Dahlman Rose & Co., LLC announced today that its parent company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell an additional $10 million of equity to affiliates of Lovell Minnick Partners LLC, a private equity firm that specializes in the global financial services industry.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP, announced April 25 that it has signed a definitive agreement with an investment vehicle affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP, whereby KMP will purchase from KKR its 50 percent interest in the joint venture that owns the Altamont gathering, processing and treating assets (Uinta Basin in Utah) and the Camino Real Gathering System (Eagle Ford shale in Texas) for $300 million in KMP common units.

On April 5, OFS Energy fund completed a majority recapitalization of Vision Oil Tools LLC, a Wyoming and North Dakota-based oilfield rental tool and fishing services provider.

Houston-based OFS Energy Fund II has completed a growth equity investment in Buckhorn Energy Services LLC, a recently formed provider of oilfield waste disposal in North Dakota.

Desert Industrial X-Ray, LP, an independent, privately held non-destructive testing (NDT) company, has received a majority investment from Sterling Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm with approximately $5 billion in assets under management.

Denham Capital Management LP, an energy and resources-focused global private equity firm, has closed its sixth fund, Denham Commodity Partners Fund VI LP.

Drilling Info said March 5 that Insight Venture Partners is leading a $165 million equity investment in Drilling Info, the Austin-based data intelligence provider to the oil and gas industries.

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR) and Chesapeake Energy Corp. have formed a partnership to invest in mineral interests and overriding royalty interests in oil and gas basins in the United States.

Houston-based private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners has once again formed a company to acquire US oil and gas properties, reports Bloomberg. Only this time, the newly-formed company will focus on offshore US oil fields.