Experience Matters

Jennifer Newton brings over 10 years of hands-on experience in energy operations and management, with a specialized focus on crude oil marketing, transportation, and reconciliation in the Texas energy sector. As the founder of Jenn Newton Consulting in Houston, she draws on this extensive background to deliver tailored solutions that help energy companies—particularly those involved in crude oil purchases, sales, and midstream operations—streamline workflows, eliminate inefficiencies, and safeguard profitability.

Throughout her career in Houston's vibrant energy market, Jennifer has played a key role in optimizing crude oil operations. She helped develop robust truck operations processes, including reconciliation protocols and quality control measures designed to identify and locate any losses or gains per contract. These efforts ensured precise tracking of volumes, quality specifications, and contractual performance, directly reducing discrepancies and financial exposure.

Jennifer has also collaborated closely with tax and compliance departments to guarantee full adherence to state reporting requirements. By aligning operational data with regulatory standards, she helped companies maintain compliance while avoiding penalties and audit issues in an increasingly regulated industry.

Her expertise extends to creating personalized Excel-based reconciliation templates that match purchase tickets, truck hauls, pipeline statements, sales invoices, and inventory movements—catching mismatches in volumes, gravity adjustments, pricing, or locations before they escalate. She excels at auditing existing processes to uncover root causes of errors, developing customized strategies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that enhance efficiency, improve team accountability, and support scalable growth for trading and midstream firms.

A dedicated Houston resident and University of North Texas alumna, Jennifer is passionate about empowering Texas energy professionals with practical, industry-specific tools and insights. Through Jenn Newton Consulting, she now provides personalized consulting to help companies navigate the complexities of crude oil management with greater accuracy, confidence, and bottom-line impact.