What Catahoula Resources does

Catahoula Resources is a privately held, for-profit company headquartered in Houston, Texas, founded in 2012. According to its firmographic description, the firm develops alternatives in the natural gas liquids (NGL) and derivatives sectors, with its commercial activity anchored to the needs of its partners. The company operates with a small team of between 1 and 10 employees, consistent with a boutique operator or structured-vehicles business rather than a large midstream asset owner.

The company's product surface and underlying technology are not described in detail in the available source material: there are no disclosed products, services, technology stack, AI/ML components, integrations, pricing models, or contract terms. The only disclosed leadership consists of CEO Jeffrey C. Hawls and John Filiatrault as Senior Vice President of Engineering & Operations, supporting an operating model weighted toward execution and counterparty structuring.

Catahoula's business model and revenue mechanics cannot be precisely characterized from the input. No customer segments, named counterparties, distribution channels, marketing channels, or pricing approaches are documented. The firm has one recorded funding event — approximately $10,050,000 raised on 2019-07-12 with undisclosed investors and lead — which suggests reliance on external capital to fund NGL/derivatives alternatives development, though subsequent funding activity is not visible in the data. The aggregate evidence describes a small, Houston-based, partner-anchored NGL/derivatives development firm whose commercial mechanics, scale, and recent activity trajectory are not adequately captured by the available sources.

Name

Catahoula Resources

Website

https://catahoularesources.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Catahoula Resources is a privately held, Houston-based firm founded in 2012 that develops alternatives in the natural gas liquids and derivatives sectors, serving partners with a small operating team of under ten employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Natural Gas Liquids Marketing

NAICS

Other Pipeline Transportation (4869), Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products (486910)

SIC

Pipe Lines (No Natural Gas) (4610), Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389)

akta.pro primary industry

NGL (Natural Gas Liquids) Pipeline Transportation (EUALADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

NGLs & LPG Trading & Marketing (EUAGAAAE)

Keywords

• Natural gas liquids
• Energy derivatives
• Commodities marketing
• Midstream services
• Energy trading

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Catahoula Resources develops alternatives in the natural gas liquids (NGL) and derivatives sectors, anchored by the needs of its partners. The firm operates as a small Houston-based private company providing energy marketing and trading solutions within the midstream/commodities space.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Energy Transfer: Major U.S. midstream operator with extensive NGL pipeline, processing, fractionation, and export operations. Comparable to Catahoula in NGL market focus and Houston base, but operates at a fundamentally larger and more asset-heavy scale.
• ONEOK: Major NGL and natural gas gathering/processing/pipeline operator with significant fractionation capacity. Comparable as an NGL-focused midstream company serving producers and end users, though substantially larger in scale and footprint.
• Plains All American Pipeline: Houston-based midstream operator focused on crude oil, NGL, and natural gas transportation and logistics. Comparable as a Houston-headquartered NGL midstream business, but operates at a much larger scale with a primary crude focus.
• Phillips 66: Integrated energy company with material midstream NGL operations and significant petrochemical exposure. Comparable in NGL/petchem value chain integration, though Phillips 66 is far larger and downstream-anchored.
• DCP Midstream: One of the largest U.S. NGL producers and midstream providers with gathering, processing, fractionation, and logistics assets. Comparable to Catahoula in NGL value chain focus, but operates a much broader, more capital-intensive asset base.
• Targa Resources: Houston-based NGL gathering, processing, fractionation, and export terminal operator. Highly comparable to Catahoula's NGL midstream focus and Texas/Gulf Coast footprint, though Targa operates a much larger asset base and is publicly listed.
• Enterprise Products Partners: One of the largest U.S. midstream operators with an integrated NGL value chain including pipelines, fractionation, storage, and export terminals. Comparable to Catahoula as a Houston-headquartered NGL-focused business, but with vastly greater scale and asset ownership.
• Kinder Morgan: Large diversified midstream operator with material NGL/condensate transportation and terminaling exposure. Comparable in NGL midstream activity and Houston domicile, though Kinder Morgan is a multi-product, multi-commodity incumbent.
• Williams Companies: Major natural gas and NGL midstream operator with significant processing and fractionation capacity. Comparable to Catahoula in NGL gathering and processing focus, but with substantially greater asset scale.

Regional players

• Boardwalk Pipelines: Midstream operator with natural gas and NGL transportation and storage assets serving Gulf Coast and other U.S. markets. Comparable as an NGL midstream business with a focus on transportation and storage, but operates a different regional concentration and asset profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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