Oil & Gas Land Services
The independent landman's workflow hasn't changed in thirty years: two state databases, a legal pad, a courthouse trip, and a Word template for lease offers. Helix Landman™ is the first tool built specifically for the person in the truck — the one who finds the deal, negotiates the lease, and scouts the section before anyone else knows it's there.
// The parking lot scenario — oil patch edition
Wade is a landman. He's in his truck on the county road beside a section he's scouting. He enters the section into Helix and taps Scout.
In four minutes, Helix walks the state database, pulls thirty years of production history for every dormant well in that section, classifies each decline curve, and returns a ranked list of seven prospects. The top well peaked at 44 barrels per day, stopped abruptly in 2012 — the signature of mechanical failure, not geological depletion. The reservoir is likely intact. At today's WTI price, if that well comes back to 20% of peak production, it clears operating costs by $1,800 per day.
Wade drives the section. The pumpjack is still standing. He taps Find Mineral Owner. Forty-five seconds later he has a name and a phone number. He generates the lease offer. He sends it via DocuSign. He files the offer before he gets back to the highway.
Before Helix
2 days
With Helix Landman™
4 minutes
The Four-Minute Section Scout
Before
2 days. Two state databases. A spreadsheet built from scratch. Most of a legal pad.
With Helix Landman™
Wade enters Section 16-6N-2E and taps Scout. In four minutes, Helix walks the state database, pulls thirty years of production history for every dormant well in that section, classifies each decline curve, and returns a ranked list sorted by economic viability at today's WTI price. The top well peaked at 44 barrels per day, stopped abruptly in 2012 — mechanical failure, not depletion. Wade files the lease offer before he gets back to the highway.
The Decline Curve That Explained Itself
Before
A chart. No explanation. Hope your experience is enough to read it.
With Helix Landman™
Helix shows the chart — and then below it: 'Sharp Mechanical — High Confidence. Production dropped 51% in one month in May 1991. This pattern is consistent with the removal or failure of one pump in a multi-pump submersible installation. The reservoir shows no sign of depletion. This well is a strong reactivation candidate.' Wade reads it twice. Then he calls the county to initiate the title search, because he already knows what he needs to know about the geology.
The Phone Number That Used to Require a Road Trip
Before
Drive to the county courthouse. Pull the plat book. Cross-reference ownership records. Three hours for one name and one address.
With Helix Landman™
Wade taps 'Find Mineral Owner' on the well detail page. TinyFish navigates the county assessor's public records portal. Forty-five seconds later: a name, a mailing address, a phone number. Wade calls from the same screen. The lease negotiation starts before he has left the section.
The Permit He Found Before the Rig Showed Up
Before
He finds out when he drives past a rig three weeks later.
With Helix Landman™
Tuesday morning, 6:15 AM, before Wade opens his eyes, Helix has already checked the OCC new permit filings. His phone shows: 'New drilling permit filed 1.2 miles from your Section 16-6N-2E target. Operator: Midland Basin Resources. Consider accelerating lease acquisition.' Wade accelerates. He gets the lease executed that week.
The Lease Offer That Built Itself
Before
45 minutes. AAPL form lease. Manual data entry. Hope you typed the legal description correctly.
With Helix Landman™
Wade taps Generate Lease Offer. He sets bonus per acre and royalty rate. In 90 seconds: a properly formatted AAPL Oklahoma oil and gas lease, pre-filled from the well data and mineral owner record, in the proposal editor ready for DocuSign. Tillman receives it 4 minutes after saying he was open to talking.
The Slider That Won the Negotiation
Before
The mineral owner says the well isn't worth anything.
With Helix Landman™
Wade turns his tablet around and drags the WTI slider. 'At $82 your well makes $1,200 net per day. Your 3/16ths royalty is $225 a day — every day — from a well you thought was worthless.' The mineral owner watches the numbers update in real time. Nobody has ever shown him this before. They execute the lease that afternoon.
The Drive That Used to Take a Map and a Highlighter
Before
30-45 minutes with a county plat map and a highlighter to plan the day.
With Helix Landman™
'Today's Drive List' shows seven wells ranked by opportunity score within 40 miles. Total drive time: 3.1 hours. Tap Start Drive. Google Maps opens with the route pre-loaded. Wade is done by noon with seven GPS-documented site visits.
The Visit He Never Had to Reconstruct From Memory
Before
Legal pad notes. Phone photos mixed in with 4,000 personal pictures. 'Which wells had the pumpjack still standing?'
