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Petroleum Experience, Inc.401(k)

PETROLEUM EXPERIENCE, INC. 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN · WILLISTON, ND · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.50%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Petroleum Experience, Inc. reported $95,274 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,168 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 121st-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and 313th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2023, employees put in $1.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 69 to 56 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,312,619
Participants with balances115
Active participants56
Employer contributions$401,428
Employee contributions$640,191
Employer contribution per active participant$7,168
Average account balance$167,936
Benefits paid to participants$2,868,158
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.2M · 109 accts · $400K emplr
2023$19.3M · 115 accts · $401K emplr
2022$18.5M · 129 accts · $442K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,658
Investment management$80,998
Trustee / custodial$7,618
Total administrative$95,274
The Petroleum Experience, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$7,168
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$9,092 per active participant
2023$7,168 per active participant
2022$6,413 per active participant

Petroleum Experience, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
BRAVERA WEALTH · Trustee · Recordkeeping$95,274

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BRAVERA WEALTH
2023BRAVERA WEALTH

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Administrative cost history3
2024$96,496 · 0.50%
2023$95,274 · 0.50%
2022$97,935 · 0.49%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450348856 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.