M&A Deal Summary

Williams Acquires NorTex Midstream Partners

On September 8, 2022, Williams acquired oil/gas exploration company NorTex Midstream Partners from Tailwater Capital for 423M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Williams’ 4th transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Williams’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Williams’ 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Williams’ 4th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-09-08
Target NorTex Midstream Partners
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) Williams
Sellers(s) Tailwater Capital
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 423M USD
Advisor(s) Wells Fargo Securities (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

NorTex Midstream Partners

Houston, Texas, United States
NorTex Midstream Partners is an independently owned developers and operators of high-deliverability, multi-cycle natural gas storage capacity. NorTex was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Williams

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Category Company
Founded 1908
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Employees5,601
Revenue 10.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Williams' headquarters in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Williams' headquarters in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Williams is a North American energy infrastructure company. It owns interests in or operates 15,000 miles of interstate gas pipelines, 1,000 miles of NGL transportation pipelines, and more than 10,000 miles of oil and gas gathering pipelines. Williams was formed in 1908 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 10
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 4 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (Texas) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 9 of 10
Year (2022) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-01 Sequent Energy

Houston, Texas, United States

Sequent Energy delivers smarter ways to optimize natural gas assets and serves the needs of utilities, marketers, retail aggregators, municipalities, and large industrials. Sequent Energy is based in Houston, Texas.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-15 MountainWest Pipelines

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

MountainWest Pipelines comprises roughly 2,000-miles of interstate natural gas pipeline systems. MountainWest Pipelines is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Buy $1.5B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Tailwater Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2013
PE ASSETS 4.4B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Tailwater Capital LLC is a specialist private equity firm focused on middle-market opportunities in the midstream and upstream sectors of the energy industry. Tailwater will consider acquisitions of non-core assets, roll-up situations, anchored greenfields, and joint ventures. Tailwater Capital was formed in 2013 and is based in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 8
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 3 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 5 of 6
Country (United States) 5 of 8
Year (2022) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-04 Renovo Resources

Irvine, California, United States

Renovo Resources is an asset development company, that will provide turnkey produced water treatment solutions to a blue-chip customer base across the energy and industrial sectors. Renovo Resources is based in Irvine, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-22 Align Midstream Partners II

Dallas, Texas, United States

Align Midstream Partners II is a midstream company focused on serving producers’ needs in emerging and established basins within the US. Align is concentrated on building greenfield midstream assets including gas, crude oil, and water gathering pipelines, treating and processing plants, and salt water disposal wells in emerging basins. Align Midstream Partners II was founded in 2017 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Sell -