How to Get the Most Out of Rowland: Effective Prompts for Land Professionals

Energy land professionals navigate complex mineral rights, lease negotiations, and title documentation daily. Rowland is the AI land assistant specifically designed to streamline these industry‑specific challenges. Based on implementation experience across multiple land departments, this guide offers a practical framework for crafting prompts that deliver precise, actionable information when needed most.

Why Prompts Matter: Quality In = Quality Out

The effectiveness of Rowland's assistance directly correlates with the quality of prompts. Consider the difference between these approaches:

Vague: “Summarize this lease.”
Effective: “Identify the following items in the uploaded oil and gas lease: Lessor, Lessee, Date, Royalty, Primary Term, Complete Legal Description, and Gross Acres. Also, please highlight additional provisions.”

The Anatomy of an Effective Prompt

Working with land teams across the U.S., three elements consistently produce superior results:

Specificity
Instead of “summarize ownership information,” try:
“Summarize key findings and potential title issues from this uploaded division order title opinion, listing ownership for each tract.”
Context
Avoid prompts like “review assignment language.” Instead use:
“Review the assignment language in the Blackstone-Pioneer transaction documents regarding consent to assign to determine if the Johnson lease transfer triggers notification requirements.”
Keywords
Use industry language to guide the AI—terms like depth severance, Pugh clause, Mother Hubbard provision, and allocation wells help Rowland focus on relevant expertise.

Practical Examples of Good Prompts

| Use Case | Less Effective | More Effective Example | | ------------------ | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Title Research | "Make ownership report." | "What are essential elements to note in a mineral ownership report?" | | Negotiations | "Negotiation help" | "What conflict points arise commonly in negotiations, and how might one resolve them?" | | Drafting | "Draft MSA" | "Please draft a Master Land Services Agreement. Then ask for specifics and suggest improvements." |

Common Prompt Mistakes to Avoid

Overly broad requests
E.g., Instead of “all information on Smith lease,” focus on “production requirements and shut-in royalty provisions in the Smith lease.”
Disconnected multi-part queries
Better to write:
“Analyze the division order for Johnson #2H well, identify discrepancies with our internal decimal interests, and suggest reconciliation methods.”
Insufficient parameters for comparisons
E.g., “Compare drilling commencement obligations across Eastern New Mexico leasehold by primary term length and extension options.”

The Subject Matter Expert Approach

Treat Rowland like a knowledgeable colleague. Use this prompt framework:

Instruction:
“Please draft a Release of Oil and Gas Lease. Then ask for specifics to include, and propose improvements.”
Context:
“This supports a force majeure claim tied to BLM permit delays affecting development timelines in the northwest field.”
Deliverables:
“Format results as a prioritized action list with lease numbers, triggers, and safeguard recommendations.”
Iterate:
Refine the prompt based on initial output—just like any collaborative task.

Moving Land Management Forward

With systematic prompt strategies, Rowland becomes essential to efficient land workflows. Departments using this approach have cut lease provision analysis time by up to 50%—boosting both productivity and decision quality.

Interested in elevating your team’s efficiency? Rowland demonstrates how precision in prompting translates to streamlined operations across energy land management.

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