Buy + Build Energy Software: Leveraging the best of both worlds?

28 April 2026 — Ian Stewart

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Buy + Build Energy Software: Leveraging the best of both worlds?

We explored the various advantages and disadvantages of building or buying software within the Energy Industry, and the E&P approach to supporting clients in these areas, in our article and subsequent podcast last year.

This article takes the next step. In practice, many clients don’t face a binary choice — they adopt a hybrid “Buy + Build” strategy. We explore what that looks like in the energy industry, and — given the rapidly evolving vendor landscape — how the emergence of AI is beginning to reshape both sides of that equation.

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