Joint Venture Accounting (JVA)

Calculate Payroll Burden

  • System calculated payroll burden
  • Burden rates maintained by state, job type and effective date
  • COPAS benefit maximum maintained and validated
  • User-defined posting options and rates maintained for payroll taxes, insurance, benefits and non-productive time

Calculate Overhead

  • Drilling and producing overhead calculated on combined fixed-rate and percentage methods
  • Construction and catastrophe overhead calculated with cost threshold ranges and tiered percentages
  • COPAS escalation factors are tracked and used in computation of annual adjustment of rates
  • Overhead category, method and rates based on joint operating agreement

Calculate Utilization

  • Vehicle costs calculated using PMTA rates, classes and areas
  • User-defined posting options for vehicles, equipment and employee expenses
  • User-designed templates used for monthly input of utilization data
  • Employee expense calculation uses technical employee and offsite/onsite provisions from joint operating agreement
  • Tracks data on vehicles, such as VIN number, location, last oil changes, etc.

Division of Interest (DOI)

  • Multiple cost centers per DOI
  • Unique JVA and AFE DOIs
  • Enhanced security for DOI maintenance
  • Partnership DOI
  • Complete audit reporting of all maintenance

Allocate Costs

  • Multi-tier allocations with audit trail
  • Allocations based on producing well count, pre-determined percentage or other formulas
  • Allocation history maintained for corrections
  • Date sensitive allocations select correct division of interest for transaction service date

Manage Cash Calls

  • Automated statement and invoice generation
  • May be scheduled for regular processing or on demand
  • Automatic reversal of cash calls
  • Lease operating expenses cash calls calculated on rolling average or fixed amount

Billing Processing

  • Ability to track costs at a gross and net level
  • Support for partnership and inter-company interests

Generate Invoices and Statements

  • Generation can be scheduled or requested
  • User-defined options (e.g., billable parties, level of detail, timing, etc.)
  • System defaults for billing thresholds-minimum value or calendar period
  • User-defined suspense accounts
  • EDI support

Analyze Operating Costs/Operated by Others

  • Ability to pay the operator for the net amount due, while providing the flexibility to evaluate the gross well economics