Oculus Transport

What Oculus Transport does

Oculus Transport is a privately held Western Canadian oilfield transportation and logistics company founded in Calgary, Alberta in July 2011 by Ric Peterson, an industry veteran who previously built and sold Formula Transport and founded Horizon North Logistics. The company operates four integrated service lines — fluid hauling (light sweet crude through produced water in stainless steel 7- and 8-axle trailers), High Vapor Pressure product transport (LPG, Propane, NGL mix, and Butane in Super B bottles and tridem bullets), pipe transportation, and tank storage — serving oil and gas operators across Alberta and British Columbia. Operational infrastructure includes a Calgary head office, a Fort Saskatchewan dispatch office, a 12,000 m³ tank farm with invert mixing tank, a 40-acre pipeyard at Sexsmith with a direct rail spur capable of accommodating 55 rail cars, and a Fort St. John pipe yard inherited from the acquisition of Koda Transport Ltd. with an 800-foot rail spur for 23 rail cars.

The company has grown primarily through acquisition — Koda Transport Ltd. (2011), KDP Contracting (October 2011), and NKC Services Ltd. and Brave Transport (June 2012) — combined with greenfield infrastructure build-out. Underlying technology consists of real-time fleet monitoring, satellite-based GPS tracking, and route optimization systems applied to a fleet of Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks maintained on a no-unit-older-than-five-years policy. Oculus Transport generates revenue through transaction-fee transportation service contracts with oil and gas operators, supplemented by managed-services tank storage revenue. The company markets primarily through direct enterprise field-sales relationships, holds memberships in six safety/compliance organizations (ESC, ISN, Comply, Avetta, Safetysync, Ecomp), and operates a Driver Mentorship Program and above-industry-standard maintenance program as talent and safety differentiators. No public revenue, funding, or institutional ownership disclosures are available.

Name

Oculus Transport

Legal name

Oculus Transport Ltd.

Website

https://oculustransport.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Oculus Transport is a Western Canadian oilfield logistics company offering fluid hauling, High Vapor Pressure (NGL/LPG) transport, pipe transportation, and tank storage to oil and gas operators across Alberta and British Columbia through an owned fleet and rail-served facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Oilfield Transportation and Logistics Services

NAICS

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (48423)

SIC

Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial CNG/LNG Supply & Distribution (Virtual Pipelines, Trucking, Satellite Storage) (EUALALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

OEM Embedded Connectivity & Telematics Platforms (TLAEAFAA)

Keywords

• Oilfield logistics
• Oilfield transportation
• Fluid hauling
• NGL transport
• Tank storage

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Saint John

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Fluid Transportation Services: Oilfield fluid hauling services including light sweet crude to produced water transport using specialized stainless steel trailers. Revenue generated through transportation service contracts with oilfield operators.
2. High Vapor Pressure (HVP) Hauling: Specialized transport of high vapor pressure products including LPG, Propane (C3), NGL mix (C3+), and Butane (C4) using Super B bottles and tridem bullets
3. Pipe Transport and Storage: Integrated pipe transportation and storage solutions including pipe yard operations with rail spur capabilities
4. Tank Storage Services: Tank farm storage capacity providing 12,000 m³ of storage and invert mixing tank services

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Oculus Transport is an integrated oilfield logistics provider offering specialized transportation services for the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry in Western Canada. Its core services include Fluid hauling (light sweet crude to produced water), High Vapor Pressure (HVP) transport of LPG, Propane, NGL mix, and Butane, Pipe transport and storage with rail spur infrastructure, and Tank farm storage with invert mixing capability.

