Ryan Pruett

Experience

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  World Energy Project

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Study Abroad

  -Gained a localized awareness of how roughly 20% of the world lives and functions without basic electricity-- through first hand observations-- deep in the jungle of the Costa Rican/Panama border-Worked with Light Up The World and ACEM to deliver quality lighting systems to a remote village in Talamanca

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  Carla Petroleum, Inc

  Feb 2011 - Aug 2014

  Contract Landman

  * Unit Manager: Delegate title, leasing, Rule 37 and subordination agreements tasks across 4 man crew and ensure rig schedule is kept; * Correct curative requirements, supplemental title, update MOR's, re-negotiate voided and unleased tracts, and build cases against unwilling mineral owners for Rule 37 exception applications; * Communicate and resolve conveyance and title issues with surface and mineral owners;* Review, analyze and interpret title opinions and cure their associated encumbrances and deficiencies;* Draft ratifications, amendments to oil and gas leases and affidavit of heirship and identity documents;* Project experience in acquisition and divestiture due diligence with assets ranging from the thousands to the hundreds of millions of dollars: building exhibits, tracking farm-outs, verifying ownership accuracy, acreage calculations, operating and non-operating rights; * Diligently evaluated and amended HBP leases and wells into the Exhibit in preparation of divestiture; * Experience with the Navajo Nation and BIA regarding title requests and lease assignments;* Field land work covering the Barnett, Haynesville, Marcellus and Utica Shales including various plays in West Texas and Kansas; * Contributed expertise and effort to due diligence team and effectively uncovered defects in ~35% of ~38,000 acres as a group and ~6% of total acreage individually; * Full "Patent to Present" abstracting for all size tracts, drill sites and right-of-ways;* Compose supplemental abstracts accurately tracking multiple fractional farm-in and farm-out interests; Show less

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  Peak Land Services

  Aug 2014 - Feb 2019

  Midland Basin Project Manager

  * Increased revenue by over $600K in 2018* Grew, trained and managed title and leasing projects ranging up to 15 landmen* Effectively designed and implemented a custom in-house spatial land suite that manages ~1/2 billion dollars in projects* Integral member of the early leadership team, which grew the company from 6 to upwards of 50 landmen Experienced in: * Client Relations * Team building * Difficult HBP leasehold title * Large unit well history * Open acreage * Chopped mineral title * Complex heirship, descent and distribution, trusts, and probates * Mineral buying programs * Advanced mapping and deed plotting Show less

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  Pruett Ventures, Inc.

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2024

  President
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  Mineral Insight (scrapped)

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

  Co-founder / President

  Visionary, project manager, operations, sales, marketing, janitorLead 4 person development and data team from concept and design to the launch of a nationwide oil and gas transaction map, marketplace and mineral management website. Attracted 1500 registered users with 2250 saved properties and included 180 property listings covering ~35,000 acres.* Took a vision and transformed it into a product* Scoured data from across the web (~1/2 million oil and gas transactions, multi-state production, geology, county public title records, etc), and normalized in a single format for quick analysis * Utilized ArcGIS & QGIS to create a single spatial fabric of Public Land Survey System (PLSS) with the hybrid Texas system, allowing for seamless property search with whatever property description type * Directed MEAN stack development on AWS cloud servers, designed database structure, and refined GUI Show less

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  Alpha Energy Partners

  Feb 2020 - Jan 2021

  Senior Landman

  * Identified open acreage, non-op and smaller WI interests through title and other various sources* Fully mapped, tracked and managed company assets on a GIS perspective * Re-organized records and data in a spatial format and tied to the map* Proficient in DrillingInfo/Enverus* Acquisition negotiations of identified interests

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  Shepherd Energy Partners

  May 2024 - now

  Co-Founder | Vice President