TAILWATER E&P ACQUIRES AND MANAGES MINERALS AND ROYALTIES, as well as OPERATED AND NON-OPERATED WORKING INTERESTS ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED OPERATORS IN NORTH AMERICA’S PREMIER RESOURCE PLAYS
Tailwater E&P is differentiated within the private equity space because the team is embedded within Tailwater Capital, rather than being a portfolio company.
Tailwater E&P was created in 2013 to assist with technical underwriting of energy investments and to facilitate upstream energy investments, initially in non-operated working interest, which has expanded to include minerals and royalties, as well as investments in operated working interests at the equity level.
What We Do
We can provide drilling and equity capital partnerships, technical expertise and mineral buying partnerships to operators that have a strong track record. We strive to build durable relationships with our partners to provide value throughout commodity cycles. Tailwater E&P seeks to be the partner of choice for management teams with operated positions in core basins across the lower 48.
We are built like an oil and gas operator, with a team of industry experts, focused on providing value to our select partners. Our technical experience and proprietary technology help us in facilitating acquisition and underwriting models from the lens of a long-term oil and gas asset owner.
Minerals & Royalties
- Lower 48 minerals, royalties, and overriding royalties interests
- Particularly Permian, Eagle Ford, Haynesville
- Producing and non-producing ($500k-$500m)
- Data-first approach for highest quality properties
Non-Operated
- Seeks to support drilling initiatives of strong operations through our funds and asset-level entities Pivotal Petroleum Partners I, II, and III
- Particular emphasis on the Permian, Eagle Ford, and Williston Basins, as well as the Haynesville Shale, with transaction sizes ranging from $20 million to $500+ million
- Leverages significant underinvestment in U.S. oil and gas assets and the lack of available capital for energy companies resulting in a substantial need for non-operated capital
Operated
- Seeks to be the partner of choice for management teams with operated positions in core basins across the Lower 48
- Tailwater E&P supports Tailwater Capital in upstream evaluations and investments to meet the energy needs of the United States in a safe, cost-effective, and reliable manner
TEAM AND STRUCTURE
Tailwater has owned non-operated assets for over a decade, and has significant technical and commercial expertise. Our team has more than 125 years of collective energy industry experience with public and private operators. Tailwater E&P disciplines include:
ENGINEERING AND GEOTECHNICAL 
OPERATIONAL AND CORPORATE LAND, INCLUDING OWNER RELATIONS 
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
ASSET ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT Funds managed by Tailwater E&P typically have associated asset level entities with Pivotal in the name, including Pivotal Petroleum Partners, LP, Pivotal Petroleum Partners II, LP and Pivotal Royalties Partners, LP, along with their respective wholly owned subsidiaries.