When opportunity, technology and oil and gas assets collide with capital and contacts, you get a very bright supernova. That's what happens when an oil and gas entrepreneur and a private-equity provider shake hands. At any given time, as many as 300 or 350 E&P and midstream firms are being backed by private equity. All are charging along on some part of the spectrum, from the starting gate to a trading symbol on a stock exchange.
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