Curt Taylor

Curt Taylor is the President of Ralph E. Davis Associates. Curt has over thirty years of leadership experience in the energy space where he has technically reviewed hundreds of deals as well as structured the financing on many of those which included, senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred equity and common equity. In addition, Curt has provided leadership managing teams in the financial and technical space, as well as managing transactions that were both domestic and international and including the areas of upstream, midstream, coal and alternatives.
Prior to joining Opportune, Curt was Managing Director and Head of EIG Engineering for EIG Global Energy Partners for 14 years. Curt started his career at Union Oil of California, was with Cawley, Gillespie and Associates and since then has focused on financing upstream and midstream development projects for various finance companies. Curt is a certified professional engineer in the state of Texas, and holds an M.B.A. from the University of Houston and a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University.