New Tallgrass officer to be based in planned Houston office

Tallgrass Energy LP, Leawood, Kan., has named Damon Daniels chief commercial officer. Daniels will be based in Houston, where Tallgrass will open a new office.

Daniels most recently was general manager, pipeline and terminals business development, for Phillips 66, where he led the origination of new capital projects for crude oil and refined products logistics infrastructure and the commercial structuring and implementation of Phillips 66’s joint ventures for its new midstream projects.

Daniels’ career in the energy business spans tenures at both Phillips 66 and Energy Transfer from 2008 to the present. Prior, he advised and represented energy companies in his role as an energy attorney for various law firms.