Product overview

Oculus Transport operates as an integrated oilfield logistics provider offering four core service lines: Fluid (oilfield fluid transport), High Vapor Pressure (NGL/LPG transport), Pipe (pipe transport), and Tank Storage. The company built its service portfolio through strategic acquisitions including Koda Transport (pipe yard with rail infrastructure), KDP Contracting (fluid transport equipment), and NKC Services/Brave Transport (hauling fleet). Services include loading/unloading, transport, and satellite tracking across Northern Alberta and BC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fluid Hauling Oilfield fluid transport service using a versatile fleet of 7- and 8-axle combinations equipped with stainless steel trailers, capable of hauling a wide range of fluids from light sweet crude to produced water, with real-time monitoring and route optimization. Designed for oil and gas operators in Western Canada.
• High Vapor Pressure (HVP) Hauling Specialized high vapor pressure product transport using Super B bottles and tridem bullets designed for safe and efficient transport of LPG, Propane (C3), NGL mix (C3+), and Butane (C4). Includes satellite tracking of the specialized fleet.
• Pipe Transportation and Storage Integrated pipe transportation and storage solutions for oilfield operations, including pipe yard operations with rail spur capabilities for product unloading and storage at facilities in Fort St. John (800-foot rail spur, 23 rail cars) and Sexsmith (40-acre pipeyard, direct rail spur, 55 rail cars).
• Tank Storage Services Tank farm storage services providing 12,000 m³ of storage capacity and invert mixing tank services for oilfield liquids and products in Western Canada.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ESCminorOthersSafety and compliance membership organization - Oculus Transport listed as Proud Member on company website
• ISNminorOthersSafety and compliance membership organization - Oculus Transport listed as Proud Member on company website
• ComplyminorOthersSafety and compliance membership organization - Oculus Transport listed as Proud Member on company website
• AvettaminorOthersSafety and compliance membership organization - Oculus Transport listed as Proud Member on company website
• SafetysyncminorOthersSafety and compliance membership organization - Oculus Transport listed as Proud Member on company website
• EcompminorOthersSafety and compliance membership organization - Oculus Transport listed as Proud Member on company website

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mullen Group: Diversified trucking and oilfield logistics provider in Western Canada, offering fluid hauling, wellsite services, and specialized freight. Highly comparable as the most direct Western Canadian oilfield trucking peer, and notably Ric Peterson ran Producers Oilfield (later acquired by Mullen) prior to founding Oculus.
• Secure Energy Services: Western Canadian midstream and oilfield services company handling produced water, crude oil gathering, and NGL processing. Comparable because Secure operates overlapping produced-water fluid logistics and tank storage assets in the same WCSB basins Oculus serves.
• STEP Energy Services: Canadian oilfield services company focused on coiled tubing, fracturing, and associated fluid logistics in Western Canada. Comparable as a regionally focused oilfield services peer serving the same Western Canadian operators with similar cyclical demand drivers.
• Badger Daylighting: Specialized hydrovac and non-destructive digging services provider with major Western Canadian operations. Comparable because Badger runs a similar asset-intensive, fleet-renewal-focused oilfield services model across the same Alberta and BC customer base.
• High Arctic Energy Services: Canadian oilfield services company providing drilling, well servicing, and production equipment rentals. Comparable as a Canadian-domiciled oilfield services peer with overlapping customer base and similar cyclical exposure.
• Source Energy Services: Western Canadian oilfield logistics company providing frac sand handling, last-mile logistics, and terminal services. Comparable as a direct Western Canadian oilfield logistics peer with similar specialized trucking and storage assets.

Broad incumbents

• Trican Well Service: Major Canadian oilfield services company providing cementing, stimulation, and well intervention. Comparable as a larger incumbent serving the same Western Canadian oil and gas operators, though not direct overlap on trucking and storage.
• Calfrac Well Services: North American oilfield services company specializing in pressure pumping and fracturing. Comparable as a larger established oilfield services incumbent with overlapping customer relationships and demand-cycle exposure.
• Pembina Pipeline: Major Western Canadian midstream operator transporting NGL, crude, and natural gas with extensive processing and storage infrastructure. Comparable as a broader NGL infrastructure incumbent that competes for the same midstream logistics spend Oculus targets via HVP hauling and tank storage.
• Targa Resources: Large North American NGL and natural gas midstream company with gathering, processing, and fractionation assets. Comparable as a major NGL midstream incumbent; relevant benchmark for HLP/NGL logistics economics Oculus captures via trucking and storage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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