Flowco Holdings Inc. (Flowco), a provider of production optimization, artificial lift, and methane abatement solutions for the oil and natural gas industry, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Valiant Artificial Lift Solutions LLC (Valiant), a provider of electric submersible pump (ESP) systems, linear ESP systems, surface fluid transfer systems, and well surveillance solutions. Expected to close in March 2026, Valiant will operate as part of Flowco’s production solutions segment.
“While the majority of Valiant’s revenue today is derived from the Permian Basin, the team brings meaningful experience operating internationally and has established relationships that provide clear line of sight to opportunities outside the US over time,” said Joseph Edwards, president, chief executive officer, and director of Flowco. “Operationally, Valiant maintains in-house assembly and repair capabilities and supports its customers with proprietary monitoring and analytics tools that help optimize system performance. This acquisition fits well within the long-term strategy that we’ve adopted at Flowco. By expanding into ESP, we are now able to offer both of the early life lift techniques used by our customers, high-pressure gas lift [HPGL] where it makes sense and ESP when well conditions are more conducive to that form of lift.”
Valiant expands Flowco’s presence across more artificial lift applications. Flowco has touch points across the well life cycle through HPGL, conventional gas lift, plunger lift, and its digital solutions that provide insight into well performance and operating conditions. By adding ESPs, Flowco expands that presence across a much broader set of wells.
“There are a large number of wells today producing on ESPs where subsequent artificial lift applications, including conventional gas lift and plunger lift, are natural next steps as wells mature,” said Edwards. “By being involved earlier and having better well-level data, we are better positioned to know when those transitions are coming and to support customers with the right solution at the right time.”
According to Edwards, the US ESP market represents approximately US$2.5 billion annually, and the international opportunity is even larger. “We are having regular conversations with customers early in the life of the well where ESP is the right solution based on well conditions,” said Ewards. “Until now, not having an ESP offering has limited our ability to participate fully in those opportunities. Adding ESP systems is a natural extension of our offering and it allows us to support customers with the right solution when it’s needed.”
