Oil & Gas
BGF sells Petrotechnics stake in trade sale to Sphera
Risk management software provider was exposed to the dramatic oil price drop in 2014-2016
BGF, Blue Water Energy inject £56m into Rovop
Subsea vehicle services company will expand its fleet by 50% following the transaction
Rubicon and Grovepoint support buyout of John Lawrie
Oilfield decommissioning and metal recycling company will look to expand across the UK and US
Maven and Enso inject £2m into Cognitive Geology
Fresh capital will fund the rollout of the oil-and-gas-related data software provider's Hutton product
More balanced economy for Norway as tech attracts investors
As the country recovers from the 2014 oil price collapse, former engineers are emerging as entrepreneurs at VC- and GP-backed companies
NVM makes 3.1x on Optilan exit to Blue Water Energy
British oil, gas and energy focused private equity firm is acquiring the Coventry-based telecoms business
Kerogen invests $100m in MBO of Tullow Oil Norge
GP will invest up to $300m in former Norwegian division of Tullow Oil, now Pandion Energy
Blackstone-backed Siccar Point bolts on OMV in $1bn deal
Deal marks the second bolt-on by the Blackstone- and Blue Water-backed oil company
Norvestor acquires oil services firm Presserv
Deal marks the fourth acquisition by Norway-based GP’s seventh fund
Herkules exits Harding to Palfinger
GP reaps IRR in "mid-teens" on NOK 500m investment, according to senior partner
Cast adrift: What next for PE-backed oil & gas companies?
Exit opportunities for funds exposed to the oil & gas market have been severely impacted by the drastic drop in oil prices over the past two years
Norvestor acquires HydraWell
GP is hoping to tap into the growing market for oil well capping technology
Dunedin's EV Offshore bolts on Epidote
Transaction marks only the third European deal in the oil & gas sector this year
Adami joins Petroleum Equity as VP
Leonardo Adami joins oil and gas specialist from Riverstone
Ratos-backed GS-Hydro acquires First Hose for £4.5m
Deal includes possible additional £1.5m payment
PE-backed Gas2 goes into administration
Gas2 had raised £18m of investment since 2005
KKR backs oil & gas buy-and-build platform
Former Star Energy team will head European oil and gas acquisitions
Carlyle and CVC team up for oil fund
Neptune Oil & Gas will target large-scale investments
Lonsdale funds Oteac acquisiton of HVAC&R
Company bolts on oil and gas services business
Oil & gas services still poised for investments, despite price fall
Reduced price of oil unlikely to be apocalyptic for private equity
HitecVision’s Reef Subsea goes under
Loss for GP amounts to around NOK 500m
Drilling down: time for PE to explore oil production?
Could oil prices at a half-decade low be a good time for private equity to move into the oil exploration & production sector?