Christopher G. Carter

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Natural Gas Partners LLC (NGP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC founded in 1988 by David Russell Albin and Kenneth Alfredo Hersh. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Rice Energy, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of natural gas and natural gas liquid (NGL) properties in the Appalachian Basin. It operates through the following segments: Exploration and Production; Rice Midstream Holdings; and Rice Midstream Partners. The Exploration and Production segment involves in the acquisition, exploration and development of natural gas, oil and NGLs. The Rice Midstream Holdings segment manages the natural gas production in Belmont and Monroe Counties, Ohio. The Rice Midstream Partners segment handles the gathering and compression of natural gas production in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, and in the provision of water services to support the well completion services in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania and in Belmont County, Ohio. The company was founded on October 1, 2013 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, PA.

PennTex Midstream Partners LP engages in the acquisition, development, and management of midstream energy infrastructure assets. Its portfolio includes Lincoln Parish plant, Mt. Olive plant, residue gas extension, gathering and residue gas pipelines, and natural gas liquids. The company was founded on August 19, 2014 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Rice Drilling B LLC is a business company with interests in natural gas and oil companies. The firm acquires, explores, and develops natural gas and oil properties in the Appalachian Basin. It offers services through its subsidiaries Rice Drilling C LLC, Rice Drilling D LLC, RDB Real Estate Holdings LLC, and Blue Tiger Oilfield Services LLC. The company was founded on February 14, 2008 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, PA.

Parsley Energy, Inc. is an oil and natural gas company, which engages in the acquisition, development and exploitation of unconventional oil and natural gas reserves. Its portfolio includes Midland and Southern Delaware basin. The company was founded by Bryan Sheffield, Mike Hinson, and Paul Treadwell in 2008 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.