Landman Pay Stagnates, AI Hits the Field, & NAPE Signals a Bigger Energy Shift | 01.14.26

Landman day rates have basically been stuck in neutral since 2000, and Kyle Reynolds of RBG Permian walks Chuck through why that’s turning into a real problem as the field vets age out. Along the way they hit what AAPL actually does, why records still aren’t fully digital, how AI is speeding up title work without replacing judgment, and why NAPE is quietly turning into a marketplace for way more than just oil and gas.

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00:00 Oscars cold open and grim stats tease
01:00 AAPL basics and what it actually does
03:20 The field landman shortage and aging workforce
05:10 Day rates vs inflation and the ROI argument
06:05 Why tech hasn’t removed courthouse work
12:15 Speeding up drill readiness with better pay and tools
15:30 AI in land work, productivity, and replacement fears
20:00 Why humans still need the rules to break them
26:00 Data centers, minerals, and land becoming the bottleneck
33:20 NAPE dates, format changes, and what’s new
36:20 Hubs: bitcoin, minerals, rare earths, offshore, data centers
39:05 Energy is really electrons now
41:10 Paying for quality and avoiding expensive cleanup later

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