Ben Silbert

Avista Capital Holdings LP (Avista Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Steven Webster and Thompson Dean. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Summit Gas Resources, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of natural gas reserves. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sheridan, WY.

Peregrine Oil & Gas II LLC acquires and manages oil and gas properties. The company was founded on May 2, 2007 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

ACP II Marcellus LLC operates as a holding company with interest in acquiring and exploiting natural gas assets. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Spartan Offshore Drilling LLC provides offshore drilling services. It provides jack-up well drilling, workover and completion services throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Cook Inlet Alaska. The firm also focuses on providing its services in the Middle East, Mexico, and Southeast Asia. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Slidell, LA.

aPriori Capital Partners LP (aPriori Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Susan C. Schnabel and Colin Taylor. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

ACP III Utica LLC acquires and develops oil and natural gas assets. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Hansa Hydrocarbons Ltd. provides gas exploration services. It aims to grow a high-value business from exploiting the remaining potential for gas across the prolific Permian Basin that extends from the Southern North Sea through onshore Northern Europe. The company was founded on November 5, 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

AEC Holdings LP (AEC Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Avista Capital Holdings LP founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.