Louis "Eddie” Bernard, Jr.

Managing Member

A graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Class of 1981, with a Bachelor of Science and continued business studies, Eddie has built a career spanning more than four decades in the oil and gas industry.

In 2000, he founded Saur Minerals LLC, a privately held company originally structured to acquire and manage onshore oil and gas properties in South Louisiana. Over the past 20 years, Saur Minerals and its partners have assembled more than 3,000 square miles of acreage acquisitions across South and Central Louisiana.

Today, the company is focused on pursuing mineral interests primarily in the Frio through Tertiary and Cretaceous sections. Current operations include participation in multiple 3-D seismic programs across Lafayette, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Beauregard, Allen, Evangeline, St. Landry, and St. Martin Parishes.

Michael Lester Schilling, Jr.

President of  Land/ Legal

Michael L. Schilling, Jr. earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in May 1971, followed by a Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU in May 1980. After law school, he entered private practice in Abbeville, Louisiana, with Richard J. Putnam, Jr. and Darrel J. Hartman, focusing on general practice across private, corporate, and governmental sectors.

In October 1996, Mr. Schilling became Manager of the Title Division at Bernard Chiasson & Associates, a land management firm. By February 1998, he established Michael L. Schilling, Jr. & Associates, where his practice centered on oil and gas, corporate, and real estate law. His work has largely involved rendering oil, gas, and mineral title opinions, as well as preparing joint operating agreements, participation agreements, and other contracts related to mineral exploration.

Since 2000, his firm has served as in-house counsel for Saur Minerals LLC, representing the company in all phases of its operations.