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DAPL - Board of DirectorsPresidentKelly Kessler, CPLEncana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.

1st Vice President - EntertainmentCameron Rice, RPLEland Energy, Inc.

2nd Vice President - MembershipDiana Millsap, RPLJ-W Energy Company

3rd Vice President - WebsiteAshley St. Pierre, RPLEncana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.

Immediate Past PresidentWebsite Co-DirectorKevin Dickerson, CPLEagle Oil & Gas Co.

Membership Co-Director/NGL DirectorRyan Boschetti, RPLHunt Oil Company

TreasurerJoshua Raley, CPLEXCO Resources, Inc.

SecretaryGreg Brown, JD, CPLLaredo Petroleum

Sergeant-at-ArmsBlake C. Bowen, RPLPioneer Natural Resources (USA) Inc.

Education DirectorWes Minshall, RPLJ. Cleo Thompson

Advertising DirectorIris L. Bradley, ESA/CPLNorthern Trust

Publications DirectorJerry Padilla, RPLThomas Development Corporation

AAPL DirectorBill Rex, CPLHunt Oil Company

Event CalendarUPCOMING

DAPLMarch 4, 2013

Casual MeetingMaximo’s

Dallas, TexasApril 1, 2013

Formal MeetingTexas Scottish Rite Hospital

Dallas, Texas

May 6, 2013Casual Meeting

PappadeauxDallas, Texas

AAPLFebruary 20, 2013

Landman 411 Series: Contracts

Fort Worth, Texas

February 26,2013Oil & Gas Land Review

CPL/RPL ExamMidland Texas

February 2013

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DAPL News

 

DAPL Meetings – FAQ’s Please email additional questions or comments about meetings to:  events@dapl.org 

 

Question:  Why have registrations for several DAPL meetings this year closed early? 

Answer:  DAPL welcomes and sincerely appreciates the feedback it has received regarding this important question, and is actively reviewing options for venues to accommodate our growing membership and attendance.  DAPL has been very fortunate to have experienced a growth in membership this year, which has resulted in an increase in members interested in attending meetings.  For example, for February’s luncheon, we had a 40% increase in members who RSVP’d  than we’ve had each of  the  five previous years.   This has been a common  theme  for several other meetings this year.  To secure venues and dates, we must book up to six months in advance and DAPL is required to sign contracts to guarantee the estimated attendees.  

Additionally, most RSVP’s are not usually received until about 10 days prior to an event, so we’ve been unable to anticipate our  increased  space  requirements and change our venues  for  the past  several meetings.   Our venues must also follow fire marshal codes that correspond to their maximum capacities. 

To secure an RSVP at upcoming events, we recommend that members login to www.dapl.org to submit their  online registrations well in advance of the event, and note that registrations close up to 5 days in advance of the event so we can submit our final numbers to the venues as required by our contracts. 

Question:  Why do I see open seats at events even though registration was closed? 

Answer:  DAPL  makes  every  attempt  to  estimate  the  historical  number  of  no‐shows,  and  already  factors  that percentage  in  the  final  number  of  RSVP’s  that  are  accepted.    Inclement weather,  illness,  or work/family emergencies can increase this number, so this can be difficult to predict exactly.  We would always expect to have a certain number of no‐shows, but once larger venues are located, limited registrations and open seats should not be an issue for members.  As a courtesy to fellow members, DAPL would ask that members send an email to events@dapl.org notifying us of last minute cancellations so other members can attend in their spot.  

Question:  I’ve heard that other local associations charge lower dues, but then charge for individual events attended.  Should DAPL consider changing its dues structure and would this help with registrations? 

Answer:  DAPL  has  considered  this method which  certain  other  local  associations  follow,  although  this method  still would not have resolved the space limitations of our recent venues.  For several years, this has been discussed as an option by the Board, but  it’s been the continued belief of the Board that there  is more value to DAPL members to follow a single dues payment by covering the cost to attend meetings at no extra cost (excluding the golf tournament).  For example, if a member had attended each meeting in 2012, the value of the $150 annual dues paid would have been equal to $377.94 (see cost breakdown in this newsletter).  However, now that  space has become  limited at meetings, DAPL  is actively working  to preserve  this membership value by pursuing more suitable venues for 2013‐2014, while striving to keep our dues structure as low and as simple as possible.    Although  DAPL  dues  have  remained  at  $150/year  for  ~20  years,  larger  venues may  require  an increase in dues for 2014, as well as considering guest fees for the 2013 Christmas Party.  Replacing some of the costly formal meetings with less formal meetings for 2013‐2014 may also be reviewed. 

