John N. Davis – Executive Chairman

John Davis is the Executive Chairman of AVAD Energy Partners II. Prior to AVAD, John co-founded Alpine Gas Company in 2003.  Alpine acquired and operated oil and gas wells in multiple basins in the United States with focus on properties in the eastern shelf of Texas, state waters in Louisiana, and deep salt basin in Mississippi. From 2011 to 2016, Alpine developed multiple deep oil fields in Mississippi, including implementing the deepest known waterflood in the world at over 18,000 Feet.

John began his 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry at Exxon Company in New Orleans.  He served five years in the Eastern Division of Exxon where he was a Senior Engineer handling reservoir engineer responsibilities for multiple Gulf Coast and offshore fields, including as the team leader for the development of the 500 BCF Chalkey Field. From 1991 to 2003, John was a Petroleum Engineering Consultant and Vice President/Technical Advisor for Netherland, Sewell & Associates in Dallas. He was responsible for oil and gas evaluations of every major basin in the United States with emphasis on Midcontinent and Gulf Coast properties, including several acquisition opportunities for Ocean Energy and Woodside Petroleum.

John graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and received a Master in Business Administration degree from the University of New Orleans. John is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers, and is also an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Finalist.

Steven A. Mickey – President

Steven Mickey is the President of AVAD Energy Partners II. Prior to AVAD, Steven led the business development efforts for Venado Oil & Gas, a large private equity backed E&P focused on the Eagle Ford. There he led a team of geologists, reservoir engineers, operations specialists, and landmen in the evaluation of multiple upstream and midstream assets, ultimately closing on the acquisition of over $1bn of assets.

Steven began his career at Goldman Sachs in Houston as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Natural Resources Group, where he was part of a team that provided capital markets and M&A advisory to companies in all sectors of the oil and gas industry. After two years, Steven joined Denham Capital Management as a Private Equity Associate, where he oversaw a wide range of investments both in the U.S. and internationally which spanned the upstream, minerals, and oilfield services sectors.

Steven graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a minor in Spanish.

Thomas J. Quigley – Senior Vice President of Reservoir Engineering

Tom Quigley is the Senior Vice President of Reservoir Engineering of AVAD Energy Partners II. Prior to AVAD, Tom was a Reservoir Engineer for Alpine Gas Company where he was responsible for acquisition evaluations and field studies of conventional reservoirs with a focus on redevelopment. Tom evaluated new drillwells and waterflood reserves for company-operated leases in Mississippi. 

Tom started his career with Exxon Company in Andrews, Texas, as a Reservoir Engineer optimizing mature waterfloods. After two years, Tom relocated to Exxon’s Offshore Division in New Orleans where he continued his career evaluating and developing multiple fields in the Gulf of Mexico and maximizing Exxon’s gas sales in the emerging gas spot market. From 1990 to 2003, Tom was a Petroleum Engineering Consultant and Vice President/Technical Advisor at Netherland, Sewell & Associates in Dallas. Tom conducted annual oil and gas reserves evaluations for several companies including Vintage Petroleum and KCS Medallion Resources. Some of his major projects included evaluation of West Texas waterfloods and miscible carbon dioxide floods and participation in the equity finalization study of Elk Hills. After Netherland, Sewell, Tom was a Reservoir Engineer for Hunt Petroleum Corporation’s East Texas – North Louisiana Team from 2003 to 2008 and a Reservoir Engineer in Encana’s Haynesville Team Reservoir Characterization group from 2008 to 2011. 

Tom graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.  

Michael F. Krehel, III – Senior Vice President of Operations

Michael Krehel is the Senior Vice President of Operations of AVAD Energy Partners II. Prior to AVAD, Michael was a Senior Reservoir Engineer at Southwestern Energy Company in Houston. Michael worked on the development team for the Marcellus Shale-Northeast Pennsylvania asset, performing economic evaluations on well proposals and workovers and updating reserve forecasting for producing wells and undeveloped locations.  Michael also was the lead on well performance analysis for completion designs and well execution. 

Michael began his career at Southwestern Energy as a Rotational Engineer, working as a Production Engineer, Completions Engineer, and Drilling Engineer in the Fayetteville Shale asset group and as a Reservoir Engineer with the Marcellus Shale asset group.  After completing his rotational assignments, Michael became a Field Production Engineer and in 2014 was promoted to Senior Production Engineer where he monitored production on Fayetteville Shale wells. Michael also worked closely with the development team on planning and AFE reviews of new wells and with the field engineers to coordinate projects.

Michael graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.