Battalion Oil Invests in Collide for AI-Driven Operations

Houston, Texas, Sept. 08, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Battalion Oil Corporation, a leading independent energy company, has announced a strategic investment in Collide Industrial Technologies Inc., a provider of AI-native operations systems for the oil and gas industry. The investment and strategic partnership will leverage Collide's advanced AI platform, named Riggs, to enhance Battalion's operations and accelerate its multi-year drilling program.

Through this partnership, Battalion Oil Corporation has been designated a Strategic Partner, offering it priority access to the Collide Operations System and product advisory rights. According to Matt Steele, CEO of Battalion Oil, the company is committed to staying at the forefront of AI adoption in the oil and gas industry. "Collide has solved a problem that has stumped the industry for a decade: building AI that actually speaks petroleum engineering," Steele commented. "Oil and gas skipped the SaaS era, but it will not skip AI, and we intend to be at the front of that adoption curve."

Collide's platform is specifically designed to automate high-value engineering and operational workflows across the upstream, midstream, and oilfield services sectors. The system is built to reduce operating costs, compress cycle times, and unlock critical data trapped in legacy systems. Proven client results indicate that processes that once took operators hours or days to complete are now completed in minutes, with full review and control retained by the client.

The partnership with Collide is expected to aid Battalion Oil Corporation in several key areas, including M&A, reducing labor overhead expenses (LOE), and improving capital efficiency. As part of its broader AI strategy, Battalion is exploring the development of a large-scale data center on Company-owned surface acreage in West Texas, leveraging existing power, water, and natural gas infrastructure.

Battalion's investment in Collide is financed from the company's balance sheet cash and aligns with its ongoing efforts to improve its financial and operating position. The deployment of the Collide Operations System will begin with the unification of more than 100 terabytes of well files, land records, contracts, and production history into a single queryable model of the business. Battalion and Collide plan to build applications targeting the largest cost and revenue lines in the field, such as gas marketing reconciliation, field invoice review, power usage and hedging, and well failure diagnostics.

Riggs, the AI work environment developed by Collide, is expected to reach Battalion's production engineers at approximately day 90. The platform is designed to integrate seamlessly with Battalion's existing systems and data, preserving institutional expertise and activating underutilized operational data. This integration is crucial as the industry undergoes workforce transition, enabling operators to improve efficiency, accelerate decision-making, and reduce operational costs.

Collin McLelland, Co-Founder and CEO of Collide, emphasized the significance of the partnership, stating, "Battalion's expertise in the Permian Basin and its commitment to innovation make it an ideal Strategic Partner. We build the Operations System even closer to the real problems engineers face every day, and that collaboration compounds directly into a smarter, more capable product for the entire industry."

The partnership with Collide is part of Battalion Oil Corporation's broader strategy to move from defense to offense in the oil and gas industry. The company aims to leverage AI and advanced data analytics to optimize operations and drive sustainable growth in the competitive energy landscape.