Our Team

Drillcore Energy Partners is led by a group of senior energy and investment professionals with complementary skill sets and backgrounds who collectively bring more than 100 years of industry experience to our partners and investments. We work closely with industry veterans as both operating partners and advisors. We draw upon our relationships with a broad group of financial, engineering, and management teams for our proprietary deal flow. The Drillcore team, with global experience, primarily focuses identifying investment opportunities for oil and gas exploration and production projects in the Lower 48 United States. Our experienced team members and advisors bring deep industry knowledge and technical expertise to the table, enabling us to evaluate and source the right projects for our investor and client base. Through our extensive industry network and hands-on experience in project evaluation and due diligence, we are committed to working safely and environmentally, while delivering long-term value to our investor base and clients.

For the full list of our investment professionals, operating partners, and advisors, please email Info@DrillcorePartners.com.

Evan Turner

Founder and Managing Partner

Evan Turner is the Founder and Managing Partner of Drillcore Energy Partners. He is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, structuring, executing, and managing active investments for the firm’s portfolio and advisory engagements across Upstream, Midstream, Oilfield Services, Renewable Energy and Equipment Manufacturing.

Previously, Mr. Turner was the Vice President of Finance for Encore Permian, a joint venture with Castlelake, L.P. in Midland, TX. Prior to this, Mr. Turner was an Investment Professional / Director and an energy sector head at StormHarbour Partners in New York. In his capacity, he played an active role with senior management in the entire investment process, responsible for sourcing, evaluating, structuring, and executing investments across the energy and infrastructure value chain as well as structured investments for general industries. Prior to StormHarbour, Mr. Turner worked with CohnReznick Capital where he co-launched their Oil & Gas Group and worked on energy and infrastructure investments across the value chain and capital structure. Mr. Turner formerly worked at Canaccord Genuity Inc., an investment bank where he specialized in the energy and industrial sectors. Mr. Turner has been featured in financial and industry publications including Axios, Bloomberg, Oil & Gas Investor, PE Hub, Yahoo! Finance, Breaking Energy, Oil & Gas 360, and many more. Mr. Turner was selected as one of Oil & Gas Investor’s 40 Under 40 honorees in 2018 and as part of Juniors in Energy Finance’s 30 Under 30 class in 2017.

Mr. Turner serves on the Board of Directors of Juniors in Energy Finance ("JiEF"), Advisory Board of the Energy Council’s New York Energy Capital Assembly, is a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America ("IPAA"), Houston Producers' Forum, Young Professionals in Finance ("YPF"), and Young Professionals in Energy ("YPE"). Mr. Turner received a Bachelor's degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a double major in Geoscience and Environmental Studies, with further work in Economics.