landmen

There are people who are called the landmen who will look into it.

CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2008 2008

And the door-to-door salesmen, commonly known as landmen, who pitch the leases on behalf of the drilling companies also dismiss similar complaints from landowners, and say they do not mislead anyone.

NYT > Home Page By IAN URBINA 2011

O'Dell said many of her neighbors were vulnerable to deals offered by lease buyers, known as landmen, because of the down economy.

The Seattle Times 2011

And the door-to-door salesmen, commonly known as landmen, who pitch the leases on behalf of the drilling companies also dismiss similar complaints from landowners, and say they do not mislead anyone.

NYT > Home Page By IAN URBINA 2011

Door-to-door lease buyers called "landmen" have proliferated for months in hopes of landing rights that will give their companies access to potential energy riches.

SFGate: Top News Stories By JULIE CARR SMYTH 2011

And the door-to-door salesmen, commonly known as landmen, who pitch the leases on behalf of the drilling companies also dismiss similar complaints from landowners, and say they do not mislead anyone.

NYT > Home Page By IAN URBINA 2011

When filmmaker and theater producer Josh Fox was approached by gas company "landmen" in late 2008 to lease drilling rights for his family's 20-acre property in the Delaware River Basin, he was confronted with the same dilemma that landowners around the country have faced.

News apeck@wmm.com 2010

Property owners from West Virginia to New York have complained of aggressive "landmen" pushing them to sign leases that allow an exploration company to drill down to the Marcellus Shale, a layer of thick black rock that holds a vast reservoir of gas.

NBC3 - Local News 2008

People approaching landowners trying to lock down leases are referred to as "landmen" or

theithacajournal.com - 2008

People approaching landowners trying to lock down leases are referred to as "landmen" or

theithacajournal.com - 2008