• Robert W. Oliver and John B. Bissell, formerly president and executive vice president of the onshore subsidiaries of EEX Corp. and Tesoro Petroleum Corp., respectively, have formed Metano Energy LP, San Antonio. Oliver and Bissell formed the company with four other former EEX Corp. employees as partners: Steve Maier, formerly EEX onshore exploration manager; Roger Espinosa, formerly onshore explorationist; Mark Parrish, formerly onshore land manager; and Stacy Shivers, formerly onshore operations manager. • Ed Marhanka has joined Bank of Texas NA, Dallas, as vice president, senior petroleum engineer. Marhanka was formerly vice president, engineering, U.S. operations, for Toreador Resources Corp., Dallas. • Remaining in the Duke Capital Partners offices, which were recently moved into the Duke Energy building, Houston, are Terence C. D'Souza, Matthew Rhodes and Amiel David. • New private-capital provider Energy Capital Solutions, Dallas, has been formed by managing director J. Russell Weinberg, formerly of Dain Rauscher Wessels and RBC Capital Markets; managing director Keith J. Behrens, formerly with Bear Stearns; Cliff Adams, formerly of Petrie Parkman & Co.; Brad Nelson, vice president, formerly of Bear Stearns; and Scott Trulock, formerly of Deutsche Bank Securities. • David de Buck has been appointed head of the global energy group and director of Fortis Corporate Investment Bank, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dirk Meulemeester, former head, has retired. • John Howie has joined Goldman Sachs E&P Capital as vice president. Howie was with EnCap Investments LLC and Range Resources' producer-finance business. • ProspectOasis, an A&D web site that lists prospects and producing properties, has been formed by Calgary-based Storage Alliance, a provider of oil and gas database management and Internet-hosted, industry software applications. • Calgary-based A&D advisory firm Kobayashi & Associates Ltd. has restructured and formed Kobayashi Partners Ltd., which includes the original members, Ross Kobayashi, Tom Caldwell and Rich Wickens, who are joined now by Mark McMurray, formerly of Deloitte & Touche, Advantage Energy Services Ltd., Exxon Production Research and Imperial Oil Ltd.