Tutorial for New Users
The Roughneck Platinum Edition is a Fully Loaded Accounting System for Oil and Gas Operators. It has lots of options and flexibility for Billing Investors and Disbursing Revenue. It can handle up to 99 different companies (in one data directory) and each company can have up 99,999 wells with different Owners for each well.
Entries to the General Ledger accounts determine whether an entry is Expense or Revenue and whether it is to be passed-on to the Investors.
Unfortunately, Oil and Gas Accounting is not an easy subject, but spending time with the Tutorial is normally enough to get most operators up and running. Unless:
You know little about Bookkeeping (debits and credits). See Accounting for Dummies
You know little about the Oil and Gas business. See Oil and Gas for Dummies
You know little about computers and the Windows operating system.
If you are weak in one or more of the above, quite naturally it may take you longer, and you might consider buying an 'Elementary' book on your weak area.
In This Section
The tutorial uses Sample Data that came with the Roughneck. The Sample Data Files are normally (unless you changed it) installed in the C:\RPLATE\PEDATA directory. In it's original state, Roughneck defaults to this Sample Data directory. However, if you have already installed your Real Data, be sure you are using the Sample Data and not your Real Data. If you need to change to the Sample Data, see Change Data Directory.
How to Print the Master Files of the Sample Data
Entering Expenses
How to Add an Accounts Payable Invoice
How to Enter a Recurring Journal Entry
How to Print Operating Statements and Revenue Checks for Investors
How to Close the Monthly Accounting Cycle
How to Post Payments from the Investors
How to Enter Debit & Credit for a Hand Written Check
How to Print Computer Generated Checks for Accounts Payable
You can consult the applicable section of the Help System for more information on any particular routine used in the Tutorial.
Roughneck Help System 02/15/07 10:30 am Copyright © 2006, Roughneck Systems Inc.