DAVID WEATHERS

DAVID WEATHERS

David has spent his entire life in the Permian and has over 20 years experience with oil field service companies that includes both operations and transactions. Operationally, David has worked in areas of executive level responsibility and accountability. He has overseen financial, operations, personnel and equipment functions and developed and executed operational strategic plans for oil and gas field service companies in both strong and weak oil price cycles. Most recently David served as Executive Vice President of Madron Enterprises, an oilfield service company providing roustabout, excavation and surveying services in the Permian.

David has been involved in oilfield M&A transactions both as an advisor as well as a member of the selling company’s management team. He has extensive experience with preparing an oilfield service company for the selling process as well as the execution of the steps in the M&A process to secure the best buyer for the seller in terms of strategic and management team fit.

Throughout his career, David has shown a passion for relationship building and helping others. Having lived in the Permian Basin his entire life, David has an extensive knowledge of the people and businesses in the oil patch.

Originally from Roswell, New Mexico, David is a graduate of Goddard High School and Lubbock Christian.

Big Firm Resources

We invest tens of thousands of dollars in global M&A data. We have comprehensive data on all investment groups, venture capital firms, angel investors and corporations globally. We know the ownership tree of every company globally. We know which investment firms have cash to invest and when. We have data on 102,000 buyers globally.

Talk to Oilfield Buyers Every Day

Every day we speak to oilfield companies & Buyers. We know what buyers are seeking to acquire and why. We know up to the minute corporate and investor oilfield growth and M&A strategies and how those apply to our client companies.

25 Years M&A Experience

Our principals individually have 25 years of M&A experience. It is the years of experience that allow an M&A professional to understand how to apply what has been learned on prior deals to current deals in order to get deals done. There is no substitute for experience. We have closed hundreds of deals.

Oilfield Specialization & Expertise

We specialize in oilfield deals. We know how to market oilfield deals to get the highest value for our clients because we know what buyers are seeking because we talk to buyers and investment groups every day. We understand the complex oilfield synergies between buyers and sellers and can identify synergistic buyers that can (because their synergistic P&Ls post-closing are instantaneously more profitable – duplicate cost cutting, etc), and are motivated (have strategic reason to acquire-market share, basin diversity, customer leveraging, etc.), to pay the highest value for our client companies.

60 Year Oilfield Experience

The principals of FW have a combined 60 years of oilfield experience including M&A and operations. We understand the oilfields of the United States and the complex synergies between buyers and sellers. Our oilfield experience enables us to maximize value for our clients.

Big Firm M&A Process

Our goal is to bring big bank services and processes to smaller companies that the bigger M&A firms will not assist. We do not post listings on a website and cross our fingers. We are a pro active M&A firm that executes a big bank process within a time frame. We maximize synergistic buyers at the table, create an auction process, and maximize value for our clients.

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