Pelican Energy Partners

Pelican Energy Partners is a Texas-based private equity fund established in 2012, specializing in investments within the energy services and manufacturing sectors. The firm is led by a team of seasoned professionals with over 120 years of combined experience in executive roles at notable companies such as Cameron, Halliburton, and Weatherford. This extensive industry knowledge and network enable Pelican Energy Partners to identify and support the growth of its portfolio companies effectively. The firm aims to make strategic investments that enhance the profitability and operational capabilities of businesses in the energy and related manufacturing industries on a global scale.

William E. Chiles

Managing Partner

Jordon Cooper

Associate

Paul Ernster

Associate

Julia Frenkel

Vice President of Finance and Controller

Dylan Glosser

Associate

Travis Jaggars

Associate

Chris Koranek

Vice President

Mike Maddox

Operating Partner

Ben Matthews

VP

John O’Brien

Managing Director

Iann Poole

Vice President

Kyle Rynd

Associate

Mike Scott

Founding Partner

Chris Trachier

Associate

Sam Veselka

VP

14 past transactions

Veretek

Venture Round in 2018
Veretek design engineers, sells and services.

P360 Management Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2015
P360 Management Solutions provides digital oilfield solutions to clients in North America. The company offers Phoenix DAS, a business process optimization platform that streamlines operations for oilfield services companies, and enables informed business decisions from the field operator to executive level while providing real-time business insights and intelligence from a mobile device. Its platform manages sales, dispatch/e-ticketing, equipment, purchase orders, rental orders, inventory, personnel, safety, and payroll to increase productivity and efficiency of field operations. The company also offers virtual IT services for protecting system day in/out and responding to IT concerns. Its clients include environmental, oilfield, petrochemical, and refinery industries.

Multilift

Private Equity Round in 2017
Multilift manufactures the patented SandGuard™ and the Cyclone™ completion tools. Multilift was founded in 2013 and designs and assembles high quality sand protection and completion tools that protect and increase the run-time and reliability of electric submersible pumps and other artificial lifts systems.

Gordon Technologies

Private Equity Round in 2017
Gordon Technologies is an engineering company providing innovative new technology and service to the oil and gas drilling industry. They are a family-oriented company focusing on teamwork, quality, advanced technology, and providing a market advantage for their customers.

Quinn Artificial Lift Services

Private Equity Round in 2017
Quinn’s Oilfield Supply originally started in Red Deer, Alberta Canada by Jim Quinn in 1965 and eventually became the largest manufacturer of reciprocating rod pumps in Canada. In 1996 Doug Quinn became President & CEO growing the business by opening additional store locations in Western Canada and the US. Quinn’s has 50+ years in the artificial lift industry and continues under the same leadership and expanding our knowledge & experience, while manufacturing quality individual pump components which has solidified us as leaders in the industry. Our Chrome facility and chroming processes are designed to increase the longevity of barrels in service, more so than traditional chroming methods, making Quinn product the product of choice! We are also one of the few heat treating tubing facilities in North America.

Global Heat Transfer

Private Equity Round in 2017
Global Heat Transfer started humbly on October 16, 1978 as "G&G Radiator" in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The founder of GHT was at the time a heavy duty mechanic with the local Caterpillar dealer. A friend was complaining one day that there were no good radiator repair shops in Fort McMurray. This was peculiar as Fort McMurray was at the time (and still is) a burgeoning center of the Oil & Gas Industry. After reviewing the market potential, the founder decided that it was time to open a radiator repair shop. However he had a problem in that although he understood radiators from his days as a mechanic, he did not know the first thing about how to a repair a radiator itself. So the first thing he did was to go around and visit the biggest, and most renowned, radiator shops around North America. He paid each of them to teach him what they knew. After a few months of working closely with them, he came back to Fort McMurray armed with the knowledge he had learned and opened the doors to what would become Global Heat Transfer Ltd. today.

