Rafael Paz

• Vice President with a petroleum engineering background, leading technical valuation, diligence, and execution for upstream M&A and capital markets transactions across the U.S. Lower-48.
• Lead engineer and deal captain on sell-side technical processes, responsible for subsurface diligence, valuation support, buyer Q&A, and coordination across internal and external deal teams

Sell-side technical lead:

• Viper Energy / Sitio Royalties – Minerals merger, ~$4.1BN
• 89 Energy – Anadarko Basin asset sale, ~$850MM
• ConocoPhillips (Oklahoma assets) – Anadarko Basin divestiture, ~$1.3BN
• Continental Resources (Oklahoma assets) – Large-scale Anadarko Basin sell-side process

Buy-side technical advisor:

• EQT Corporation – Acquisition of Olympus Energy, ~$1.8BN
• NOG & Infinity Natural Resources – Acquisition of Antero Resources non-core assets, $1.2BN
• Utilize advanced analytics and custom workflows to construct type curves, assess inventory and spacing, benchmark operating costs, and support transaction valuation and positioning.
• Advisor on numerous additional buy-side processes spanning all major U.S. Lower-48 basins, including the Midland, Delaware, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Mid-Con, Bakken, Appalachia, DJ, and others.

• Lead engineer on four buy-side processes and one sell-side process, totaling over $5B in closed deal valuations
• Buy-side technical advisor: Civitas Resources – Acquisition of Tap Rock Resources and Hibernia Energy, ~$4–5BN combined
• Financial/NAV Modeling: Developing and refining financial models for valuing upstream oil and gas assets, including discounted cash flow and comparative company analysis.
• Technical Due Diligence: Performing technical due diligence on oil and gas assets, evaluating operational efficiency, and technology deployment.

• Lead engineer in unconventional Austin Chalk & Eagleford development & economic analysis
• PTA & RTA Reservoir Modeling
• Gulf coast exploration (Conventional, Unconventional, Hybrid)
• Decision & Economic Analysis
• Business Development - A&D Valuations
• Multi-billion dollar M&A valuations
• Joint venture evaluations

• Lead engineer in O&G exploration in conventional and unconventional prospects (Permian Shelf, San Juan Basin)
• Lead engineer in hydraulic fracturing design, planning and execution in 5 exploratory wells
• Lead engineer for A&D, M&A valuations
• Managerial support for Divisional Planning and Budgeting (5 Year Plans, Scenario analysis)
• Aries database management, well forecasting, typecurve generation (DCA)
• Software Tool Programming & Implementation (Spotfire, Python)
• Managed multiple cross-functional teams consisting of post-merger Yates Petroleum employees and EOG employees