Intern, Land Administration 2026
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Job Summary
Position Overview
Land Administration Overview
Land Administration is an exciting, functionally unique group. We are comprised of two primary asset regions: Permian Business Unit and the Gulf Coast & Rockies Business Unit. Each asset is unique and provides opportunity for growth in skills and experience. Whether working in Division Order or Property Maintenance, your daily activities can vary depending on projects, time sensitive deadlines, and additional responsibilities that may arise. This gives way to an interesting and challenging environment pushing individuals to excel in their performance.
Land Administration is a leveraged, multi-functional organization responsible for establishing, maintaining, and protecting the legal ownership of real property assets for ConocoPhillips. We provide distinct value to the company through analyzing legal documents such as oil and gas leases, contracts, title opinions, and conveyance documents to establish and maintain joint venture and revenue ownership. We also field owner inquiries regarding lease interpretations, ownership interest calculations, payments, and transfer of ownership. Additionally, we maintain lease acquisition cost, and create visual representation through use of spatial data for both surface and mineral ownership to facilitate business decisions.
Description
As a Land Administration intern, you will be exposed to lease, contract, and division order ownership analysis, computerized mapping, and data integrity/analysis projects in ConocoPhillips land systems - the same exciting assignments as our full-time hires. Land Administration interns will participate in site wide internship activities such as field trips, seminars, social activities, and opportunities to meet senior management. Your supervisor and your mentor will provide mentorship and guidance throughout your internship as well as periodic performance evaluations.
Your internship will culminate with a presentation crafted to showcase your knowledge of your work assignments and other elements of your internship experience.
Assignments will be at our site located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Typical length of our internships varies from 10 to 14 weeks based on the project and your availability.
Responsibilities may include:
- Analyzing and interpreting oil and gas leases and contracts to resolve legal ownership, acreage figures, payment amounts and obligation dates
- Analyzing and interpreting legal ownership through the examination of oil and gas leases, contracts, division order title opinions, and other title documents to be used in calculating the decimal of ownership attributable to production
- Maintaining legal ownership pursuant to analysis and interpretation of necessary legal documentation (conveyances, probate, court orders, etc.) in accordance with respective state laws and regulations
- Interpreting marketing arrangements to determine who will be remitting to ConocoPhillips and to whom ConocoPhillips will disburse
- Establishing and maintaining cost ownership and Council of Petroleum Accountants Society (COPAS) data in the system to assure proper partner billing
- Ensuring efficient termination activities for producing areas when ConocoPhillips’ involvement ceases
- Ensuring the timely facilitation of relinquishments of oil and gas leases to avoid penalties, financial misstatements and unnecessary payments
- Developing a positive rapport with internal and external customers
Basic/Required:
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer and/or education institution
- Pursuing or have completed a Bachelor's degree or higher in Business, Accounting, Finance, Energy Management, Agricultural Economics, Economics, other related field, or foreign equivalent
- Current level in college: Freshman through Senior
- Expected graduation date: Fall 2026 through Spring/Fall 2029
- Available for internship starting mid-late May 2026
- A minimum of ten (10) continuous weeks availability for internship
Preferred:
- A minimum cumulative and major GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products
- Delivers results through realistic planning to accomplish goals
- Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical
- Drives thoughtful and pragmatic change, encourages innovative thinking and continuous improvement, and models adaptability through resourcefulness, flexibility and positivity
- Builds positive relationships based on trust and seeks collaboration across organizational boundaries to achieve goals
All interested candidates must complete an online application at the ConocoPhillips Careers website to be considered for an interview. ConocoPhillips will conduct on-campus interviews at various U.S. universities during the Fall of 2025. If your application progresses to the interview stage, your interview will be scheduled either on campus—if we are conducting interviews at your school—or directly with a recruiter if we are not visiting your campus. To find out if and when we will be visiting your campus, please check with your university’s career services office.
To be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions, attaching your resume with transcripts, and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of October 31, 2025.
Apply By:
Oct 31, 2025