Tailwater Capital Acquires NorTex Midstream Partners

Tailwater Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Central Midstream

December 11, 2025

Oil & Gas

Tailwater Capital has acquired a majority interest in Central Midstream Partners, LLC, a Houston-based liquids transportation, storage and terminal services provider with assets across the Gulf Coast and Ohio/Utica region. Tailwater will invest additional equity from Tailwater Fund V to support growth projects while Central Midstream CEO George Jordan and the Jordan family remain involved post-transaction.

Tailwater E&P Acquires Non‑Operated Permian Basin Asset Package from Accelerate

October 1, 2024

Oil & Gas

Tailwater E&P LLC, the upstream platform of private equity firm Tailwater Capital, acquired an off‑market non‑operated working interest asset package in the Permian Basin from Accelerate Resources Operating LLC. The assets include more than 5,000 net leasehold acres and produce in excess of 5,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day across the Midland and Delaware Basins, and Tailwater E&P hedged a significant portion of the production profile as part of the transaction.

Tailwater Capital Acquires Tall Oak Midstream II and III from EnCap Flatrock Midstream

January 27, 2021

Energy

Tailwater Capital LLC has signed definitive agreements to acquire Tall Oak Midstream II and Tall Oak Midstream III from EnCap Flatrock Midstream. The transactions — executed via Tailwater Energy Fund III (Tall Oak III) and Tailwater Energy Fund IV (Tall Oak II) — will be integrated operationally with Tailwater's portfolio company Connect Midstream to expand pipeline, processing and compression capacity in the Arkoma STACK basin. Financial terms were not disclosed.

M6 Midstream (Momentum) Acquires Align Midstream Partners II from Tailwater Capital

September 22, 2022

Energy

M6 Midstream LLC (Momentum) has acquired Align Midstream Partners II, LLC from Tailwater Capital; financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Momentum's footprint in the Haynesville Shale as it also closed the Midcoast ETX deal and reached final investment decision on its NG3 gathering and carbon capture project to serve Gulf Coast and LNG markets.

Enterprise Products Partners Acquires Navitas Midstream

February 17, 2022

Energy

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. completed the previously announced $3.25 billion acquisition of Navitas Midstream Partners, LLC, giving Enterprise a foothold for natural gas gathering, treating and processing in the Midland Basin. Navitas' assets include ~1,750 miles of pipelines and over 1 billion cubic feet per day of cryogenic natural gas processing capacity backed by long-term contracts.

Tailwater Capital Partners with Ash Creek Renewables

July 25, 2023

Renewable Energy

Dallas-based private equity firm Tailwater Capital announced a partnership with Ash Creek Renewables to back the company as a platform for renewable fuel feedstock solutions. Ash Creek, led by CEO John Cusick, will provide feedstock marketing, distribution, pretreatment and logistics to North American renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel producers.