John H. Holcomb is the founder and CEO at Holcomb Energy Advisors, which was founded in 2022 and is based in Houston, Texas. As an energy advisory firm specializing in natural gas, John’s goal is to facilitate conversations and education opportunities with policymakers, regulators, and infrastructure developers about the importance of natural gas as a core, permanent and environmentally clean fuel source for years to come.

John has over 40 years of oil and gas industry experience and 16 years of direct experience in natural gas storage with a deep understanding of all business aspects including commercial, business development, engineering, operations, land, regulatory, environmental, and finance. Over a 16-year period, he worked for four different private equity companies who owned NorTex Midstream Partners, LLC, a pure-play, underground natural gas storage and energy midstream company serving greater Dallas/Fort Worth. He also served on Nortex’s boards of directors for three of the four companies. John eventually was named CEO of Nortex and under his leadership the company became an industry leader in providing solutions for its core customer base, the gas-fired power generation operators, as the hourly intermittency and price volatility of electric power load significantly increased due to the buildout of renewables in Texas. NorTex was eventually acquired by the Williams Companies in late August 2022.

John began his career at Tenneco Oil Company in 1985 when the company was one of Houston’s largest employers. He started as a drilling engineer in Tenneco’s Eastern Gulf of Mexico Division and worked in various other divisions during his 12-year tenure, including strategic planning, major projects, Texas intrastate pipelines and international.  

After Tenneco was acquired by 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 and his 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 earned a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA in finance from the University of Houston. During college, he was a Pi Epsilon Tau and achieved top 10 percent of his graduating MBA class. He also served for a decade as a Texas Pipeline Association board member. John and his wife, Heidi, have four children and are members of Second Baptist Church in Houston.