Quorum Business Solutions Inc

Since 1998, Quorum has demonstrated a track record of successfully deploying efficient, cost effective solutions that help companies meet performance goals.

Quorum Royalty Management™ - Software Solution

Software to manage royalty accounting and distribution of royalty payments for production to royalty owners

Quorum Royalty Management™ is a software solution to manage royalty accounting and distribution of royalty payments for production of energy to royalty owners.

  • Applicable to variety of royalty owners in non-E&P industry sectors, including wind generation, mining, forestry, solar, etc. (for royalty management in the oil and gas industry, see Quorum Production Revenue Accounting)
  • Manage the entire royalty management life cycle
  • Accommodates variety of production inputs and royalty deal structures, including megawatts, KWH, tonnage, etc.
  • Checks can be generated from the system with accompanying check detail
  • Support for control compliance and audit (incl. SOX) via detailed transaction tracking and audit history
  • Can be deployed stand-alone or integrated with enterprise systems, including financial accounting and production reporting, by Quorum, SAP and others

 

 

Quorum Royalty Management

       
       
 

Input Data

  • Fees & contract terms
  • Production input
  • Property description, ownership information
  • Names & addresses
  • Royalty owner contract terms
 

Information Managed

  • Project management
  • Sales calculation
  • Land ownership & complex payment terms
  • Up front payments
  • Payment in arrears (true-up)
  • Variable payment frequency
  • Inflationary payments
  • Fee, tax calculations
 

Processes

  • Acquisitions & dispositions
  • Payment approval, payment processing
  • Ad-hoc reporting
  • Sales valuation
  • Royalty calculation, distribution

Deliverables

  • Alerts & notifications
  • Pre-configured reports
  • Prior period notifications
  • 1099 file
  • Escheat, escrow payments & reports
  • Checks, invoices
 

Output Data

  • Journal entries
  • Disbursement / check write


Why Quorum Royalty Management? 

  • Robust configurable formula engine allows for intuitive entry and calculation of complex royalty terms (e.g. multiple product types, multiple units of measure)
  • Accommodates complex contract terms, including those that change over time (e.g. scheduled increases, inflation, escalation)
  • Multiple configurable payment cycles
  • Multiple payment options - check, wire transfer or ACH
  • Check write with automated escheat and escrow functions
  • Automated prior period adjustments (PPAs)
  • Support for variety of pre-configured and ad-hoc reports, as well as business intelligence
  • Support for integration into other relevant systems, including general ledger (GL)
  • Production or energy quantities maintained for reporting
  • Formula creation options for complex royalty owner
  • Contract payment terms
  • Renewable energy credits accounted for
  • A component of Quorum's enterprise wide energy software solution portfolio - can be deployed stand-alone or integrated with other enterprise solutions

Quorum Royalty Management is used by various industry participants (large and small) in several sectors across the oil and gas, renewable energy and natural resource value chain.

Royalty management is a key function of the Transaction Systems business process. Quorum provides other software solutions to support this and other related business processes.
 
Contact Quorum Business Solutions to learn more about the Quorum Royalty Management software solution.