Come join the fun 

The Whitehall

1700 Smith Street 

Houston, TX 77002



Committee Meetings:

3:00 - 4:30 PM

Social hour: 

4:30 - 5:00 PM

Dinner: 

5:00 - 7:00 PM

"If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done."

Thomas Jefferson

Membership Dues

Membership invoices were emailed out August 15, 2022. If you didn't receive your invoice, please contact our Treasurer at pashtreasurer@gmail.com and/or pashmembership@yahoo.com. We will get your invoice to you for payment.  Please notify us if you no longer have an interest in PASH/COPAS membership.

A quick reminder that voting representatives in committee meetings must be members in good standing. Members with unpaid dues at the October meetings will be unable to vote.

If you have changed jobs and/or if your contact information needs to be updated, please contact pashmembership@yahoo.com. We can assist you in getting it updated on our newsletter blast, the treasury records and the COPAS records.

If you have not paid your dues by Monday, October 31, 2022, you will be dropped from PASH & COPAS.  

Mark Gibennus - President

Lisa Collins - Vice President

Ruth Strange - Treasurer

Kathy Johnston - Assistant Treasurer

Jennifer Holt-McKellar - Secretary 

Mark Robertson - Director

Michelle Caruso - Director, Membership

Fay Lascelle - Director, Hotel Liaison

Karla Zawodny - Past President

Membership Committee

We hope you are enjoying PASH and the in-person meetings. Have you considered sharing the experience with a coworker or friend? 

Do you:

·        Know someone new to the industry?  

·        Have an Oil and Gas accountant that could benefit from training and collaboration?  

·        Like to network?

Are you:

·        Stumped on a specific Oil and Gas Accounting issue?

·        Looking for Oil and Gas accounting updates and trending issue discussions?

Having a familiar face and a little guidance can make a huge impact to someone new to PASH. Feel free to encourage your coworkers or oil and gas accounting friends to join PASH. It is a great place to network and get to know a great group of people. The Membership Application and instructions can be found on our website pashcopas.org under the Membership Tab, then Membership Application. Please reach out to us at pashmembership@yahoo.com if you have any questions or concerns about membership or PASH in general.

Please join us in welcoming these new members:

Kimmi Attaway                Hess Corp

Wale Ayoola                    EOG Resources, Inc.

Brad Bangle                    Hilcorp Energy

Wanda Blair                    Kraken Oil & Gas LLC

Reanna Chan                 Exxon Mobil Corp

Stacey Chism                 Hilcorp Energy

Lauren Farmer               Hilcorp Energy

Lorrane Ferguson          Hilcorp Energy

Ashley Jackson              Paloma Resources, LLC

Donald Lam                   Chevron

Mark Littlefield               Hilcorp Energy

Keith McDonald             Hilcorp Energy

Efe Mukoro                    Hilcorp Energy

Blaine Plaisance            Coterra Energy Inc.

Jenny Seitz                    Hilcorp Energy

Joe Shin                         Hilcorp Energy

Michael Senthavisouk    Hilcorp Energy

Susana Sock                  Hilcorp Energy

John Ta                           Hess Corp

Lesley Ta                        Hess Corp

Ericka Vasquez              Hilcorp Energy

Shelia Vaughn                Hilcorp Energy

Tony Vu                          Hilcorp Energy

Revenue Committee

Come join the Revenue Committee in learning about IRS Form 1099 Best Practices. The committee will meet on October 13th at 3:00 PM. Mr.  Keith Cothroll, The Law Firm of Keith A. Cothroll, PLLC, will be our speaker.

A native Texan who grew up in El Paso, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Arlington where he majored in Political Science and was chapter president of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. Mr. Cothroll graduated with a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law in 2005.

Mr. Cothroll has worked for over thirteen years defending individuals and small businesses in IRS audits and collection procedures throughout the country. He has litigated tax matters before the US Tax Court in Houston, Texas. Keith Cothroll also does consumer bankruptcy work in the Southern District of Texas.

Licensed by the Texas Bar November 2005

Licensed to practice before the US Tax Court

Licensed to practice before the Southern District of Texas

Lecturer, 2021 HBA Paralegal Program: Nuts and Bolts of IRS

Lecturer Tax Mob 2022 Branson, MO (Tax Debt and Bankruptcy)

Frequent contributor to Business Freedom LinkedIn webinar and Business Talk with Sherman On. 

Delivery Method: Group Live

CPE Credits: 1

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge/Accounting

Program Level: Basic

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None needed

Description: Discussion regarding best practices in preparing the IRS Form 1099

Learning Objectives: By the end of this presentation, you will:

1. Have a broad understanding of the IRS Form 1099

2. Understand the guidelines surrounding the IRS Form 1099

Registration Cost: $0 for PASH Members

How to Register: No registration required

The Education committee held its second meeting of the year Thursday, September 29, 2022, via ZOOM.   Thank you to all those that joined us.

Our next meeting will also be held on Zoom on Monday, November 14, 2022. Meeting login info will be published closer to the meeting date.

This committee meeting will continue to focus on Education Day speakers and the Scholarship program. Please email Jacque (pasheducation@gmail.com) if you plan to participate in this meeting and want the paperwork before the meeting.

