying these risks quantitatively and managing them in a safe and effective manner is crucial for plotting a positive trajectory for energy markets. We have completed a careful study of COVID mortality data by age cohort, in every US state and in a dozen other countries. Our analysis reveals bad outcomes for COVID infection are far more sensitive to age and pre-existing medical conditions than either policymakers or the general public seem to fully understand. Proving and socializing this conclusion could mark the difference between roaring back in oil, gas, and other global markets or tipping unnecessarily into a new great depression..

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Inverse Condemnation Exposure and Management for the Energy Industry
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speakers: Bradford B. Kuhn, Esq. and Willis Hon |
This presentation will examine potential liability exposure for utilities and other energy providers, as well as recent updates on inverse condemnation law. The presentation will also address best practices for right-of-way management and minimization of exposure to large damages claims.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Transferable Land Skills for the Professional Landman
Credits
1.25 CEU
Description
Speakers: Brent Broussard, CPL, Mike Gibson, CPL, Jeffrey Klam, CPL, and Amanda VanDeusen, CPL |
If you’ve been in this industry long enough, you know it’s a cycle of ups and downs, highs and lows, feast and famine. Unfortunately, landmen are often some of the hardest hit in these downturns. Transferable Land Skills for the Professional Landmen can help prepare you and give insight on what you can do when Oil & Gas may not be paying the bills.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Land Technology - the Future Is on Its Way
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speakers: Rakhee Das, Art Ensley, Robert Nunmaker, and Andy Steuven |
Future land departments will be automated, integrated via blockchain, powered by machine learning, and managed by landmen. To prepare for the future, companies today are investing in data, adopting new technologies, developing new skills, and embodying a culture of innovation. Our panel will discuss both this strikingly different future and what companies are doing today to create real value while charting their path to tomorrow.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Ethical Considerations for Landmen
Credits
1.00 CEU Ethics
Description
Speakers: Jamie Bryan, Katherine Gafner, and Sandra Safro |
Sometimes, we learn lessons the hard way. This interactive presentation will focus on legal and ethical issues that landmen face across the country, from force majeure to employment status.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Shedding Light on Solar Leasing
Credits
0.50 CEU
Description
Speakers: Sylvia Arostegui, Esq. and Eric Martin, Esq. |
Solar energy production has grown at an average annual rate of 50% over the past decade and is poised to continue growing. Learn how utility scale solar leases are structured, what drives this structure, and about commonly negotiated terms.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Underground Natural Gas Storage
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Ralph Nevis, Esq.
The paper will survey the property rights required for development and operation of natural gas storage projects, primarily in the states in which natural gas storage operations are common and addressed by applicable law. The presentation will provide highlights of the paper’s key concepts and conclusions plus a case study based on the case of Central Valley Gas Storage v. Southam (2017) 11 Cal.App.5th 686, which the author handled at trial and on appeal.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Advanced Due Diligence
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Christopher Heasley |
In-depth look at the typical title and environmental defect structures in a purchase and sale agreement, together with variances across basins and assets. Examples that may constitute defects under a customary purchase and sale agreement and other important due diligence considerations..

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - EPA Region 6
Credits
0.50 CEU
Description
Speaker: Ken McQueen |
EPA Region 6 encompasses the states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico and is unlike any other region in that it produces much of the nation’s oil and gas. Regional Administrator McQueen will discuss Region 6 priorities and updates that impact industry..

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - If I Own Mineral Rights, Can I Do a 1031 Exchange?
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Jim Miller |
This presentation will discuss what a 1031 exchange is, the statutory requirements and applications of 1031 exchanges to oil, gas and mineral interests..

