Clay Alan Cook
**** *. ******** ****** *****, Apt 1115
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
Education: BS – Agricultural Economics, Resource Option – May, 1978
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Employment Experience:
April 2012 to Present
Supervisor – Central Gas Dispatch
Southwest Gas Corporation
Responsible for scheduling group handling all nominating, scheduling and confirmation functions for LDC proprietary gas and third party transportation on LDC assets across California, Arizona and Nevada. Using company developed scheduling system, schedule and confirm gas on all western interstate pipeline assets and reconcile scheduled volumes for monthly accounting close.
October 2010 to March 2012
Sales Representative - South Texas Area
Texas Energy Control Products
Responsible for large sales area with primary emphasis on the development of new business and retention of current business in the Eagle Ford Shale play. Selling high technology automation and instrumentation equipment for wellhead, facilities and processing plants.
May 2001 to January 2010
Houston Pipeline Company – Position Manager
Energy Transfer Partners, L. P.
Responsible for the accurate and timely reporting of the physical position of the pipeline asset during trading. Prepare and present the new month business portfolio, communicating scheduling criteria to logistics personal and trading positions to marketing personnel. Coordinate with operations personnel all outages, maintenance and critical flow data to ensure smooth operation of the asset while maximizing margins.
April 1999 to April 2001
Sabine Pipeline Company – Operations Manager
Responsible for day-to-day operations, nominations, and scheduling activity for an interstate pipeline asset. Also responsible for day-to-day operations of the Henry Hub where the Nymex futures contract is settled.
June 1991 to March 1999
Amoco Gas Company – Operations Manager
Responsible for day-to-day operations of an intrastate pipeline asset including, nominations, confirmations, system balancing, storage, sales, purchases and transportation of natural gas. Managed a staff of operators responsible for the 24-hour operation of the asset.
June 1987 to May 1991
Amoco Gas Company – Administrative Manager
Implemented controls and procedures to foster the movement of an antiquated operations office into a modern environment. Generated new procedures and implemented programs to educate the existing employees, hired new employees, and managed the transition of the materials, accounts payable, and personnel and office administration functions to SAP. Handled all Human Resources activities for a staff of 62 employees and generated and maintained all capital and expense budgets.
April 1984 to May 1987
Amoco Production Company – Administrative Manager
Worked in two producing district locations (Corpus Christi and Levelland, Texas) managing employees responsible for all facets of exploration and production activities. This involved materials acquisition and warehousing, financial records, production and revenue reporting. Prepared, administered and reported monthly, quarterly and annual progress on revenue, expense, capital and manpower budgets.
June 1980 to March 1984
Amoco Production Company – Senior Administrative Analyst
Worked in the Houston Regional office location handling a variety of positions including joint interest operating agreements, oil and gas lease filings for division order purposes, externally funded drilling and exploration programs, audit responses (internal and external), gas processing agreements, contract obligation reporting, and coordination of communication between the Regional and Division Productions Managers with the Regional Attorney and Chicago, Illinois corporate staff.
May 1978 to May 1980
Amoco Production Company – Administrative Analyst
Worked in producing district office location handling material acquisition, financial records, and production/revenue reporting. Responsibilities included managing of local warehouse to supply production and exploration activities, verification and processing of invoices for materials and services provided by contractors in the operation of the production area, and reporting to internal and external entities