Dan Craig

Chief Commercial Officer

Dan Craig has over 24 years of experience in the energy industry, specifically focusing on commercial development and marketing of natural gas storage for the past 17 years.  Dan’s focus with Black Bayou Energy Hub is leading the commercial development of the project and shepherding the project through development and into operations.

Prior to joining Black Bayou Energy Hub, Dan was VP of Marketing and Business Development at Crestwood Energy, where he was responsible for leading commercial marketing and development activities of the Tres Palacios natural gas storage facility in Texas.  Prior to Crestwood, Dan spent 8 years at Plains All American Pipeline, where he was Commercial Director, working in M&A and managing the commercial marketing and development responsibilities of the company’s gas storage portfolio, which included the Pine Prairie gas storage facility in Louisiana, the Southern Pines gas storage facility in Mississippi, and the Bluewater gas storage facility in Michigan.  Prior to Plains, Dan managed commercial and M&A responsibilities for the gas storage division of Sempra Energy and its predecessor gas storage company, EnergySouth Midstream, which bought, owned, operated and developed the Bay Gas Storage, Mississippi Hub Gas Storage and Liberty Gas Storage facilities.  Dan began his career with Centerpoint Energy in the regulated natural gas utility and then with the unregulated commercial and industrial group. 

Dan holds an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles, CA and a Bachelor of Science in Management, Concentration in Finance from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.