As of the end of October, there were 30 global energy-focused private equity funds closed. While that is down from the 50 funds closed in the boom year of 2013, the amount of capital raised so far in 2015 that’s been earmarked for energy beats each of the past five years.

Lime Rock Partners’ managing director, Will Franklin, discusses the firm’s strategies in preparing portfolio companies for a prolonged period of low oil prices, and why it’s investing in oilfield service technology.

Experts from Cambridge Associates, Guardian Life, and Coller Capital discuss why institutional investors are allocating to infrastructure, and how a new index is helping define a performance benchmark for investors in the sector.

The Houston Technology Center’s Maryanne Maldonado explains how it helps entrepreneurs and companies develop innovative disruptive technology to better the sustainability and safety of oil and gas drilling and production.

GE Energy Financial Services has picked up the pace of investments in solar power projects in Japan in the last two to three years. Managing director Sushil Verma explains why diversifying the country’s energy sources is more important than ever.

The head of energy investing at the $123B Texas Teachers pension will share his views on how best to deploy capital into a huge and evolving opportunity.

Pine Brook’s Andre Burba tells Privcap why the firm put equity behind Red Bluff Resources, and what other opportunities—and challenges—he sees in the E&P space.

Jeff Eaton of Eaton Partners explains what LPs are looking for in energy funds in the current market, and why it’s important for GPs to differentiate themselves.

In this report, produced with our partners at EY, veteran energy investors share their thoughts on creating value in the midst of commodity price volatility.

True Green Capital’s Panos Ninios explains his fund’s solar platform and the opportunities he sees in the commercial space.

Smaller GPs that enter the energy market without a strong track record or name recognition often have difficulty raising blind-pool funds. Mark Proctor of Vinson & Elkins says these emerging managers are increasingly turning to a pledge fund structure.

Pine Brook’s vice president for energy, Claire Harvey, discusses how the market has adapted to low oil prices, why the expected distressed opportunities largely haven’t materialized, and how management teams have changed.

A recent co-investment done with Redbird Capital to acquire assets of SM Energy in the Haynesville Formation is just one of many opportunities that Aethon’s Albert Huddleston sees in a volatile market.

While oil comes with its fair share of environmental issues, private equity investors are still bullish, says Energy Capital Partners’ Doug Kimmelman.

Mark Proctor of law firm Vinson & Elkins explains why oil prices are down but PE energy fundraising is up.

EY’s Andy Brogan on the global impact of commodity price volatility on PE deals, what energy sectors are still attractive, and the advantages of PE in the current cycle.

The first PE manager to focus exclusively on Canada’s oil and gas sector recently closed its eighth fund. ARC’s Nancy Smith explains why this fundraise was its fastest yet.

On June 3rd in Houston, Privcap CEO David Snow interviewed Karl Kurz and James Hackett, both former executives at Anadarko Petroleum.