With Helix Landman™
An investor needs a site visit report for due diligence. Wade pulls up four wells visited three months ago. Each one shows: date, GPS coordinates, infrastructure condition, photos with timestamps, dictated notes transcribed. The investor's question is answered in 2 minutes.
The Township He Scouted in His Sleep
Before
36 sections. A team of two landmen. Two weeks.
With Helix Landman™
Monday evening Wade queues Township 6N-2E for overnight. Tuesday morning: '312 wells found. 28 economic at today's WTI. 14 mechanical flags. Block acquisition pattern detected in Sections 14-18.' He walks into his operator's office with a full township report. He is one person who just did the work of a team.
The Block He Almost Bought One Well at a Time
Before
Eight wells. Eight mineral owners. Eight lease negotiations. Months of work.
With Helix Landman™
Helix flags: 'BLOCK ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY: 10 of 12 wells in this 5-section area ceased production within 16 months of each other. This pattern is consistent with an operator-level abandonment decision. Consider a single block negotiation.' Instead of eight conversations, Wade has one target.
The Expiration He Didn't Miss
Before
A hard-won lease sits in a file folder. The option renewal date passes quietly.
With Helix Landman™
90 days before the deadline: Coach™ fires. 60 days: elevated. 30 days: urgent. Red on the portfolio page. Wade exercises the option. The lease holds. Nobody loses the deal to a calendar.
The Progress Report That Wrote Itself
Before
Every Friday his operator asks: what did you do this week?
With Helix Landman™
Friday at 4 PM a clean professional email lands: sections scouted, wells added, visits completed, leases negotiated, current WTI, wells economic this week vs. last week. Top 5 prospects with links. Wade forwards it. The operator has a document, not a conversation.
PUN Harvester
Walks state databases automatically — Oklahoma first, then Texas, Kansas, North Dakota.
Production Analyzer
30 years of production history per well. Annual average daily rate, peak year, cessation gap, lifetime total.
Decline Curve AI
Classifies Sharp Mechanical, Gradual Depletion, Step Down, Intermittent. Plain-English explanation per well.
Prospect Ranker
7-input weighted composite score. Configurable weights. Ranked list ready to work.
Live WTI Economics
EIA daily price feed. Breakeven rate, headroom, net margin on every well. Updates when oil moves.
WTI Price Slider
Drag $40–$140. All economics update in real time. The landman's negotiating table.
Drive List + Routing
Daily optimized well visit route from GPS location. Opens Google Maps with stops pre-loaded.
GPS Field Journal
One-tap condition logging, photos, voice notes. Timestamped, GPS-stamped, permanent.
Mineral Owner Lookup
County assessor navigation via TinyFish. Name, address, phone in 45 seconds.
Competitor Early Warning
Daily permit monitoring across all watch areas. Coach™ alert before the rig shows up.
One-Tap Lease Generator
AAPL Model Form 610 pre-filled from well data + mineral owner. In the proposal editor in 90 seconds.
Block Acquisition Detection
Identifies when multiple wells ceased simultaneously — operator abandonment signal.
Formation Intelligence
Proven formations per section. Known formations not yet targeted within 3 miles.
Lease Portfolio + Expiration
Color-coded expiration calendar. Coach™ fires at 90/60/30 days. No lease lost to a calendar.
Overnight Township Scout
All 36 sections. Queue it Monday night. Ranked township report Tuesday morning.
Weekly Scout Summary
Friday email: sections scouted, prospects found, visits done, leases negotiated. Forward to operator.
// What landmen use today
Current workflow
- oktax.gov — one browser tab
- OKTAP — second browser tab
- Microsoft Excel — manual data entry
- Legal pad — field notes
- Phone camera — mixed with personal photos
- Google Maps — manual waypoints
- Word + AAPL form — 45 min per lease offer
- File folder — lease expiration tracking
With Helix Landman™
- One app. Everything connected.
- Automated database navigation
- AI-ranked prospect list
- GPS field journal with photos + voice
- Optimized drive list from current location
- Mineral owner lookup in 45 seconds
- Lease offer in 90 seconds
- Coach™-driven expiration calendar
Enverus and IHS sell data. They do not automate the workflow. No other tool in the market does what Helix Landman™ does.
Built for the person in the truck.
Oklahoma first. Texas, Kansas, and North Dakota on the roadmap.
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