BMR LAND SERVICES
BMR Land Services, LLC, (BMR) is a subsidiary of Brammer
Engineering, Inc ("Brammer"), and serves as Brammer's land department. BMR is a full-service land brokerage organization providing in depth and quality services along with management of properties, all based on the needs of its clients. BMR's diverse legal and certified petroleum landman management team ensures that all projects are reviewed at conception in order to formulate the most effective and cost-efficient plan to maximize success. All of this allows us to complete a project of any size within the designated timeframe and budget to meet the needs of its client. BMR recognizes that the land broker is many times the face of the industry with the mineral and surface owners. BMR is committed to enhancing the industry by providing honest, ethical and quality land services for its clients. BMR's services help both small and large companies manage all aspects of their assets' life, from acquisitions, to operations, and ultimately to eitherdivestiture of the assets or abandonment the same. These various land functions BMR provides includes:
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ABSTRACTING
BMR can have a qualified team of brokers research the records of any County/Parish to determine the surface/mineral ownership within a designated area of interest. This involves the task of running title from sovereignty (patent) to current ownership. The title conducted may be for a Drillsite Title Opinion, Division Order Title Opinion or determining the working/mineral/surface or royalty ownership within a designated unit or Area of Mutual Interest.
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MAPPING
BMR works closely with the brokers to provide a visual representation of the client's leasehold position, drilling units, pipeline right-of-ways and well data within an area of interest.
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LEASE TAKE-OFFS
BMR will diligently check the courthouse records in the County/Parish to verify that the area is open for leasing. Lease Take-Offs may range from simple or "Instant" Take-offs where only current leases in an area are reviewed, to complete Take-Offs where the full ownership of each tract within an area is determined, plus the net mineral interest covered under each tract.
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LEASING
BMR can fully staff a project with lease brokers possessing a broad range of experience and working knowledge in the industry for the specific area of interest to be researched. Following lease take-off services, our lease brokers can pursue rapid lease procurement through various methods: personal visits to mineral owners; group lease signings; and a complete mass mail out of leases to the mineral owners. The lease administration will include the processing, invoicing, paying, filing, and recording all client's leases, as well as delivering for each lease a final packet to the client with all relevant documentation. All lease data will then be scanned and stored in BMR's (and/or the client's) management/database system.
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LEASE CURATIVE
BMR's in-house resources can facilitate curative work for all title opinion requirements to provide defensible and marketable title. These resources include the preparation and delivery of supplemental instruments necessitated by title requirements to ensure marketability. These curative instruments include Subordination Agreements, Correction Deeds, Affidavits of Heirship, Affidavits of Use and Possession, Affidavits of Non-Production, Amendments to Oil and Gas Leases and Ratifications. Throughout this process, BMR maintains a master curative spreadsheet with specific notes to the requirement to be cured.
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DAMAGE SETTLEMENT/LOCATION STAKING/ROW ACQUISITION
BMR can manage the acquisition of well location/access road permits. BMR will work with the surveyors in staking the well pad and access road to establish the location to be drilled. Once the survey plat is completed, BMR will contract a forester to render a timber estimate, if such estimate is needed. Once this is completed, BMR will negotiate payment of damages. BMR follows the same process for the acquisition of pipeline right-of-ways. Once the right-of-way is acquired, BMR will then file and record a copy of the right-of-way instruments with an attached plat and then store same in the appropriate management/data base system. Similar to a lease, BMR will provide the client with a package for each Right-of-way with all relevant documentation. Should either the Right-of-way Easement or Damage Release provide for an annual or monthly rental, BMR will manage and make such payments on a regular schedule in advance of due dates. It is BMR's goal to maintain a smooth and efficient relationship with the surface owner.
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DUE DILIGENCE
For clients that are in the process of acquiring properties, BMR can provide the resources for due diligence. This may include review of the seller's records, and appropriate courthouse records. The due diligence objectives may include verification of the following: reported Working and Net Revenue Interests represented; record or contractual title; proper legal descriptions in the Assignment and Bill or Sale; and that there are no adverse claims or restrictions on the right to sell.
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DIVISION ORDER PREPARATION
When a well is completed and producing, BMR can prepare a revenue division of interest either from instruments of record, or from a Division Order Title Opinion. Then, BMR will prepare the Division Orders reflecting the name of the revenue owner, address and the decimal interest allocated to the owner, along with a W9. The Division Orders will be delivered to the revenue owners for execution by mail. Once we receive the Division Orders properly executed, they will be entered into the Management/Database system and the owner approved for revenue payment.
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JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENT PREPARATION ANDMANAGEMENT
Preparation - BMR has the necessary licenses and experience to prepare a JOA and all exhibits for a client's prospect. BMR can circulate same to the prospect partners, recirculate proposed edits as directed by the client, and ultimately manage execution of the final document.
Elections and Returns - BMR can manage the Joint Operating Agreement proposals for well operations. BMR will manage the proposals as returned, maintain an up-to-the-minute project status report, update the division of interest, and keep the client informed of same.
10) MINERAL MANAGEMENT
Managing oil, gas and minerals rights on your own can be extremely complex. BMR's team has extensive experience in the energy sector and can help the client develop and implement solutions based on that client's needs and goals. These services can include monitoring of area drilling activity, verification of WI and NRI decimals, and interacting with the operators on behalf of the client. BMR currently provides mineral/ownership services for clients throughout the lower 48 in the United States.
BMR believes in a management style that allows adaption in the ever-changing world of the oil and gas industry, including being proactive rather than reactive. BMR works with its clients to identify concerns and agree upon a clear objective and scope of work, while at the same time remaining flexible to the unforeseen. In summary, BMR offers the client a management system that will minimize the burden of complex titles and management of a large inventory of lease and other land agreements. BMR's system provides for a single point of contact for easy access by the client while the client remains in full control of final approval of each transaction. Click here to visit BMR Land Services.
