M&A Deal Summary

Energy Spectrum Capital and Tenaska Capital Management Acquire Azure Midstream

On June 1, 2012, private equity firms Energy Spectrum Capital and Tenaska Capital Management acquired oil/gas exploration company Azure Midstream

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Energy Spectrum Capital’s 6th and Tenaska Capital Management’s 6th transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Energy Spectrum Capital’s 37th and Tenaska Capital Management’s 21st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Energy Spectrum Capital’s 21st and Tenaska Capital Management’s 4th transaction in Texas.
Investment Fate
  • Azure Midstream was sold to a strategic buyer in 2022.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-06-01
Target Azure Midstream
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) Energy Spectrum Capital
Tenaska Capital Management
Deal Type Joint Venture

Target

Azure Midstream

Katy, Texas, United States
Azure Midstream is a multi-service midstream company focused on operating and expanding its strategically positioned natural gas gathering, transportation, and treating assets in East Texas. Azure Midstream was founded in 2012 and is based in Katy, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Energy Spectrum Capital

Dallas, Texas, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 4.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Energy Spectrum Capital is a midstream private equity firm specializing in investment in buyouts and buys and build in middle-market companies. The Firm focused exclusively on the energy industry. ESC looks to make a direct investment in established companies includes oil & gas gathering and transportation systems, processing and treating facilities, storage facilities and other infrastructure facilities. ESC targets growing businesses and seeks to partner with experienced managements teams. The Firm looks to invest $50- $200 million per transaction. Energy Spectrum Capital was formed in 1995 and is based in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 39 of 62
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 6 of 21
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 2 of 3
State: Texas M&A 21 of 33
Country: United States M&A 37 of 59
Year: 2012 M&A 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-01 Ceritas I

Houston, Texas, United States

Ceritas I was formed in January 2005 with a strategy to acquire and grow natural gas gathering and processing assets. Ceritas I's first acquisition in March 2005 was a gas gathering and processing system in Liberty County, TX. The company was successful in attracting new gas to the system, as well as expanding the system and adding a 50 MMcfd processing plant. Ceritas I sold its Liberty System to DCP Midstream in June 2010 and its Optigas assets to Monarch Natural Gas Holdings in June 2012.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-19 High Sierra Energy

Denver, Colorado, United States

High Sierra Energy, LP is a midstream energy company founded in 2004. We are based in Denver, Colorado and operate businesses in the energy industry. The Company's primary operations included crude oil, liquids and refined products gathering, transportation, storage and marketing, and the disposal and processing of water associated with the production of oil and natural gas. In June 2012, High Sierra merged with NGL Energy Partners (NYSE: NGL).

Sell $693M
Buyer

Tenaska Capital Management

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 3.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Tenaska Capital Management (TCM) is the private equity affiliate of integrated energy company Tenaska. TCM was formed to leverage Tenaska's sector expertise to pursue opportunities for investment in the North American energy sector. Specific areas of interest include power generating plants; national providers of transmission and pipeline construction and maintenance services; and natural gas storage facilities. Tenaska Capital Management is based in Omaha, Nebraska.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 22
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 6 of 6
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Texas M&A 4 of 4
Country: United States M&A 21 of 22
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-12 Rio Nogales Power Project

Seguin, Texas, United States

Rio Nogales Power Project LP is a combined-cycle plant provides electric generating capacity to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-06 US Power Generating Co.

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

USPowerGen consists of three gas- and oil-fired electric power generating facilities with an aggregate summer net rating of 2,098 MW. The three facilities are located in New York City and are critical to the city's safety and electrical reliability.

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