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - This is Not Your Father's Producer 88
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Brad Gibbs
This presentation will focus on modern provisions in the oil and gas lease that have been a rich source of litigation, including continuous development, retained acreage, depth terminations and others.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Ancillary Oil & Gas Agreements: When One Agreement Isn't Enough
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Andrew Graham |
This presentation will review a variety of agreements that landmen might encounter in the course of an asset sale between two companies, including the definitive sales agreement, confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, conveyance documents (including deeds, assignments, subleases, and bills of sale), financing agreements (including promissory notes, mortgages, deeds of trust, financing statements, and pledge agreements), operational agreements, employment agreements, and side letter agreements. In the course of this presentation, we will discuss the purpose of each agreement, important distinctions between them, and identify risks and challenges that landmen face when they encounter them.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Cover Your Assets: How to Defend Against Title Problems
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Renee Anderson |
This presentation will discuss common and not so common title issues—open mines doctrine, parole agreements, etc. We will discuss how these topics are treated in court cases and who has the burden of proof. We will also discuss how and why we use curative documents to protect our assets, what evidentiary value the court places on these items and how to successfully meet all legal requirements to win in court.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Dealing with Distressed Parties Under the AAPL 610 Joint Operating Agreement
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Gerald Walrath |
What to expect when your working interest partner goes in the tank: an overview of rights and responsibilities under the AAPL 610 Joint Operating Agreement..

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - A Landman's Roadmap for Navigating Federal Oil and Gas Leases
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: David Hatch |
From sliding-scale royalties to "dead" leases to complex federal unit issues, dealing with federal oil and gas leases can be a daunting task for any landman. This presentation will discuss federal lands and leasing generally, identify a number of issues relevant to landmen and their companies, and provide a roadmap to get through it all safely.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Evolution of Produced Water Management in the Permian Basin
Credits
0.50 CEU
Description
Speakers: Dalton DeWinne, Brendan LaVallee & Colin Kowal |
Case study on how water management methods in the Permian Basin have evolved with the acceleration of horizontal shale development.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - Field Landman's Guide To Working Contract In-House
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speakers: Nash Bell, CPL & Jeffrey Klam, CPL |
Our presentation will cover how we moved from field landmen into in-house landmen, what we learned along the way and the differences in the roles. We will also cover how someone making that transition either on a full time or contract basis should prepare and execute.

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Session - The Negotiation Before the Negotiation: Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreements
Credits
0.75 CEU
Description
Speaker: Marita Morris, CPL |
A large percentage of NDA's are harmless and despite all the legal language, it doesn't usually include anything that will harm you. The objective is to have a document in place to protect both parties and a business' confidential information. Most of us sign them on a regular basis. It's how we keep deal flow going. That doesn't mean you shouldn't read them carefully and watch for 'sneaky' non-compete language. This is a discussion on Confidentiality, the NDA, Non-Compete and Non-Circumvent language and things to watch for.

RPL/CPL Certification Exam Review Day 1
Credits
6.50 CEU 0.50 CEU Ethics
Description
RPL / CPL Certification Exam Review Day 1
Covers Chapters 1 - 7 in the Oil & Gas Land Reference Volume
| Chapter 1 - AAPL & the Landman
| Chapter 2 - Real Property Law
| Chapter 3 - Property Descriptions
| Chapter 4 - Contract Law
| Chapter 5 - Conveyancing & Interest Calculations
| Chapter 6 - Oil & Gas Lease
| Chapter 7 - Ethics

CPL Certification Exam Review Day 2
Credits
5.00 CEU
Description
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 2
Covers Chapters 8 - 11 in the Oil & Gas Land Reference Volume
| Chapter 8- Pooling
| Chapter 9- Joint Operating Agreements
| Chapter 10- Negotiation and the Petroleum Landman
| Chapter 11- Well Trades

CPL Certification Exam Review Day 3
Credits
4.00 CEU
Description
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 3
Covers Chapters 12 - 16 in the Oil & Gas Land Reference Volume
| Chapter 12- Federal Onshore Lease and Exploratory Units
| Chapter 13- Environmental Law and Regulation
| Chapter 14- Offshore (OuterContinental Shelf)
| Chapter 15- Mineral Landwork
| Chapter 16- Federal Taxes on Oil and Gas Income
| Chapter 17- Geographic Information Systems