Question:  I  seem  to  have  difficulty  logging  in  and/or  submitting  an RSVP  on  the DAPL website.   How  can  this  be corrected? 

Answer:  GOOD NEWS!!  DAPL is working diligently to update our website and streamline the login and RSVP process, as well as other enhancements.  We hope to have the website updates available by the summer.   In the interim, please email web@dapl.org with questions regarding login issues.  2

membership

DAPL Monthly Meeting

DAPL Annual DuesDAPL's Meeting Cost 

per MemberComments

Jan‐12 $60.00Feb‐12 $34.72Mar‐12 $16.35Apr‐12 $42.79May‐12 $27.38Jun‐12 No Meeting

Jul‐12 No Meeting

Aug‐12 No Meeting

Sep‐12 $59.74Oct‐12 $25.00 Member Discount for Golf Tournament

Nov‐12 $35.50

Dec‐12 $76.46 Note ‐ if a member brought a guest to the Christmas party, the added value was $152.92 vs. $76.46)

Totals $150.00 $377.94

2012 breakdown

NGL CONNECTIONSThe DAPL Board is pleased to announce a new program that will begin this summer,

NGL Connections. This program is designed to connect DAPL’s Next Generation Landmen (NGL) with more experienced Landmen to discuss important

land fundamentals, industry news, and provide additional networking and mentoring opportunities. NGL Connections will create a way for experienced

Landmen to invest in the future of the Land profession by volunteering a small amount of their time. It will be a great opportunity for new

Landmen to learn valuable information and gain exposure to those having been in the business for years.

Please contact ngl@dapl.org to express an interest in

participating in NGL Connections and learn more details.

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13th annual charity

april 4-6, 2013[Thursday Evening Through Saturday]

Join us for the 13th Annual Metroplex Energy Tennis Tournament (METT) Thursday Evening, April 4 through Saturday, April 6, 2013, benefiting the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

Players representing exploration, production and service companies participate in this doubles format tournament which is held at the first class T-Bar-M tennis facility located in Dallas, Texas. A wonderful opportunity to network, have fun and benefit a great cause are some of the reasons to join us. Lots of prizes, food and a first class dinner with live band are some other reasons.

Our Networking Scramble will be Thursday evening.

Go to mettdfw.org for more information.

To sponsor this event, call (972) 969-3741

mettdfw.org

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Please renew your membership for 2013 online using our simple “Extend your membership” feature!  Log in and check it out today.  If you need assistance with logging in, email us at web@dapl.org.  

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By: Kevin BegosPITTSBURGH (AP) FRACKING FLUIDS

NON-TOXIC Energy industrydevelops

The oil and gas industry is trying to ease environmental concerns by developing nontoxic fluids for the drilling process known as fracking, but it’s not clear whether the new product will be widely embraced by drilling companies.

Houston-based energy giant Halliburton Inc. has developed a product called CleanStim, which uses only food-industry ingredients. Other companies have developed nontoxic fluids as well. “Halliburton is in the business to provide solutions to our customers,” said production manager Nicholas Gardiner. “Those solutions have to include ways to reduce the safety or environmental concerns that the public might have.”

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There also may be technical and cost issues that limit the acceptance of products such as CleanStim. There is tremendous variation in the type of shale rock in different parts of the country. For example, drillers use different fluids even within the same state, and the specific mix can play a large role in determining how productive a well is. Gardiner wouldn’t say how widely used CleanStim is. “The customers who do use it certainly like the material,” he added. Terry Engelder, a geologist at Penn State University, said he visited a well in that state last year that used just water, sand and three additives in the fracking fluid. But Engelder added that “green” and “toxic” can be “soft words without real meaning.” He noted that consumers, businesses and farms use vast quantities of chemicals that can contribute to pollution, from cleaners and soaps to fertilizers and pesticides. Yet all those compounds are routinely flushed down the drain, ending up in nearby rivers and streams. “Eventually industry would like to end up with a mix of just water, sand, and food-grade additives,” Engelder said of fracking. “Companies are learning to deal with fewer and fewer additives.”

