Pickering Energy Partners and Heikkinen Energy Advisors Merge to Form PEP Insights

Opportune LLP Acquires Pickering Energy Partners' Consulting & Advocacy Practice

February 16, 2026

Consulting

Opportune LLP, a Houston-based global business advisory firm, has acquired the Consulting & Advocacy Practice of Pickering Energy Partners LP. The practice leader Dan Romito and his team will join Opportune to bolster the firm's sustainability and energy advisory capabilities; Solomon Partners served as financial advisor to Pickering Energy Partners in the transaction.

Excel Services Acquires IEPSON Consulting; Pelican Energy Partners Provides Equity to Back Growth

February 20, 2024

Engineering Services

Excel Services Corporation acquired IEPSON Consulting Enterprises, Inc. (effective Aug. 1, 2023) to expand its licensing, regulatory and engineering services to the nuclear industry. Pelican Energy Partners provided equity financing to Excel and will be a passive equity holder to support Excel's growth and future acquisitions while Excel's leadership remains in place.

Berkshire Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in Electric Power Engineers

January 7, 2025

Energy

Electric Power Engineers (EPE), an Austin-based power systems engineering and consulting firm, received a strategic growth investment from Boston-based private equity firm Berkshire Partners. Lime Rock New Energy, the prior investor from 2021, has fully realized its investment; EPE management will remain significant investors and continue to lead the company. Advisory firms on the transaction were AEC Advisors for EPE and Houlihan Lokey for Berkshire.

BP Energy Partners Acquires Encino Environmental Services, LLC

November 17, 2020

Environmental Services

BP Energy Partners (BPEP), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has acquired Encino Environmental Services, LLC, an environmental consulting and emissions testing company headquartered in Katy, Texas. The acquisition expands BPEP's portfolio of environmental services and testing capabilities—covering emissions performance testing, LDAR, CEMS and environmental data/reporting—to support regulatory compliance and corporate ESG initiatives.

Erie Street Acquires Performance Improvement Partners

January 28, 2020

IT Services

Chicago-based advisory firm Erie Street has acquired Performance Improvement Partners (PIP), a specialized IT solutions and consulting firm that serves the private equity industry. The purchase expands Erie Street’s advisory and technology capabilities to deliver value-creation IT services for private equity firms and their portfolio companies; PIP will retain its name and John Bisack will remain as President and join Erie Street as a Managing Director.

BP Energy Partners Makes Growth Investment in Novitech

October 24, 2024

Energy

BP Energy Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has completed a growth investment in Novitech, an inline pipeline inspection technology and data analytics company headquartered in Toronto. The Campos Family (Campos Holding Company) will retain a significant minority stake and proceeds will support Campos' broader operations while BPEP will help scale Novitech's proprietary Micron inspection technology.