BRYAN J. HANKS, CPL
PRESIDENT & OWNER
Bryan Hanks’ extensive knowledge and background in multiple industries is exceeded only by his passion for providing the best business services in a given industry – on every job, for every client, every day.
Bryan was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana and graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL), now the University of Louisiana – Lafayette (ULL) in 1981. He began his career and continues as a Certified Professional Landman who has over 43 years of experience in all phases of land work, including title research, lease acquisition, due diligence, seismic acquisition, pipeline right-of-way project management – including route and site selection, landowner negotiations, contract preparation, ROW easement amendments and modifications, in all forms of oil and gas, carbon sequestration, solar, wind, LNG and hydrogen. These tasks have taken place in 39 states, as well as Alberta, Canada. He and his companies have been involved in assisting several companies as they became publicly traded. One of his current companies, BETA Land Services, has managed hundreds of landmen and is currently or has been involved in over 120 company acquisitions totaling over $40 billion dollars since 2010 with properties located in 39 states. Since 2010, this work has encompassed more than 3,593,656 acres, as well as oil and gas lease purchases of more than 746,926 acres and has involved more than 22,818 wells.
LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL, COMMUNITY AND PHILANTHORPIC ORGANIZATIONS:
1) Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI)
· Named “2023 LABI Business Person of the Year”
· Chairman Carbon Sequestration Council
· Former Chairman and current member of the Energy Council
· Current Member Board of Directors
2) University of Louisiana – Lafayette
· Current Chairman and 9-year member of the UL Foundation Board of Trustees
· Former Chairman and 10-year member of the Ragin Cajun Athletic Foundation (RCAF)
3) Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady (FMOL) Acadiana Market (Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center; Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Hospital; Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s and Children’s Hospital; JD Moncus Cancer Center)
· Immediate Past Chairman of the Board and 9-year current member
· Former Chairman of the Board of the Lourdes Foundation and past 10-year member prior Hospital Board
4) Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Oyster Lease Damage Evaluation Board (OLDEB)
· One of 5 Board Members – Began Term in 2022
5) Louisiana Oil & Gas Association (LOGA)
· Board Member since 1995
· Current Chairman Carbon Sequestration Committee and Sub-Committee Chairman on “Potential Unitization”
· Former 8-year Chairman of a 2-year term
· Executive Committee Member from 1997-2020
· Former 3 Year Chairman of LOGA’s Gulf Coast Prospect Exposition (GCPE)
6) The Following Oil and Gas Industry Related Associations:
· American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL)
· Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen (LAPL) – Past President and “Landman of The Year”
· Houston Association of Professional Landmen (HAPL)
· West Houston Association of Professional Landmen (WHAPL)
· Denver Association of Professional Landmen (DAPL)
· Professional Landmen’s Association of New Orleans (PLANO)
· Southern Gas Association (SGA)
· International Right-Of-Way Association (IRWA)
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