Focus areas

Where we invest

We invest primarily in upstream, across the major US onshore basins. Beyond that we look at midstream, power, downstream, oilfield services, and energy-transition deals case by case.

Uinta Basin, Utah
Basins where Wellspring evaluates opportunities Map of the lower 48 states showing the outlines of the Williston, Powder River, DJ, Uinta, Anadarko, Permian, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Appalachian basins. Outlines from public U.S. Energy Information Administration data; no positions shown. West Virginia Illinois Maryland Idaho Vermont Connecticut New Mexico New Jersey Nebraska Pennsylvania Georgia Colorado South Carolina Oklahoma North Dakota Kentucky Nevada Arkansas Kansas South Dakota Virginia Iowa Arizona Rhode Island New Hampshire North Carolina Delaware California Wisconsin Oregon Washington Louisiana Utah Ohio Texas Tennessee New York Maine Michigan Montana Indiana Massachusetts District of Columbia Wyoming Mississippi Florida Minnesota Alabama Missouri Williston Powder River DJ Uinta Anadarko Permian Appalachia Eagle Ford Haynesville
Basin outlines: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Target basins

  • Permian (Midland and Delaware)
  • Williston
  • DJ
  • Powder River
  • Uinta
  • Anadarko
  • Eagle Ford
  • Haynesville
  • Appalachia

The team has worked in each of these basins in some capacity, through prior operating, land, engineering, and investing roles.

Core: upstream

  • Non-op interests in development programs and producing assets, plus single-well AFEs.
  • Drilling partnerships, including recompletion and lease-bank programs.
  • Minerals and royalties when they're part of a larger package.

Beyond upstream, case by case

  • Midstream and infrastructure. Gathering, water midstream expansion, and operator-owned facilities, for example through Buildco.
  • Power. Generation for growing load.
  • Downstream. Refining.
  • Equipment. Asset-level financing for oilfield equipment businesses.
  • Energy transition. Selected structures, such as tax-credit purchases.

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