Our adventures

When it comes to creating maximum market disruption and value for your business, we know what we are talking about. We are deploying our unique recipe to support a growing portfolio of investments. We’re helping many entrepreneurs like you maximise their potential for value creation.

Every day we use the lessons of our previous adventures and most recent experiences to create strategies to fully exploit the opportunity in the marketplace.

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SENSA

Sensa was established in 1995 by Glynn Williams and Nigel Leggett with Robert Preston joining in 2000. Taking full advantage of a major Oil & Gas industry discontinuity, Fibre Optic Distributed Temperature sensing proved to be a disruptive technology that changed industry practices. A full service business model and a strong competitive positioning rapidly globalised the technology changed the game and established a ‘best in class’ reputation. Sensa was acquired by Schlumberger in 2001.

SPS

Although the innovator in modern wellbore clean-up services, SPS was suffering from poor differentiation and growing competition. In January 2005 Epi-V partners Nigel Leggett, Robert Preston and Glynn Williams became the management team to reposition the company as the leader in its field and increase the enterprise value of the business. The team moved SPS from a tools supplier to the leading provider of pre-completion ‘Wellbore Assurance’. Along with a re-branding to create a strong identity this powerful strategic orientation built a strong sense of purpose for the organisation, and recaptured its positive position in the marketplace. In 2006 the business was acquired by Mi-Swaco.

Easy Well

Easywell Solutions was formed in Norway in 2001 to commercialise swelling elastometer technology for downhole zonal isolation. Value creation in this sector had traditionally been extremely slow and painful, so the challenge was to accelerate a new disruptive technology take-up in a conservative sector by demonstrating substantial well construction savings and production gains. Led by Epi-V partner Steve Kent, a brilliantly focussed team took a highly innovative product, introduced an aggressive growth strategy and added the right brand management strategy. As a direct result, Easywell turnover grew from US$13million in 2004 to US$38million in 2005, leading to its acquisition by Halliburton in December 2005.

Brinker Technology

Based in Aberdeen UK, Brinker uses a unique and patented particle-based Platelet Technology® to remotely locate and seal leaks in oil and gas production and pipeline infrastructure. This innovation is set to dramatically alter the oil and gas production and pipeline infrastructure market where repairs are currently based on costly emergency work requiring direct access to the location of leaks. Brinker has seen steady sales with revenues more than quadrupling since 2004. Customers include BP, Shell, Statoil, BG Group, CNR International, Dana Petroleum, and Norsk Hydro. Epi-V is working with Brinker to support the global commercialisation of this exciting and disruptive technology. Visit website.

Petrotools AS

Based in Stavanger, Norway Petrotools AS, develops and manufactures advanced coiled tubing, wireline intervention and drilling tools used in the well production process. The only independent supplier of advanced well intervention tools to the global oil industry, Petrotools’ clients include major international service companies such as Schlumberger, Expro, Seawell, Baker, Aker Solution and QServ. It is also preferred supplier to a number of international operators working in the North Sea, including StatoilHydro, Total, Talisman and ConocoPhillips. Visit website.

Tarblaster

Tarblaster was formed in 2006 by Olav Ellingsen, an entrepreneurial developer of innovative oil-recovery technologies with a distinguished 30-year track record. Based in Oslo, the company is currently developing technology which increases the efficiency of the oil recovery process from oil sands. With many billions of barrels of recoverable reserves, the processing of this bituminous material will play an increasingly important role in meeting the world’s future energy requirements. Epi-V has taken an 18 per cent stake in Tarblaster and will provide the company with the funding and strategic input required to fully commercialise and market its unique technology.

Guardian Global Technology Group

South Wales-based Guardian designs and manufactures specialist down-hole hydrocarbon logging tools and associated services - a market worth $1.5 billion in 2007. Its products are used to measure variables such as pressure, temperature and flow within a wellbore in order to monitor hydrocarbon production from the oil reservoir. Founded in 2004 the business has seen revenues grow by 42 per cent over the last year and recently moved to a purpose-built 15,000 sq ft facility in Pyle, Wales. Visit website.

i-Tec

i-Tec is a Stavanger-based designer and manufacturer of highly advanced completion, drilling and intervention products which are used by international operators and oil and gas service companies to increase the efficiency and safety of well operations. Established in April 2007, the business is using proven aerospace and oilfield technology to develop a suite of specialist equipment designed to reduce demands on the industry’s stretched personnel resources and requirements for capital-intensive equipment. i-Tec has recently been awarded several contracts to supply international operators with a new generation of downhole production valves, instrumented drilling subs and its new i-plug intervention plug system. Visit website.

Moorland Energy Limited