Environmental groups say they welcome the development but still have questions. The chemicals in fracking fluids aren’t the only environmental concern, said George Jugovic, president of PennFuture. He said there is also concern about the large volumes of naturally occurring but exceptionally salty wastewater and air pollution. It’s premature to say whether it will ever be feasible to have fluids for fracking that are totally nontoxic, said Scott Anderson, a senior adviser for the Environmental Defense Fund. “But we are encouraged to some extent by recent industry efforts to at least reduce the toxicity,” Anderson said.

Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, has made it possible to tap into energy reserves across the nation but also has raised concerns about pollution, since large volumes of water, along with sand and hazardous chemicals, are injected deep into the ground to free the oil and gas from rock. Regulators contend that overall, water and air pollution problems are rare, but environmental groups and some scientists say there hasn’t been enough research on those issues. The industry and many federal and state officials say the practice is safe when done properly, but faulty wells and accidents have caused problems. Halliburton says CleanStim will provide “an extra margin of safety to people, animals and the environment in the unlikely occurrence of an incident” at a drilling site.

Gardiner said Halliburton has developed a chemistry-scoring system for the fluids, with lower scores being better. CleanStim has a zero score, he said, and is “relatively more expensive” than many traditional fracking fluids. Both Jugovic and Anderson noted that one of the most highly publicized concerns about toxic fracking fluids hasn’t really been an issue: the suggestion that they might migrate from thousands of feet underground, up to drinking water aquifers. “Most people agree there are no confirmed cases so far” of fracking chemicals migrating up to drinking water, Anderson said. But he added that simple spills of fluid on the surface can cause problems. “The most likely of exposure is not from the fracking itself. It is from spills before the fracking fluid is injected,” Anderson said.

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By: Bloomberg.com with assistance from Peter Millard - Feb 8, 2013

Brazilprepares

to Surprise Drillersthis time with GAS

As Brazil prepares for its first-ever auction of shale-gas acreage, it has a message for global prospectors:

The country that discovered the world’s biggest offshore oil finds this century may have almost twice as much natural gas onshore as is currently estimated. Brazil’s energy regulator known as ANP made the assertion in a preliminary estimate of potential reserves, in an e-mail to Bloomberg News. The estimate is 88 percent higher than the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s calculation that Brazil may have 226 trillion cubic feet of gas held in shale, a sedimentary rock increasingly being harvested for fuels around the world. 9

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The forecast may assure that Royal Dutch Shell Plc and billionaire Eike Batista take part in the Dec. 14-15 government auction of shale-gas blocks. Europe’s biggest energy company and the billionaire who controls Brazil’s second-largest oil company by market value both expressed interest in joining the nascent shale boom in Latin America, six years after Brazil’s so-called pre-salt basins proved to hold the biggest finds since 2000.

Pre-salt Gas The U.S. estimate includes only one basin, and there could be another 200 trillion cubic feet of gas spread through four other areas, Brazil’s regulator said, in response to questions. Given the country’s gas demand of 885 billion cubic feet in 2011, if 10 percent of the additional reserves are pumped, they alone could supply the country for about 22 years at its current consumption rate. The U.S. estimates are the best published so far, ANP said. The regulator reached its larger estimate by drawing an analogy between the geology of four Brazilian on-shore basins and the U.S. Barnett shale basin, it said. The analogy is not a firm projection, only a point of reference, it said. Natural gas has gained in world markets less than oil in the past decade. Next month gas traded on the U.K.’s ICE exchange declined in three of the last 10 years, while Brent oil futures have increased in all but one year in the period.

President Dilma Rousseff is seeking to cut dependency on liquefied natural gas imports, used in electricity generation. While more than 80 percent of Brazil’s power is hydroelectric, a dry spell that pushed dam levels to the lowest since 2000 has forced authorities to order the use of fossil fuel-burning plants without having enough domestic gas to feed them. “There is a gas shortage,” Ruaraidh Montgomery, a senior analyst at oil and gas researcher Wood Mackenzie, said by phone from Houston. Domestically produced shale gas “will be very good looking from a below-ground perspective. The challenges are above ground,” to secure available workers, satisfy local content rules, and the size of the service sector, he said.

