Petroleum – United States of America

Tri-Star has a strong track record of safety, field operations, petroleum exploration, development, and production since 1978.  

Tri-Star is rapidly growing its US petroleum assets across three key areas of focus:

  • Investing in third-party drilling opportunities in the Gulf Coast Region

  • Generating prospects in East Texas and South Louisiana

  • Acquiring Proved Developed Producing (PDP) assets

Tri-Star's US team is highly technical, with over 300 years of combined industry experience in conventional and unconventional resource development.  The team comprises seasoned professionals from backgrounds with industry giants such as Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, EOG Resources, Apache Corp., Devon Energy, and Hilcorp Energy Company, ensuring that Tri-Star can draw from a wealth of experience for every project.  The team’s capabilities span more than 39 basins in North America, in both onshore and offshore exploration and development.

Tri-Star's multifaceted skill set includes deep expertise in field operations, geophysics, reservoir engineering, reservoir geology, petroleum geochemistry, petroleum engineering, seismic exploration, and land management.

Investing in Third-Party Exploration Opportunities

Tri-Star has participated in numerous Third-Party opportunities with the goal of being a partner of choice.  Tri-Star employs a fulsome, technically focused screening process for all third-party opportunities that are assessed for potential investment and participation.  Tri-Star believes in a culture of collaboration with our partners for mutually successful outcomes. 

Organic Prospect Generation

Tri-Star has significant geophysical, geologic, reservoir engineering, land and operations expertise for full cycle prospect maturation to accurately quantify risk vs. reward. Tri-Star is data focused with the goal of using data analytics to drive decision making processes. Tri-Star is an experienced field operator and is open to partnering with others to drill and evaluate these opportunities.

Acquisition of Proved Developed Producing Assets

Tri-Star has recently acquired a working interest in a Gulf Coast PDP position and is actively working to maximise value creation with production optimisation with workovers and new drill activities.  Tri-Star remains active in the acquisition market as the team continues to source and screen on-market and off-market assets that fit internal investment criteria.

Key People

  • JOHN M BUTLER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • RYAN BIRKENFELD

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT - EXPLORATION

  • RICHARD BALL

    VICE PRESIDENT - GEOSCIENCES

  • JOE CHANEY

    VICE PRESIDENT - LAND

  • MATT DANGEL

    VICE PRESIDENT - RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

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