Yorktown Partners

Yorktown Partners is an independently owned asset management firm based in New York, established in 1991. The firm focuses on private equity investments, primarily within the energy sector, and operates as a Registered Investment Adviser. Yorktown Partners manages several funds, including Yorktown Energy Partners V and Yorktown Energy Partners XI, which target investments in various areas such as oil and gas exploration, production, refining, and related sectors like metals, minerals, mining, and 3D printing. The firm's investment strategy is primarily directed toward opportunities within the United States, particularly in the South and Southwest regions.

John A. Bailey

Partner, Investments

Ian Ganzer

Principal, Investments

W. Howard Keenan Jr.

Founding Partner

William Howard Keenan

Founding Partner, Investments

Tomas R. LaCosta

Founding Partner, Investments and Capital Formation

Peter Leidel

Founding Partner, Investments

Joseph Stopper

Investment Partner

5 past transactions

US Grid Company

Private Equity Round in 2019
US Grid Company is a company that owns and operates power plants critical to the reliability of power supply.USGRDCO acquires and manages natural gas power plants in major cities under a plan that is hyper-focused on reliability, resilience and massive reductions in carbon.

Brigham Minerals

Private Equity Round in 2018
Brigham Minerals, Inc. is a mineral acquisition company that specializes in acquiring oil and gas mineral rights across the continental United States. The company holds a diverse portfolio of mineral and royalty interests primarily located in key regions such as the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, the SCOOP and STACK plays in Oklahoma, the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado, and the Williston Basin in North Dakota. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Brigham Minerals manages significant assets, including interests in thousands of productive horizontal wells and substantial proved undeveloped reserves. The company is known for its strong relationships with landowners, facilitated by a team of experienced professionals who evaluate and model mineral interests to provide competitive offers. Brigham Minerals is recognized for its efficiency, often completing transactions within 30 days of agreement with sellers.

ATX Energy Partners

Private Equity Round in 2017
ATX Energy Partners is a privately held oil and gas company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the exploration and development of unconventional, liquids-rich resource plays. Founded by the management team from Brigham Resources after its significant asset sale in 2017, ATX leverages advanced technologies to identify and evaluate resource opportunities primarily in the U.S. Lower 48. The team's expertise includes the identification, acquisition, and development of early-stage domestic resource plays, with a historical focus on frontier opportunities that have not undergone extensive horizontal drilling. ATX is also considering partially delineated prospects that could benefit from optimized drilling and completion techniques. The company is eyeing potential projects in the Permian and Williston Basins, as well as selected areas in the Rockies, reflecting the management team's prior successes in these regions.

Indigo Resources LLC

Private Equity Round in 2016
Indigo Minerals LLC was formed in late 2006, backed by the Martin Companies, Yorktown Partners and Indigo management. Indigo Minerals has since pursued a two pronged strategy of aggregating mineral interests and acquiring and developing operated working interest production. The minerals business is comprised of over 600,000 acres spread across 15 states with production from over 600 wells. The majority of the acreage is concentrated along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.

Brigham Resources

Seed Round in 2013
Brigham Resources is a privately held oil and gas company. Founded by Bud Brigham, Gene Shepherd and former management team members from Brigham Exploration Company following the company’s sale to statoil, Brigham Resources is focused on using advanced technologies to identify and develop unconventional liquids rich resource plays.
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