Caiman Energy LLC

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Dallas, Texas-based Caiman Energy LLC is a provider of midstream services to the oil and natural gas industry. It has a gas gathering exposure in the Marcellus shale of 340,000 acres.

According to a January, 2010 press release, Caiman is a business partner of Chief Oil and Gas in southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. It has an agreement with the latter company to provide midstream gathering services in a nine county, tri-state area comprising 267,000 acres of Chief's leasehold. As part of this agreement, Caiman purchased Chief's interstate taps and right-of-ways in the included areas.

The company is also involved in building gathering pipelines in northern West Virginia and a processing plant in Fort Beeler, Marshall Co., WV scheduled to go online in November, 2010.

EnCap Energy Infrastructure Fund, L.P. (EEIF) is a major financial backer of Caiman Energy.

• Jack Lafield is President and CEO of Caiman Energy and a founding partner.
• Danny Thompson and Rick Moncrief are also founding partners.
• Bill Waldrip, President, Flatrock Energy Advisors is a contact for EEIF.