CATCHING THE BLUE MARLIN

摘要

Porter Trimble is known as the man who built Merit Energy Co. into one of the largest private E&Ps in the nation via acquisitions, purchasing more than $6 billion in assets over a 21-year span. A reservoir engineer by trade, he came to the Dallas E&P in its early days when founder Bill Gayden put him over operations in South Texas. At that time, Merit was still a small and unsophisticated acquirer. Although acquisitions were not his role, Trimble asked Gayden for permission to buy assets in his assigned area, and soon had acquired a portfolio that outsized the acquisitions guy. It wasn't long before his role changed.