Basel Murad is the Chief Development Officer for Crescent Midstream. He has over 14 years of   experience in the energy industry across Carbon Capture, Midstream and Exploration and Production (E&P). Prior to joining Crescent, Mr. Murad served as Senior Vice President of Finance and a member of the Founding Team of Ozona Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS). Prior to Ozona, Mr. Murad was Vice President of Corporate Development for EPIC Midstream, a $4.5 billion crude and NGL pipeline and export project that originated in the Permian Basin and terminated in Corpus Christi. He has also held finance and strategy positions at BlackBrush Oil & Gas and TexStar Midstream. Mr. Murad started his career in the investment banking divisions of Citigroup, RBC Capital Markets and Jefferies focused on M&A and capital markets transactions. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the Canfield Business Honors Program (CBHP).