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Company Overview
Short Boilerplate
Bass Energy & Exploration (BassEXP) is a family-owned oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The team brings over 100 years of combined drilling expertise across the Mid-Continent basin. BassEXP offers qualified investors direct working interest participation in oil and gas wells, pairing substantial tax advantages with hands-on, transparent operations.
Long Boilerplate
The Bass family founded Bass Energy & Exploration with one goal: treat every investor with the respect and integrity they deserve. We're headquartered in Oklahoma City, close to the formations we operate in and the service companies, regulatory bodies, and industry partners we work with daily. BassEXP is independently owned and operated. Our geologists and engineers bring over 100 years of combined experience researching, evaluating, and overseeing the geology on every well. They've worked together as a team for more than 20 of those years, focused on Oklahoma's SCOOP, STACK, and Anadarko Basin formations. BassEXP runs lean. No luxury offices. No inflated overhead. Every dollar we save stays in the well program. The Bass family invests their own capital alongside every investor, because we believe the best way to earn trust is to share the same risk. We report everything: every cost, every production number, every decision. We offer qualified investors the opportunity to hold a direct working interest in actual wells, take the associated tax deductions (up to 85% in year one through intangible drilling costs), and participate in the upside alongside the Bass family.
Mission Statement
We find good projects at fair prices and treat every investor with the respect and integrity they deserve. We put our own capital alongside our partners in every single well, report everything transparently, and stick to what we know best: the SCOOP, STACK, and Anadarko Basin formations of Oklahoma.
Company Fact Sheet
| Company Name | Bass Energy & Exploration (BassEXP) |
| Industry | Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (E&P) |
| Headquarters | 7 NE 6th St, 100C, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 |
| Leadership | Preston Bass, President |
| Founded | Dallas, Texas. HQ: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Operating Basins | SCOOP, STACK, Anadarko Basin (Oklahoma) |
| Team Experience | 100+ years combined drilling & geological expertise |
| Investment Structure | Direct Working Interest (DPP) |
| Investor Base | 150+ qualified investors |
| Phone | 405-832-1777 |
| info@bassexp.com | |
| Website | www.bassexp.com |
Leadership
Preston Bass
President, Bass Energy & Exploration
Preston Bass manages all exploration and production operations across Oklahoma for Bass Energy & Exploration. He grew up in the oil and gas business, pairing generational know-how with modern drilling techniques. His background covers prospect evaluation, drilling program design, AFE management, production optimization, and investor reporting across the SCOOP, STACK, and Anadarko Basin formations. Preston's available by phone or email to answer questions, walk through operational decisions, and discuss any project's performance.
The Bass Family
Multi-Generational Oil & Gas Family
The Bass family brings over 100 years of combined experience in exploration, production, and land management. They've built relationships, geological knowledge, and operational instincts that take decades to develop. Originally from Dallas, the family relocated operations to Oklahoma City to stay close to the geology, the service companies, and the regulatory bodies that drive successful well programs.
Investment Focus & Structure
Key Value Propositions
Operating Regions
BassEXP focuses exclusively on formations the team has spent decades working:
Investment Structure
BassEXP offers Direct Participation Programs (DPPs): investors hold a working interest in actual wells, take the tax deductions, receive revenue distributions from production, and participate in the upside alongside the Bass family.
Current Initiatives
Free investor tools and resources built by BassEXP. Each description and link below is ready to copy and paste into your coverage.
Oil & Gas Investor Tax Calculator
A free, interactive calculator that lets investors estimate first-year tax savings from intangible drilling cost (IDC) deductions and the percentage depletion allowance. Users input their investment amount and tax bracket to see projected savings in real time.
Well ROI Estimator
An interactive tool that projects personal after-tax returns across a well's production life. Investors adjust nine parameters (investment size, working interest, production rates, oil price, and tax assumptions) to see year-by-year projections with hyperbolic decline curve modeling.
NRI & Revenue Waterfall Calculator
A visual tool showing exactly how gross well revenue flows down to an investor's monthly distribution check, layer by layer, dollar by dollar. Users adjust working interest, royalty burden, and operating costs to model their specific participation.
Oil & Gas Investment Comparison Tool
A side-by-side comparison tool modeling the same dollar invested five ways: oil & gas working interest, S&P 500, REITs, municipal bonds, and corporate bonds, all calculated on an after-tax basis over a 10-year horizon.
DPP vs. Royalty Interest Comparison
An interactive comparison between direct participation program (DPP) working interests and royalty interests, modeling both structures on an after-tax basis with the same investment amount to show risk, return, and tax treatment differences.
Accredited Investor Pre-Qualification Quiz
A four-question self-screening tool that helps prospective investors determine if they meet SEC accredited investor standards for direct oil and gas participation. Takes about 60 seconds. No personal information required.
Live Commodity Prices & Rig Count Dashboard
A real-time dashboard displaying WTI Crude, Brent Crude, Natural Gas, and gasoline futures prices alongside Baker Hughes rig counts for Oklahoma and the United States.
Free Oil & Gas Investor AI Agent
A downloadable AI agent skill trained on oil and gas well economics, tax code provisions (IRC Sections 263(c), 611, 613, 469), formation data, and direct participation program structures. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini. Investors can ask questions about well returns, tax deductions, operator due diligence, and formation economics, and receive data-driven answers with links to specialized tools on BassEXP.com.
Brand Assets
Logos & Marks
Brand Colors
Typography
Primary typeface for all headings and body text across the BassEXP website. Variable weight, 400-700.
font-family: Inter, system-ui, sans-serifUsed for data labels, calculator outputs, and code references.
font-family: ui-monospace, monospaceLogo Usage Guidelines
- Do not modify, distort, or recolor the logo
- Maintain clear space equal to the height of the “B” letterform on all sides
- Use the stacked logo for square placements; horizontal logo for banners and headers
- Minimum display width: 120px for digital, 1 inch for print
- Do not place the logo on busy or low-contrast backgrounds
- On first reference use “Bass Energy & Exploration”; subsequent references may use “BassEXP”
Photography & Video
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Video Assets (YouTube)
Media Contact
Press Inquiries
For press inquiries, interview requests, or media access, please contact us. We aim to respond to all media inquiries within one business day.
Press FAQ
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