James J. Fox

Meritage Midstream Services II in its $885 million acquisition by an operating subsidiary of Western Midstream Partners

Apollo Global Management in connection with the sale by New Fortress Energy (“NFE”) of 11 LNG infrastructure vessels to a newly formed venture owned approximately 80% by Apollo-managed funds and 20% by NFE, in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion

PureWest Energy, a leading Rocky Mountain independent natural gas producer, in the completion of an all-cash merger with a newly formed entity sponsored by a private consortium of family offices and financial institutions, for a total consideration of $1.84 billion

Apollo Global Management in a strategic partnership with Johnson Controls that will provide sustainability and energy efficiency services to help customers address decarbonization and operating cost goals for their buildings

DoublePoint Energy in its $6.4 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD) (2022 Finalist in D CEO’s $1 Billion + Deal of the Year Awards)

Apollo Global Management in a transaction whereby DL Energy acquired a 25% equity interest in CPV Fairview Energy Center from Apollo Infrastructure Funds

Apollo Global Management in an agreement with Arthur Kill Terminal for the exclusive right to invest in the Arthur Kill Terminal project, a major offshore wind energy staging and assembly port under development in Staten Island, New York

Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. in its $1.75 billion business combination with Fisker Inc., a developer of eco-friendly electric vehicles

Apollo Global Management in the formation of a joint venture with Altius Minerals Corporation’s subsidiary, Altius Renewable Royalties (“Altius”), to accelerate the growth of Great Bay Renewables, the US-based operating subsidiary of Altius and a leading provider of renewable energy development capital in North America

Apollo Global Management in connection with a new $250 million term loan facility for NGL Energy Partners to refinance its existing $250 million bridge term loan facility and to finance a portion of the acquisition of Mesquite Disposals Unlimited

Pegasus Optimization Managers in a definitive agreement whereby EQT Infrastructure portfolio company Kodiak Gas Services acquired Pegasus

Chisholm Oil and Gas in its strategic combination with Gastar Exploration to create a leading STACK E&P company

Riverstone Energy Limited (REL) and its subsidiaries in an agreement to invest in Aleph Midstream S.A., an independent Argentine oil and gas gathering and processing-focused midstream company, in line with REL’s previously-stated modified investment approach

Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of an approximately $1 billion portfolio from GE Capital’s Energy Financial Services unit

Double Eagle Energy Permian, a portfolio company of Apollo Natural Resources Partners Funds I and II, in a $450 million investment in the company of equity and delayed draw unsecured debt capital by Magnetar Capital

Salt Fork Resources, a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings, in the sale of natural gas and oil properties to Ascent Resources and cash contribution by Riverstone to Ascent

Double Eagle Energy Holdings III in the formation of DoublePoint Energy with FourPoint Permian, and DoublePoint’s subsequent acquisition of assets from undisclosed sellers

Northwoods Energy, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in the $500 million acquisition of SM Energy’s Powder River Basin assets

Double Eagle Energy Permian in its $2.8 billion sale of certain undeveloped acreage and producing oil and gas properties in the core of the Midland Basin to Parsley Energy

Apollo Global Management in the formation of, and investment in, Double Eagle Energy Holdings III, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Permian Basin, which has secured equity commitments of more than $1 billion

Quintana Shipping in the $365 million sale of 14 modern dry bulk vessels to Golden Ocean Group

Apollo Global Management in the formation of a strategic partnership with Chisholm Oil and Gas to invest in oil and gas properties in Oklahoma, and Chisholm’s initial acquisition of STACK assets

Sanjel Corporation, an oilfield services company headquartered in Canada, in connection with a chapter 15 case and the sale of substantially all of the debtor’s U.S. assets

Double Eagle Energy Holdings ll, a portfolio company of Apollo Natural Resources Partners Funds I and II, in its merger with Veritas Energy, creating one of the largest pure play exploration and production companies focused on the Permian’s Midland Basin

Apollo Global Management in an equity commitment of $175 million to Pegasus Optimization Partners, a newly-formed company that will offer custom gas compression services to onshore North American operators

Apollo Global Management in the capitalization of Resource Energy, an upstream oil and gas production company principally focused on the revitalization of existing wellbores

Apollo Global Management in the formation of Jupiter Resources, and Jupiter’s subsequent C$2 billion acquisition of Encana’s Bighorn assets in the Alberta Deep Basin

Riverstone Holdings in a $300 million commitment to Eagle Energy Exploration, which invests in oil and gas assets and related properties in the Mid-Continent region of the United States

Underwriters to Pattern Energy Group Inc. in its $382 million initial public offering of common stock

Riverstone Holdings in a $300 million equity commitment to Carrier Energy Partners, which is focused on the acquisition and exploitation of upstream oil and gas assets in North America through partnership with select operators, and in a $100 million equity commitment to Carrier Energy Partners II

Apollo Global Management in an equity commitment to Double Eagle Development, a newly-formed company focused on non-operating upstream oil and gas interests in Oklahoma

Riverstone Holdings in a $205 million equity commitment to Ridgebury Tankers, a newly-formed company focused on the acquisition and operation of vessels in the tanker sector

Apollo Global Management in an equity commitment to Apex Energy, a newly-formed company focused on operating upstream oil and gas interests in the Appalachian Basin, with a primary focus on the Marcellus Shale

Riverstone Holdings in its $650 million sale of producing properties and acreage in the Mississippian Lime formation by its portfolio company, Eagle Energy Production, to Midstates Petroleum

Riverstone Holdings in the $500 million line of equity commitment to Meritage Midstream Services II, a newly-formed company focused on the acquisition, development, ownership and operation of midstream systems for natural gas, condensates, crude oil and water in the US and Canada

Apollo Global Management and Riverstone Holdings in the $7.15 billion acquisition, among a consortium of investors, of El Paso Corp.’s upstream assets

PetroLogistics LP in its $595 million initial public offering of common units

Apollo Global in the $620 million acquisition by its portfolio company, Talos Energy, of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas assets from Helix Energy Solutions Group

Trican Well Service in its definitive agreement with Keane Group, a privately-held, U.S. based well completion services company, for the sale of Trican’s United States pressure pumping fracking business 

Athlon Energy, an Apollo Global portfolio company, in the $250 million acquisition of West Texas oil and gas properties

Harbinger Group in its $118.75 million acquisition of EXCO Resources’ interests in Compass Production Partners and Compass Production GP, operators of conventional oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin, as well as East Texas and North Louisiana

Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC in its $75 million ATM program

Quintana Shipping Ltd. in its initial public offering of common stock

Frontier Drilling in the $2.16 billion merger of the independent drilling company with Noble Corporation, an offshore drilling contractor