Managing Director
Prior to joining EnCap in August 2005, Mr. Devlin spent two years at Amegy Bank of Texas, where he ended as a Banking Officer for its commercial banking department.
Mr. Devlin received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Economics from Brown University.
Mr. Devlin serves on the board of directors of several EnCap portfolio companies and is a member of the Houston Producers’ Forum, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and Young Professionals in Energy. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the Small Steps Nurturing Center and the regional board of Still Water Christian Ministries.
Partner
Prior to rejoining EnCap in September 2006, Mr. Thielemann worked in the Investor Relations and Strategic Planning Groups at Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Previously, he was an Associate at EnCap from 2000 to 2003 and a Treasury Analyst at Dynegy.
Mr. Thielemann received a Master of Business Administration from Duke University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin.
Mr. Thielemann serves on the board of directors of several EnCap portfolio companies and is a member of the Houston Producers’ Forum and the Independent Petroleum Association of America.
Managing Partner
Prior to joining EnCap in 1999, Mr. Swanson spent three years as a corporate banker with Frost National Bank and Amegy Bank (formerly Southwest Bank of Texas). Mr. Swanson graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and also received his Master of Business Administration from University of Texas in 1999.
Mr. Swanson serves on the board of directors of several EnCap portfolio companies. In addition, he recently served on the board of the Houston Producers’ Forum and is a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association. Mr. Swanson also is serving active roles in several philanthropic organizations throughout the City of Houston.
CEO
Patrick J. Noyes is the founder, President and CEO of Grenadier Energy Partners, LLC. From February, 2003 until June, 2006 he was Chairman, President, and CEO of Stroud Energy, Inc. in Ft. Worth, Texas. At Stroud, Mr. Noyes led a turnaround of that company from a severely financially distressed company to one which sold in June, 2006 with an enterprise value of $455 million. He accomplished this with a simple two point business plan of restructuring the capital and diversifying the asset base. This diversification was achieved through acquisitions and growth through the drill bit in the Barnett Shale and East Texas. During his tenure, production increased from 12.5 mmcfd to just over 30 mmcfd in June, 2006. Also, proved reserves increased from 73 BCF to 160 BCF. Previously, he was employed by Mitchell Energy Company, L.P. in The Woodlands, Texas for over 22 years. From 1999 until he left in 2002, he was Mitchell Energy’s Vice President – Drilling and Services. During Mr. Noyes’ tenure as Vice President – Drilling and Services, Mitchell Energy’s Barnett Shale activity increased from a two rig program to 18 rigs running in January, 2002. The growth in net Barnett production in this period was threefold (80-240 MMCFD). Mr. Noyes had complete control over all drilling operations for the entire company, as well as stewardship over the reserve bookings. Additionally, he routinely interfaced with the production engineers and geologists in developing prospects and planning rig activity. In 2001, Mitchell drilled a total of 360 wells with a capital budget of $345 million. Of this total, 310 wells were in the Barnett. These wells accounted for approximately 388 BCF of PDP reserves added to Mitchell Energy’s books. Mr. Noyes holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (With Honors) as well as an Honorary Doctorate from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Mr. Noyes’ professional associations include memberships in the SPE, TIPRO and IPAA.
President Chief Operating Officer
Kyle Noyes became President and COO of the company upon formation of Grenadier Energy III. Prior to that, Kyle served as Executive Vice President of Operations and Engineering. Kyle joined Grenadier in August 2011 as the Drilling and Completions Manager and helped get the company over the finish line for the sale of Grenadier I’s Marcellus Shale assets. Since that time, he has worked in various Operations and Engineering roles for the company and was an integral part of building, growing, and monetizing Grenadier II. Prior to joining Grenadier, Kyle spent the first part of his career with Occidental Petroleum where he worked in their Permian business unit and spent five years overseas with Occidental of Qatar. Kyle graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering in May of 2000. He later obtained an MBA from the University of Texas in 2016.
