Maverick Land Services, Inc. (MLS) was founded in 2004 under the leadership of Bob Ashmore, president.

Bob Ashmore (middle) has extensive experience in all phases of land work and has been active in the petroleum land business for over thirty-one years. Bob is directly involved with clients in negotiations pertaining to mineral and surface title and acquisitions of oil, gas and mineral leases. Bob's wealth of knowledge concerning the oil and gas industry is the hub of Maverick Land Services. His network of quality contractors and surveyors provides the best and most cost effective services to clients.

Allen Pace (left) has been involved in the oil and gas industry for thirty years. Serving as Vice-President/Director of Operations, Allen's extensive knowledge in Surface and Mineral Acquisitions, Leasing, Running Title, Negotiating Cattle, Timber and Royalty Terms prove to be an asset to the client and our company. Finding the right person to coordinate the specific task at hand in order to meet the needs of our clients is one of Allen's attributes.

Judson Ashmore (right) is Vice-President/Project Manager for the Maverick team. Judson is a 2nd generation Landman, with over eight years experience in the oil and gas industry. Judson's focus is on providing excellence and accuracy in everything that he does; which is always reflected in the service provided to our clients.

OUR FACILITIES

Located in the Marshall Business Park, Maverick Land Services is located in a 21,000 sq ft. building featuring state of the art security and technology.

We offer our clients use of our spacious 100-person classroom, large warehouse for storage, fenced and unfenced premises for equipment parking at reasonable rates.

THE LANDMAN

The word "Landman" has been shortened over the years from the term "Land Manager".

A Landman constitutes the business side of oil and gas exploration and production.

A Landman is the person in the oil and natural gas exploration industry that determines the ownership of subsurface mineral rights and/or surface ownership. They may research the Official Public Records in the County or Parish Clerk's office to compile a "chain of title" to geologically attractive tracts of land.

Often they may need to locate the owners of those mineral rights and negotiate a petroleum exploration contract called an oil and gas lease.  Once the lease is signed and a sufficient amount of land is leased up into an acceptable drilling block, the Landman's work is not yet done.

When the oil and gas exploration company is ready to drill a test well at the location chosen by the company's staff of geologist and petroleum engineers, the Landman will act as a liaison between the company, a cadre of contractors, and the surface owners of the well site; negotiating damage settlements and sometimes purchasing pipeline right-of-way.  The Landman will often work with the surface owner so that the minerals are developed in a timely manner.

TYPES OF LANDMAN

Company landman negotiate deals and trades with other companies and individuals, draft contracts (and administer their compliance), acquire leases and ensure compliance with governmental regulations.

Independent field landman service clients on a contract basis and are generally the industry's contact with the public as they research courthouse records to determine ownership and prepare for necessary reports, locate mineral/land owners and negotiate oil and gas leases and various other agreements with them, obtain necessary curative documents and conduct surface inspections before drilling.

Independent land consultants serve clients on a contract basis and much effort is directed to due diligence examinations required in the purchase and sale of companies and properties.