Larry Tharp

Larry Tharp

Strategy and Consulting

Midstream, Upstream
 
United States

1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?

Petroleum Engineering and Energy Finance

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Midstream: Corporate Development, Projects, Executive

Upstream: Reservoir Engineering, Asset Management, General Management, Corporate Development, Executive, Completions

Upstream Areas: Offshore, Onshore

3. Current Employer:

Top secret information

4. Previous Employers:

Penn Virginia, GSO/Blackstone, EIG, NGPC

5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?

My family has a strong tie to the Energy Industry. I followed my Dad and his two brothers into Petroleum Engineering.  

6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?

I like to be involved in value creation. When a start-up has the right assets and can execute, amazing value can be created.

Okay, now for some fun things about Larry…

7. What are three of your interests outside of work?

  • Cycling

  • Music

  • Family

8.  What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)?  Don’t be shy!  Give ‘em to us.

  • While I won't list specific deals, my time at GSO gave me an incredible "front row seat" in evaluating, negotiating and monitoring a very large number of investments.

  • My brief time at Penn Virginia as VP of Subsurface put me squarely back in an operating role and allowed me to use workflows from best in class operators in a Company that was in need of more rigorous evaluation.

  • Raising my children. I'm very proud of each of them.

9.  If I were a superhero, my superpower would be               .

Flying like Superman

10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a                 when I grew up.

Fireman

11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be                 .

I also thought about a medical path and/or a legal path. I'd probably be a surgeon.

12.  My favorite song is               by            .

"Passenger Side" by Wilco

13.  If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd          .

start a bike shop 

14.  The best piece of advice I've ever been given is                              .

Live beneath your means.