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Energy Investment Banker
About Lee Harper
In 2017, Lee Harper led the $4.3 billion refinancing of a deepwater Gulf of Mexico portfolio, restructuring debt mid-cycle when oil traded below $50/barrel and lenders were walking away. That deal became a textbook case for balancing reserve-based lending with ESG-aligned covenants, long before 'transition finance' entered boardroom lexicons. Harper doesn’t treat oil assets as static commodities but as time-bound technical systems: reservoir decline curves, aging platform certifications, and jurisdictional permitting timelines all shape valuation more than headline Brent prices. They’ve closed 28 upstream M&A deals since 2012, 19 of them involving distressed or non-operated assets where operational due diligence, not just financial modeling, drove price discovery. Their desk still keeps a laminated copy of the 2008 SEC Reserve Reporting Modernization rules, not as nostalgia, but as a reminder that regulatory shifts often precede market inflection points by 18 months.
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- “How do you value an offshore field with 12 years of remaining reserves but expiring environmental permits?”
- “What’s the biggest red flag in a seller’s reserve report that most bankers miss?”
- “How has the rise of private equity capital changed bidding dynamics for mature onshore assets?”
- “When does a 'stranded asset' become a 'repositioning opportunity'—and how do you model that pivot?”