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Bayou City Energy Management LLC

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Bayou City Energy (BCE) is an upstream-focused energy private equity firm based in Houston. BCE focuses on lower middle-market investments between $5 million and $75 million in the North American upstream through two complementary strategies: Providing buyout and growth equity capital for operators with producing assets, and partnering with leading operators to provide dedicated drilling capital in off-balance sheet structures. BCE is led by Founding Partner William McMullen and Partner Mark Stoner.

The BCE team, combined with the firm’s advisory board and strategic relationship with Ara Partners Group LLC, provides operators access to expertise, capital and trusted partnership.

Editor's note: Updated July 16, 2019.

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Suite 3308
Houston, TX 77002
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Transactions

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2021-12-09 $66.50

Tom Ward-led Group Ends Year with Back-to-back Acquisitions

Tom Ward-led Group Ends Year with Back-to-back Acquisitions

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2021-09-07 --

Tom Ward-led Group Closes Gas-weighted Bolt-on in Anadarko Basin

Tom Ward-led Group Closes Gas-weighted Bolt-on in Anadarko Basin

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2021-05-17 --

Cimarex Energy Strikes Midcontinent Asset Sale to Tom Ward-led Group

Cimarex Energy Strikes Midcontinent Asset Sale to Tom Ward-led Group

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2020-04-16 $220.00

Latest Tom Ward Partnership Buys Alta Mesa Assets For $320 Million

Latest Tom Ward Partnership Buys Alta Mesa Assets For $320 Million

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2020-04-16 $220.00

Latest Tom Ward Partnership Buys Alta Mesa Assets For $320 Million

Latest Tom Ward Partnership Buys Alta Mesa Assets For $320 Million

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Mach Natural Resources Sells Western Anadarko Assets in 2Q

Mach Natural Resources divested Western Anadarko acreage after making an $815 million acquisition from Paloma Partners IV last year.

Tom Ward: Mach Looks to Other Basins as Midcon Competition Heats Up

When other E&Ps were packing up and exiting Oklahoma, Mach Natural Resources went all-in on the Midcontinent. Now Mach CEO Tom Ward says the company is exploring M&A options in other basins as competition and prices creep back up.

Oil and Gas A&D Partnerships: The Pickup Artists

Mach Resources and financial backer Bayou City Energy announced acquisitions 10 and 11 as they continue to roll up assets down and out in the Midcontinent.

Tom Ward-led Group Ends Year with Back-to-back Acquisitions

The two recent acquisitions were executed through purchase and sale agreements totaling $66.5 million, the first of which represents BCE-Mach’s fourth acquisition in the STACK play.

Tom Ward-led Group Closes Gas-weighted Bolt-on in Anadarko Basin

A JV between Tom Ward’s Mach Resources and Houston-based private equity firm Bayou City Energy Management recently closed the acquisition of producing properties primarily across Oklahoma’s Blaine, Custer and Dewey counties.

Cimarex Energy Strikes Midcontinent Asset Sale to Tom Ward-led Group

Will McMullen, managing partner of Bayou City Energy, also added that the partnership between BCE and Ward’s Mach Resources plans to start considering acquisitions outside of the Midcontinent region.

Tom Ward-led Partnership Closes Alta Mesa Deal at Lower Price

Tom Ward says his goal with Mach Resources has been to be a patient, buyer of choice for both undercapitalized, distressed sellers in the Midcontinent region.

US Bankruptcy Court Approves $220 Million Sale of Alta Mesa Resources

Bayou City Energy and Mach Resources set closing for April 9, a move that an attorney for Alta Mesa creditors slammed as "gamesmanship" for reducing the deal's value by more than $5 million.

Oil Price Collapse Sours $320 Million Deal For Alta Mesa Resources

A court-ordered sale of one-time shale high-flyer Alta Mesa Resources fell through due to a lack of financing on March 9, a day when oil prices and shares of U.S. oil producers plummeted.

Latest Tom Ward Partnership Buys Alta Mesa Assets For $320 Million

The Alta Mesa transaction represents the sixth acquisition by partnerships between Tom Ward-led Mach Resources and private equity firm Bayou City Energy Management.

Tom Ward-Led Company Lands Western Anadarko Acquisitions

The acquisitions represent the first transactions within a new partnership between Ward’s Mach Resources and Houston-based private-equity firm Bayou City Energy.

Tom Ward-Led Company Acquires Mississippi Lime Bolt-On

Mach Resources, an independent oil and gas producer led by industry veteran Tom Ward, continues to build its position in the Mississippi Lime play.

Drilling Joint Ventures: Knocking On The Drillco Door

As spending within cash flow is increasingly the norm for E&Ps, Drillcos provide a possible capital solution.

Energy Capital Conference 2019: Funding Development With Drilling Partnerships—Strategies and Structures

Proving up a concept can usually be done with traditional capital, but what about when you’re ready to step on the accelerator? 

Tom Ward Returns To Midcontinent Spotlight With Private-Equity Backing

The founder and former top executive of several E&Ps including Chesapeake, SandRidge and Tapstone will partner with Bayou City Energy to hunt for acquisitions in Oklahoma and Kansas.