Complete CPL Certification Exam Review
Credits
15.50 CEU 0.50 CEU Ethics
Description
Complete CPL Certification Exam Review
Covers material in the Oil & Gas Land Reference Volume
| Chapter 1- AAPL & the Landman
| Chapter 2- Real Property Law
| Chapter 3- Property Descriptions
| Chapter 4- Contract Law
| Chapter 5- Conveyancing & Interest Calculations
| Chapter 6- Oil & Gas Lease
| Chapter 7- Ethics
| Chapter 8- Pooling
| Chapter 9- Joint Operating Agreements
| Chapter 10- Negotiation and the Petroleum Landman
| Chapter 11- Well Trades
| Chapter 12- Federal Onshore Lease and Exploratory Units
| Chapter 13- Environmental Law and Regulation
| Chapter 14- Offshore (OuterContinental Shelf)
| Chapter 15- Mineral Landwork
| Chapter 16- Federal Taxes on Oil and Gas Income
| Chapter 17- Geographic Information Systems

2021 Annual Meeting Conference Recording Bundle
Credits
11.00 CEU 1.00 CEU Ethics
Description
Access to recorded sessions of the diverse educational lineup being offered at the 2021 Annual Meeting with presentations by respected industry leaders and experts. This year, educational sessions offer the chance to earn up to 12 continuing education credits.

2021 Virtual Appalachian Land Institute
Credits
7.00 CEU 1.00 CEU Ethics
Description
Hear from industry experts and leaders as they discuss trends, forecasts and educational topics relevant to that industry, including:
The Marcellus and Utica Shales: The Appalachians 3rd (or 4th) Bite at the Energy AppleDan A. Billman, P.G./C.P.G., Billman Geologic Consultants, Inc. Practical Usage of the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act and Marketable Title Act
Nikolas E. Tysiak, Esq., Babst Calland A Comparison of Wind Power and Oil and Gas Landwork
Robert H. Wilson, III, RPL, Sustainable Power Group An Overview of Acquiring Property for Solar Projects
Phillip Guerra, CPL, ForeFront Power Going From a Purchase and Sale Agreement to Closing
Andrew Graham, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson PLLC President's Panel: Dealing with the Downturn/Future of Landwork
Moderator: Anthony Romeo, CPL, Northeast Natural Energy
Panelists: Britney Crookshanks, CPL, Infinity Natural Resources, Mark A. Acree, CPL, Independent, Aaron Yost, CPL, Percheron and Lester Zitkus, CPL, AAPL President; Gulfport Energy Ethics
Kelly O'Bryan da Mota, Esq., Cimarron Land, Inc. AAPL Update
Lester Zitkus, CPL, AAPL President; Gulfport Energy
Credits: 7.00 CEU, 1.00 Ethics

2021 Virtual Mining and Land Resources Institute
Credits
9.00 CEU 1.00 CEU Ethics
Description
Hear from industry experts and leaders as they discuss trends, forecasts and educational topics relevant to that industry, including:
Water UpdateBill Price, Black Rock Resources Services LLC Panel Discussion: Unusual Land Acquisition
David Allman, Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, David W. Donnelly, CPL, Kinross Gold USA, Inc. Canadian Land & Environment Issues
Charles Kazaz, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Mining Law Reform Efforts: Claim Staking or Claim Taking?
Joshua Cook, Crowley Fleck LLP The Landmen - How They Secured the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Right-of-Way
Michael D. Travis, P.E., Travis/Peterson Environmental Consulting Inc. Nevada's Mining Sector Outlook
Mike Visher, State of Nevada, Division of Mineral Title Due Diligence in Conservation Easement Transactions
Ben Machlis, Dorsey & Whitney LLP Alaska Update
Ramona L. Monroe, Stoel Rives LLP AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
Orson K. Tingey, CPL, Barrick Gold of North America AAPL Update
Lester Zitkus, CPL, AAPL President & Senior Vice President of Gulfport Energy
Credits: 9.00 CEU, 1.00 Ethics

Understanding and Researching Surface Rights
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
-How are a lease and an easement different?
-Which type of conveyance is an oil and gas lease - a lease or an easement?
-Can I lose my easement?
-We've got the acreage under lease. Do we not we have all the surface rights we need?
-What are "beneficial uses" of a tract that may require additional surface rights?
-How do I figure out what rights I have...and if I might need additional rights?
-What happens if we don't secure all the surface rights we need?

