Verlene M. Butts

 

Client Relations, Data Management, Production Reporting and Account/Audit Management

Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills leveraged to provide superior customer service and collaborate across departments to meet mission-critical goals. Detail oriented, able to meet deadlines, delivers superior performance.

Core competencies include:

Data Processing • Data Research • Data Entry • Client Relations • Database Security • Team Player

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Excel • Outlook • Access • PowerPoint • Word

Document Management Systems; Property/Lease Database • Published Price Database • Interest Rate Database

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Lonetree Energy & Associates, LLC (Xcel Energy (PSCo)) • Denver, CO • 2014 – 2014 (Contract)

Service and manage electric and gas transmission right-of-way projects together with wind power leasing projects.

Siting and Land Rights Agent

·      Negotiate with landowners and their legal representatives for the acquisition and management of land rights for gas and electric utility facilities, up to and including the process of condemnation. Process easement package, perform database research for abstracting and other related courthouse documentation, to facilitate the acquisition of easement rights.

·      Process applications and negotiate for and obtain applicable permits from railroads, Federal, State and Local land management agencies for gas and electric utility facilities.

·      Maintain and track projects through Excel spreadsheets associated with securing permits.

 

EnCana Corporation • Denver, CO • 2012 – 2014 (Contract)

EnCana is a leading North American energy producer that is focused on growing its strong portfolio of diverse resource plays producing natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids.

Contract Drilling and Completions Technician

·      Provide support to Engineering with Wellview updates for drilling and completion well activity for both operated and non–operated activity.

·      Coordinate with Engineering in analyzing, reviewing, and processing of Well Plan Summaries and Cement calculations for regulatory filings.

·      Analyze, review, and process Supplemental Authorization for Expenditures.

·      Perform reviews of various database computer systems and State website for information gathering.

·      Analyze, review, and update database computer systems with partnership working interest and non-royalty interest.

Bureau of Land Management • Grand Junction, CO • 2008 – 2012

The BLM provides for land use, purchase, exchange, donation and sale; determines the boundaries of federal land; and maintains historic records for these ownership transactions.

Land Law Examiner

·      Analyze, review, and process assignments of relinquishment as well as pipeline and road rights of way.

·      Input and maintain various database computer systems for data completeness and correctness, ensuring conformity with bureau regulations, policies and procedures

·      Act as primary contact for applicants, internal staff and other agencies; coordinating and relaying the status of the grant processes.

·      Retrieve computer generated statistical reports for management and higher level specialist’s review.

 

Office of Natural Resources Revenue • Lakewood, CO • 2003 – 2008

ONRR is entrusted with a fiduciary role, managing an average of $11 billion in annual revenues from energy and mineral leases and other monies owed for the use of public natural resources on the Outer Continental Shelf and onshore Federal lands

Royalty-In-Kind (RIK) Minerals Data Technician

·      Research, analyze, and resolve lease royalty, production, and reference data, such as lease status, royalty rates, and operator identity, to verify accuracy and maintain continuity between financial systems and account/audit system databases and to provide accurate sales package information for periodic Royalty-in-Kind sales.

·      Input and maintain Royalty-In-Kind automated systems with oil nomination volumes by retrieving daily production data from Excel spreadsheets at the Facility Measurement Point level, converting to monthly format, and transferring to Nucleus accounting system by transportation route designation as well as into custom software production imbalance modules.

·      Verify proper production allocation from FMP to lease level within the automated systems by analyzing run tickets, pipeline statements, or other source data.

·      Verify correct bid pricing descriptions among various sales and system documents, using Wyoming, California and Gulf posted prices, Koch’s WTI, Platt’s spot prices, NYMEX, and complex conversion calculations and pricing formulas.

·      Provide support to colleague involving payment invoices and various accounting/auditing functions for proper reporting and account reconciliation.

·      Answer calls to clients to provide information requested and/or to collect critical information; retrieve monthly status reports to submit to management for review.

 

EDUCATION:

Formal Lands Rights Training provided by Alan Morganfield, PSCo/Xcel Energy, Denver, CO

Lands/Minerals Adjudication Decision, Legal Description & Land Status, Oil & Gas Federal Leasing, Phoenix Training Center, Phoenix, AZ

Account Management, Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO

Business Management, College of Eastern Utah, Moab, UT