Neil Schultz Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Lead a team managing pipeline and terminal commercial agreements for all of Cenovus’ 800 Mbpd crude oil production and associated North American assets• Successfully negotiated and structured over $3B worth of pipeline and terminal agreements within Canada and the USA over a 5-year period at Cenovus• Responsible for the origination, negotiation and implementation of commercial deals related to Cenovus’s crude oil business from production site to refinery gate• Key partner in both… Show more • Lead a team managing pipeline and terminal commercial agreements for all of Cenovus’ 800 Mbpd crude oil production and associated North American assets• Successfully negotiated and structured over $3B worth of pipeline and terminal agreements within Canada and the USA over a 5-year period at Cenovus• Responsible for the origination, negotiation and implementation of commercial deals related to Cenovus’s crude oil business from production site to refinery gate• Key partner in both upstream and downstream functions, collaborating with trading, logistics, fundamentals, strategy, and refining teams• Recently negotiated and executed a 15-year storage contract in Edmonton to support Cenovus’s TMX commitment• Support the business on short, medium and long-term opportunities to facilitate transportation and storage opportunities throughout Canada and the USA Show less

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Actively involved in CER and FERC hearings related to regulatory issues such as Keystone Pipeline, Enbridge Mainline and West Texas Gulf pipeline disputes• Developed and negotiated complex commercial documentation to support business cases, often being presented to executive and c-suite levels• Relied upon as a subject matter expert reviewing multiple A&D opportunities alongside the Corporate Development team• Played an integral role in the Husky acquisition, developing and… Show more • Actively involved in CER and FERC hearings related to regulatory issues such as Keystone Pipeline, Enbridge Mainline and West Texas Gulf pipeline disputes• Developed and negotiated complex commercial documentation to support business cases, often being presented to executive and c-suite levels• Relied upon as a subject matter expert reviewing multiple A&D opportunities alongside the Corporate Development team• Played an integral role in the Husky acquisition, developing and implementing synergies amongst our crude oil assets• Managed internal stakeholders such as Accounting, Credit, Risk and Legal to ensure appropriate parameters have been accounted for required approvals Show less

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

-• Negotiated, structured, and executed several terminalling agreements in Hardisty, Patoka and the USGC• Negotiated and executed the acquisition of a significant volume of pipeline capacity out of the WCSB into the USGC during a time of severe congestion and wide Hardisty differentials• Originated and executed a 5-year terminal agreement in the USGC to support crude oil deliveries and enable waterborne sales for term vessel movements

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

- Responsible for scheduling Keystone,Marketlink, and Alberta pipelines- Gather monthly nominations on each pipeline, analyze available capacity as well as building optimal schedules to ensure full utilization of each pipeline- Provide ongoing customer support to shippers, receipt and delivery facilities - Optimize TCPL merchant tanks to ensure excellent crude quality and segregation - Provide 24/7 on-call support

- was accountable for coordinating crude oil logistics related to refinery supply as well as discretionary trading -prepared and maintained robust supply/demand and lease forecast models - scheduled Keystone pipeline as well as 330K BPD Woodriver refinery - scheduled Transmountain Pipeline as well as our 100K BPD Ferndale refinery- scheduled the loading of crude oil Panamax and Aframax ships from the West-coast-updated nominations related to heavy… Show more - was accountable for coordinating crude oil logistics related to refinery supply as well as discretionary trading -prepared and maintained robust supply/demand and lease forecast models - scheduled Keystone pipeline as well as 330K BPD Woodriver refinery - scheduled Transmountain Pipeline as well as our 100K BPD Ferndale refinery- scheduled the loading of crude oil Panamax and Aframax ships from the West-coast-updated nominations related to heavy, sour, sweet, synthetic and condensate crude oil feeder pipelines -worked with producers by scheduling and managing their trucked volumes for 30Kbpd lease book. -created value by optimizing supply/demand portfolio through grade swaps and storage -liaise with traders, counterparties and pipeline carriers. Show less

Accountable for monitoring and reporting daily exposure to crude oil price movements as a basis for reporting Mark to Market and Price Risk P&L. Assuring quality data inputs for daily reporting, monthly forecasting, and closing, through proactive collaboration and communication with Front and Back office personnel

Recorded the movement of natural gas from gas plant outlets to point of sale, and coordinated the flow of information from commercial gas to Exploration & Production accountingReconciled monthly pipeline activity and valuation of product inventory, prepared accrual pricing for E&P and was able to forecast accrual prices within 3% of actual prices over a 9 month period.

Project lead for finance business process/system improvement projects & initiatives through facilitation, process mapping, change management, and implementation.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada