talos energy is an independent oil and gas company formed in 2012. our expertise is exploring and producing offshore hydrocarbons in the us gulf of mexico region as well as offshore mexico. talos was formed in partnership with apollo global management and riverstone holdings for the purposes of buying assets in the gulf coast and gulf of mexico regions with emphasis on asset optimization, exploitation, and exploration in and around our assets. talos also engages in business development activities that include jv’s and farm-in’s where we utilize our 10.2 million acres of seismic inventory to optimize the economics of a transaction. talos energy’s management team has built and sold two previous private equity backed companies – phoenix exploration and gryphon exploration – and in each instance delivered significant returns to their investors. as a cohesive group working together for over a decade, the management team has a track record of enhancing mature fields by using innovative techn