We will be hosting a Fall Education Day virtually on November 8^th. We have 4 speakers lined up with CPE available. Please look for the registration information coming soon.

Ethics course – Location nor date has been confirmed. Watch for information in the upcoming newsletters.

Scholarships - The committee will discuss the Scholarship program for April 2023. 

Financial Reporting and Tax Committee

Hope all is well and everyone starting to appreciate the Fall!

We are excited to share with you that we have speakers lined up for coming months covering the following topics:

• US E&P Shale Outlook
• Data Visualization and Communication
• Oil & Gas Companies Valuation

Other topics that we are actively coordinating with speakers to share their expertise:

• Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
• Energy tax credits
• Energy industry outlook
• Carbon capture – how it works

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.

We’ll see you soon!

Audit Committee

Good day PASH Audit Committee! Our October meeting will be back to normal with just the Audit Committee on Tuesday, October 13^th from 3 – 4:30 pm IN-PERSON at the Whitehall Houston.

We will be discussing Auditing in a remote environment and how to deal with challenges within the industry for accessing documentation and audit protocol. If you have any questions or suggestions ahead of the meeting, feel free to contact Chris Pry at cpry@pooleaudit.com or Emily Boone at eboone@pooleaudit.com. 

Also, please invite any coworkers or any one you know that might want to join our Committee and PASH.

Delivery Method: Group Live

CPE Credits: 1

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge

Program Level: Basic

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: Review AG-19 

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

1. Be prepared for changes incoming related to post-covid auditing rules

2. Have a clearer and more appropriate understanding for audit protocols and procedures 

Registration Cost: $0 for PASH Members

How to Register: No registration required for Audit Committee Meeting

Joint Interest Committee

We are excited to have Amy Whitley present on the newest draft of COPAS MFI – 40 24-Month Adjustment Period for Joint Account Adjustments.  

Please consider bringing a colleague or supervisor as a guest to learn a little more about what we do at PASH.

We look forward to seeing you on October 13^th.

Paula Britton and Allegria Porterfield

Joint Interest Committee Co-Chairs

Golf and Picnic Committee

The Golf and Picnic Committee will be meeting for the first time this year on October 13^th after the JI and Audit Committee meetings at 4:30 pm. The current date for the Tournament and Picnic is May 15^th. We are looking forward to a fun year of planning and looking for new members to join our committee. Please email Emily Boone if you would like to join the committee Eboone@pooleaudit.com. 

Dinner Speaker/Topic 

Please feel free to gather with your friends, colleagues, and PASH family to hear our dinner speaker this month, Roger Gann. He will be delivering a presentation on Oil and Gas Payouts. 

Roger is currently the CEO / President of Martindale Consultants, Inc. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1995 and started working for Martindale. While at Martindale, he has performed or overseen hundreds of contract compliance audits, covering both onshore and offshore drilling, completion and LOE expenditures as well as revenue and related deductions, on thousands of properties. Martindale, itself, provides domestic and international contract compliance audits; joint venture, revenue, and regulatory accounting; and litigation support services to the oil and gas industry.

Since 1995, Roger has been a member of COPAS, participating both at the local and national level on various committees. He has served as President of COPAS Oklahoma City, Audit Committee Chair of COPAS Oklahoma City, Emerging Issues Chair and CEPS Control Panel Chair at the national level, and he has served on several COPAS drafting committees, the latest being co-chair on the new 2022 COPAS Accounting Procedure.

Delivery Method: Group Live

CPE Credits: 1

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge/Oil and Gas Payouts

Program Level: Basic

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None needed

Description: Discussion on oil and gas payouts

Learning Objectives: By the end of this presentation, you will:

1. Understand what a payout is

2. Understand the triggers for a payout

3. Identify the steps in calculating a payout

Registration Cost: $0 for PASH Members

Please respond with dinner reservations by Monday, October 10th at 12:00 PM Noon, otherwise you will be placed on the dinner wait list. 

Please inform us if you have special dietary requests, such as gluten free or vegetarian. 

Member Benefits & Resources

Leadership Opportunities

Looking for a chance to be more involved and expand your leadership skills? Reach out to Karla at karlaz.pash@gmail.com to learn more.

PASH Website

Visit us at www.pashcopas.org today to learn more about the society.

• View the latest job postings for oil and gas accounting opportunities
• Find contact information for PASH leadership and access the membership directory (login required)
• Access membership information and applications to share with colleagues
• Access historical monthly PASH Newsletters

Petroleum Accountants Society of Houston Federal ID 76-0673831

COPAS Membership Discounts

Did you know that as a COPAS member you are entitled to reduced rates from several rental car companies? Use the following IDs to get discounts with:

• Avis:      AWD - L039224
• Hertz:     CDP - 1970958
• National:   Contract ID - ESHB51C (includes Loss Damage Waiver)
• Enterprise: Customer Number - SB00001, Pin - ENT

For more savings opportunities, log in to COPAS and visit http://www.copas.org/memberbenefits

COPAS Website 

For COPAS information, you can visit the website at www.copas.org or call 877-992-6727.

• Draft documents
• COPAS meeting information
• Educational opportunities
• Maintain your delivery preferences for the COPAS Accounts Magazine

Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies (COPAS), Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.