Lisa Collins - President

Kathy Johnston - Vice President

Ruth Strange - Treasurer

Charline Townsend - Assistant Treasurer

Jennifer Holt-McKellar - Secretary 

Fay Lascelle - Director, Hotel Liaison

Mark Robertson - Director

Pamela Akpotaire - Director

Mark Gibennus - Past President

Revenue Committee

Come join the Revenue Committee in kicking off 2024! The committee will meet on January 18th, at 3:00 PM. Eric Bostick will be presenting on Hot Topics in Financial Reporting and Accounting.

Eric Bostick joined EY in 2015 and is an Assurance Senior Manager on the

Hess Corporation Financial statement audit. He has been a leader in the

digital innovation program at EY, focused on utilizing data to automate and

streamline audit procedures. He has 8 years of experience auditing E&P

companies and is a CPA.

He has resided primarily in Texas, where he graduated with a master’s

degree in accounting from Baylor University. He has also resided in Lake

Placid, New York and Park City, Utah

Description: Discussion and Overview recent accounting pronouncements most applicable to oil and gas entities, the latest SEC staff comment letters and trends, and highlights from the most recent EY US oil and gas reserves, production and ESG benchmarking study.

Learning Objective:

By the end of this presentation, you will be able to:

1. Discuss recent accounting pronouncements and potential considerations for oil and gas entities.

2. Identify ongoing FASB agenda projects and selected project status updates.

3. Analyze trends and observations from SEC activities and trends in SEC staff comment letters that may affect oil and gas entities.

Program Level: Basic   Delivery: Zoom        CPE Credits: 1

Prerequisites: None   Advance Prep: None   Cost/Fee: Free

Field of Study: Accounting 

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82859811988?pwd=bkphSlg2TzJIMFdURWE0MEFSZ1hZZz09

Meeting ID: 828 5981 1988

Passcode: 297653

The Education committee will hold its first meeting of the New Year on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, via Zoom @ 7pm. This committee meeting will focus on the scholarship program and Education Day speakers for Education Day 2024.

If you have suggestions for topics or know someone who might be interested in presenting at Education Day, please let us know. Please email Jacque Bateman (jacque.k.bateman@gmail.com & pasheducation@gmail.com) if you would like to participate in future Education Committee meetings. The agenda will be sent to those that have contacted Jacque.

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85178558638?pwd=NUFKUDlFVC9wWFBKSWphVnlQM0V1Zz09

Meeting ID: 851 7855 8638

Passcode: 550539

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Audit Committee

No meeting this month.

Financial Reporting and Tax Committee

No meeting this month.

We are actively coordinating with speakers to share their expertise with our members covering the following topics:

• Oil and gas reserves
• Energy tax credits
• Lessons learned from oil and gas litigations

If there are other topics that you’re interested in or curious about, or if you would like to recommend a guest speaker, please share with your Committee Chairs – Roger Shao (roger.shao@rsmus.com) and Pablo Lutenberg (pablolutenberg@gmail.com).

Please stay tuned for our updates in the next month’s newsletter.

Joint Interest Committee

The Joint Interest Committees will be having a meeting on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 3:00 PM. 

The Joint Interest committee will be voting on MFI-57-AD-1.

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87582096428?pwd=ck9kYTF4QWlnRWwyS2hKRVJ5bzFKUT09

Meeting ID: 875 8209 6428

Passcode: 760477

Golf and Picnic Committee

Golf Meeting will be held on Wednesday January 17^th at Noon via Teams.

If you would like to attend please contact Emily Boone (eboone@pooleaudit.com)

Small Companies Committee

Peter Shields and Mary Gauss are excited to announce the restart of the Small Oil & Gas Company Committee!

If you are not already on the list and are interested in learning more about the committee, please feel free to reach out to Peter and Mary at pash@melton-melton.com.

Dinner Speaker/Topic 

****Note Virtual Session is at 12 Noon****

The topic will be Cyber Security.

This is a hot topic on everyone's mind, so don't miss this great opportunity.

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88519586324?pwd=RmE5L1pjUkdlQXcxdWRUbmtOdmdzUT09

Meeting ID: 885 1958 6324

Passcode: 305419

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