Current Holding

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Acquired 2020

Varel

A leading manufacturer of high-value consumable downhole drilling, cementing and completions products.

STATUS

Current holding

Sub-sector

Critical components manufacturing

HQ

United States

Fund

الصندوق الثاني

Overview

Varel’s products are highly engineered, critical components for the drilling and completion of conventional oil and gas wells.

In the majority of instances, the company’s products are consumed during these operations or permanently cemented into the wellbore.

Varel operates approximately 1.1 million square feet of low-cost manufacturing centres located in Mexico, India and Saudi Arabia, strategically servicing local markets.

Approx. Revenue

$180m

Employees

~1,100

Countries

40+

Bolt-on acquisitions

2

Why we invested

01

Supported by structural market tailwinds — growing energy demand, the criticality of energy security and increasing well complexity.

02

Production of high-value consumable downhole products using differentiated technologies and a low-cost production base.

03

Diversified, blue-chip energy customer base backed by long-term managed-service-agreement contracts.

04

Strong management team, with a Chairman and CEO involved in the business since 1998 and 2007 respectively.

Buy-and-build

Acquisitions completed under Bluewater ownership, extending Varel’s downhole product platform.

2022

Sledgehammer

2025

Ace Well Technologies