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TPH Forms Rockies-Focused E&P Company
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TPH Partners II L.P. has reported the formation of Principle Petroleum Partners LLC, an independent upstream company headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Principle focuses on the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties in the Rockies, with a primary focus on the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming.
Principle is led by an experienced management team with an established track record of success in their focus area. Company President and CEO, Scott Dobson, has spent a significant portion of his career focused in the Rockies, starting at Merit Energy Company and most recently as the Chief Operating Officer at Nimin Energy Corporation, where he led the development and sale of Nimin’s Big Horn Basin assets in 2012. Mr. Dobson is joined by Scott Gladden, EVP of Land and Business Development at…
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