About Us

Drilling Rig Sunset Aspect Abundant Shale LP - Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, was formed in June of 2006 as a joint venture. Through affiliates of Aspect Energy, LLC and First Reserve, a private equity firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut. The joint venture focuses on the evaluation and exploration of unconventional shale plays throughout North America. Concentrating on our current leasehold positions of over two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) acres (as of 7/1/08) primarily in the Barnett, Marcellus, and other emerging shale plays.

First Reserve is the world's leading private equity firm in the energy industry. Throughout its 25-year history of investing solely in the global energy industry, First Reserve has developed a strong franchise, utilizing its broad base of specialized industry knowledge to invest strategically across a wide range of energy industry sectors and throughout varying economic cycles. Further information is available at http://www.firstreserve.com/.









Primary focus on:

Barnett Shale - North TX
Fayetteville Shale - AK
Woodford Shale - OK
Marcellus Shale - PA
Utica Shale - NY

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