Land Intern - Summer 2027
Highland Field Services
- Location
- Cranberry Township, PA
- Job type
- Internship
- Posted
- Oct 13
- 7 days ago
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About the company
Highland Field Services
Oil & energy · 1,001 to 5,000 employees
Seneca Resources Company, LLC, the oil & gas exploration and production subsidiary of National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE: NFG) explores for, develops and produces natural gas and crude oil reserves in Appalachia. Seneca’s headquarters are located in Houston, Texas with offices in Pittsburgh, Brookville, Mansfield, Williamsport and Kane, PA. Seneca's investment activity is in the Marcellus and Utica Shales in Pennsylvania, where the company controls approximately 1.2 million net prospective acres and is one of the largest producers in the basin with approximately 1,000 wells. As an active exploration and production company in the northeastern U.S. for more than 100 years, Seneca Resources Company, LLC is committed to safety, environmental stewardship, increased productivity and maximizing shareholder value.
What you'll do
- Conduct ownership review, market analysis, and acreage research
- Assist with landowner correspondence and assemble materials supporting land negotiations
- Support lease and contract administration through database maintenance, document organization, electronic filing, and managing records
- Assist with title review and due diligence by reviewing and organizing title opinions, deeds, leases, ownership records, and related legal documents
- Track title curative requirements, project status, and other key information, and prepare summary reports
- Review division order documentation to validate and reconcile ownership and revenue-interest data
- Develop Excel-based tracking tools, dashboards, process documentation, and workflow guides
- Support digitization of records and complete and present an internship project
What you need
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree or have recently completed a degree inEnergy Land Management, Business Administration, Legal Studies, Environmental or Natural Resource Studies, Geography/GIS, Communications, Political Science, or a related field
- Interest in the energy industry and a desire to learn about property and mineral rights, title research, negotiations & leasing, and surface rights
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare professional correspondence and communicate effectively with landowners and internal stakeholders
- Organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities efficiently
- Negotiation aptitude and the ability to build positive relationships with landowners and other stakeholders
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Professionalism, integrity, sound judgment, and discretion when handling confidential business and ownership information
- Introductory experience with or knowledge of the following is preferred, but not required:Oil and gas leasing, land administration, or title and ownership researchProperty and mineral rights, division orders, or revenue-interest conceptsLand systems, databases, SharePoint, records management, or data visualizationExcel-based tracking tools, dashboards, and data-quality processes
- Oil and gas leasing, land administration, or title and ownership research
- Property and mineral rights, division orders, or revenue-interest concepts
- Land systems, databases, SharePoint, records management, or data visualization
- Excel-based tracking tools, dashboards, and data-quality processes
- Education: a bachelor's degree or a postgraduate degree
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