Photographer: Jonathan Ernst/ Bloomberg

Given the need to use gas to produce power, discovering shale gas and other unconventionals would be “ideal” for Brazil, Mauricio Tolmasquim, head of the government’s energy policy agency, or EPE, said Jan. 28. “Unconventional could be more competitive than pre-salt,”Marcelo Mendonca, an official at Gas Energy, a Brazilian consulting firm, said in an interview in Rio de Janeiro.“Currently our gas in Brazil is expensive so it makes all the sense to develop technologies to produce gas.”

First Well Shale deposits exceed Brazil’s so-called pre-salt gas reserves, ANP head Magda Chambriard said last month to reporters, in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil also holds other types of unconventional gas, such as so-called tight sands and carbon gas, according to the ANP. Pre-salt refers to Brazil’s off-shore deposits, the world’s biggest crude discoveries this century. Shell, already Brazil’s third-largest oil producer, is preparing to drill its first on-shore gas well in the second half of the year while it waits for the ANP to issue rules for the December auction, the company’s press office said in an e-mailed response to questions. Shell will drill in the state of Minas Gerais, where closely-held Petra Energia SA is becoming the leading unconventional gas explorer in Brazil, focusing on so-called tight gas sandstones and tight gas carbonates, according to an e-mailed response to questions. The company has discovered gas in 12 of 14 wells it drilled in the Sao Francisco basin. Unconventional gas gives companies an opportunity to operate blocks in Brazil where state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, is guaranteed a majority stake in all pre-salt operations.

Bolivia Imports Discovered in 2007, the pre-salt reserves hold at least 50 billion barrels of oil equivalent, according to ANP. They lie below a layer of salt under the Atlantic seabed as far as 300 kilometers from the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s main source of gas imports today is Bolivia, which supplies more than one-third of its demand. The country also imports liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to process at two plants. LNG imports reached 8.6 million cubic meters a day in 2012 and are expected to rise to about 10 million cubic meters a day this year, driven by demand from power plants, Jose Santoro, Petrobras’s head of gas and energy, told reporters Feb. 5.

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By: Kate GalbraithPublished: January 12, 2013 kgalbraith@texastribune.org

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, acting under the Endangered Species Act, will decide by the end of September whether to put the birds on its list of threatened species. Such a move could have serious repercussions for wind farms, as well as oil and gas drilling, conceivably halting activity in some areas. Those industries are fighting to keep it off the list.

In a few months, a grouse known as the lesser prairie chicken will emerge from its West Texas winter hideaway. Males will do a loud and elaborate mating dance, delighting females — and bird-watchers.But there will be less dancing now, because the chickens’ numbers have declined.

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“Clearly, if there was some sort of moratorium on development, that would be catastrophic,” said Jeff Clark, the executive director of the Wind Coalition, a regional advocacy group. He says that wind power and prairie chickens can coexist. That view is not shared by some environmentalists. “The chicken is in serious trouble without protection of the Endangered Species Act,” said Jay Lininger, an ecologist with the Center for Biological Diversity.

About 1,800 to 2,000 lesser prairie chickens are believed to inhabit Texas, primarily in the Panhandle and West Texas, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. It is difficult to quantify the decline in the population because of changing survey methods, biologists say. Classifying the species as threatened would also have implications for Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, where the birds live, too. According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, the land area inhabited by the chickens has shrunk by 84 percent over the past century, as native grasslands have vanished.

ReutersClassifying the lesser prairie chicken as threatened could have an impact on wind farms and drilling operations

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Earlier this month, Gov. Rick Perry and the governors of the other four states issued a joint statement opposing a listing. The governors said that efforts by states, industry and landowners to aid the chicken should “support a ‘not warranted’ listing decision” by the federal government. Kansas still allows lesser prairie chickens to be hunted. Texas banned it in 2009.

Listing the bird as “threatened” would not be as onerous to industries as listing it as “endangered,” a stronger classification. But it could still limit the places where energy activities take place. A major problem, biologists say, is that prairie chickens fear tall structures, where predators like hawks can perch and spot them. Wind turbines, transmission towers and drilling rigs are generally the tallest objects on the plains.

