About TOGO

Our Company

Texas Oil & Gas Ventures LLC is focused on acquiring, developing, and redeveloping oil and gas assets across historically productive regions of Texas.

Strategy

Our Strategy

Redevelopment of Mature Producing Fields

Unlocking additional reserves from established fields through modern recompletion, workover, and optimization techniques.

Optimization of Existing Wellbores & Infrastructure

Maximizing production from existing assets with targeted upgrades to artificial lift, surface facilities, and gathering systems.

Data-Driven Drilling & Completion Programs

Leveraging 3D seismic imaging, machine-learning prospect analysis, and reservoir modeling to reduce uncertainty and improve outcomes.

Long-Term Reserve Development

Building sustainable, multi-year production profiles through disciplined asset selection and phased capital deployment.

Tax-Advantaged Direct Energy Participation

Structuring opportunities to maximize potential IDC deductions, percentage depletion, and other tax benefits available under applicable law.

Operations & Technology

Operations & Technology

Texas Oil & Gas Ventures utilizes a redevelopment-focused operating model designed to maximize production from proven reservoirs through disciplined engineering, technical analysis, and efficient field execution.

Reservoir Analysis & Redevelopment Planning

3D Seismic Interpretation

Workover & Completion Operations

Production Optimization

Infrastructure Utilization & Expansion

Horizontal Development Planning

Field Operations Management

Our approach emphasizes operational efficiency, infrastructure leverage, and data-driven decision-making to reduce drilling risk and improve capital efficiency.

Approach

Modern technology meets proven reservoirs

By combining modern technology with proven reservoirs and existing field infrastructure, the company seeks to accelerate production while reducing the geological uncertainty often associated with exploratory drilling.

Operations are managed by Texas Oil & Gas Operating LLC, an experienced Texas-based operator with capabilities spanning drilling, completions, field operations, production optimization, reservoir engineering, and redevelopment planning.

In-House Capabilities

  • Drilling & completions management
  • Field operations & production optimization
  • Reservoir engineering & redevelopment planning
  • Land management & regulatory compliance
  • Capital structuring & investor relations

Team

Experienced technical leadership

The management and technical teams include experienced petroleum engineers, geologists, and field professionals with decades of combined operational experience across Texas oil and gas projects.

Leadership

The principals behind TOGO

TOGO was founded by two principals who together cover the operating and capital sides of the business.

Ruben Flores, Co-Founder & Principal at TOGO

Co-Founder & Principal

Ruben Flores

Ruben leads operations, asset evaluation, and field execution at TOGO. With over two decades in the Texas oil and gas industry, he has overseen the acquisition, development, and optimization of producing assets across South Texas, bringing a hands-on operating discipline to every project the firm undertakes.

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Michael Johnson, Co-Founder & Principal at TOGO

Co-Founder & Principal

Michael Johnson

Michael leads capital strategy, investor relations, and partnerships at TOGO. Drawing on 20+ years advising large enterprise and federal customers, he brings a customer-obsessed, mission-focused approach to structuring opportunities and building long-term relationships with the firm's accredited investor base.

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