About Us
Rye Ridge Resources and its affiliated companies are a privately held oil and gas investment firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The company focuses on acquiring oil and gas minerals, royalties, non-operated working interests, and overriding royalty interests throughout the continental United States.
With more than 50 years of combined basin and industry experience, our team applies a disciplined approach to acquisitions and maintains a deep understanding of asset value across US onshore plays.
Meet Our Team
Reed Dixon, Founder and President
Since founding Rye Ridge in 2015, Reed has been the driving force behind all of its endeavors. He takes pride in orchestrating two successful exits and looks forward to deploying more capital in the oil and gas space.
Prior to founding Rye Ridge, Reed worked as Landman and Project Manager for Transcontinent Oil Company for four years, focused on business development and project management. Before Transcontinent, Reed worked in manufacturing and tech in differing business development and financial roles. Reed is member of the Denver Association of Professional Landman and The Denver Petroleum Club. Reed graduated from the University of Denver with a BS in Finance and a minor in Legal Studies. Reed lives in the Denver area with his wife and children.
Logan Heffner, Partner, VP Engineering
Logan Heffner is VP of Engineering for Rye Ridge Resources, LLC. Before joining Rye Ridge, Logan worked for Great Western Oil and Gas as Senior Reservoir Engineer focused in the DJ Basin of Colorado. While at Great Western, Logan focused on business development along with field planning, reservoir characterization, and reserve engineering. Before Great Western, Logan worked for QEP Resources as a Reservoir Engineer focused in the Rocky Mountains, involved in the development of tight gas fields and exploratory projects.
Prior to QEP, Logan was with Goodrich Petroleum as Reservoir Engineer with a brief stint in operations engineering. At Goodrich, he worked mainly in horizontal shale/tight oil and gas exploration and development in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Logan has a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. Logan lives in Denver with his wife and children.
Chris Colvin, Partner, VP Business Development
Prior to joining Rye Ridge, Chris was engaged by a private equity company to acquire a position in the Uinta Basin. As their Landman, he grew the company's position from its inception into a major non-op player in the basin, acquiring over 3,400 net leasehold acres and 2,900 net royalty acres, this asset was recently sold in a successful marketing process. Previously Chris worked as a Landman and Acquisitions Manager for Samuel Gary Jr. & Associates, Inc. (SGA) for 12 years, overseeing all operational land functions. In 2015, Chris partnered with Clayton Camozzi to form Black Oak Exploration and drilled over 25 conventional wells while acquiring multiple producing packages. In his career thus far, Chris has leased or acquired over one million fee acres across WY, CO, LA, TX, KS, ND, UT and OK, as well as secured 3D seismic permits, options, and data on over 500,000 acres of land, all while managing a multi-rig drill schedule, title, brokers, attorneys, contracts, due diligence, and deal flow.
Will Shanhouse, Chief Financial Officer
Will joined Rye Ridge in January 2026 as the Company's CFO and is responsible for all finance related activities, including fundraising, risk management, credit instruments, planning and scenario analysis and marketing efforts. Will started in the oil and gas space at Whiting Petroleum in 2018 and left the company in 2022 as a result of its merger with Oasis Petroleum. Over his 4 years at Whiting, Will focused on Business Development and Financial Planning and Analysis in roles of increasing responsibility that focused on strategic initiatives, hedging, corporate planning and shareholder outreach. From 2022 through 2024, Will worked at Vitesse Energy and was responsible for financial modeling, risk assessment/mitigation, and business development as the company completed its IPO and began life as a public entity. Prior to joining Rye Ridge, Will tackled all things finance related at Peak Energy amidst an IPO process in 2024 and M&A efforts in 2025 that ultimately led to its sale to Epsilon Energy.
An Oklahoma native, Will has Bachelor's Degrees in Political Science and Economics from the University of Missouri and an MBA and JD from the University of Tulsa. He moved to Denver in 2018, still resides close to the city with his wife and enjoys escaping to the mountains when time allows.
