Midland • Houston - Riviera

Midland • Houston
In Alliance With
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Riviera-Ensley Energy Advisors and NuTech Energy Alliance
An Alliance that provides our clients the technical services needed to enhance their Acquisition or Divestiture.
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Riviera-Ensley Energy Advisors and NuTech Energy Alliance
Riviera–Ensley Energy Advisors
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Providing Acquisition and Divestiture Services to the Oil and Gas Industry for
20 years
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Staffed with Engineers, Technicians and Geologists with over 100 years of
combined experience
NuTech Energy Alliance
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Advanced Petrophysical Analysis and Completion Engineering
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Complete Reservoir Analysis and Complex 3D Geological Modeling
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Overview of Riviera–Ensley Energy Advisors
Riviera–Ensley Energy Advisors
In April 2010, Riviera–Ensley Energy Advisors was formed through the merger of Riviera
Energy Corporation and the transaction-advisory services of Ensley Properties, Inc.
NuTech Energy strengthens the alliance by providing state of the art petrophysical analyses to
complete the full suite of services offered.
A&D
CONSULTING
TRANSITION
FACILITATION
PACKAGING &
MARKETING
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Full service acquisition and divestiture technical consulting
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Seasoned staff of petroleum engineers and geologists provide indepth property analysis.
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Professional advice and service throughout the entire transaction
process
 Personal involvement from initiation to closing
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ENGINEERING &
EVALUATIONS
Alliance with NuTech Energy provides third party evaluation and
extensive petrophysical analyses capabilities
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Our Company and Services
EXPERIENCE
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Riviera and Ensley have served the Oil and Gas A&D
industry for over 20 years
A Transaction Advisory
Alliance for the
Oil & Gas Industry
 Assists buyers and sellers of upstream and midstream energy assets
 Property evaluations for acquisitions
MARKET
INTELLIGENCE
 Packaging and
 Data
marketing
room facilities (Virtual/Physical)
 Cost-effective approach for
niche market
 Private placement for unique assets
 Facilitate sale/funding of
 Access to
drilling programs
NuTech petrophysical and log analyses
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Procedure: Process Steps
Consult
Understand asset characteristics and our clients’ objectives
Advise
Recommend transaction structure, determine valuation parameters
and establish timeline
Strategize
Data
Preparation
Assemble
Package
Recommend the most effective strategy to attain successful results
Accumulate, organize, validate and present data leading to an
efficient and accurate valuation process
Develop a comprehensive Executive Summary and construct the
Virtual Data Room for Prospective Buyers
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Procedure: Process Steps (continued)
Technical
Assistance
Client has the option to utilize the petrophysical analyses services
of NuTech Energy Alliance to more effectively demonstrate the
upside potential
Marketing
Distribute notification of transaction and follow up to answer
questions and to ensure the interested parties are focusing on key
positioning points
Negotiation &
Due Diligence
Assist the client in successfully negotiating the final transaction price
and facilitate all due diligence requests
Closing
Provide the client the support needed to successfully close the deal
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NuTech Energy Alliance
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Advanced Petrophysical Analysis, Completion Engineering, 3-D Modeling
Improve Reservoir
Exploitation Success
Through an
Evaluation of Key
Reservoir Parameters
Specific, Optimized
Completion Programs
for Horizontal and
Vertical Wells
Quantify Reservoir
Heterogeneity and
Distribution for
Optimum Economic
Evaluation
Identifying and Quantifying Conventional and Unconventional Resources
 Identification of Bypassed Hydrocarbons
 Identification of Organic Shale Quality
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Identification and Analysis of Natural Fractures
 Optimal Use of Existing Well Data
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Evaluate Lateral Placement and Length
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Evaluate Stimulation Options
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Optimize Size, Type, and Number of Fracturing Treatment
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Evaluate Post Frac Hydrocarbon Recovery and Associated Cost to
Economic Benefit
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Utilize Individual Well Data to Generate Reservoir Distribution Models
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Identify Bypassed or Unexploited Reserves
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Prioritize Location Selection
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Optimize Reservoir Exploitation
With over 45,000 wells analyzed to date, NuTech’s services provide
the confidence and predictability necessary to assist in making better asset decisions.
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Strategic Advantages
Riviera–Ensley Energy Advisors provides clients significant strategic advantages:
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One-on-one approach ensuring your deal will receive our primary
focus and attention
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flexibility to meet all of your technical needs
Riviera–Ensley Energy
Advisors is thoroughly
Management of the transaction process that offers your company the
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equipped to find
A comprehensive transaction process utilizing current technology
including access to NuTech petrophysical analyses and nation-wide
aggressive buyers for
expertise
your assets.
