Noela Oliveira Garza Surveys the Landscape

As a landman, I have always given the Reader’s Digest version of what I do as “part genealogist and part detective,” so it resonated with me when I came across the following explanation on the Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado site, describing a surveyor as “part archeolog[ist] and part private…

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Rebecca Ponton

Editor-in-Chief - OILWOMAN Magazine

Rebecca Ponton has been a journalist for 30+ years and is also a petroleum landman. Her book, Breaking the GAS Ceiling: Women in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (Modern History Press), was released in May 2019. She is also the publisher of Books & Recovery (www.booksandrecovery.com).