Who:

This course is provided for professionals such as mineral landmen, engineers, geologists and other project managers who either work with their surface land department or manage their surface land group as part of a larger team.  Individuals new to the land industry would also benefit from this course; some knowledge of surface land is beneficial but not required.

What:

The course is designed to provide an overview of how the surface land department works by examining the surface land process from project kick-off to licensing.  Areas discussed include the acquisition process on both private property and crown lands, applicable acts and regulations, compensation calculations, documentation requirements and addendums, survey plans, ERCB participant involvement and consultation requirements, ERCB non-routine license applications, Surface Rights Board applications and how to use these processes to gain access to land.  While the focus of the course will be from an Alberta perspective, much of the material is relevant to other jurisdictions also.

Registration Fee includes beverages and snacks.

Instructor(s):

Andrew Fulford, PSL

Andrew Fulford is currently employed at EnCana Corporation as the Lead Surface Coordinator for the Wheatland Sub-Business Unit and manages the surface land team responsible for all new acquisitions and ongoing maintenance of existing surface agreements within this area.  Andrew has been involved with surface land since 1985 and has experience managing surface land groups both in-house and at land brokerages.  Recently Andrew has been an instructor at SAIT for their surface land administration course and has designed various courses for both seminars and on-line training programs.

Len Moriarity, P.Land

Mr. Moriarity is currently Surface Land Manager at Fairborne Energy Ltd.  In the past fourteen years he has supervised/managed small to large company's Land departments working closely with administrators, coordinators and land agents.  He has worked in the Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Western United States and briefly in the Oil Sands departments.  In addition to supporting a number of exploration and operations teams he actively contributes to making changes with regulators. Mr. Moriarity is a licensed land agent, has his P.Land designation and is a Notary Public.