Darcy Partners has acquired Kimberlite Oilfield Research, expanding its energy intelligence platform with proprietary voice-of-customer research and supplier performance data for the global oil and gas industry.
Kimberlite provides research, supplier performance benchmarking and market intelligence based on direct engagement with oilfield industry professionals.
The company’s data covers supplier performance, competitive positioning, technology adoption, purchasing behavior and broader oilfield services market trends.
Darcy plans to combine Kimberlite’s supplier benchmarking capabilities with its existing research into emerging technologies, operational performance and market intelligence.
The combination is intended to give energy companies a more complete view of supplier performance and technology adoption, supporting procurement, vendor management, operational and investment decisions.
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“We are proud to partner with David Bat and his highly experienced team at Kimberlite, and we are pleased that this relationship allows us to provide a new source of intelligence to our customers. We are also excited to work more closely with Kimberlite’s oilfield services customers, who will benefit tremendously from Darcy’s experience evaluating and validating emerging technologies.”
“Kimberlite’s product will provide Darcy member organizations with actionable insights to benchmark supplier performance, helping them enhance vendor relationships, improve procurement decisions and reduce their costs. This partnership allows us to provide decision-makers with full-stack oilfield supplier intelligence, strengthening our ability to enhance decisions in the c-suites of oil & gas companies around technology, innovation, and operational efficiency.”
Sam Long, Chairman and CEO of Darcy Partners
“I admire what Darcy Partners has built and I am excited by how closely our capabilities align and by the many opportunities for our companies to work together. The collaborative, community-driven research and insights model that Darcy has built is unique, and our offerings will certainly complement each other. I believe that Darcy’s focus on emerging technologies and operator perspectives towards these innovations will be of great interest to Kimberlite’s established base of oilfield services companies.”
David Bat, President of Kimberlite Oilfield Research
“We continue to back Darcy’s mission to build a leading platform of differentiated, proprietary, and high impact insights for the energy sector. We are thrilled to support the new partnership with Kimberlite, David, and his team.”
Keith Gross, Partner at Pacific Lake Partners and Board Member at Darcy Partners