Dealing with Difficult and Challenging Owners...and Finding Solutions
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
This webinar offers steps for dealing with difficult, challenging and unreasonable owners. Whether they are surface owners, mineral owners, working interest owners, or company owners, when we run in to challenging issues, there are communication tools that can help. This webinar touches on:
Ways to identify the underlying situation Figuring out what tactics will be effective and Ways to turn the situation around
Managing Your Lease When Production Ceases
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Topics in this webinar include:
Constructive Production Production in Paying Quantities Shut-in Royalties and Minimum Royalties Temporary Cessation of Production Complete Cessation of Production
Fast Closings and Delayed Due Diligence: Doing Oil and Gas Deals with Limited Access to County Records
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
The lengthy, cost-intensive due diligence process is often fatal to closing an oil and gas asset sale. The recent quarantine has highlighted this problem, with deals being lost or delayed due to lack of access to county records.
This webinar will discuss a seldom-used deal structure that closes the sale immediately and postpones the typical pre-closing price adjustments to a future date. This deal structure offers benefits and risks to both buyer and seller, but it may be the solution that both parties need. The webcast will also cover the basics of purchase price adjustments under oil and gas PSAs and related matters.

AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice - III
Credits
1.00 CEU Ethics
Description
This presentation will utilize AAPL's newly produced vignettes while taking you through a series of scenarios that often occur to industry professionals.
Major Topics Include:
Misuse / Commingling of Funds Fraud / Breaking the Law Fraud / Forgery
Faster, Smarter Contracting Process in the Oil & Gas Industry
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
According to IACCM's Oil and Gas Benchmark Study, over half of all Oil & Gas contracting professionals have initiatives to simplify their contracts and implement contract management tools.
Join our experts Jerris Johnson of Lontra Energy and Peter Thomson of ContractRoom to learn how Oil & Gas companies have simplified their contracting process and improved cycle times.
In this webinar you will learn how you can:
Increase effectiveness using remote, real-time collaboration - faster than email and safer than cutting&pasting Automate document assembly through a process of conditional drafting to speed contract creation and ensure compliance Contract smarter by capturing large sets of content and behavior during the negotiation process Quickly and easily implement a cost-effective contract solution specifically designed for Joint Operating Agreements (JOAs) - subscribe to AAPL Contract Center -or- upgrade to Contract Room application to address all contract types

Acquisitions of Distressed Assets
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
This webinar will cover the Acquisition of Distressed Oil and Gas Assets. We will cover the types of distressed assets, the process for purchasing distressed assets and purchasing oil and gas leases in bankruptcy proceedings. Additionally, we will discuss the due diligence of oil and gas lease acquisitions.

Old and New Issues Involving Joint Operating Agreements
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
This webinar is designed to address operating agreement issues involving the AAPL Model Form Operating Agreement. This includes issues that have existed for a long time as well as new issues. Several recent court cases from various jurisdictions will also be discussed.

AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice - IV
Credits
1.00 CEU Ethics
Description
A basic level is most beneficial to an individual learning a new skill or with little to no experience in the subject. This level may be appropriate for individuals who are also looking for a refresher course.
This presentation will utilize AAPL's newly produced vignettes while taking you through a series of scenarios that often occur to industry professionals.
Major Topics Include:
Professional Conduct / Substance Abuse Felony Conviction Professional Conduct / Geneder Bias / Sexual Harassment
Tips for Negotiating Online
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Learn helpful tips for Negotiating through Email, IM, and Text Messages.
We try not to do it. Face-to-Face Communication is the clearest form of communicating. Phone communication is also a strong way to communicate.. Yet more and more we are being pushed to communicate and negotiate through digital forms. When communication is stripped of being able to read facial expressions and responses, body language, and voice intonation - the communication lacks essential clues. Yet more and more, communication and negotiations are being pushed to emails and text messages. This is a one-hour webinar with tips for communicating effectively through email, instant messaging, and text messages.

Covid, Climate, Careers: A Changing Industry
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
COURSE LEVEL: Overview
A look at how a changing world, changing economics and a global pandemic may create a tipping point in the industry and what that means for those of us in it. Mr. Purvis surveys wide-ranging dynamics, each with detailed research, before outlining ideas on how the industry and individuals can evolve with to the changing world.

How to Make Deductions From the Royalty Stream for Post-Production Expenses
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
COURSE LEVEL: Advanced
Most private Oil & Gas Leases have language that requires royalty owners to pay their proportionate share of taxes, regulatory fees and the expenses to treat:
• crude oil,
• natural gas and
• gas liquids
as well as expenses to market those products.
Some leases require royalty owners to pay their share of electricity bills, if the Lessee is required to use electric motors rather than internal combustion engines for power.
Most appellate courts have said those requirements are valid.

AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice - V
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
COURSE LEVEL: Basic
This presentation will utilize AAPL's newly produced vignettes while taking you through a series of scenarios that often occur to industry professionals. Topics in this webinar will include; Misuse of Confidential Information/Breaking the Law, Fraud & Duty Disclose.
Major Topics Include:
Professional Conduct / Unfiled Mining Claims
Fraud
Discrimination
Conflict of Interest / Professional Conduct

Land Descriptions 101
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
COURSE LEVEL: Basic
Topics Covered:
• Latitude / Longitude
• Meridians / Baselines
• Townships / Ranges / Sections [Jeffersonian]
• Metes & Bounds Descriptions
• Lots & residential subdivisions
• Texas Abstracts & Sections [non-Jeffersonian]
• Eastern States [non-Jeffersonian]
• A simple trick-of-the-trade for Celestial Navigation
• Converting Degrees, Minutes and Seconds to Decimal Degrees

Navigating Anti-Washout Provisions
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
COURSE LEVEL: Intermediate
This webinar will focus on the interpretation and application of anti-washout provisions in oil and gas assignments and contracts. The course will address the interpretation of anti-washout provisions and the application of those provisions. Finally, the webinar will provide some drafting and practical strategies for working with anti-washout provisions.

Open Mine Doctrine and Life Estates
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
This webinar will address the intersection of life estates and oil and gas development. The webinar will cover an overview of life estates in real property and the relationship between the life tenant and the remainderman. Second, the webinar will focus on working with life estates in the context of oil and gas development. Participants will learn the requirements for taking leases covering lands subject to a life estate and how to distribute payments to owners of a life estate. Finally, the webinar will provide an overview of the open mine doctrine and its application.
During the webinar, you will:
Learn the components of a life estate Understand the requirements for taking leases covering lands subject to a life estate Gain strategies for navigating payments to life tenants and remaindermen Understand the Open Mine Doctrine and its application
Navigating Development and Cotenancy
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
The seminar explores several common issues relating to the development of oil and gas assets involving cotenants. The presentation will address strategies for accounting to cotenants, adverse possession by a cotenant and how cotenancy is addressed in multiple jurisdictions. Participants will gain strategies and solutions to work successfully with cotenants in the development of oil and gas assets.
During the webinar, you will:
Gain an overview of cotenancies and the rights and duties among cotenants Learn how to engage in oil and gas operations involving cotenants Understand how to properly account to cotenants for production Learn how a cotenant may adversely possess the interest of another cotenant
Oil & Gas vs. Solar: Negotiating a Lease
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
This webinar will focus on the basics of what an oil & gas land professional needs to know about a solar lease. You will learn about the different types of solar energy projects (e.g., ground mount, parking canopy, rooftop). You will learn about the different types of solar agreements that may be required to obtain site control depending on the type of solar energy project. Additionally, this webinar will discuss the similarities and differences between key lease terms you may see in oil & gas versus key lease terms you may see in solar.
Topics Covered:
Solar Option (for a ground mount project) Solar Lease (for a ground mount projects) O&G vs. Solar similarities and differences, including key lease and lease option terms
Current Issues in Louisiana Oil & Gas Law
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
This webinar will highlight recent developments in oil and gas law in Louisiana. Kiefaber & Oliva LLP attorney Patrick Schenkel will cover the basics of a mineral servitude and address the impact of statutory pooling (forced pooling) on mineral servitudes and mineral leases. The session will also provide strategies for navigating stacked geological units.

