Tyler Thomason is an accomplished professional serving as the Founder of CT Evolution, an Austin-based downhole oilfield tool company. Tyler’s extensive experience and accomplishments in operations and completions make him a valuable asset to the energy space. His innovative thinking, technical expertise, and proven track record to hit or beat AFEs contribute to the success of the organizations in which he has led.

Prior to CT Evolution, Tyler served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Rockport Energy Solutions LLC. In this capacity, he successfully led the operations team to successfully and organically develop multiple Delaware Basin, Midland Basin, and Williston Basin assets simultaneously. Tyler was responsible for leading the team in field planning, surface land work, landowner relations and SUA structure, regulatory planning, drilling, completions, production, midstream contracts, power contracts, and workover programs.

Preceding Rockport, Tyler served as the Senior Vice President of Operations for EnCore Permian Operating, LLC. There, Tyler helped the investor create value with the current fringe Delaware Basin asset. The operations team drilled and completed 11 wells and set a Delaware Basin record with 4 being less than $100/ft drilling costs including casing. Tyler also led the team in navigating complicated surface and subterranean lineament obstacles successfully.

Prior to Encore, Tyler served as Completions Manager for Luxe Energy LLC and invested with Luxe Minerals LLC, both were NGP investments. In this role, he successfully designed and completed 35 wells in the Delaware Basin in Reeves and Ward counties and consistently beat AFE by 5%. Tyler was also instrumental in establishing Axil Tools LLC, Luxe Energy’s tool company, which achieved profitability within 10 months, generated an annual cash flow of $3,000,000, and significantly reduced drilling, completion, and flowback costs for Luxe Energy. Luxe Minerals successfully transacted for $360,000,000 to yield a 2.5x ROI to investors. Luxe Energy was acquired by publicly traded Permian Resources (NYSE: PR) where shares were ultimately monetized to yield a strong return for investors.

Before assuming his role at Luxe Energy LLC, Tyler served as the Lead Completions Engineer for the Permian Basin at EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG). From 2012 to 2016, Tyler Thomason held the role of Team Lead for EOG’s 150,000-acre western Eagle Ford asset, where he was at the forefront of evolving completion designs from gel fracs to 100 mesh proppant and slickwater designs. He successfully brought online 450 horizontal wells in the Eagle Ford, Buda, and Austin Chalk formations. In 2016, Tyler transitioned to EOG’s Delaware Basin asset, where he was promoted to Lead Completions Engineer and played a key role in bringing online over 100 horizontal wells in the Avalon, Bone Spring, and Wolfcamp formations. During his 9-year tenure at EOG, he held various operational roles encompassing drilling, completions, production, and reservoir engineering. Tyler’s experience spans the design, drilling, completion, and field management of over 3,000 wells. He played a significant role in bringing online over 600 horizontal wells in the Haynesville shale, the Eagle Ford shale, and the Delaware Basin.

Tyler resides in Austin, Texas with his wife and children. He is highly creative and holds multiple patents, is an expert guitar player, is an accomplished artist and a published author/illustrator of the book entitled What Makes My Night Light Bright? A Kid’s Guide To Energy. He actively contributes to the Society of Petroleum Engineers and earned his B. S. in Petroleum Engineering with a minor in Geology from Louisiana State University.