The Fish and Wildlife Service will hold a hearing next month in Lubbock on the chicken’s future, and the public can comment on the issue until March 11. David P. Smith, an environmental lawyer with the law firm Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, said the Obama administration faces the challenge of deciding between two green priorities — endangered species and wind power. “This is really one of the first times when they’re talking about listing a species that could have direct and significant impacts on the ability to deliver renewables,” Mr. Smith said. (Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune.)

The Environmental Defense Fund, a nonprofit group, is working to create “habitat exchange” agreements, in which energy companies pay landowners to preserve the lesser prairie chicken’s habitat. The exchanges should be ready by May, said David H. Festa, a vice president of the group. The development of similar exchanges helped keep a West Texas lizard off the endangered species list last year, to the relief of the oil and gas industry.

Regardless of the federal government’s decision on the chicken, a raft of other possible listings under the Endangered Species Act is imminent in Texas and nationwide. That is partly a result of lawsuits settled between the Fish and Wildlife Service and some environmental groups that want the government to act more quickly. The oil and gas industry is monitoring the potential listing of more than 100 species, according to Debbra Hastings, the executive vice president of the Texas Oil and Gas Association. Among its top concerns will be the spot-tailed earless lizard, which inhabits the drilling grounds of the Eagle Ford Shale and is on the Fish and Wildlife Service’s study list.

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THE DAPL WELCOMESTHE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERSTracy McRaeJ-W Energy Company

Sherra Kay ReadJ-W Energy Company

Russell J. McClendonJ-W Energy Company

James Hunter KennedyLaredo Petroleum-Dallas, Inc.

James Brandon BensonDorchester Minerals Operating, L.P.

Grant DavisGrant Davis Law, PLLC.

Dustin BynumEOG Resources, Inc.

Lindsay ChandlerEOG Resources, Inc.

John L. DenmanCarrollton Minerals Partners

Karen Lynn EvansEXCO Resources

Hollis R. SullivanVeritas Energy, LLC.

William T. FrancisBaptist Foundation of Texas

Monte R. MontgomeryHunt Oil Company

Robert Warren BoisvertFore Land Services

Gary Dale Aston, Jr.Spindletop Oil & Gas Co.

Russell B. SmithEagle Oil and Gas Co.

Jayne LangerockPeissel Law Firm, LLP.

Bryan GoadKastner Land Services

Harold McAdenHarold McAden Law Firm

Michael Luke MildrenIndependent

Kyle A. YoungLaredo Petroleum

Jon M. GriffinChoice Exploration, Inc.

Retina MorrisonHunt Oil

James J. LeonardEXCO Resources

Judy BennettDorchester Minerals Operating, L.P.

The Board of Directors would like to make a CALL FOR NOMINATIONS from the membership for: DAPL’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Landman of the Year AwardIf you would like to make a nomination, please email us at info@dapl.org.  

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AAPLEducation Calendar

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WI/NRI Workshop - Canton, OHSaturday, February 16, 2013 (8:00 AM-3:30 PM)

Landman 411 Series: Contracts - Fort Worth, TX- NEWWednesday, February 20, 2013 (1:00 PM-4:30 PM)

Field Landman Seminar Greeley, COThursday, February 21, 2013 (5:00 PM-9:00 PM)

Intro To Field Land Practices - Canton, OHTuesday, February 26, 2013 - Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Oil and Gas Land Review, CPL/RPL Exam - Midland, TXTuesday, February 26, 2013 - Friday, March 01, 2013

Basics of Geographic Information System - Morgantown, WV- NEWSaturday, March 02, 2013 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

Oil and Gas Titles Workshop- Billings, MTMonday, March 04, 2013 (8:00 AM-4:30 PM)

Fundamentals of Land Practices & OPT. RPL Exam - Russellville, ARTuesday, March 05, 2013 - Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Pooling Seminar- Pittsburgh, PA- NEWFriday, March 8, 2013 (8:00 AM-3:30 PM)

Landman 411 Series: Encumbrances - Fort Worth, TX- NEWMonday, March 11, 2013 (1:00 PM-4:30 PM)

Oil and Gas Land Review, CPL/RPL Exam -Bakersfield, CAWednesday, March 13, 2013 - Saturday, March 16, 2013

