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Mr. Mason joined Basin in 2015. Mr. Mason manages the Basin’s accounting efforts. As Basin’s Controller, Mr. Mason, a certified public accountant, manages all of Basin’s accounting activities, including all activities related to oil and gas property accounting, financial statement preparation, audit and tax return oversight, and other financial reports for management.

Prior to joining Basin, Mr. Mason worked with the Principals at Bluestem Energy Partners, LP. While at Bluestem, Mr. Mason managed all of Bluestem’s accounting activities, including all activities related to oil and gas property accounting, financial statement preparation, audit and tax return oversight, cash management and other financial reports for management.

Prior to joining Bluestem, Mr. Mason was the Financial Reporting Manager at XTO Energy Inc. During his five-year tenure at XTO, Mr. Mason was responsible for the filings of SEC documents for three public entities, including two royalty trusts. Mr. Mason performed corporate accounting functions such as stock compensation, derivatives, asset retirement obligation, supplemental oil and gas reporting, cash flow statement and review of press releases.

Prior to XTO, Mr. Mason was the SEC Reporting Manager for Crescent Real Estate where he was responsible for coordinating, reviewing and producing all filings with the SEC as well as drafting disclosures for significant transactions or newly required disclosures. Prior to Crescent, Mr. Mason was an Audit Manager at KPMG, LLP. During his tenure at KPMG, Mr. Mason was the manager on Alcon, Inc.’s audit with responsibilities for critical audit areas and review of SEC filings and was the senior in-charge on Alcon’s initial public offering.

Mr. Mason earned his B.S. in Accounting as well as his M.S. in Accounting at the University of North Texas.