P2 iLandMan

Use iLandMan on a daily basis. Does a great job keeping projects organized.

Commentaires : Helps keep all of our projects organized, from tracts to contracts to wells.

Avantages :

Reminds us when we have bonus/extension/rental payments due. Also lets us know when other payments are due, such as shut-in royalty payments. The map feature is excellent. The support we receive is great as well.

Inconvénients :

The trainings that are offered are too basic. After the training, you do not know enough to use the software to it's full extent. Also, the help feature is outdated, and usually isn't specific enough. A set of guidelines that walk you through step-by-step in setting projects/tracts/contracts/wells up would be very helpful.

Great Platform for Lease Management

Avantages :

I respect the functionality and thought put into linking together the Contracts and Instruments at the tract level. The information is readily available at the click of a button. Look at a tract and you will find the Instruments, Contracts (old and current), Assignments, Title Opinions, the linked Wells and Units are all displayed on one tab. This makes finding the information I need as quick as possible. Also, the Contract Conditions Section is extremely useful, as it makes Cost Free Royalty Reports and Consents Required Reporting as easy as pushing a button. I can search for Vertical Pughs or Horizontal Pughs, or let's face it, anything I need to know about a contract or group of contracts regarding their provisions. Some of the setup required (especially with the provisions section) are tedious, but this time is well worth it when you are running reports down the road.

Inconvénients :

Before I state the following, iLandman's Customer Service has the fastest response time anyone could expect. I hear back almost immediately every time I submit a ticket. However in this environment, Customer service can be tricky. It can be difficult to describe what problems you are having without building step-by-step directions for how a problem occurred (and sometimes you don't really know what happened, you just know something happened). There is a bit of a communication gap. I'm sure this is common with all IT services and is probably not isolated to iLandman's customer service people, but it can be a tough hurdle.

Good system for managing landmen

Commentaires : Organizing land title, lease packages, project maps, payment schedules, contractor billing, abstracts, production data all from a working map. We can easily find out about nearby tracts, as long as the data has been inputted.

Avantages :

I like the way it organizes data in conjunction with the project map. Once the data is inputted properly, you can easily get information on lease tracts and the status of payments and such. I think it has population fields for nearly every possible scenario one could potentially find in our title and contracts

Inconvénients :

My first complaint is going to be with the mapping side...probably more of a garbage in, garbage out kind of thing, so it's hard to say if it's the software or the user. Another issue I've had is the sequence in which data must be entered in order to for it to recognize certain things, ie...if you try to add owners to a contract before the tract numbers , it will not show that the owners have interest in the tracts. Another thing is that I've noticed random bugs that will occur. The map might change shapes in a certain portion, or it might say i have already uploaded an instrument that is clearly not there yet. Or if I search for that instrument after its uploaded, it says its not there. Overall, I found it very difficult to use in that it took a lot of time learning the intricacies and the ins and outs of how to enter data and get the proper result. The bugs tend to be sporadic and work themselves out usually. So in conclusion, I like the product and its effectiveness, but think it can be refined some more. One last thing...naked ownerships and usufructs could be better represented in the population boxes to show more detail about those specific scenarios.

Easy to use, free customer support

Commentaires : Great reporting and interactive map

Avantages :

Easy to use, awesome for new projects as they come in from the field. I like that it's intuitive and does not contain complicated screens. I like that it can be used as a data room and that permissions are easily assigned to users.

Inconvénients :

There are a lot of little nuances that if they aren't done in order, can mess things up, like under payments if you choose a location and then send to the next payment approval level it deletes the location. You must save first. There is only one blank for royalty, so when I have different royalties for oil and gas I have to choose one, which is not actually correct. Mostly small things once you get past initial project setup and production.

Nice user interface and ease of use

Avantages :

I love that I am able to access the software from any computer, and it is always easy to find the documents I am looking for.

Inconvénients :

I don't like that I am unable to download all documents for each tract in one mass download. Clicking on each individual document one at a time is time consuming when I need to review many documents at once.