Education Day 2025

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Registration Fees:

• Early Bird until April 2nd - $240 for current PASH members $280 for non-members
• After April 2nd - $285 for current PASH members $325 for non-members

Discounted Early Bird rates available until April 2nd! Don't delay, register today! Please share the event with your colleagues and anyone else who would be interested.

36th Annual PASH Education Day Schedule of Events

7:00 - 7:45 Registration & Continental Breakfast

7:45 - 8:00 Welcome Address

8:00 - 8:50 Opening Session:

• What makes unconventional development "unconventional" 
• Presented by: Paul Parsons (Energy Training Resources, LLC)

9:00 - 9:50 Breakout Session 1, your choice of:

• A Primer: The Joint Operating Agreement and Accounting Procedure
• Presented by: Mike Cougevan (Martindale Consultants, Inc.)
• Updates on Federal Lands and Waters
• Presented by: Steve Dudgeon & Tedric Breed (Ryan, LLC)

9:50 - 10:15 Morning Break

10:15 - 11:05 Breakout Session 2, your choice of:

• “The More That You Know”–A Trivia Game About Oil & Gas Operations, Finance, Land & History 
• Presented by: Jim Hoffman (UNT DSI-PDX)
• Allocations 201: Principles of Allocations
• Presented by: Jerry Haney (Stonebridge Consulting, LLC)

11:15 - 12:05 Breakout Session 3, your choice of:

• Carbon Capture & Storage
• Presented by: Brad Pearson (ExxonMobil)
• The State Severance Tax Landscape: Recent Legislation, Audit Trends, and Best Practices 
• Presented by: Sarah Magruder (Savvy Oil & Gas Consulting)

12:15 - 12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 1:20 Lunch Session:

• Accountants & Auditors - Family or Frenemies 
• Presented by: Dalin Error (Beacon Offshore)

1:20 - 1:40 After Lunch Break

1:40 - 2:30 Breakout Session 4, your choice of:

• Gas Plants and Audits
• Presented by: Ben Hickson (Martindale Consultants, Inc)
• Unclaimed Property and Escheat Updates
• Presented by: William King (KPMG)

2:40 - 3:30 Breakout Session 5, your choice of:

• Oil & Gas Property Tax 
• Presented by: Steven Marshall (Ryan, LLC)
• State Royalties & Common Issues
• Presented by: Steve Bailey (Moss Adams)

3:30 - 3:50 Afternoon Break

3:50 - 4:40 Closing Session:

• Harnessing ML, AI, & Analytics to Understand Natural Gas Economics
• Presented by: Chris Copeland (Aegis Hedging)

4:40 - 4:50 Prize Drawings & Exhibitor Giveaways

5:00 - 5:50 Bonus Technical Session

• SEC Updates
• Presented by: Brandon McGaughey (Grant Thornton)

CPE Reminders

To receive credit and certificate for each course, at each session you will need to:

• Sign-in
• Make sure the box is marked that you want a certificate
• Turn in a completed Evaluation form with you name on it (front or back of page)

Please allow us until the end of May to complete the paperwork and issue certificates. If you need the documents in May due to CPA filing requirements, please email Jennifer (pashjennifer@yahoo.com) and request it. Make sure Jennifer acknowledges your request.

Parking, Room and Payment Information

Parking is complimentary at the Hilton Houston North and is available:

• In the parking lot in the front of the building or
• In the attached parking garage by entering on the right side of the hotel. Pull up to the gate and it will open for you to pull inside and park.

The rooms might be chilly, for your comfort, consider bringing a sweater.

Credit card payments are preferred, but if your company needs to pay by check, please select "Pay at the Door" option and mail a check to the address listed along with an email of the company and attendee name(s). If you are registering for multiple individuals, simply add more "tickets" and select the courses for each attendee.

Interested in More Education?

Interested in year round education opportunities? Become a PASH member today! For those who attend Education Day on April 17, 2025 and apply as a first time applicant by December 31, 2025 you will receive $50 off your first year of membership dues. Email pashjennifer@yahoo.com for the discount coupon.

Scholarship Opportunities

The PASH Education Committee organizes this annual event to provide meaningful educational opportunities to oil and gas accounting professionals and also to provide support to oil and gas accounting programs at local colleges and universities in the form of grants and scholarships. Your attendance and support is so valuable to the continuation of our industry!