Top 10 Oil & Gas Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – January 1st – 31st, 2026
Several interesting transactions closed in the Oil & Gas sector over the past month. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
Buyout/LBO
- Aqua Terra Permian, oil and gas exploration and production activities that responsibly extract energy resources from onshore basins, acquired by Karis Midstream Partners and Lane42 Investment Partners through an LBO.
- ConTeras Industrial Group, multi-craft specialty maintenance and capital project services that cater to refining, petrochemical, oil and gas, and power industries, acquired by Oaktree Capital Management through an LBO.
- Frontier Integrity Solutions, pipeline inspection, integrity assessment, and related field services that support the oil and gas and energy infrastructure sectors, acquired by private equity investor and its management through an LBO.
- Tribune Resources, energy production and acreage lease services that serve the energy sector and landowners, acquired by Vickery Energy, via its financial sponsor Quantum Capital Group, through an LBO.
Corporate Asset Purchase
- Hagco Energy and Hugocellr, oil-producing properties are located in Texas, acquired by Nexera Energy.
- Vital Energy, 1,792 Hectares of Alberta Crown Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights in Elmworth, Canada, were acquired by Vital Energy for CAD 5,998,139.
- NovaCor Exploration, heavy oil assets are located in Canada, acquired by Trio Petroleum for CAD 1 million.
Early Stage VC
- Eiger Resources, upstream oil and gas assets that explore, develop, and produce hydrocarbon resources in North America, raised venture funding from Dais Partners.
- PCC Hydrogen, an innovative chemical conversion system that enables distributed clean energy production, raised $844,103 of Series A1 venture funding.
Accelerator/Incubator
- WeavAir, an air quality insights platform that measures, reports, and verifies greenhouse gas emissions, joined Madeira Startup Retreat in 2026 and received EUR 3,000 in grant funding.
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John Silvestri
Managing Director
Finance, strategy and capital markets executive. Originated structured and executed, as principal, agent and underwriter, over $4 billion of public and private, structured and project finance transactions. Industry expertise includes Energy and Power, Technology/Fintech/Digital, Sponsor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Consumer, Industrials and Agriculture, Banking, and Specialty Finance. Companies ranging from small to large, leveraged, high grade, venture, SPV’s and project finance. Transaction expertise across capital structure includes public and private bonds, equity, structured and direct investments, and unitranche. Leveraged finance includes senior/sub, bridge, acquisition, mezzanine, equity co-investment, and re-capitalizations. Previously, founder of an advisory and a direct investment business, Managing Director and Co-head of Investment Banking at Altamar Capital, and Director and Head of High Yield Capital Markets in New York for Barclays Capital. BS in Management from SUNY Buffalo. MBA from Fordham Gabelli Business School. FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.
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