Co-Founder & President

Gates is a San Antonio native and started his landman career in 2010 after graduating from Baylor University. He has worked on both conventional and unconventional oil and gas projects, renewable acquisitions, and real estate transactions. Having experience with mineral title, lease checks, lease negotiations, curative title, due diligence, right of way acquisitions, and surface land management gives Gates a broad base of knowledge covering all aspects of oil and gas, renewables, and real estate projects. When Gates is not working he enjoys reading, writing, and photography which you can see at his blog LandmanLife. He lives in San Antonio with his wife Annie, daughter Maeve, and son Pace. Gates is an active member of the Texas Cavaliers and various other social and charitable organizations in San Antonio.

Co-Founder & Vice President

Chris holds a Certified Professional Landman designation from the AAPL and was elected to the board of the San Antonio Association of Professional Landmen in 2024. He is currently serving as the organization’s Secretary.

He is a native of Corpus Christi, where he began working as a field landman 20 years ago alongside his father, who taught him the business. Over time, field land work became in-house work, which culminated during his time with Marathon Oil, where he was responsible for 7 active rigs in Oklahoma's STACK play. Prior to his time with Marathon, Chris managed a busy land department for a Corpus-based producer, where he also gained extensive experience owning and operating wells. Formerly a single-digit golf handicap, his free time is now spent carting his two boys around to endless sporting events. Chris lives in San Antonio with his wife Sara and two boys, Grant and Zach.