Oxford Flow
Series C in 2024
Oxford Flow Ltd. is a UK-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in designing, manufacturing, and supplying pressure control equipment. The company’s product range includes gas regulators, water pressure reducing valve sets, silencers, and pilots, catering to various industries such as water, gas, marine, oil and gas, process, power, and building services. Oxford Flow focuses on developing small, light, and reliable valves that simplify systems, ensuring a consistent supply of potable water while adhering to stringent water quality and leakage control standards. By combining academic expertise with industry experience, the company aims to deliver practical solutions that enhance operational efficiency and reduce environmental impact, all while maintaining cost-effectiveness and high performance. Each device is rigorously tested and refined based on customer feedback, demonstrating proven reliability even in challenging conditions.
X Convenience
Acquisition in 2024
X Convenience is a family-owned business based in Mile End, Australia, specializing in the operation of service stations. The company provides quality fuel and a range of convenience goods, including food items such as burgers and coffee. With a commitment to customer satisfaction, X Convenience aims to meet the everyday needs of its clientele by offering high-quality products in a convenient setting.
Flylogix
Venture Round in 2022
Flylogix specializes in the development of advanced unmanned aircraft designed for efficient operations in remote environments. The company offers full-service over-horizon capabilities that enable the delivery of essential business information from challenging locations. Its range of services includes maritime surveillance, oil spill response, airspace management, methane emissions monitoring, and unmanned logistics. By leveraging these technologies, Flylogix aids organizations in transforming their remote operations, reducing carbon emissions, enhancing safety, and implementing cost-effective solutions.
Cold Bore
Venture Round in 2021
Cold Bore Technology Inc. is a Calgary-based company that specializes in developing down-hole sonic communication tools for the directional drilling industry in the oil and gas sector. Founded in 2012, it offers innovative solutions for data acquisition and monitoring, including digital downhole acoustic monitoring and the digitization of surface operations. Cold Bore's products, marketed under the SmartPAD brand, provide real-time access to completion operations data, enabling clients to visualize and manage workflows effectively. The company's proprietary acoustic technology transmits information from the drill bit to the surface, creating a digital representation of the well environment that can be accessed on handheld devices. This advanced capability facilitates enhanced decision-making and operational efficiency in the completion process.
Thorntons
Acquisition in 2021
Thorntons Inc. is a prominent independent retailer of gasoline and convenience store products, operating gas stations across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, the company was previously known as Thornton Oil Corporation before rebranding in March 2003. Thorntons Inc. is a joint venture between BP p.l.c. and ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, and has established itself as a significant player in the U.S. market for fuel and convenience items.
Blue Ocean Seismic Services
Series A in 2020
Blue Ocean Seismic Services Ltd. is a UK-based company specializing in innovative ocean bottom seismic data acquisition through the development of autonomous submarines and self-repositioning nodes. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Southampton, the company focuses on providing low-cost, efficient solutions that minimize carbon emissions and enhance safety in marine seismic operations. By utilizing swarms of long-endurance autonomous nodes, Blue Ocean Seismic Services collects high-quality seismic data while significantly reducing survey duration and costs. Its technology aims to transform the marine seismic acquisition industry, enabling clients to lower expenses, mitigate risks, and decrease the environmental impact associated with offshore exploration for oil, gas, and carbon storage.
Satelytics
Venture Round in 2020
Satelytics Inc. is a Toledo, Ohio-based company that specializes in cloud-based geospatial analytics software. Founded in 2008 and originally known as Blue Water Satellite, the company focuses on analyzing large volumes of satellite and aerial imagery to provide actionable insights for sectors such as oil and gas, power, mining, and water/wastewater. Satelytics employs advanced algorithms to detect specific spectral signatures in the imagery, allowing for real-time monitoring of assets and identification of operational anomalies. Their platform enables clients to monitor facilities for leaks, assess contamination risks, and ensure regulatory compliance, thereby mitigating environmental impacts and reducing operational costs. By delivering timely alerts, Satelytics helps businesses address issues proactively, enhancing their overall efficiency and safety.
Belmont Technology
Series A in 2019
Belmont Technology Inc. is a Houston-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing a cloud-based geoscience platform for the oil and gas industry. The company is known for its proprietary platform, Sandy, which utilizes physics-based artificial intelligence to make accurate predictions related to subsurface conditions. This technology allows users to generate unlimited predictions at seismic resolution, facilitating the maintenance of ever-evolving models. Belmont Technology's innovative approach has garnered significant recognition within the industry, underscoring its commitment to integrating advanced AI solutions into geoscience applications.
Silicon Microgravity
Venture Round in 2018
Silicon Microgravity Limited is a technology company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, that specializes in developing advanced sensor devices for the oil and gas sector. Established in 2014 as a spin-out from Cambridge University, the company has created innovative microelectromechanical system sensors that enable high-sensitivity gravity data recording and seismic data capture at ultra-low frequencies. This technology, initially developed in collaboration with BP plc and funded by Innovate UK, represents a significant advancement in oil and gas reservoir management. By transforming how density measurements are taken deep within reservoirs, Silicon Microgravity aims to enhance reservoir surveillance and improve operational efficiencies, allowing clients to achieve cost savings while adhering to social, safety, and environmental standards. The company's technology also has applications in navigation, guidance, and the stabilization of intelligent systems across various sectors, including commercial, industrial, and military uses.
Fotech Solutions
Acquisition in 2017
Fotech Solutions develops advanced distributed acoustic sensing solutions primarily for the oil and gas, pipeline, and security industries. Based in Church Crookham, United Kingdom, with additional offices in Calgary, Canada, and Houston, Texas, the company offers technologies such as distributed acoustic sensors that provide real-time intelligence to operators. Their LivePIPE system enhances monitoring capabilities using this sensor technology. Fotech Solutions also provides asset surveillance and monitoring solutions, along with interpretive tools that allow engineers to visualize and record activities in real-time. The company operates through a network of international partnerships and was founded in 2006 under the leadership of Chief Executive Douglas Gibson.
