Services

Software Implementation

ARK Consulting Partners has more hands-on experience implementing W Energy Software’s (formerly Waterfield Energy) Plant Accounting Module than anyone in the world. If you’re considering a software implementation with W Energy, you’ll want someone that knows the order of operations, has converted from Quorum’s Tips application dozens of times, and is intimately familiar with the data tables and building SQL scripts. ARK Consulting Partners would love to help with your next software implementation!

Software Regression Testing (Upgrade Testing)

Software Upgrades. Even that short phrase can incite painful reactions. If you’ve experienced a software upgrade, you already know how painful and burdensome it can be. Whether you’re undergoing your first software upgrade or just need assistance, let’s chat about what you can expect and how we can help.

Let the experts at ARK Consulting Partners be your guide. With over 15 years of software implementation, quality assurance testing (QA testing), and issue tracking, we know the value of allowing your team to focus on what they do best while we do the same.

We have built proven processes to validate annual and periodic upgrades. We’ll provide a set of deliverables that will make even your toughest auditors smile.

Project Management

You know the quote: “If you want something done right…” you hire ARK Consulting Partners to ensure the project is managed successfully. Haven’t heard that one? Well, it’s true.

With over 10 years of experience in Project Management, ARK Consulting Partners knows you don’t just want someone who ticks boxes on a checklist. You want a PARTNER who will:

  1. Be honest about the current status

  2. Proactively track and report status in a clear and concise manner

  3. Document risks, Help document recommendations, best practices, and procedures

  4. Work with (not against) you to help manage scope, budget, and schedule

  5. Provide insight, ideas, and recommendations with over 15 years of software experience

  6. Anticipate problems, mitigate risks, and offer creative solutions to keep things moving forward

Midstream Plant Accounting Expertise

ARK Consulting Partners has 12 years of oil and gas experience in the energy industry. We’ve excited to help you with the following:

  1. Contract Management - help track, standardize, and enforce your contracts to ensure you’re not leaving money on the table.

  2. Plant Accounting - ensure your team is using the latest industry standards in allocation methodology including physical constants/conversion factors, wet/dry standardization, utilizing allocation tiers, and contractual terms.

  3. Prior Period Adjustments (PPAs) - help identify conditional fees (treating, low volume, volume commitments) that should have been charged and understand the net impact.

  4. Reporting - help design and build reports/queries to give you confidence in your numbers, margins, and monthly processes.

Change Management

ARK specializes in improving system processes. We want to listen and understand what you’re doing today, what you have to keep, and what you never want to see again. Then, we’ll build a plan and execute that plan. Our specialties include simplifying spreadsheets (and avoiding software workarounds where applicable), creating desk procedures and documentation for common business scenarios, and helping welcome change.

Training

Training is a core offering at ARK Consulting Partners. We specialize in:

  1. W Energy Software Training

  2. Microsoft Excel tips/tricks

  3. Oil and Gas Plant Accounting - best practices and industry standards

Though we love implementing software for our clients, we also specialize in making sure our clients know how to maintain and use the system going forward. We love helping our clients learn the best practices, how/when to use certain features, and help build desk procedures.

As Lao Tzu famously said, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” That rings true as we truly look for client partnerships that can last a lifetime.

Software Selection

ARK Consulting Partners has a proud history of being involved with software selections as a vendor. After working on the vendor-side for nearly 12 years and converting from several different software companies, we would love to apply this experience by assisting your selection of your next software. We’ll provide insight into architecture, life after go-live, and most importantly, reporting and analytics.