2013 Mining & Land Resources Institute Thursday, March 14, 2013 - Friday, March 15, 2013

JOA Workshop - Midland, TXWednesday, March 20, 2013 - Thursday, March 21, 2013

Fundamentals of Land Practices & OPT. RPL Exam - Wichita, KSMonday, March 25, 2013 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Pooling Seminar- Oklahoma City, OK- NEWMonday, April 15, 2013 (8:30 AM-3:00 PM)

Oil and Gas Land Review, CPL/RPL Exam - Washington, PATuesday, April 16, 2013 - Friday, April 19, 2013

Applied Land Practices - Denver, COThursday, April 25, 2013 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

Field Landman Seminar Jackson, MSThursday, April 25, 2013 (5:00 PM-9:00 PM)

WI/NRI Workshop - Denver, COFriday, April 26, 2013 (8:00 AM-3:30 PM)

WI/NRI Workshop - Billings, MTSaturday, April 27, 2013 (8:00 AM-3:30 PM)

2013 Southwest Land Institute- Dallas, TXTuesday, April 30, 2013 (8:00 AM- 5:00PM)

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McCombs’ New Energy Management Program

Energy Management Coursework

GEO 303 - Basic Geology GEO 316P - Sedimentary Rocks Law I - Oil & Gas Law Law II - Real Estate and Contracts Law O&G Ops – Oil & Gas Operations BGS 370 – Energy, Technology and Policy plus two electives from an approved list including: ACC 326 - Financial Accounting - Intermediate

ACC 329 - Managerial Accounting and Control

FIN 374C – Energy Valuation

FIN 376 - Energy Risk Management

MAN 337.21 The Art and Science of Negotiation

MAN 336 Organizational Behavior

OM 367 – Strategic Supply Chain Management

OM 337.5 – Project Management

MIS 304 - Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming

MIS 374 - Business Systems Development

www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Centers/EMIC/Education/Energy-Management-Program

Contact: John C. Butler, Director butlerjc@mccombs.utexas.edu (512) 232-6821

The San Antonio Association of Petroleum LandmenEvent: Landman and Lawyer Clays Shoot of South TexasDate/Time: Saturday, April 6th at 9:30amLocation: Joshua Creek Ranch, Boerne, TexasCost: $135 per shooter

For more information please contact:Ryan Alford ofMazurek, Alford & Holliday PC210.824.2188 17

A regional seminar focusing onMarcellus Oil & Gas Issues, Horizontal Drilling

and Shale Plays Presented by

Steptoe and Johnson, PLLCMarch 14th 2013 from 9 am to 5 pm

Registration closes Friday, March 8, 2013.Please go to www.NADOA.wildapricot.org to register and for

further information6 CPLTA Credits - 7 CDOA Credits – 3 CMM Credits – 6 CPL

Credits – 6 RPL Credits

NADOA Presents

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DALLAS ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM LANDMENP. O. Box 600096, 2013 Membership YearDallas, Texas 75360-0096 January-December

Please accept my application for membership in the Dallas Association of Petroleum Landmen under the classification of membership I have checked below. I agree to be governed by the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association, including the Code of Ethics.

Check one of the following:

_____ ACTIVE Member ($150.00)– Active membership in the association shall be available to professional Landmen whose responsibilitiesprimarily involve the acquisition, trading and management of oil, gas and all other mineral estates in land in a non-clerical manner. An applicant for active membership must have the sponsorship of two (2) Active Members of the Association who know the applicant.

ASSOCIATE Member ($150.00) – Associate membership in the Association shall be available to all persons who are directly, primarily and regularly engaged in performing services in the oil, gas and mineral industry. Associate Members shall have all the rights and privileges of Active Members except they may not hold office in the Association, vote in Association affairs or sponsor membership applications. An applicant for associate membership must have the sponsorship of two (2) Active Members of the Association who know the applicant.

NON-RESIDENT Member ($40.00) – Non-Resident membership in the Association shall be available at the discretion of the Board to individuals residing at least seventy-five (75) miles from downtown Dallas. Non-Resident Members will pay reduced annual dues as set by the Board. Non-Resident Members will have all the rights of Active Members except they may not hold office in the Association, vote in Association affairs or sponsor membership applications, and they will pay their share of any and all activities attended. An applicant for Non-Resident membership must be sponsored by two (2) Active Members of the Association or two (2) non-member CPL’s. If the applicant is a CPL no sponsors are required.

PLEASE PRINT C L E A R L YFull Name (please print) Preferred First Name

Company Name__________________________________ Nature of Business (i.e., Production, Exploration, Brokerage, etc.)

Position Title___________________ Does this position, primarily involve Landman responsibilities (yes or no)

Length of Experience as a Landman _______ Length of total energy industry experience _________

Office Address / /Street City Zip

Office Phone ______________________________ Cell Phone (optional)

All DAPL news/information is sent via email. E-mail Address Please print legibly

Are you a member of the AAPL?______ (yes/no) Birth date ___/___/_____ (for AAPL purposes)

Are you a CPL?___RPL?___ ESA? ______ Universities Attended

Other industry associations/societies of which you are a current member

Date______________________ Signature of Applicant

The following two (2) ACTIVE Members in good standing have signed below as sponsors of this applicant.Associate Members may not sponsor.

Sponsor’s Signature Sponsor’s SignaturePrint Name Legibly: Print Name Legibly:Email Address: Email Address:Phone Phone

MEMBERSHIP APPROVED: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DATE________________________ President______________________________

THIS APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH A CHECK MADE OUT TO DAPL FOR ANNUAL DUES IN THE AMOUNT OF $150.00 IF ACTIVE OR ASSOCIATE, OR $40 IF NON-RESIDENT.

50% AFTER JUNE 1. RETURN TO ABOVE ADDRESS.Your dues cover the costs associated with all DAPL publications, regular meetings and social functions.

Dues will not cover Educational luncheons.

AMBASSADORS OF THE OIL INDUSTRY LAND IS THE BASIS OF ALL WEALTH

DAPL News ________________________________

Dallas Association of Petroleum Landmen P.O. Box 600096, Dallas, TX 75360-0096

www.dapl.org

Newsletter and Website Advertisement GuidelinesOVERVIEW

DAPL News is the Monthly newsletter of the Dallas Association of Petroleum Landmen. DAPL Newsletters are circulated from September through June to more

than 500 members throughout the Dallas / Fort Worth area. Website ads run continuously throughout the

year.

ADVERTISEMENT SPECIFICATIONSAdvertisements must be submitted in static gif, jpg, png or pdf format (no animations, video or audio). Advertisements must conform to the dimensions specified on the chart below. Alternative text for

website advertisements must not exceed 255 characters. Website advertisements will follow a URL

of your choice in a new browser window.

NEWSLETTER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSColor: CMYK color mode only Resolution: 300dpi – 600dpi

ADVERTISEMENT SUBMISSIONSSend to ads@dapl.org for information about how to get

started. Deadline for artwork changes and new advertisements is two weeks prior to newsletter distribution

date which is typically around the 1st of each month the newsletter is published. Advertisers are limited to one art work change per plan year. All ads and advertisers are

subject to DAPL Board approval.

Newsletters are distributed to its membership via email each month from September through June, and Website ads run

throughout the year. Advertising Plan years run from September 1st through June 30th for Newsletters and

September 1st through August 30th for Website ads. Artwork and payments are due by August 10th each year to ensure publication in the September newsletter. Website Advertisers will pay pro-rated amounts if renewed or commenced other

than these times.

For general questions about advertising with DAPL, please contact (Advertising Director) at ads@dapl.org.

Newsletter Advertisements Dimensions and Price Sheet:

Size / Type Dimensions Max File Size 10Issues 5 Issues

Per Issue, if less than 5

Issues

Full Page 7.5 x 10.5 inches 3 MB $2,645 $1,465 $375

1/2 Page 7.5 x 5.25 inches 2MB $1,325 $775 $170

1/4 Page 3.75 x 5.25 inches 1MB $720 $400 $145

1/8 Page 3.75 x 2.125 inches 1MB $400 $260 $115

Website Advertisements Dimensions and Price Sheet:

Size / Type Dimensions Max File Size Annual Fee

Small Button 120 x 60 pixels 12k $135

Large Button 120 x 90 pixels 15k $210

Vertical Banner 120 x 240 pixels 20k $350

Skyscraper 120 x 640 pixels 20k $610

The prices shown below are effective June 1, 2012.

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