Energy Funds

Private investing in growth-oriented oil & gas companies

Focusing on early stage, middle market assets allows our portfolio companies to source under-exploited niche opportunities overlooked by larger players, often negotiated off-market

Kayne’s ability to quickly and effectively apply new technology and identify upside potential across basins creates a larger basket of high-quality resources with the potential to yield highly economic drilling opportunities

Strategy Highlights &
Investment Criteria

Ability to understand asymmetric risk/return profile and appropriately value acquisition opportunities

Opportunity to deploy substantial capital through series of middle-market acquisitions and subsequent development

Investment size of $50 to $200 million with an active, often majority controlling role and a typical holding period of 3 to 5 years

Engaged in private energy investing since 1992

Our highly experienced in-house technical team and reservoir engineers transfer knowledge and technology across the portfolio to identify opportunities

Engineering-centric approach to capital allocation and value creation

High concentration of successful repeat management teams

Portfolio Investments

Invested Acacia Exploration Partners Learn More

Acacia Exploration Partners

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Acacia Exploration Partners

Initial Investment: July 2018

Acacia Energy Partners is a private exploration and production company based in Dallas, Texas that focuses on drilling and development opportunities in the Mid-Continent region.

Realized Addison Oil Learn More

Addison Oil

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Addison Oil

Initial Investment: October 2008
Realization: August 2011

Addison Oil was a private exploration and production company based in Addison, Texas that focused on the acquisition and exploitation of primarily oil properties in regions saturated with legacy producing assets.

Realized Adventure Exploration Partners Learn More

Adventure Exploration Partners

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Adventure Exploration Partners

Initial Investment: June 2007
Realization: November 2011

Adventure Exploration Partners was a private exploration and production company based in Midland, Texas that focused on acquiring and exploiting properties in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.

Realized Adventure Exploration Partners II Learn More

Adventure Exploration Partners II

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Adventure Exploration Partners II

Initial Investment: April 2012
Realization: November 2014

Adventure Exploration Partners II was a private exploration and production company based in Midland, Texas that focused on the development of oil and gas reserves in the Permian Basin.

Realized Adventure Exploration Partners III Learn More

Adventure Exploration Partners III

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Adventure Exploration Partners III

Initial Investment: March 2015
Realization: July 2019

Adventure Exploration Partners III is a private exploration and production company based in Midland, Texas that focuses on the development of oil and gas reserves in the Permian Basin.

Realized Alamo Resources II Learn More

Alamo Resources II

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Alamo Resources II

Initial Investment: June 2010
Realization: August 2016

Alamo Resources II was a private exploration and production company based in Houston, Texas that focused on the acquisition and exploitation of oil and gas assets, primarily in New Mexico and Texas.

Realized Amistad Energy Partners Learn More

Amistad Energy Partners

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Amistad Energy Partners

Initial Investment: June 2015
Realization: November 2017

Amistad Energy Partners was a private exploration and production company based in Houston, Texas that pursued acquisitions of oil and gas assets with scalable development upside throughout select North American basins, focusing on the Permian Basin, Mid-Continent and East Texas regions.

Realized Augustus Energy Learn More

Augustus Energy

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Augustus Energy

Initial Investment: September 2006
Realization: March 2014

Augustus Energy is a private exploration and production company based in Billings, Montana that focuses on the acquisition of oil and gas properties in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast regions.

Realized Axia Energy Learn More

Axia Energy

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Axia Energy

Initial Investment: August 2009
Realization: December 2013

Axia Energy was a private exploration and production company based in Denver, Colorado that focused on the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties in the Rocky Mountains.

Invested Balidor Oil & Gas Learn More

Balidor Oil & Gas

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Balidor Oil & Gas

Initial Investment: April 2015

Balidor Oil & Gas is a private exploration and production company based in Houston, Texas that is pursuing acquisitions of oil and gas assets with scalable exploitation and development upside. Balidor plans to evaluate opportunities across the onshore U.S. with a focus on the Ark-LA-Tex, Mid-Continent and Rockies regions.

Realized Bargo Energy Learn More

Bargo Energy

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Bargo Energy

Initial Investment: May 1999
Realization: May 2002

Bargo Energy was an exploration and production company based in Houston, Texas that focused on the acquisition, divestiture, development and production of oil and gas properties in Texas, Louisiana, California and New Mexico.

Realized Beacon E&P Company Learn More

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Beacon E&P Company

Initial Investment: June 2009
Realization: March 2016

Beacon E&P Company was a private exploration and production company based in Denver, Colorado that seeked to assemble and develop a portfolio of onshore oil and natural gas assets in the United States with a focus on unconventional plays requiring leading-edge drilling and completion technologies.

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