W. Creighton Smith

Cockrell Interests LLC in connection with its investment in Esperanza Capital Partners, an energy investment platform focused on the acquisition of high-quality energy and infrastructure assets located in the US Gulf of Mexico

The Blackstone Group in the $800 million line of equity commitment to Tamarind Energy, a new exploration and production company focused on South East Asia oil and gas exploration and development

TapStone Energy and its CEO in a $500 million line of equity commitment to the company by GSO Capital Partners

Avista Capital Partners in its $106 million divesture of its interest in SEA-Vista, a joint venture between SEACOR Holdings and Avista

Outrigger Energy II in its equity commitments from NGP Partners and Flatirons IV LLC

Talara Capital Management in the $108 million sale of its portfolio company Lighthouse Oil & Gas, LP to White Star Petroleum  

Talara Capital Management in its $75 million line of equity commitment to Crescent Pass Energy Holdings

Clean Line Energy Partners,  a developer of renewable energy transmission projects, in the $50 million equity investment in the company by Bluescape Resources 

Lime Rock Partners in the $118.5 million line of equity commitment to Battlecat Oil & Gas, an exploration and production company focused on South Texas

TPG Capital in the $330 million line of equity commitment to Caelus Energy Partners, an oil and natural gas exploration and production company focused on properties in the Asia Pacific region

Avista Capital Partners in its $150 million investment in a joint venture with SEACOR Tankers to operate and construct  Jones Act vessels

The CEO of Endeavor Energy Holdings in the $100 million formation of the company, focused on thermal and hydroelectric power projects in Africa, and a line of equity commitment by Denham Capital

Lime Rock Partners in the formation of Shelf Drilling International Holdings Ltd., a joint venture with Castle Harlan and CHAMP, which acquired 38 shallow water drilling rigs from Transocean for $1.05 billion

Lime Rock Partners in its $100 million line of equity commitment to Endurance Resources Holdings, an exploration and production company focused on the Bone Spring oil play in New Mexico

Outrigger Energy II in connection with the sale of its DJ Basin natural gas and crude oil gathering and processing assets to Summit Midstream Partners

Outrigger Energy in its sale of Outrigger Delaware Operating, Outrigger Southern Delaware Operating and Outrigger Midland Operating to Targa Resources Partners for up to $1.5 billion

Vantage Energy in its $2.7 billion sale to Rice Energy 

Enbridge Energy Partners in a $2.6 billion joint venture with Marathon Petroleum Corporation to construct the Sandpiper pipeline project, an approximately 610-mile interstate crude oil pipeline originating in North Dakota

A water supply and services company in its JV formation and related acquisition of certain real property and water rights and the assets of a water services company

Petro Harvester Oil & Gas in its combination with White Marlin Energy Partners to form Rockall Energy, LLC

Lime Rock Partners in the acquisition of a majority equity interest in KSW Environmental from Dupré Energy Services

TPG Capital in the $979 million acquisition of Ashland Inc.’s global chemical distribution business

Triangle Petroleum in the $180 million formation of Caliber Midstream, a joint venture with First Reserve Corporation’s Energy Infrastructure Fund to provide midstream pipeline services for oil, natural gas, and water in North Dakota and Montana

Enbridge Energy Company in a $650 million joint venture with Marathon Petroleum to construct the Southern Access Extension Pipeline, a 167-mile pipeline that will transport crude oil from Enbridge’s Flanagan Terminal near Pontiac, Illinois, to an existing crude oil terminal near Patoka, Illinois

Oil States International in its $650 million acquisition of The MAC Services Group, a publicly traded Australia-based operator of remote-area mining accommodations

Edge Oilfield Services and Summit Oilfield Services in their $300 million sale to Key Energy Services

Express Energy Services in its $635 million sale to Macquarie Group, Wachovia Capital Partners, and management