John H. Holcomb is the founder and principal at Holcomb Energy, LLC.  Holcomb Energy is an energy advisory firm specializing in natural gas. 

Mr. Holcomb is the former CEO of NorTex Midstream Partners, LLC, a pure-play, underground natural gas storage and energy midstream company serving greater Dallas/Fort Worth.  Under John’s leadership, NorTex became an industry leader in providing solutions for its core customer base, the gas-fired power generation owners and operators, as the hourly intermittency and price volatility of electric power generation significantly increased due to the buildout of renewals in Texas.  NorTex was acquired by Williams (WMB) in late August 2022 for $423 million.  John was its CEO for 7 years.

Currently, Mr. Holcomb is leading the efforts to develop the existing Pickton Gas Storage field in east Texas into a world class, high-deliverability, multi-cycle gas storage asset.  In 2024, John advised Sixth Street Partners in their successful acquisition of Caliche’s Golden Triangle Gas Storage assets near Port Arthur Texas which will provide direct storage service to the Golden Triangle LNG facility expected to commence service in Q1-2026.

Mr. Holcomb has 19 years of direct experience in the natural gas storage business with a deep understanding of all business aspects including commercial, infrastructure development, engineering, operations, land, regulatory, environmental, and finance.  During this time, Mr. Holcomb worked for four private equity companies who owned NorTex over a 17-year period.  John served on the Board of Directors for three of the four NorTex sponsors. 

In total, Mr. Holcomb has over 40 years of oil and gas industry experience including time working as an offshore roustabout in the Gulf of Mexico during summers in college.  While the majority of Mr. Holcomb’s career focused on U.S. domestic energy, John spent 10 years in Mexico developing natural gas pipelines, natural gas distribution systems and securing fuel supplies for gas-fired power generation.

Mr. Holcomb began his career at Tenneco Oil Company in 1985.  At the time, Tenneco was one of Houston’s largest employers.  John started as a drilling engineer in Tenneco’s Eastern Gulf of Mexico Division and worked in various other divisions at Tenneco during his 12-year tenure, including Strategic Planning, Major Projects, Texas Intrastate Pipelines and International.  

After Tenneco sold the company to El Paso Energy in December 1996, Mr. Holcomb co-founded a consulting company and later joined Pace Global Energy Services, a leading natural gas and power generation consulting company based in Fairfax, Virginia.  Mr. Holcomb was the head of Pace Global’s Houston office whose customers included Electricidad de France, Enbridge, Arco Oil & Gas, Westcoast Energy, Enron, Tractebel, Gas de Euzkadi, Itochu, Basin Electric Cooperative, Wyoming Pipeline Association, among others.  

Mr. Holcomb has a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA in Finance from the University of Houston.  John was Pi Epsilon Tau at OU and top 10% of the graduating MBA class at UH.  John was Board member at the Texas Pipeline Association for over a decade.  John and his wife, Heidi, have four children.