Davis Walker

Davis Walker is the Senior Vice President of Exploration for the Rockport family of companies. With his extensive expertise in exploration and geoscience, Davis Walker is an invaluable asset to the Rockport family of companies with a proven track record for risking development opportunities, consistently geosteering Rockport wells to nearly 100% in zone, and effectively managing geo and drilling teams.

Prior to Rockport, Davis served as the Geoscience Manager for Luxe Minerals LLC and Luxe Energy LLC which were NGP Fund XI investments. Luxe Minerals was a successful transaction that sold for $360,000,000 yielding a 2.5x ROI for investors, and Luxe Energy was acquired by publicly traded Permian Resources (NYSE: PR) where shares were ultimately monetized to yield a strong return for investors. During his tenure, he expertly led a team of seven geologists and played a pivotal role in building the geo-model for Luxe Minerals’ proprietary acquisition software. Davis conducted thorough geological assessments for 24 distinct transactions, contributing to the acquisition of 35,000 net acres in the Delaware Basin for Luxe Energy. Furthermore, his expertise in geo-steering was instrumental in guiding the drilling of 35 wells for Luxe Energy.

Before his time at Luxe, Davis held the positions of Senior Exploration Geologist and Senior Geologist of Acquisitions at Jones Energy, a publicly traded company at the time. In these roles, he employed advanced geologic and petrophysical modeling techniques to identify acquisition opportunities, develop basin evaluation plans, and design comprehensive field-wide development strategies in the Midcon Basin, with a specific focus on the STACK, SCOOP, and Merge fields. Davis’ outstanding contributions earned him the prestigious Jones Chairman’s Award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Company” in 2016.

Prior to his tenure at Jones Energy, Davis held the role of Geologist & Asset Manager at the Cinco Companies, a portfolio company of Yorktown/KKR/EnCap. In this capacity, he played a vital role in the acquisition, development, and successful exits of 20,000 acres in the Arkoma Basin, 15,000 acres in the Eagle Ford Basin, and 27,000 acres in the Powder River Basin. The cumulative proceeds from these sales reached an impressive total of $458,000,000.

Davis lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and children where he actively engages with professional organizations such as the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Young Professionals in Energy of Austin, is a member of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Liberty Leadership Council, and the Young Professionals in Energy of Dallas. Davis is a passionate outdoorsman who loves sharing meaningful adventures with family, friends, and colleagues in the great outdoors. Davis holds a B.S. in Geology from Baylor University.