RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responds, interacts and professionally represents BreitBurn with industry partners, sellers, investors, bankers, consultants, etc.
• Work and interact professionally with fellow employees
• Ability to manage negotiations of Confidentiality Agreements. Managing the executed Confidentiality Agreements
• Review agreements, contracts, regulations, etc. associated with potential acquisitions to concur the assumptions made in the economic model is correct and accurate
• Confirm that current operations and upside opportunities as defined in the economic model are allowed and/or permitted under applicable agreements, permits, and/or regulations
• Timely communicate with geology, evaluation team, operations, land and other departments with respect to issues involving acquisition targets and upside opportunities
• Ensure all production operations in potential acquisitions are conducted in accordance with applicable rules, regulations and permits
• Professionally participate in presentations to Executives describing potential deals
• Have the ability to negotiate and finalize Purchase and Sale agreements and confirm that all associated exhibits and schedules accurately reflect the assets being purchased
• Coordinate and finalize title and land due diligence efforts to confirm title prior to closing on an acquisition. Provide bank with all necessary due diligence work
• Coordinate the organization, transportation and integration of all files associated with the assets acquired
• Play an active role in the integration of acquired properties into the existing businesses
• Have a vast network of industry contacts to assist in targeting potential acquisition targets.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Related Bachelors or higher degree (PLM or EM degree a plus) with 7+ years in-house experience required
• Prior due diligence experience related to sale/purchases of oil & gas interests is required
• Solid understanding of US mineral and surface ownership principles including regulatory, title and curative documents
• Broad-based knowledge of all facets of production and acquisition land work
• Familiar with staking and permitting wells, including, but not limited to BLM, State and other issues related to drilling wells
• Understanding of and experience in oil & gas accounting, COPAS and Property Administration a plus
• Computer literate with proven ability to utilize Microsoft Office products and familiarity with land system software
• Ability to professionally and effectively communicate both verbally and written

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for daily maintenance and operation of the company truck and related equipment.
• This Individual works with the Lead Maintenance Operator and will assist him in his daily operations
• Have a good understanding of the infrastructure and knowledge of all well headers, valve boxes, test traps and tank farm operations.
• Have knowledge of how to contain and repair leaks in the field
• Assists Lead Operator, planning and scheduling work for the maintenance crews and to assist them in daily assignments
• Substitute for other rig personnel in their absence
• Represents PCEC in the delivery and ordering of materials.
• Substitute for other field personnel in their absence.
• Assist field mechanics and other maintenance personnel as needed and maintain proper documentation of all records.
• Work to achieve PCEC production, profitability, safety and environmental targets.
• Maintain all safety equipment, follow safety procedures and maintain proper housekeeping in the field and in the office.
• Perform daily operational duties, which involve servicing rig, maintenance on the rig, and pulling problem related wells

REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma/GED
• 5+ years’ experience with Oil Field work or equivalent understanding
• Experience pumping and maintaining conventional oil wells
• Knowledge of environment and safety regulations
• History of being dependable

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee projects from start to finish
• Assist in overall production operations, analyze and solve production related problems
• Supervise contract work and maintain proper documentation
• Review AFE cost estimates and compare to field estimates, notify Production Foreman of any discrepancies
• Coordinate daily well servicing operation, daily field work operations and substitute for field personnel and Production Foreman in their absence
• Trouble shoot artificial lift systems, utilizing hands-on knowledge and computerized pumping systems.
• Maintain production rate by performing daily operational checks, including all associated paperwork and logs
• Work to achieve BreitBurn company production, profitability, safety and environmental targets
• Maintain all safety equipment, follow safety procedures and maintain proper cleaning and housekeeping in the field and in the office
• Code and process invoices
• Manage our field computerized maintenance program
• Maintain and further develop relationships with regulatory agencies, business and property owners

REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma/GED
• 5+ years’ experience with Oil Field work or equivalent understanding
• Experience pumping and maintaining conventional oil wells
• Knowledge of environment and safety regulations
• History of being dependable