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Use of data room facilities, including web-based VDR, to avoid
disruption of your business and offer prospective buyers easy access to
all pertinent data
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Access to extended marketing through trade shows such as NAPE
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Receive and pay only for services necessary
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Lower overhead and cost structure than our competitors
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Recent Transactions
Raider O&G
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Biographies
Riviera–Ensley A&D Team
Art Ensley, Managing Director
Art graduated from the University of Colorado with a bachelors’ degree in Mineral Land Management. He held various land and
business development positions with BP Exploration and related entities (Sohio Petroleum Company, Standard Oil Production
Company, Tex/Con Oil & Gas) for 11 years. After leaving BP in 1991, Art and his wife Linda formed Ensley Properties, Inc. (EPI).
Since the formation of EPI, Art has acted as the principal transaction advisor for EPI clients in producing properties, mineral/leasehold
acreage, drilling prospects and mid-stream asset transactions. He resides in Houston, Texas.
Roger Eustance, Business Development Manager
Roger graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a B.Sc. in Geological Engineering and from the University of Houston with an
MBA in Finance. He started his career with Enron Oil & Gas Company where, for nine years, he held numerous engineering and
management positions. After leaving Enron Oil & Gas, Roger joined Louis Dreyfus Energy Corp. where he was Manager of Acquisitions
and completed over 50 transactions that led to the creation of the public company Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. Roger then joined
the Stratum Group where he became a Partner and Sr. Vice President. Roger then joined Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG, a
large German commercial bank, where he led the bank’s U.S. oil and gas lending practice. In 2007, Roger joined Prospect Ridge Energy
where he managed a portfolio of non-operated working interests that produced approximately 1,000 BOEPD. He resides in Houston,
Texas.
John T. Gray, Engineering Manager
John graduated from Texas Tech University where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering. He has 21 years
experience in office supervision, field operations supervision, reservoir engineering and production engineering. John worked for major
oil companies and independent oil companies as both a direct hire and a consultant involved in active exploration programs,
development programs, waterflood monitoring, as well as working/nonworking interest owner operations. He has experience in primary
oil and gas, secondary waterflood, tertiary CO2, horizontal drilling and remedial operations. He has spent most of his time working the
Permian Basin, but has northern Michigan and onshore Gulf Coast operational experience as well. He has worked as an engineer or
consultant for such firms as Union Oil Company of California, H. L. Brown, Jr., Penwell Energy, Inc., Chevron Corporation and David
H. Arrington Oil and Gas. He resides in Midland, Texas.
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Riviera–Ensley A&D Team
Steve Guyton, Geologist
Steve has been involved in all aspects of the oil & gas exploration and production business for 50+ years. This has included the
development of oil & gas drilling prospects, production evaluation, lease purchase negotiations, drilling operations, reserve estimation,
lease operating expense review and other functions related to geology, land, engineering and corporate management. Steve has extensive
experience in all aspects of marketing oil & gas properties. Steve has been associated with Riviera Energy Corporation for the last six
years. He has consulted and worked with numerous companies over his career including: Dan A. Hughes Co., Great Western Drilling
Co., Coseka Resources and Lyco Energy Corp., Belcor (formerly Transierra Exploration Co.) as Vice-President – Exploration, MGF Oil
Corp. as Vice President – Exploration, Champlin Petroleum Co. as Area Geologist, Texaco Inc. as Exploration Geologist, and Pennzoil
Co. (formerly Union Producing Co.) as a Geologist and Geological Scout.
Mr. Guyton attended Colgate University from 1955 – 1959 where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1959, majoring in Geology
and minoring in Economics. Steve then attended the University of Michigan where he received a Master of Science Degree in Geology in
1960. Steve is a member of the American Assoc. of Petroleum Geologists, South Texas Geological Society and the West Texas
Geological Society. Steve has been involved with projects in the Permian Basin, Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain and
Appalachian provinces.
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Contact Information
Contact Information
200 N Loraine, Suite 1450
Midland, TX 79701
T: (432) 686-9400
F: (432) 686-9494
550 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 540
Houston, TX 77027
T: (713) 622-7332
F: (713) 622-0030
[email protected]
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To see our current list of properties available,
please visit our website:
www.rivieraensley.com
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