John Fossum

John Fossum

John Fossum joined Petrie Partners in 2017 from the Energy & Minerals Group in Houston, where John was a Vice President focused on equity investments in the exploration and production and midstream sectors. Prior to the Energy & Minerals Group, John held various roles of increasing responsibility with TPG Capital and First Reserve Corp. where he was a member of each firm’s North American focused energy investment team.

John's notable transaction experience includes the pending merger of Pioneer Natural Resources into ExxonMobil, Artex Energy Group and American Electric Power’s sale of Ohio Utica assets to EOG Resources, Midland Petro D.C. Partners sale of non-operated interests to Northern Oil & Gas and U.S. Energy Development Corporation, the merger of Extraction Oil & Gas with Bonanza Creek Energy and concurrent acquisition of Crestone Peak Resources to form Civitas Resources, the restructuring of Extraction Oil & Gas, Elk Hills midstream joint venture between California Resources and Ares Management, and Stone Energy’s combination with Talos Energy.

John began his career at Petrie Parkman & Co. in 2006 in the firm’s Houston office and later joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch as part of Merrill Lynch’s acquisition of Petrie Parkman & Co.

John earned his B.A. in Economics from Rice University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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