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B-29 Investments is an energy private equity firm representing the interests of John Schmitz and his family. Since its inception, the firm has invested in both private and public companies within the energy sector.

What We Do

B-29’s team is built on past experience as operating managers and investment professionals. We leverage our experience for equity investment opportunities wherein the team can function as owner/operators and integrate into the day-to-day management.

  • 25+ Year History of Energy Investing Experience

  • 45+ Years of Industry Operations Experience

  • Investment Across all Verticals

    • Energy Services​

    • Exploration & Production

    • Midstream / Logistics

Explore our energy portfolioMeet our energy team
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Day-to-Day Management Integration

Work hand-in-hand with management teams, often serving in roles such as CEO, CFO, or COO, in addition to board level management.

Unit-Level, Real-Time Business Intelligence

Develop and integrate these tools into daily decision-making processes to provide granular return on capital insights.

Capital Investment Timelines

Deploy and harvest capital strategically as value dislocations appear. B-29 has no external timeline pressure and is comfortable holding investments through cycles or into perpetuity. 

How We Work

Our Energy Portfolio

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Axis Energy Services, LLC (“Axis”) is an integrated completion and workover service provider focused on long-lateral work and intense, 24-hour pad completions, interventions, and remedial work for E&P operators. Axis offers a large and growing fleet of high spec, purpose-built equipment including workover rigs, snubbing units, high horsepower fluid pumps, cementing, acidizing, and ancillary services.

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Bell Supply Company, LLC ("Bell") has a comprehensive line of MRO-related products comprising over 25,000 SKUs. Bell's quality products are only offered from industry-leading manufacturers and are supported by their expertise and experience. Bell can also assist with handling and coordinating materials and inventory for any project – both large and small. Bell's extensive supply chain management experience helps control costs and eliminate unnecessary expenses during the acquisition of materials.

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Caliber Completion Services, LLC (“Caliber”) offers a comprehensive suite of wireline services to customers facing increasingly complex well completions. Caliber utilizes leading-edge technology and state-of-the-art equipment designed to enable operators to minimize completion times, to reduce well costs and to optimize production while maintaining a commitment to safety.

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Commando Pressure Control, Inc. (“Commando”) develops innovative and economical solutions that enhance pressure pumping capabilities and improve efficiencies during multi-well frac operations. Commando’s patent-pending Mobile Zipper Unit (“MZU”) is the efficient solution for fracking and isolating multiple wellbores. Connecting multiple wells to a central tie-in point, the MZU can switch the flow between wells seamlessly to eliminate breaking and retesting connections after every stage.

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Endurance Lift Solutions, LLC (“ELS”) provides artificial lift solutions to producing wells across all US land oil and gas basins. The company has a complete product and service offering across the four primary lift methods utilized in onshore production, providing design, installation, and repair for electric submersible pumps, downhole rod lift and rod pump, gas lift, and plunger lift. ELS also offers rod inspection, capillary services, BLAZE® metal treating and has select internal manufacturing. Additionally, ELS has a subsidiary, Endurance Lift Solutions, International, offering artificial lift solutions across Romania.

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Scout Surface Solutions, LLC (“Scout”) offers equipment life-cycle management and surface equipment sourcing for wellheads, valves and frac trees. Scout provides services such as production tree valve repairs, custom-designed conventional and unconventional wellheads, treating equipment and other ancillary equipment, along with inventory stock plans.

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Silver Creek Exploration, LLC ("Silver Creek"), established in 2020, is dedicated to fostering innovative collaborations that drive value creation. While we are receptive to a broad spectrum of ideas, our primary focus is on the non-operated Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) market.

Our Energy Team

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John Schmitz

Chairman & Founder

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Carter Leggett

Managing Director

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Ryan Phillips

Principal

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Jonathan Wilfong

Vice President

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Ashton Emmanuel

Senior Associate

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Marc Rose

General Counsel

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