Nuisance and Surface Issues in the Oil Patch
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
The webinar will address the elements of nuisance claims and provide a framework for analyzing potential nuisance claims in the context of oil and gas development. The webinar will focus on strategies for defending potential nuisance claims bought by surface owners by oil and gas operators. The webinar will also discuss the use of the surface estate by oil and gas operators. The webinar will analyze the elements of the accommodation doctrine and potential claims raised by surface owners regarding oil and gas development on their lands. Finally, the webinar will address subsurface trespass and when an oil and gas operator may or may not need to obtain subsurface easements or agreements.
During the webinar, you will learn:
The elements of a nuisance claim Strategies for responding to potential nuisance claims The elements of the accommodation doctrine and when it is applicable When an operator may face exposure for subsurface trespass
Compulsory Pooling
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
The session provides an analysis of recent trends and issues that oil & gas exploration and production companies face. Learn more about the applicable statutes and regulations, as well as the variation in states’ approaches to compulsory pooling.

AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice - II
Credits
1.00 CEU Ethics
Description
This presentation will utilize AAPL's newly produced vignettes while taking you through a series of scenarios that often occur to industry professionals.
Topics in this webinar will include:
Misuse of Confidential Information/Breaking the Law Fraud Duty Disclose
Purchasing Marginal Gas Units In Shale Plays
Credits
0.50 CEU
Description
Find marginally producing gas units in existing shale plays and buy them for PDP value; then drill new shale wells to book new reserves. Attendees will learn how to search for, buy and prepare old units for new wells.

Relinquishment Act Lands
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
This webinar will cover all issues involving the Relinquishment Act from the historical background of its enactment to present-day issues involving leasing and conveying of Relinquishment Act lands.

Leasing Under Texas Roadways
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

Buying Minerals in Producing Properties to Raise NRI
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Course Level: Overview
In this course, Marlin K Brown, CPL explains how to create a program to buy minerals in your companies' producing properties to improve your bottom line.
This webinar will include many helpful steps & topics:
Authorize Budget Prepare Offer Document Report
Buying Companies Instead of Assets
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

Common Ethics Pitfalls Faced by the Professional Landman
Credits
1.00 CEU Ethics
Description

So You Drilled a Well – What Now?
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description

Comparative Title Law – 21 Producing States
Credits
2.50 CEU
Description

New Opportunities: Maximizing Your Acreage With Solar
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Phillip Guerra, CPL
This presentation will focus on how landmen can maximize their leasehold with solar. You will learn the land criteria for two different types of solar projects, terms of a mutual surface use agreement, and things to be aware of when it comes to title, engineering or design, construction, local and state legislation, and decommissioning. Additionally, this presentation will highlight certain benefits that a solar project could bring to an operator.

