Sample assignment sheet

One posting, written up as one sheet.

Every posting is written into this format before it goes to anyone. This one is a made-up job in a made-up county, so you can see what a requester approves and what a landman receives.

Sample. The job, county, survey, people and dates are made up.

What the requester sent

Need a runsheet on Section 14, Block 7 in Lone Mesa County. Minerals only. Sovereignty forward if the courthouse is workable, otherwise 1940 forward; we have an old abstract for the rest. We send lease offers in about a month. Excel runsheet, copies of everything and a short ownership summary. Our own landman is tied up in another county. Do not put our name on it.

Posting, made up

What we asked back

  • Minerals only, or the leasehold too? (Answer: minerals only.)
  • One section or more? (Answer: Section 14 only.)
  • May the sheet go out without your name? (Answer: yes.)

What stays off the sheet

The requester's name, any owner names, the lease terms and the requester's own abstract. The sheet carries only what a landman needs to decide whether to take the job.

Assignment sheetEX-SAMPLE-0001

Status Draft, sent to the requester to approve

Requester
Withheld at the requester's request. An operator.
Work
Courthouse runsheet, mineral estate.
County
Lone Mesa County, Texas (made up). County clerk's office; the later years are on the clerk's online index, the earlier deed records are in books at the courthouse.
Lands
All of Section 14, Block 7, Sample RR Co. Survey, Abstract 1102, about 640 acres.
Depth
Sovereignty to present. If the early books cannot be worked, stop at 1940 and say so on the runsheet; the requester holds an old abstract that covers the earlier years.
Not in scope
Leasehold, surface, curative and any title opinion.
Deliverables
1. Runsheet in Excel: instrument, dates, Vol/Pg or instrument number, grantor, grantee, interest conveyed, notes.
2. A PDF copy of every instrument on the runsheet.
3. A one-page mineral ownership summary as of the last instrument run. A landman's summary, not a title opinion.
Start window
Within three weeks of written terms. The requester wants the file in about a month.
Effort
Requester's guess: six to eight courthouse days. Give your own estimate when you reply.
Reporting
A short status email at the end of each week.
Rate and terms
Not on the sheet. Set in writing before anyone starts, including who the landman works for and how copy costs are handled.
To take it
Reply to Our Landmen LLC with: when you can start; Lone Mesa or a neighboring county you have run; your day estimate; a redacted runsheet of yours, if you have one.
Sent to
Independent landmen who listed Lone Mesa County or a neighboring county and courthouse runsheets. Requester's name withheld.

Sample. The job, county, survey, people and dates are made up.

What the requester gets back

The replies, passed on in the order they came in. Made up, like the job.

Replies to EX-SAMPLE-0001 (sample)
LandmanCounties runCan startOwn estimate
Landman AHas run Lone Mesa County twice in the last few years.The 14thSeven courthouse days
Landman BWorks the county to the north; has not run Lone Mesa.In two weeksEight to ten days

No scores and no ranking. Designations show only when a landman lists them in a reply, and they are never used to sort anyone. The requester talks to whoever they like, and the terms go in writing before anyone starts.

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