please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . may 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message venari resources llc type llc industry oil and gas founded may 2012 headquarters dallas & houston texas u.s. key people brian reinsborough ceo & president rich smith executive vice president exploration bruce busmire executive vice president & cfo number of employees 34 june 2013 website venariresources.com venari resources llc a privately held offshore exploration and production company founded in 2012 by brian reinsborough is focused on the oil prone subsalt region in the gulf of mexico s deep waters . in may 2012 global private equity investment firms warburg pincus 1 kelso & company temasek holdings and the jordan company provided an initial 1.125 billion capital commitment 2 so venari can pursue its exploration program and development projects in the gulf of mexico . contents 1 current assets 2 office locations 3 references 4 external links current assets edit since formation venari has built a large inventory of drillable prospects and leases in the gulf of mexico 3 including the coronado discovery 4 and potentially giant shenandoah discovery 5 in the walker ridge area . 6 7 8 9 10 office locations edit the company is headquartered in dallas and has an additional office location in the houston energy corridor . as of june 3 2013 venari had 34 employees . references edit http www.warburgpincus.com portfolio viewcompany id 572 . aspx http www.thedeal.com content energy exploration startup venari resources draws 1b funding.php http www.prnewswire.com news releases venari resources expands gulf of mexico portfolio with successful lease sale bids 199383201.html http www.prnewswire.com news releases venari resources announces second major oil discovery in the deepwater gulf of mexico 199867451.html http www.prnewswire.com news releases venari resources announces major oil discovery in the deepwater gulf of mexico 199034371.html http www.forbes.com sites christopherhelman 2013 03 25 tiny dallas based oil company scores two giant deepwater discoveries in one week http www.bizjournals.com dallas news 2013 03 20 huge oil discovery in the gulf is a.html http www.bizjournals.com dallas print edition 2013 04 05 at venari the good news keeps on coming.html http www.bizjournals.com dallas print edition 2013 04 12 12 dfw energy companies strike it rich.html http plattsenergyweektv.com news article 255700 293 venari resources interview external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title venari resources & oldid 743466180 categories energy companies established in 2012american companies established in 2012companies based in dallascompanies based in houstonoil companies of the united stateshidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2013all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from may 2013orphaned articles from june 2013all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view