When it comes to E&P land management, you need service that meets your standards, your needs and your project timeline—even on the most complex cases. That’s why Percheron only offers the most experienced professionals to handle upstream projects across the country. On every assignment, our dedicated experts are able to leverage a complete range of fully integrated resources to keep you on track. It’s the kind of attention to detail that keeps delays, surprises and worry out of the land management process.

From the most complex due diligence projects, to lease checks, to project management, Percheron’s 38 years of servicing the energy industry ensures we are the right partner for all of your project needs. Our team's experience spans every major shale play, with over 3.75 million acres leased. 

As assets change hands, let Percheron's due diligence experts help protect your investment. Whether the transaction is as simple as a handful of leases or as complicated as purchasing a long-producing field, Percheron’s due diligence team can get your deal done. Our staff has experience in both in-house and field due diligence projects and our team can identify, understand, and interpret the various instruments and contracts that are a necessary part of a due diligence review.

Percheron, the nations leading professional services firm, was formed out of the merger of three leading land services companies: Mason Dixon Energy, OGM Land, and Percheron in June 2012. We offer specialized expertise in engineering, land surveying, environmental, acquisitions, and title research, providing a cohesive, integrated solution for projects of any size.  For some companies, the ability to organize and execute projects on a nationwide scale is just an ambition. But Percheron offers more than a promise – our record of sustained excellence and client retention proves where we’ve been and where our partnerships can go together. Headquartered in Katy, TX, our team of professionals is committed to the use of cutting-edge technology, exceptional client service, and timely and efficient project management, coast-to-coast. 

So when you Think Percheron, Think Integrated!

Our mission is to build a legacy of excellence through the integrity of our people.

Integrity is at the core of everything we do. By being conscious of treating others with respect and doing our work with consistency, we do it the right way.

We intentionally build our project teams with the most qualified land professionals to deliver unmatched consistency and accuracy. Our people have extensive backgrounds in E&P, pipeline, electrical transmission, renewable energy, and public sector highway and municipality land projects. We have a large network and employee base of licensed, certified, and reliable industry experts – including SR/WAs, CPLs, PLSs, PEs, PMPs, and attorneys. Our full-time staff includes:

• Abstractors
• Field Landmen
• Permit Agents
• Surveyors
• Right-of-way Agents
• GIS Technicians
• Site Acquisition Agents
• Title Agents
• Environmental Specialists
• Engineers
• Project Management Professionals

We ensure your projects are given full attention by our qualified Project Managers, who are trained to provide excellent communication and transparency. We choose to view our role with our clients as a partnership. Having a united front and sharing accountability across our company is what sets us apart – no fluff, just successful solutions.

Percheron employees are cultivated during their tenure through continuing education efforts and encouraged and supported to seek industry-specific licenses and certifications. We retain only the best through our market-competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and 401K programs. Our employees benefit from leading-edge technology through field and back-office solutions, giving them the tools to make each project even more efficient. The people we retain and the culture we provide add up to where it counts: Your Bottom Line.

Percheron uses the latest field & back office technologies, providing real-time and customized reporting to ensure project accuracy & performance.

Percheron offers a single point of contact across service offerings, making it easy to track project performance & quality in all phases.

At Percheron, it’s our people that make the difference. Our people deliver a broad range of field expertise with extensive backgrounds.

Ana B. Rausch is a Managing Partner with Percheron, LLC. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Percheron. 

Ana has over 28 years of project management experience in the right of way industry for multiple sectors, including electric utility, pipeline, telecommunications, transit, wind, rail, transportation, and municipality projects. Her areas of expertise in infrastructure development include feasibility studies, negotiation, and acquisition, title research, title curative, permitting, relocation assistance, damage settlement, construction support, condemnation support, due diligence, and budgeting. 

Prior to joining Percheron in 2009, Ana was the Vice President of Real Estate for a major Transit Authority, managing real estate acquisitions for multiple rail lines. Before that, she worked in the right of way infrastructure industry, serving clients nationwide as a project manager.

Ana is actively involved in the International Right of Way Association (IRWA), previously serving as Secretary on the International Executive Committee. Ana is currently an IRWA International Electric and Utilities Committee member and served as Chair of IRWA Region 2 from 2015-2017. She is a Certified IRWA Climb Instructor, past President, and Professional of the Year for IRWA Chapter 8.

She holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from the University of Houston. She has received IRWA’s designations for Senior Right of Way Agent (SR/WA) and Right of Way Relocation Assistance Certification (R/W-RAC). Ana is a licensed Texas Real Estate Broker.

Mike Quinn is a Managing Partner for Percheron, LLC, with over 16 years of experience in the pipeline industry. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Percheron. 

Mike began his career as a land agent with OGM Land Company. He was responsible for projects in East Texas and the Barnett Shale, performing well site acquisition, mineral title, pipelines, and permitting. Transitioning into a project manager position with the newly formed Percheron Acquisitions, he oversaw intrastate pipeline projects, large surface sites, eminent domain, and large E&P gathering systems in the Barnett and Eagle Ford Shale Plays. In October 2016, Mike was promoted to General Manager, Central, overseeing all right of way projects throughout the country's Central Region, including large-scale pipeline and electric transmission projects. 

Throughout his career at Percheron, Mike has played an integral role in mentoring project management candidates, developing internal processes and software to provide project managers and clients with a consolidated reporting tool, and integrating multiple projects, schedules, and cost-tracking databases. He has further developed project management training to provide all Percheron managers the means to support our clients and their project needs best.  

Mike received his Applied Science Degree in Aquaculture from Texas State Technical College, then attended Texas A&M Corpus Christi to study environmental science. He is an active member of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA), the Pipeliners Association of Houston, and the San Antonio Pipeliners Association. Mike serves as a Commissioner for the City of Wharton Planning Committee and as a Director on various boards in the community.

Trent Oglesby is the Chief Executive Officer of Percheron, LLC, and serves on the Board of Directors. Trent assumed his current role with Percheron after serving as co-founder and CEO of Percheron Acquisitions and co-founder of Percheron Surveying, LLC. He was integral in forming a fully integrated client offering, hiring key personnel to help create and implement the policies and standards that have now developed one of the largest and fastest-growing land services companies in the United States. 

Trent began his career as an independent Petroleum Landman in 2000, performing complete mineral title, abstracts, lease checks, and permit title for OGM Land. Additional training in oil & gas included complete curative title, negotiation, and acquisitions of oil, gas, and mineral leases, right of way and easement agreements, surface and road use agreements, and regulatory compliance. He became General Manager of the Surface Land Department, managing all surface-related projects for the Exploration and Production clientele. In one year, he increased department revenue by 350%. Trent realized the need for right of way services and founded Percheron Acquisition, LLC.

Trent is formally trained in Business Administration. He is an active International Right of Way Association (IRWA) member and previously served on the Consultant's Committee. Trent is also involved in the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA). He holds his Project Management Professional  (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute.  

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