Mark Cunningham, Director of Operations for the Gulf Coast, attended the event representing Cinco’s Lafayette office. According to Mark, “there was a great turnout. Independents and Company Landmen alike enjoyed the crawfish and the chance to catch up with old friends.”

You can find more pictures on our Facebook page!

On Thursday, March 29, Cinco Energy Services celebrated the official Grand Opening of our Houston Corporate Office at 8811 Gaylord St.

Cinco staff, clients, and friends gathered at the near 13,000 square foot location to watch Randy Nichols cut the ribbon and usher in a new era in Cinco’s history.

Highlights included the quaint sounds of acoustic Bluegrass from the Sieker’s, a live demo of our online education program Learning Land, and tasty treats from Culinaire.

Check out more pictures from the event on our Facebook page.

This job fair is sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hiring Our Heroes program and Recruit Military, the “top full-service military-to-civilian recruiting firm in the United States.” The event is designed to provide employment opportunities explicitly for veterans and their spouses.

Cinco supports our troops!

To be eligible to vote, you must have significant experience in Texas and fall into one of the following categories: Corporate Officer, Geoscientist, Engineer, Landman.

In order to cast a ballot, you must first register on-line.  This registration process will only take a few moments of your time – First Name, Last Name, Company, Email and Category – easy!  http://tipro.org/index.php/about-us/ttp

After registering, you will be sent a survey via email in late February.  Final deadline to cast your vote is March 16, 2012.

You can read the criteria for Best Landman here. We feel that Randy fits the bill to a T, having proven himself in his 35 year-long career to be an excellent landman, leader, and community activist.

Thanks for your support, and VOTE RANDY NICHOLS BEST LANDMAN!

Cameron Bettis, RPL, Landman

Mr. Bettis is a third generation landman, his grandfather having started his land career in 1938. After graduating from Texas A&M Mr. Bettis began working for brokers in the field running title, performing lease checks, and buying leases throughout South Texas. He joined Cinco Energy Services in 2010, and has since become a Project Manager focusing on the Rockies District.

Mr. Bettis mainly manages lease checks, lease acquisitions, and other related projects in the Western states. He enjoys the problem-solving aspects of landwork, as well as the ever-changing variety of tasks to be completed. Mr. Bettis also loves the historical and geographical nature of landwork and the ability it affords him to see different parts of the country. His attention to detail and ability to work well with others make him an excellent Project Manager. Mr. Bettis is a member of AAPL, HAPL, and DAPL.

Kevin Johnson, Landman

After graduating from high school Mr. Johnson joined the United States Marine Corps and served honorably as an Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter. After four years of military service, Mr. Johnson began working as field landman for Cinco Energy Services. In his six years with Cinco Energy Services Mr. Johnson has held various titles, assisted in Renewable Energy efforts, managed large projects, and worked in numerous counties within Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. His greatest strengths are his attention to detail, professionalism, and the ability to multitask in a fast pace environment.

Mr. Johnson is currently an active member of the AAPL, HAPL, WHAPL, NHAPL, and PIOGA. He has served on the HAPL Skeet Shoot Committee for the last two years and is soon to begin distance learning toward obtaining a BA in Organizational Leadership.

Feel free to contact Paul and Scott directly, or you can always call me at the Corporate Headquarters in Houston, TX.

Paul Carlson, Appalachia Division Land Manager

Mr. Carlson grew up in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, 50 miles east of Pittsburgh. He earned his BS in Business Administration from Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. Mr. Carlson originally worked in healthcare, but became an Independent Landman in 2000, working in the Southern Tier of New York. He has worked throughout the Appalachian Basin with such companies as Range Resources, Dominion Transmission, Texas Keystone, and Pennsylvania General Energy. Before joining the Cinco team, Mr. Carlson was a Senior Landman with Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corporation.

Mr. Carlson has a wide scope of experience and began his career in land as the first horizontal deep wells were being drilled in Appalachia. He has a well rounded skill set, having worked in land acquisition, land operations, title curative, deep horizontal projects, shallow well projects, and FERC regulated transmission projects. He is greatly experienced in running large horizontal projects from takeoff to unitization, managing over brokers and their Landmen. Mr. Carlson is a member of the AAPL and AAPL-MLBC.

W. Scott Gravitt, Rockies Division Land Manager

Mr. Gravitt earned a BA in Communications from the University of Houston and a JD from Southern Methodist University-Dedman School of Law. Scott began his career as an independent Landman with Cinco Energy Services in 2005, working projects in California and East Texas. He returned to Cinco in October, 2011, as the Rockies Division Land Manager after several years in-house with Rosetta Resources, Inc., and Enerplus Resources (USA) Corp.

His experiences as both an in-house and field Landman have prepared Mr. Gravitt to manage a wide array of projects, including due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures, lease checks and lease plays and seismic projects, regardless of a project’s geographic location. He is also experienced in drafting various documents such as JOA’s and farmouts/farmins, and he truly enjoys working with industry partners as well as landowners and other stakeholders in various Oil and Gas projects. Scott is a member of the DAPL and AAPL.

Here is the press release from real estate firm Studley regarding the relocation:

STUDLEY NEGOTIATES CINCO ENERGY SERVICES HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION AT 8811 GAYLORD

Houston, TX (September 20, 2011) – International commercial real estate services firm Studley represented Cinco Land & Exploration, Inc. in the company’s new 12,965-square-foot corporate headquarters lease at 8811 Gaylord in Houston.

The company, known as Cinco Energy Services, serves the land needs of the Energy industry with over 120 staff throughout their four locations. Cinco will relocate and expand from its current corporate headquarters at 9235 Katy Freeway, where it occupies 7,848 square feet. The long-term lease will commence in December 2011.

Studley Senior Managing Director Kevin Hodges negotiated the lease on behalf of Cinco. The landlord, CM Houston Properties #1, LLC, was represented in-house by Mark Carroll in the transaction.

From L to R: Randy Nichols, Sueanne Nichols, Cami Nichols, Bill Stubbs (back), Christina Ridge, Barclay Ridge (back), Missy Browne, Amanda Van Deusen, Randy Browne

The Stehlin Foundation is a patient-focused research driven cancer clinic that receives 100% of funding from private donors. Sueanne and Randy Nichols were introduced to the foundation by a cancer survivor and patient of the Stehlin Foundation who brought them to the annual Gala. They had a wonderful time at the event, which Sueanne describes as “an exciting celebration of life,” and were fascinated by Dr. Stehlin’s groundbreaking research and innovative techniques. The Nichols’ family has been participating with Friends of the Stehlin Foundation for 18 years.

Click here for more information about the CHRISTUS Stehlin Foundation and how to donate to this worthy cause.