Not Sure That This is Well Known, but Landman is Literally Oil Industry Propaganda Paid For by an Organization Created by a Partnership Amongst Nearly Every Oil/Gas Producer

This video covers the nature of the propaganda very well. For additional proof, here is the American Petroleum Institute very proudly announcing the show's return and its usefulness as a paid outlet for their propaganda: https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2025/11/17/as-landman-returns-api-campaign-spotlights-workforce-powering-americas-energy-fu

This is why those scenes where he waxes poetic about the "realities" of energy production seem so out of the blue and ham fisted.