Opportune LLP Buys Assent Data Software and Opens Denver Office

Houston, Texas; Denver, Colorado – Opportune LLP announced today that it has acquired the Assent Data software line of specialty financial reporting software solutions for the oil and gas industry and has opened a Denver office. Assent 143 and Assent SMOG currently assist over 30 public and private oil and gas companies with the financial reporting requirements surrounding their asset retirement obligations and disclosures pertaining to the standardized measure of oil & gas producing activities. David C. Baggett, Managing Partner of Opportune LLP, said “We are excited to add the innovative solutions of Assent Data to our pool of resources available to our clients. We are also pleased to establish an office in Denver where we will expand our already growing list of clients”.

The Denver office will be led by an experienced team of energy professionals. Dave Loucks, who has spent 17 years assisting Denver companies through audits, registration statements and acquisitions and divestures, will manage the Assent Data software products. Andy Sandage, who has 9 years of energy experience in public accounting and industry, will assist clients with enterprise risk management, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. Joel White, a consultant with over 11 years of energy industry experience, will deliver functional and technical solutions to energy supply and trading companies.

Opportune LLP is a Houston based consulting firm specializing in assisting energy clients with corporate finance, business process improvement, complex financial reporting, information systems and outsourcing. For more information on Opportune LLP, please visit our website at www.opportune.com. For more information on the Assent Data line of specialty software products, please visit our website at www.assentdata.com.