Oil and gas
10 oil and gas land management experts
These ten professionals have led land work at oil and gas companies, in roles ranging from land manager to executive vice president of land. A reader can learn how oil and gas companies run their land function from the inside.
Professionals to explore
01—10Barry Osborne
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Land - Appalachia · Range Resources
Former Vice President Land - Appalachia at Range Resources (2012–2018) and General Counsel and Manager of Land at Vantage Energy LLC (2009–2012). The profile says that as General Counsel to Vantage Energy this person helped to establish Vantage's entry into the Marcellus Shale in 2011.
Chris Cooper, JD, CPL
LinkedInExperience: Texas AD Land Manager · Chevron
Former Texas AD Land Manager (2024–2025) and East Texas Land Manager (2022–2023) at Chevron, and Rockies AD Land Supervisor there since 2025, where the profile says this person manages all land professionals associated with Chevron's Asset Development in the Rockies.
Dave Bolton
LinkedInExperience: Land Director - Exploration · Chesapeake Energy
Former Vice President - Land at Energen (2014–2018) and Land Director - Exploration at Chesapeake Energy (2010–2014). The profile says that at Chesapeake this person coordinated all land activities in the Permian District as well as the South Texas, Haynesville, Barnett and Mid-continent districts.
David M. Korell
LinkedInExperience: Land Manager - Delaware Basin · Devon Energy
Director Land at Devon Energy since July 2026, a role the profile headline places in the Permian Basin. Former Land Manager - Delaware Basin (2022–2026) and Land Manager - Southern Delaware Basin (2021–2022) at Devon Energy, and Commercial Land Manager at WPX Energy (2019–2021).
Denise Ojeda Speer, CPL
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Land & Land Administration · Magnolia Oil & Gas
Vice President, Land & Land Administration at Magnolia Oil & Gas since 2022 and former Director, Land there (2019–2022). Former Director - Land, Magnolia (2019) and Manager - Land, South Texas (2016–2019) at EnerVest, Ltd., and Senior Landman at EnerVest, Ltd. (2010–2016).
Keelen Hauptman, M.S., CPL
LinkedInExperience: Land Manager · Anschutz Exploration Corporation
Director Land, Regulatory and Government Relations at Anschutz Exploration Corporation since 2024, also listed as Land Director there since 2022, and former Land Manager at Anschutz Exploration Corporation (2019–2022). Former Landman IV at Chord Energy (2012–2019). The profile lists skills in title curative, leasing, and acquisitions and divestitures.
Logan Hulett, JD,CPL
LinkedInExperience: General Manager-Land, North America · Chevron
Former General Manager-Land, North America (2020–2022) and Land Manager, Mid-Continent Business Unit (2017–2020) at Chevron. Director-Land, Corporate Business Development at Chevron since 2025, where the profile says this person provides strategic leadership and functional oversight across Chevron's business segments and leads teams.
Nicholas Bouterie
LinkedInExperience: Surface Land Director · Oxy
Surface Land Director at Oxy since 2021, where the profile says this person oversees Oxy's Surface Land team supporting oil and gas operations in the Permian Basin as well as land support for Occidental Chemical Corporation. Former Surface Land Manager - Delaware Basin (2018–2021) and Team Lead Surface Land - Delaware Basin (2015–2018) at Oxy.
Terry P. Caves, CPL
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President & Vice President of Land · Gunn Oil Company
Executive Vice President & Vice President of Land at Gunn Oil Company since 2008, where the profile says this person handles all aspects of land work, including strategy, negotiation and execution. Former Senior Landman at Devon Energy (2006–2008) and Landman at Texaco (1981–1983).
Wesley Robertson, CPL
LinkedInExperience: Director of Land · Endeavor Energy Resources, LP
Land Director at Diamondback Energy since 2024. Former Director of Land at Endeavor Energy Resources, LP (2019–2024), Land Manager at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (2014–2019) and Sr Land Negotiator at Oxy (2010–2014). The profile describes Diamondback Energy as an independent oil and natural gas company.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's basin and company type to yours, since land work for a large integrated company differs from land work at a smaller private operator. Also decide whether your question is mainly about leasing and title, surface and right-of-way work, or acquisitions and divestitures, and pick someone whose roles centered on that.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you organize a land team to keep leasing and title work ahead of a drilling schedule?
- 02When do you use in-house landmen versus outside brokers, and how do you manage them?
- 03What land issues most often delay wells or deals, and how do you prevent them?
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