Area of Specialty: Surface Land Acquisitions, Alberta Crown and Freehold. Leslee Laverdure has over 18 years of various oil and gas experience and is currently a Sr. Surface Landman at TAQA North Ltd. Leslee is a CAPLA Certified Petroleum Surface Administrator and Licenced Land Agent. She has an extensive background working on a wide variety of projects, including Alberta Crown-Onestop and associate applications and complex freehold acquisitions in both Alberta and Saskatchewan. She has been a Knowledge Provider since 2012.

Area of Specialty: Reclamation. Over the past 14 years, Maria has gained land-related experience in all phases of a well site’s life cycle. She has personally applied for over 150 reclamation certificates in her career. She welcomes inquiries from LEMAC members about any aspect of the reclamation process. A graduate of Mount Royal University’s petroleum land administration certificate program, Maria is currently developing a new reclamation course for LEMAC.

Area of Specialty: Since 2005, Anthony’s work has focused on Surface Land capital projects and daily operations. He has expertise in Alberta upstream oil and gas applications, systems, contracts, regulations, licensing and approvals. Anthony also has some experience in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and in other industries such as midstream oil & gas, power, renewables, transportation, and municipalities.