ALAN KEYS 7777 Greenbriar Dr. #2075 Houston, TX 77030 (281) 768-0721 keyshoust@aol.com __________________________________________________________________________________________ LICENSE State Bar of Texas, licensed to practice law EDUCATION The University of Houston Law Center, J.D., May, 2002 The University of Texas, B.A., English, August, 1995 EXPERIENCE EQT Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (Lease and Title Analyst) 10/2013 – 12/2016 • Reviewed the company’s more complicated oil and gas title files, often going back many years, to ensure that we paid the appropriate parties their appropriate royalty decimal interests. Used title opinions, internal and external notes and correspondence and recorded title documentation to assist with analysis. Requested additional recorded title documentation from Land personnel when necessary. Calculated individual owners’ appropriate decimal interests and submitted write-ups and notes for entry into computer database. • Reviewed oil and gas leases, searching for particular clauses and terms, and entered key lease provisions into Enertia database. Set up royalty pay decks and JIB decks along with lease records. • Completed other title review projects as directed by management. Multiple agencies, TX and MN (Legal Doc. Reviewer) 4/9 - 11/10; 5/12 - 9/12; 4/13 - 9/13 • Reviewed various types of litigation-related documents and sorted and classified the documents by relevance, subject matter, privilege and confidentiality on these contract projects. • Reviewed oil and gas leases, searching for particular clauses and language, and sorted and classified the leases accordingly. Hess Corporation, Houston, TX (Division / Transfer Order Analyst) 10/2012 - 3/2013 • Reviewed information and documents received from land brokers and royalty interest owners in order to transfer payments, suspend payments or remove payments from suspense and communicated with those same parties as necessary to obtain missing and required title documentation on this contract assignment. • Compared decimal interests in current pay decks with those called for in new title opinions, reconciled the differences and, when appropriate, changed the interests on future decks. AgriBank F.C.B., St. Paul, MN (Mineral Title Specialist) 11/2010 - 5/2012 • Analyzed division orders received from oil and gas company lessees for accuracy of decimal interests paid to AgriBank for the Bank’s mineral interests in wells primarily located in North Dakota and Arkansas. Communicated with lessees as necessary concerning any errors, discrepancies, title issues, past due payments or past underpayments. Set up corresponding well and division order records in AgriBank’s computer database. • Reviewed weekly drilling permit listings in North Dakota and Arkansas to determine which of the newly permitted well spacing units included land in which AgriBank owned a mineral interest. Set up records for these prospective wells in computer database and continued to monitor their drilling or producing statuses over time. • Compiled monthly lists of expiring AgriBank oil and gas leases. Examined leases for term, acreage covered and the existence of Pugh or other relevant clauses; looked up well drilling statuses and well spud dates on State government websites. Allen Click and Associates, Austin, TX (Title Attorney) 8/2008 - 11/2008 • Researched land ownership at abstract plants and courthouses and drafted title opinions on Microsoft Word for a contract natural gas pipeline project. • Used Tobin maps to locate the proposed route of the pipeline and to determine the appropriate tracts to examine. International Paper, Houston, TX (Lease Analyst) 2/2007 - 8/2008 • Reviewed deeds, leases, Tobin maps and other relevant documents to determine and record International Paper’s mineral ownership and mineral leasehold statuses on land throughout the United States on this contract assignment. • Recorded findings in I.P.’s computer database, using I.P.’s mineral recording software. Cross-referenced the ownership records with the appropriate deeds, leases and other relevant documents, and used I.P.’s G.I.S. computer system to attach graphic representations of tracts to ownership records. • Winner of numerous monthly production contests. • Trained new employees. Derwen Resources, Houston, TX (Lease Analyst / Landman) 12/2005 - 12/2006 • Reviewed property records and interviewed people to determine mineral ownership and mineral leasehold statuses on land located within both new and developed oil and gas plays throughout Texas on this contract assignment. • Located open mineral interests that Derwen then purchased or leased. • Compiled spreadsheets and reports, using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. • Hired, trained and managed a team of new employees. First American Title, Houston, TX (Title Examiner / Abstractor) 2/2004 - 8/2005 • Examined public records to determine whether this title insurer should insure properties throughout Texas. • Learned, oversaw and maintained complete physical title plants for Nueces, San Patricio and Jefferson counties. Trained other employees on the proper use of these title plants. • Often went back many years in title plants to construct chains of title and search for relevant documents. • Used maps, plats and computer programs such as Title Data and Data Trace.

Last Resume Update	February 09, 2017
Degree	Doctorate
Experience	7+ to 10 Years
Category	Landman
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State	TX