Blue Wave AI Labs

Private Equity Round in 2023
Blue Wave was founded in 2016 with a mission to utilize recent advances in data sciences to solve problems that were previously unsolvable. Since its inception, Blue Wave has combined the resources of academia with the experience of industry experts to provide solutions to formerly intractable problems. Led by Dr. Tom Gruenwald, former Tellabs CTO, Westell CEO and Bell Labs Executive, along with a team of accomplished scientists, Blue Wave uses a unique blend of science, engineering, AI and mathematical expertise to solve real-world problems at a world-class level. Most AI companies provide a one size fits all AI platform developed by a group of computer scientists. They give the client a set of tools to sort through their data to come up with generic solutions to generic problems. Blue Wave is different in that we provide custom solutions for complicated issues, engineered by industry experts along with computer scientists. Aerospace AI applications are built with a team of Aerospace Engineers in addition to experts in Data Science and AI. Nuclear reactor problems are solved with a team of Nuclear Physicists combined with a team of Computer Scientists.

Safety Automation Technology, LLC/Shepherd Safety Systems, LLC

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
Safety Automation Technology, LLC/Shepherd Safety Systems, LLC represents the combined operations of Safety Automation Technology, LLC and Shepherd Safety Systems, LLC in their sale to Pelican Energy Partners LP. Safety Automation Technology, LLC provides safety services. Shepherd Safety Systems, LLC manufactures H2S monitoring systems for oil and gas industry. The companies are based in the United States.

Vere Technology LLC

Private Placement in 2018
Vere Technology LLC, doing business as Veretek, designs, engineers, manufactures, sells, and services V-pumps for the production of oil and gas. It serves customers in the United States, Canada, and Colombia. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Stafford, Texas with additional locations in Midland, TX; and Minot, North Dakota.

Axon Pressure Products

Private Equity Round in 2018
Since its inception, AXON recognized the need for a single source that can provide not only best-in-class equipment and services, but also a true commitment to customer service and support. Due to this unique, single-minded focus on responsive and effective service, AXON strives to be The AlternativeTM in today's consolidated market by providing you with a personal touch. AXON's leadership team is comprised of well-established and seasoned industry veterans who are committed to leading the industry with Alternative Thinking. Specifically, AXON is committed to creating strong, lifelong relationships with its clients and partners.

Shepherd Safety Systems

Private Equity Round in 2019
Shepherd Safety Systems is a start-up technology company devoted to protecting workers in all segments of the energy industry. Our patented Shepherd System combines on-site gas detection equipment with remote monitoring and notification capabilities to save lives in areas where deadly Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) and other explosive gases are present.

Johnson Specialty Tools

Private Equity Round in 2017
Johnson Specialty Tools (“JST”) is a private, family-owned business that specializes in the rental of various drilling support equipment such as pre-mix mud tanks, mud vacs, transfer pumps, drill pipe, power washers and a host of other similar equipment. JST was founded by Craig Johnson and Brett Johnson, father and son, respectively, in December 2014.

SPC Flow Business Unit of Oilfield Equipment Segment of Baker Hughes Company

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
SPC Flow Business Unit of Oilfield Equipment Segment of Baker Hughes Company comprises business of manufacturing and selling or pressure pump and wellhead products. The asset is located in the United States.

Axon Pressure Products Inc.

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Axon Pressure Products Inc. designs, produces, and distributes pressure and drilling control systems. It offers blowout preventer control systems for land drilling/work over, offshore, and deepwater drilling applications. The company also offers accessories, such as fire safe BOP hoses, pipe racks, nitrogen back-up systems, test units, diverter control systems, auxiliary accumulator and pump systems, UPS systems, and alarm systems, as well as original equipment manufacturer spare parts. In addition, it provides aftermarket support services, such as upgrade, repair, refurbishment, and maintenance. The company was formerly known as Drilling Controls, Inc. and changed its name to Axon Pressure Products Inc. in March 2010. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Houston, Texas with sales offices in Houston, Texas; Broussard, Louisiana; and Nisku, Canada. As of March 9, 2010, Axon Pressure Products Inc. operates as a subsidiary of AXON EP, Inc.