Investment Summary

Blue Water Energy Invests In Kent

On July 23, 2015, private equity firm Blue Water Energy invested in energy services and equipment company Kent

Investment Highlights
  • This is Blue Water Energy’s 6th transaction in the Energy Services and Equipment sector.
  • This is Blue Water Energy’s 1st transaction in United Arab Emirates.
Investment Fate
  • Kent was sold to a strategic buyer in 2024.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-07-23
Target Kent
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Investor(s) Blue Water Energy
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Kent

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Kent is a diversified electrical services provider with core capabilities that include the provision of multidiscipline engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and maintenance services across a range of energy and industrial facilities in key growth regions around the world. Kent was founded in 1994 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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DESCRIPTION

Blue Water Energy is a private equity firm focused on building energy companies. Blue Water looks to invest up to $150 million per project with a focus on production, upstream equipment and services, and midstream/downstream equipment and services. Blue Water typically invests in partnership with experienced management teams that have a track record of value creation. Blue Water Energy was formed in 2011 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 24
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 6 of 15
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 5 of 13
Country: United Arab Emirates M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-14 Wellesley Petroleum

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Wellesley Petroleum is a new exploration company focussed exclusively on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Wellesley’s vision is to build a material portfolio of commercial reserves and an inventory of high-class exploration prospects. Wellesley Petroleum AS was founded in 2014 and is based in Stavanger, Norway.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-24 Excellence Logging

London, United Kingdom

Excellence Logging is a specialist oilfield services company with a focus on providing customers safe, and more technically advanced geological, surface formation evaluation, drilling monitoring, and light well intervention services. Excellence Logging was founded in 2015 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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