Morning Energy Live With Ben Dell: Private Capital’s Bet on the Future of Energy

Ben Dell is a managing partner of Kimmeridge and oversees investment activity across the firm. He is closely involved in the screening of new geological opportunities and in the negotiation and execution of investment strategies. Prior to founding Kimmeridge, Mr. Dell was a Senior Equity Research Analyst for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (E&P) at Sanford C. Bernstein, where he was ranked first three times in the Institutional Investor Research Survey for coverage of E&Ps. Mr. Dell was also ranked for Natural Gas and for Oil Services and Equipment coverage. Mr. Dell joined Sanford C. Bernstein in 2003. Prior to joining Bernstein, Mr. Dell was employed at British Petroleum (BP) in its M&A and finance group. Before moving into the finance field, Mr. Dell also held positions as an exploration geologist and geophysicist across several of BP’s regional business units. Mr. Dell is currently CEO of Chestnut Carbon, a nature-based carbon removal developer and is on the board of Caturus HoldCo, LLC., a large private natural gas producer in South Texas. He previously held positions as Chairman of the Board and interim CEO of Civitas Resources, Inc. (“Civitas”), a company that formed from the merger of Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. and Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. Mr. Dell earned an undergraduate degree and a master’s degree in Earth Sciences from St. Peter’s College, Oxford.

Andrew Gillick is managing director and strategist at Enverus, with more than 25 years of experience spanning the energy and finance sectors. A respected voice in the industry, he regularly shares his perspective at international conferences and private forums, and his analysis has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Oil and Gas Investor. At Enverus, Andrew leads strategy and thought leadership across the firm’s intelligence platform. He authors the widely read Morning Energy newsletter and hosts Morning Energy Live, a podcast and webinar series featuring candid conversations with energy executives and thought leaders. In his role, he works closely with executives, investors and stakeholders across the energy value chain to share perspectives and frame the industry’s most pressing opportunities and challenges. Andrew earned his undergraduate degree from Colgate University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Based in New York, he enjoys spending his free time driving his daughters to youth soccer games.