BiSN
Venture Round in 2017
BiSN is a manufacturer of innovative metal-to-metal downhole sealing solutions tailored for the oil and gas industries. The company has developed advanced products that address the limitations of traditional methods, such as bridge plugs and cement, by providing gas-tight bridge plugs and expandable plugs designed to create airtight seals in downhole applications. By utilizing a revolutionary chemical reaction heater, BiSN enhances the effectiveness of its technology, enabling oil production companies to tackle challenges related to oil well abandonment in a more cost-effective manner. This modern approach opens up new possibilities for oil and gas operations, ensuring greater reliability and efficiency in sealing applications.
Silicon Microgravity
Seed Round in 2016
Silicon Microgravity Limited is a technology company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, that specializes in developing advanced sensor devices for the oil and gas sector. Established in 2014 as a spin-out from Cambridge University, the company has created innovative microelectromechanical system sensors that enable high-sensitivity gravity data recording and seismic data capture at ultra-low frequencies. This technology, initially developed in collaboration with BP plc and funded by Innovate UK, represents a significant advancement in oil and gas reservoir management. By transforming how density measurements are taken deep within reservoirs, Silicon Microgravity aims to enhance reservoir surveillance and improve operational efficiencies, allowing clients to achieve cost savings while adhering to social, safety, and environmental standards. The company's technology also has applications in navigation, guidance, and the stabilization of intelligent systems across various sectors, including commercial, industrial, and military uses.
Saltworks
Venture Round in 2014
Saltworks Technologies Inc. is a water technology company based in Richmond, Canada, specializing in the design, manufacture, and delivery of advanced desalination and wastewater treatment solutions. Founded in 2008, the company focuses on providing innovative systems, including turnkey crystallizer systems, ion exchange membrane products, and membrane-stack systems, to effectively treat industrial wastewater and effluent. Saltworks offers a range of products such as ElectroChem Advanced Electrodialysis systems, salt and ammonia splitters, and the SaltMaker Evaporator Crystallizer, all aimed at addressing challenges in ammonia treatment, landfill leachate, and zero liquid discharge management. The company serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including oil and gas, mining, agriculture, and food and beverage industries. With a commitment to smart design and intelligent automation, Saltworks enables clients to reduce brine volume, lower disposal costs, and comply with environmental regulations.
Fotech Solutions
Venture Round in 2013
Fotech Solutions develops advanced distributed acoustic sensing solutions primarily for the oil and gas, pipeline, and security industries. Based in Church Crookham, United Kingdom, with additional offices in Calgary, Canada, and Houston, Texas, the company offers technologies such as distributed acoustic sensors that provide real-time intelligence to operators. Their LivePIPE system enhances monitoring capabilities using this sensor technology. Fotech Solutions also provides asset surveillance and monitoring solutions, along with interpretive tools that allow engineers to visualize and record activities in real-time. The company operates through a network of international partnerships and was founded in 2006 under the leadership of Chief Executive Douglas Gibson.
Taxon Biosciences
Series A in 2013
Taxon Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative applications and products for the agriculture, life sciences, and oil and gas sectors. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Tiburon, California, the company leverages proprietary advancements in microbiology, genomics, and informatics to create microbial solutions that enhance various processes. Its offerings include microbes designed to reduce the viscosity of heavy oil, improve residual oil recovery, and facilitate coal-to-methane conversion. Additionally, Taxon Biosciences develops specific assays for propane-utilizing microbes and provides customized microbial sets for biochemical transformations in subsurface environments. The company's products are utilized for heavy oil upgrading, coal bed methane extraction, enhanced oil recovery, crop yield optimization, and applications in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
XACT Downhole Telemetry
Venture Round in 2013
XACT Downhole Telemetry Inc. is a leader in real-time downhole data solutions, specializing in challenging well construction environments for the oil and gas industry. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Calgary, Canada, with an additional office in Houston, Texas, the company focuses on improving safety and efficiency while reducing costs and risks for operators. XACT's proprietary acoustic technology platform utilizes drill string and production tubing for data transmission, employing sound waves to facilitate a wireless communication system. This enables operators to access crucial information about well conditions throughout the drilling, completion, and production lifecycle. By deploying their Acoustic Telemetry Network, XACT enhances operational understanding and collaborates with clients to develop tailored data-driven solutions to address complex well construction challenges. As of September 2018, XACT Downhole Telemetry Inc. became a subsidiary of Baker Hughes, a GE company.
Veba Oel AG
Acquisition in 2001
Veba Oel AG engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, the processing of crude oil and the marketing of the finished products, consisting essentially of motor fuels, heating oils, chemical feedstock and plastics.
Arco Indonesia
Acquisition in 2000
ARCO offers oil and gas extraction, exploration, and production services in the Midcontinent and offshore Gulf of Mexico in the United States, and internationally in the United Kingdom North Sea, Indonesia, China, and Algeria.
Solumar
Pre Seed Round in 1925
Solumar is a company focused on developing advanced air and gas filtering technologies aimed at significantly reducing emissions in heavy industries. By employing innovative methods that utilize seawater and principles derived from aviation, Solumar's solutions effectively capture black carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. The company targets various sectors, including city councils, industrial operations, maritime activities, and oil and gas companies, assisting them in complying with environmental regulations and the goals set forth in the Agenda 2050 for emission reductions. Solumar's approach not only promotes sustainability but also offers clients a cost-effective means of achieving their emissions reduction targets.