Don Champlin Email & Phone Number

Angleton, Tx, Us

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Developed and implemented a Budget Cost Tracking Process for Outside Operated Production asset in Ghana (Jubilee Field). This process provides for actual costs analyses/corrections, identifies areas of variance from budget and generates Management reports. • Assisted with preparation of annual budget, long range plan and related presentations.• Responsible for coordinating, preparing, reviewing and tracking internal Kosmos AFE’s.• Reviewed and analyzed Joint Interest Bill for Jubilee Field and worked very closely with the Operator concerning questionable charges, budget status and overspent AFE’s in need of supplements.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Developed and fully implemented a Budget Cost Tracking Process for Operated Exploration assets throughout West Africa, South America and Ireland. This process provides for actual costs analyses/corrections, identifies areas of variance from budget and generates Management reports as well as Government and Partner Budget Presentations.• Worked closely with accounting to make sure that actual data was properly booked.• Designed new excel based Corporate AFE form that is used by all departments.• Responsible for coordinating, preparing, reviewing and tracking internal Kosmos AFE’s.

Equatorial Guinea

• Provided day to day supervision of local EG Finance staff.• Responsible for supervising the accurate and timely preparation of monthly accounting transactions (SAP), financial analysis, and budget variance and forecast analysis.• Coordinated the preparation of the annual EG in-country budget and provide commercial analysis in support of EG operations.

Equatorial Guinea

• Provided technical support pertaining to production databases, well testing, well bore diagrams, morning reports, lifting allocations, AFE’s and KPI tracking.• Trained, coached and mentored two National employees in all aspects of database management and production reporting. • Developed and fully implemented a Budget Cost Tracking Process for Production Operations entities. This process provides for actual costs analyses/corrections, identifies areas of variance from budget and generates Management reports. • Assisted department with preparation of annual budget and related presentations.

Houston, Texas Area

• Tracked capital and expense projects and prepared monthly forecasts for the West Africa Business.• Prepared analyses and schedules for monthly financial and operating data pertaining to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon Production Operations.• Responsible for coordinating, preparing and reviewing AFE’s.• Assisted in the preparation of the Hess Equatorial Guinea Budget presentations as well as prepared the MMIE and Partner budgets and Mid Year Reviews.

Houston, Texas Area

• Tracked capital and seismic expense projects and prepared monthly forecasts for the Deepwater Business Unit.• Prepared Gulf of Mexico Competitor Comparison Summaries for senior management.• Prepared analyses and schedules for monthly financial and operating data pertaining to the Deepwater Business Unit.• Assisted in the preparation of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Business Budget presentations.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Prepared special analytical and administrative project presentations including reserve acquisition analyses, major project economic evaluations, and lease versus buy analyses.• Assisted in the preparation of the 1993 Financial Controls Business Budget and the 1994 Business Budget presentation for Onshore Exploration capital projects and Onshore and Offshore Exploration seismic expense projects.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Prepared analyses and schedules for monthly financial and operating data pertaining to Onshore Production operations.• Tracked capital and expense projects upon approval and prepared summaries for Operating Committee Meetings.• Developed and maintained databases necessary for exploration forecasting and financial reporting.• Worked with General Accounting to ensure proper control and accuracy in the Exploration Reporting function related to seismic expense.• Assisted in the preparation of the 1991 Business Budget presentation for Onshore Exploration and the 1993 Business Budget presentations for Offshore Production Outside Operated Properties, Tioga Gas Plant, Inc., and Solar Gas, Inc.