Full Name
Mr. Jasper Mason
Company/Firm
Marathon Oil Company
Speaker Bio
Jasper Mason is a Senior Counsel at Marathon Oil Company in Houston, Texas, where he advises on acquisitions, divestitures, and operations involving upstream oil and gas assets in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Louisiana.
Prior to joining Marathon, Mr. Mason represented clients in matters as diverse as tendering bids for contracts to supply oilfield service equipment in the CIS, to acquiring OCS leases in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and attracting investors and industry partners to co-develop acreage on state-owned lands in Alaska. He has assisted clients ranging from individual investors to national oil companies.
Mr. Mason is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and serves on the Council of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law section of the State Bar of Texas. He teaches Oil & Gas Law as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, and has served as Chair of the Houston Bar Association Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section and as a Director and Secretary of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). Mr. Mason’s experience by regions includes: Canada; Barbados and Colombia; France, Norway, Portugal, Albania, and Turkey; Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Oman, and Turkmenistan; Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia and South Africa; Australia, China, and South Korea.
During law school Mr. Mason worked as a landman for Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation, and maintains a Certified Professional Landman (CPL) certification from the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL). Before entering private practice, Mr. Mason worked as a Senior International Negotiator for Hess Corporation in Houston.
Mr. Mason received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center, and a master’s degree in international affairs from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Houston. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, Colorado, and Louisiana.
Prior to joining Marathon, Mr. Mason represented clients in matters as diverse as tendering bids for contracts to supply oilfield service equipment in the CIS, to acquiring OCS leases in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and attracting investors and industry partners to co-develop acreage on state-owned lands in Alaska. He has assisted clients ranging from individual investors to national oil companies.
Mr. Mason is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and serves on the Council of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law section of the State Bar of Texas. He teaches Oil & Gas Law as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, and has served as Chair of the Houston Bar Association Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section and as a Director and Secretary of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). Mr. Mason’s experience by regions includes: Canada; Barbados and Colombia; France, Norway, Portugal, Albania, and Turkey; Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Oman, and Turkmenistan; Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia and South Africa; Australia, China, and South Korea.
During law school Mr. Mason worked as a landman for Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation, and maintains a Certified Professional Landman (CPL) certification from the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL). Before entering private practice, Mr. Mason worked as a Senior International Negotiator for Hess Corporation in Houston.
Mr. Mason received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center, and a master’s degree in international affairs from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Houston. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, Colorado, and Louisiana.
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