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepare all monthly journal entries pertaining to: Interest, debt issuance costs; subsidiary distributions; equity earnings; revenue eliminations; short term bonus and other personnel costs accruals; various expense allocations; and other general ledger entries as necessary.
• Prepare consolidation entries.
• Provide monthly G&A and district expenses variances utilizing Management Reporting systems.
• Prepare monthly billing for intercompany activity and reconcile Intercompany activity. Prepare quarterly and annual financial schedules for external auditors.
• Prepare yearly rent allocation for annual budget.
• Support Senior Staff in internal and external financial reporting.
• Prepare certain year-end financial notes and schedules.
• Participate in special projects and ad hoc requests as directed by Supervisor and Assistant Controller.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience) ;
• 3+ years accounting experience
• Strong MIS/PC background; strong analytical skills
• Collaborative team player who thrives in cross-functional working environment.
• Accuracy, compliance with established procedures critical

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• • Under general supervision, handle acquisition opportunity evaluation assignments of varied scope and complexity.
• Assist in evaluating the Company’s oil and gas acquisition opportunities and in recognizing further development through workovers, drilling, assisted recovery and enhanced recovery.
• Assist in developing realistic schedules, budgets, cost estimates and economic evaluations for acquisition projects that he/she develops.
• Interface with operations personnel – asset managers, production engineers, etc.
• Interface with reserves evaluation staff inside and outside the Company.
• Seek opportunities to network outside the company to build relationships and gather information that lead to future acquisition opportunities.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum or Chemical Engineering.
• 5+ years’ experience in evaluating oil and gas reserves.
• 2+ years’ experience in performing economic evaluation on oil and gas reserves.
• Some experience in applied waterflooding and enhanced oil recovery projects.
• General knowledge in reservoir engineering, reserves and acquisitions.
• Some experience with reservoir simulators and other computer tools (DSS, Petra, etc.).
• General understanding of applicable new field technology.
• Experienced user of MS Office products and PhdWin or similar economic packages.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Acts as Operations Liaison to Accounting, Land, Treasury, and other corporate departments.
• Coordinates/responds to accounting-related questions and requests from the Northern and Southern Division Vice Presidents and the Chief Operating Officer.
• Understand current work processes in Houston Accounting.
• Understand monthly earnings variances.
• Assist Operations with LOS reviews.
• Assists in the financial evaluation and integration of acquisitions.
• Assist Accounting to understand acquired company/assets.
• Works with exploitation on the capital budget and look-back of capital execution.
• Completes quarterly lifting cost analysis.
• Works with revenue, production and marketing on monthly accruals.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Engineering or related field of studies.
• 5+ years of diverse oil & gas accounting experience (successful efforts).
• Knowledge of accounting transactions and principles.
• Strong interpersonal skills – able to work with all organizational levels i.e., senior management, technical personnel, accounting and land.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Previous experience with acquisitions and divestitures.
• Previous experience with process improvement review.
• Oil and Gas Operations experience and knowledge - has it or will be trained by operations people in what is needed.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains the Land Information System’s division of interest module which interfaces with Accounting providing for working and royalty division of interest, ownership, and other pertinent data.
• Monitors production reports.
• Reviews and interprets pooling, operating agreements, farm-out/ins, leases and associated title opinions in developing division orders and /or divisions of interest ensuring proper payment of royalty on new and existing producing properties while minimizing exposure to interest penalties, fines and corporate liability.
• Reviews and interprets mineral title ownership and title opinions, deeds, wills, and all other legal documents; and directs proper changes of ownership for both working and royalty interest revenue disbursement.Resolves complex administrative problems with partners independently.
• Upon request of manager, may provide training and mentoring to less experienced division order analysts and perform all other duties as assigned by manager.
• Coordinates with land personnel to obtain title opinions, survey plats, conservation orders, or other documentation required to address title curative issues.
• Coordinates with gas and crude oil purchasers to ensure proper documentation and master file set-up.
• Advises affected departments regarding lease and contract obligations required to ensure compliance with governmental regulations and Company standards.
• Familiar with contract limitations and relevant legal constraints, including the handling of exemptions and post production costs.
• Provides guidance for divestiture due diligence conducted in conjunction with capitalization of company assets while coordinating with buyers to ensure assumption of lease obligations.

REQUIREMENTS:

• College degree or equivalent, and 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Knowledge of Excalibur Land System or similar computerized lease record system.
• Ability to analyze contracts and agreements affecting leases.
• Ability to utilize title opinions for determining lease ownership.