Omar Samji

Experience*

Energy Transition

• Goldman Sachs in its $440 million strategic investment in BrightNight
• Corporate subsidiary of publicly-held master limited partnership in its acquisition of $50 million investment tax credits generated by battery energy storage system in Texas
• StratosFuel in its financing and development of a hydrogen mobility fueling project
• Humble Midstream (a portfolio company of EnCap Flatrock Midstream) in its joint venture with Enbridge to develop a low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia production and export facility
• The Energy and Minerals Group (EMG) and Vision Blue Resources in their investment in Serra Verde, a Denham Capital portfolio company, that is developing an integrated rare earth element mining and processing operation
• NextEra Energy’s decarbonization venture in its acquisition and financing of multiple data centers
• Integrated Energy Company in its development of a hydrogen and ammonia production and export facility
• Private equity portfolio company in its development of a series of carbon capture facilities for commonly owned ethanol facilities
• Ethanol plant owner in its development of on-site carbon capture facilities and entry into a sequestration agreement
• Microgrid operator in its development of a renewable energy powered microgrid for a municipality
• Midstream company in its development of facilities to store carbon dioxide captured from amine treaters
• Publicly traded midstream operator in negotiations to provide carbon capture and sequestration services to natural gas producers
• ESM Acquisition Company in its $300 million public stock offering to seek to acquire a low carbon energy business
• SJ Industries in its joint venture with Captona to acquire and operate two fuel cell energy projects

Conventional Energy

• Sunoco LP in its approximately $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P.
• Hut 8 Corp. in its acquisition of Rocky Butte Power Holdco, LLC from Priority Power Management, LLC (a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P and Ara Partners)
• Titan Energy in its sale of substantially all its assets through a series of transactions post-chapter 11 restructuring
• DT Midstream (formerly DTE Pipeline Company) in multiple matters, including,
• its acquisition of an additional 26.25% equity interest in Millennium Pipeline Company and related financing
• its acquisition of private equity backed M5’s Louisiana assets for $2.65 billion
• its acquisition of private equity backed M3’s Appalachia assets for $1.3 billion
• its acquisition of a portfolio of three FERC-regulated natural gas transmission pipelines from ONEOK, Inc. for $1.2 billion
• its acquisition of a 30% equity stake in Stonewall Gas Gathering for $275 million
• Rangeland Energy in multiple matters, including,
  • its sale of Rangeland Midstream Canada Ltd. to Kingston Midstream Alberta Limited
  • its four equity commitments from EnCap Flatrock Midstream totaling $900 million
  • its sale of Rangeland Energy I to Inergy
  • its joint venture with Delek Logistics Partners
  • its sale of Rangeland Energy II to Andeavor
  • its sale of Rangeland Energy III’s STEPS facility
• WhiteHawk Energy in multiple transactions to acquire mineral interests in the Marcellus and Haynesville shale plays, including,
  • its $54 million acquisition of additional Marcellus Shale natural gas mineral and royalty assets located in Washington and Greene counties, Pennsylvania
• Frontier Midstream IV (a portfolio company of Energy Spectrum Capital) in multiple matters, including,
• its joint venture with Concho Resources and development of the BCC system
• its sale of its 50% operating interest in Beta Holding Company to ConocoPhillips
• Phoenix Park Energy Marketing in its acquisition of Twin Eagle’s energy trading business
• American Energy Partners in multiple matters, including,
• its $4 billion joint venture with Energy Transfer Partners
• its $500 million joint venture with Regency Energy Partners
• The Energy & Minerals Group (EMG) in its $600 million joint venture with Tailwater Capital
• OGE Energy in its joint venture with CenterPoint and ArcLight to create an $11 billion master limited partnership
• Targa Resources Partners in two joint ventures with Sanchez Energy

Omar received his J.D. from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.Com. from McGill University.

Omar is active in the Houston community. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Performing Arts Houston, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Fay School, a member of the Aga Khan Conciliation and Arbitration Board, and President-Elect of the Texas Association of Mediators. He is also a past member of the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law’s Advisory Board and the Law360 Energy Editorial Board.

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Weil.