John Kelly and Nico Garza announced that they have formed Cantera Energy LLC, an independent oil and natural gas company headquartered in the Woodlands, Texas.
Cantera will focus on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties with identifiable exploitation and development upside in the onshore Gulf Coast regions.
Cantera is an investment portfolio company of Kayne Anderson Energy Funds with an initial equity commitment from Kayne Anderson Energy Fund VI and management of $100 million.
Prior to forming Cantera, Kelly and Garza worked together at El Paso Exploration and Production, where Kelly served as vice president of the southern division and Garza served as director of El Paso’s Haynesville shale position. The management team has a combined 36 years of upstream experience with an emphasis on technical evaluation and operational execution.
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