Formed in 2015, Arkose began acquiring mineral and royalty interests primarily in the Eastern Midland Basin. Since that time, Arkose has expanded its focus to acquire mineral and royalty interests throughout the entire Permian Basin. Our team conducts title searches, provides valuations, prepares paperwork and quickly funds and completes transactions.
Prior to forming Arkose, the management team began their relationship while working at Big Star Oil & Gas, a local independent oil and gas operating and production company. Big Star aggregated a sizeable leasehold position, primarily in Howard County and in 2016 successfully marketed and sold its position to Callon Petroleum. After the sale to Callon in mid-2016, Arkose Management, LLC was co-founded by Jared Atchison, Ross Roach and Kathy Myers for the purpose of acquiring mineral and royalty interests in the Permian Basin.
Jared coordinates with the management team to develop Arkose’s acquisition strategy, oversees the title verification process for all mineral acquisitions, and prepares all contracts related to Arkose assets. Jared has extensive experience in many oil and gas land department functions, including title research, leasing, negotiations, contract prep, coordinating with title attorneys, drilling prep, curing title defects, issuing division orders, revenue disbursement and a broad range of various other land related tasks. Prior to forming Arkose, Jared served as Land Manager for Big Star Oil & Gas. Jared received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management from University of Texas Permian Basin in 2008. Jared is a native to West Texas, growing up in Monahans and then moving to Midland in 2005.
Ross manages contact with mineral owners, prepares evaluations, and coordinates the acquisition of Arkose assets. Prior to forming Arkose, Ross served as a landman for Big Star Oil & Gas. During his time at Big Star, Ross was responsible for leasing, negotiations and title research, and other land related tasks. Ross is a member of the of the Permian Basin Landmen’s Association.
Calvin is responsible for identifying and evaluating potential areas of interest, as well as evaluating grassroots and third-party acquisition opportunities. Calvin’s experience includes subsurface mapping, formation interpretation, assessing and analyzing logs, lithologic characteristics and formation markers in the Permian Basin. Prior to joining Arkose in 2017, Calvin served as Geologist for Big Star Oil & Gas from 2012-2016, and geologist for Sequitur Energy resources from 2016-2017. Calvin holds BS and MS degrees in Geology from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.