California Carbon Negative Energy
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Rebecca Hollis
Clean Energy Systems, Inc. (CES) is working to develop the carbon negative energy (CNE) plants that utilize waste biomass to produce clean renewable fuels such as electricity and hydrogen with 100% carbon capture. The plants make use of CES’ proprietary oxy-combustion technology and proven carbon capture and storage techniques to effectively remove harmful greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. First projects are being developed in California due to its unique attributes and incentive programs, but plants can be replicated across the United States.

The Allocation Problem – Allocating Production in the Permian and Other Basins
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Speaker: Robert Eli Kiefaber
The presentation will address the problem of allocating production and discuss the multiple responses that have emerged in varying jurisdictions. As technology evolved, operators are able to drill longer and longer laterals that cross multiple tracts and/or pooled units, which have not combined to create a new pooled unit. How production is allocated among those tracts and existing units gives rise to the "allocation problem." The speaker will provide an overview of allocation wells and how allocation wells function in Texas. Next, the presentation will explore how the allocation problem has been addressed in other basins and jurisdictions.

New Revenue From Old Deals
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Course Level: Overview
This course will show how to identify your company's or client's deals from past years which may need more work, and what to do with them. Farmouts and joint drilling deals may be producing marginally, or not at all. Find out what new steps you can take to restore these properties to profitability.

The Benefits of Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace
Credits
1.00 CEU Non-Industry
Description
The phrase diversity and inclusion has become one heard quite often in boardrooms, universities, and organizations of all sizes. In this session, we will provide an introductory conversation about what diversity and inclusion are and why they are important especially in today’s society. You will also learn about the benefits of incorporating diversity and inclusion at work and hear how diversity and inclusion has positively impacted business within Chevron.

Evolve or Die — Innovate Your Land Operations
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
Future success in oil and gas will depend on a fundamental shift in the way things are done. Waiting for prices to recover is no longer the only strategy. It is time to work smarter by leveraging technology and spending strategically. Gain insights on how to utilize tools that can help your land departments create more value for investors and stakeholders in any environment.

Hurdles to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions: An Analysis of Clean Energy Objectives
Credits
1.50 CEU
Description
Doug Sandridge’s presentation Hurdles to “Net-Zero” Carbon Emissions endeavors to analyze the technological, political and socio-economic issues which will impact our ability to attain Net-Zero Carbon Emissions through the use of renewable energy. The presentation identifies seven formidable hurdles which must be overcome in order to attain Net-Zero Carbon Emissions. For those committed to attainment of Net-Zero Carbon Emissions, this presentation helps to quantify the magnitude of the hurdles and seeks to create a practical roadmap which identifies the priorities and practical path forward towards a lower carbon economy.

The Devil Is in the Details: Avoiding Common Pitfalls in the Drafting and Negotiation of Purchase and Sale Agreements
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
The intention of this webinar is to identify problems frequently encountered in the drafting and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements for oil and gas assets and provide guidance on how such problems might be avoided—including, where applicable, specific drafting suggestions. In so doing, it will be necessary as a preliminary matter to describe the various components of a standard PSA (title defect provisions, warranties, indemnities, etc.) and how they relate into each other to form a conceptual whole, as well as to describe what terms, language, etc. buyers and sellers (from their respective bargaining positions) want to have included or excluded from the agreement.

Navigating Mineral & Royalty Disputes
Credits
1.00 CEU
Description
This webinar will provide an overview of several common mineral and oil & gas litigation issues. Specifically, it will address disputes between operators and non-operators under a joint operating agreement (JOA), including the removal of the operator and the types of actions that may arise under a JOA. This webinar will also address several common claims involving mineral and royalty interests. Additionally, the webinar will address strategies for resolving royalty disputes, interpleader actions, and mineral receiverships.

National Field Landman Webinar
Credits
2.50 CEU 1.00 CEU Ethics
Description
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
The AAPL Field Landman Committee hosted the first National Field Landman Webinar January 21, 2021. The committee worked diligently to find videos it felt would be educational and informational to not only field landmen, but all AAPL members. The webinar is approximately three and a half hours and provides three and a half continuing education credits, including one ethics credit.