KKR and Fleur de Lis Energy to Acquire Wyoming EOR Assets
April 1, 2015
KKR Builds on Producing Oil and Gas Strategy with
Commenting on the acquisition, FDL CEO Porter Trimble stated: “The FDL team has a deep history and significant experience acquiring and operating similar, high quality oil fields under tertiary recovery. These fields have over 2 billion barrels of original oil in place, with only a portion of that recovered to-date. These are exactly the type of long-lived oil assets we look to own and operate”
The Assets include the Salt Creek Field,
“This is a very interesting time in the cycle to be acquiring long-lived, producing oil assets, and we are pleased to be able to do so in partnership with the Fleur de Lis team. Porter and his team have a strong track record of creating value with mature tertiary recover projects by finding opportunities to enhance performance.” said Jonathan Smidt, a Member of KKR.
Founded by former Merit Energy Company Vice Chairman, Porter Trimble,
FDL currently manages 7,400 BOE/day of natural gas assets in Southern
KKR’s Global Energy & Infrastructure business invests across the entire
energy supply chain and the firm manages approximately
About KKR
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