DALLAS, Feb. 25, 2016 – Tailwater Capital LLC (“Tailwater”), an energy-focused private equity firm based in Dallas, today announced a $100 million initial equity commitment to TopSail Energy LP (“TopSail”), a newly-formed portfolio company that will primarily focus on purchasing and developing various refined products logistics and processing assets in North America.
Jim Lelio will serve as Chief Executive Officer. He brings over 21 years of midstream and downstream oil and gas experience and relationships to the Company. Mr. Lelio has spent the past 15 years serving in senior roles at Kinder Morgan. He has spent a majority of his career focused on refined products and biofuels transportation, storage, and terminaling operations.
David Cecere, Principal at Tailwater Capital, said “Jim and the Topsail team bring a wealth of experience and relationships in the downstream and refined products subsectors, a key area of focus for Tailwater going forward. We see tremendous opportunity in the current energy landscape for Topsail’s strategy and we are thrilled to partner with such highly respected individuals.”
Mr. Lelio said: “We are excited to partner with Tailwater on this new venture. We believe their midstream expertise and growth mindset will greatly contribute to the success of our Company.”
Mr. Lelio will be joined by a veteran management team, including: Derrick Bockius, COO, and Jason Aguirre, Director of Business Development. Over the past ten years, Mr. Bockius has overseen construction and operations of several large energy midstream projects, including Kinder Morgan’s transmix facility in St Louis, Missouri, Kinder Morgan’s condensate splitter facility in Galena Park, Texas, and Magellan Midstream’s condensate splitter facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mr. Aguirre most recently served as a Business Development Manager at Kinder Morgan and has over eight years of oil and gas finance and accounting experience.
About TopSail Energy, LP
Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, TopSail Energy is a newly formed midstream energy company focused exclusively on the midstream liquids arena where the management team can leverage its commercial and operational expertise in the areas of processing, storage, and logistics. For more information, please visit www.topsailenergy.com.
About Tailwater Capital LLC
Dallas-based Tailwater Capital is a sophisticated, growth-oriented energy private equity firm with a well-established track record, having executed more than 35 energy transactions representing over $11 billion in transaction value. Tailwater currently manages over $1.6 billion in equity capital, over $700 million of which is available for new investments. Tailwater is focused on acquiring and growing midstream assets as well as participating in non-operated upstream opportunities in select basins. For more information, please visit www.tailwatercapital.com.
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