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Denali Midstream LLC

Midstream Solutions for Spur Carve-Outs, Build-To-Suit Expansions & Treating

Denali Midstream acquires producer-owned off-lease spur and lateral gathering systems and assumes the capital, integrity, and operating responsibility for those assets. While these systems are essential for moving production, they typically earn lower returns relative to on-lease upstream investments. By partnering with Denali, producers can rotate capital out of lower-return midstream infrastructure and into higher-return drilling and completions, while securing reliable, long-term midstream service.

We deliver Build-To-Suit (BTS) expansions aligned with development plans and integrate optional H₂S/CO₂ treating and injection solutions where needed. All projects are structured under long-dated, CPI-linked tariffs with defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Liquidated Damages (LDs), providing reliability, uptime assurance, and cost predictability. Denali’s leadership team brings decades of experience developing, acquiring, and operating midstream infrastructure across the most prolific U.S. oil and gas basins.

Meet the Team

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President & CEO

Amer Rathore

  • 35 years broad energy experience

  • Founded and developed Santa Fe Midstream LLC, a private equity backed midstream company

  • Development and operations experience with CO2/H2S treating and sequestration (Santa Fe Midstream)

  • Midstream and electric power company experience in business development, strategy and finance including Access/Chesapeake, AEP, EnLink and TXU

  • Leadership roles in business development, strategy, finance and operations

  • BS in Finance and Accounting – University of Houston

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EVP - Chief Operating Officer

James Murff

  • 30 years oil and gas experience

  • Senior engineering and operations roles at Regency Gas Services, Freese and Nichols, Navigator Energy Services, Flatrock Engineering and others

  • Led the construction and operations of large gas gathering and processing assets for Regency Gas Services, Navigator Energy Services in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana Strong engineering and design skills

  • BS in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University

  • Registered PE in Texas

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Chairman and  Senior Advisor 

Bob Purgason

  • 40+ years of broad energy experience

  • Technical expertise in Gas treating and Sulfur recovery

  • COO at Crosstex & Access Midstream

  • CEO Kayne Anderson Acquisition Company

        ( deSpac’d as Altus Midstream)

  • 27 years at Williams in Executive, Operations and Business Development

  • Former Managing Director of Carbon Solutions for EnLink Midstream

  • Eight years of Public Board experience

  • BS Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma

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General Counsel and Senior Advisor

Joe Davis

  • 30+ years broad energy experience

  • 20+ years in private legal practice with Hunton and Williams  representing energy companies (Partner; Management Committee Member)

  • 10+ years as General Counsel and Executive Vice President (includes EnLink, Lucid Energy, and Kayne Anderson Acquisition Company);

  • Served on the Board of Howard Energy and Matador Resources;

  • Broad experience in midstream energy project development and financing;

  • BS from University of Texas at Dallas and JD from Baylor University School of Law

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ABOUT US

Denali Midstream develops, acquires, and operates midstream infrastructure that enables producers to execute development programs with confidence. Our leadership team brings decades of successful experience across the most active U.S. oil and gas basins in gas gathering, treating, processing, oil gathering, and storage. We have built and operated midstream systems of all sizes through organic development, greenfield construction, acquisitions, and day-to-day operations of complex assets.

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Denali specializes in acquiring producer-owned off-lease spur and lateral gathering systems and delivering Build-To-Suit (BTS) expansions aligned with drilling and completion activity. Our commercial structures use long-dated, CPI-linked tariffs with defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Liquidated Damages (LDs) to provide producers with reliability, uptime assurance, and cost predictability.

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We also develop optional H₂S and CO₂ treating and injection solutions that integrate directly with field infrastructure, allowing producers to streamline treating, compliance, and emissions-management under a single aligned midstream partner.

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Denali operates with disciplined, investor-aligned principles designed to generate superior risk-adjusted returns. Our approach emphasizes rigorous risk management, operational excellence, world-class customer service, and an uncompromising commitment to employee safety. These values are foundational to how Denali builds, operates, and grows midstream infrastructure.

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Denali Midstream is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and operates across the Permian Basin and major oil and gas producing regions of the United States.

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