Gulf Coast Western

Became a Venture Partner with GCW recently with a $50k 1/4 unit. Wells are about to commence drilling, so pad site has not gone to completion yet. The GCW sponsored field trip was informative and enlightening regarding the well and fracking process. Impressed so far, especially with the quality and experiences of the other venture partners I met on the trip. The intelligence of the people involved give the opportunity more validity (there was a financial planner on the trip). You must still understand the risks involved and be comfortable with same. I will follow this up in 6-9 months with a status, but overall, currently a great experience with professionals. Some of the 4-star ratings on pre-investment communications was likely due to the "sales" process which we told our rep was annoying. After investment, comms have been excellent.

I invested with Gulf Coast Western via the recommendation of a well known CPA by the name of Tom Wheelwright. I was able to partake in an all expense paid oil and gas field trip with Gulf Coast Western to the oil fields in the DJ basin just outside of the Denver airport. I met alot of their team members and also other investors like myself and had a great time. The investment process was smooth and went well and I have already been receiving monthly distributions since July 2025. I invested 50k into a 7 well package (horizontal wells) and have been paid back a little over 12k in distributions for a 24% return on investment in about 6 months so I am very happy thus far. If this continues, annualized performance will be close to 50% in the first 12 months of production and that's with somewhat modest commodity prices. One area they could improve upon is more regular communication such as a regular newsletter, drilling & production updates, industry trends, etc. After investing, the only regular communication is the monthly statement that I receive. Otherwise, great oil and gas sponsor and that's why I gave them 4 stars instead of 5 due to somewhat lackluster communication.