Experience

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  Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Sr. Revenue Accountant

    • May 2010 - Present
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    • Oil & gas monthly revenue booking, filing of monthly Oklahoma severance tax reports, maintain Non-operated gas balancing statements.• Reconciliation of accounts for Federal and Indian royalty, Oklahoma production taxes and Texas High Cost Gas tax incentives.• Responsible for ONRR and tax audits as well as assigned special projects.

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  ConocoPhillips

  • Bartlesville, OK

  • Unit Expansion Project for Williston Basin

    • May 2009 - Dec 2009
    • Bartlesville, OK

    Incorporate unit expansions from 1996 to current. Create updated gas imbalance for owners. Create accounting entries and journals necessary to bring accounts up to date.

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  Oxy

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Senior Staff Accountant

    • Nov 1977 - May 2005
    • Houston, Texas Area

    • In Midland, Senior Analyst for the Permian Basin tertiary team with oil, gas and plant accounting responsibilities. Developed and implemented various management reports for the team. Held training for field personnel to improve understanding of their involvement in final results. Involved in the development and maintenance of operational considerations in the measurement, nominations and delivery of natural gas to pipelines, processing plants and spot sales purchasers as it applied to lease producers accounting obligations. • Supervised a work group responsible for the monthly plant allocations, reporting, payment and reconciliation of processed gas revenue payments. Enhanced procedures for gas balancing, pipeline Over/Short balancing and GAAP controls. • Responsible for oil & gas revenue that included GOM off-shore, enhanced recovery and tertiary recovery in Permian Basin. • In Houston, Lead Senior Analyst for the Permian Basin teams with revenue and plant accounting responsibilities also financial reporting to upper management on the Permian Basin assets. Team lead on integration of Alturra, Inc. revenue properties into Oracle and other mainframe systems. Team lead for installation and implementation of Alturra Inc. CO2 plants to purchased TIPS system. Audit of accounting processes and procedures on CO2 plants. This job required auditing of the current processes and procedures used by IBM (Alturra’s accounting out-source) and training for new hires to Occidental in plant accounting and TIPS.• Functional leader for installation of Oracle Energy and Finance systems. Assuring seamless transition with current mainframe systems from revenue check receipt to revenue owners’ check write. Developed and implemented documentation and training schedules for Tulsa, Houston and Midland locations.