Stories
Perspectives
Essays and observations from Bilal Hydrie, a Canadian businessman and industrial operator, on capital, access, and what it actually takes to build something from nothing in a new country.
Featured in Entrepreneur Middle East
From oilfield operations to private equity — how Bilal Hydrie built an operator-driven energy investment platform.
Bilal Hydrie sat down with Entrepreneur Middle East to discuss building an operator-driven energy investment platform, long-term value creation, and what it takes to invest differently.
Paid in Barrels, Not Dollars
Inclusive Energy built its financing model around repayment in barrels rather than dollars, advancing capital against future production and hedging the price exposure, with security against the asset itself.
Credibility in Energy Is Earned in the Downturns
As oil swings through 2026, Bilal Hydrie on why discipline shows up in the downturns, how he built Inclusive Energy buying distressed assets at the bottom, and the capital structures that carry good operators through every cycle.
Technology
Why Global Centurion is backing AI builders and early startups before the rest of the market catches up.
Immigration
Why the immigrants who follow every rule so often end up furthest behind, and what Global Centurion is doing about it.
Featured in Forbes India
Bilal Hydrie was featured by Forbes India among the Visionary Entrepreneurs Redefining Business in 2025, recognized for building an operator-driven energy and private equity platform.
Appointed to National Music Centre Board
Bilal Hydrie was appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Music Centre alongside Greg Kwong, supporting NMC's mission to preserve and celebrate Canada's musical heritage.
Featured in Oilweek Magazine
Oilweek Magazine profiled Bilal Hydrie in its Faces of the Industry feature, tracing how Inclusive Energy grew through the oil industry downturn by buying low, financing customers, and backing joint ventures.
Featured in Business in Edmonton
Business in Edmonton put Bilal Hydrie on its cover as the face of a Canadian dream, tracing his journey from Pakistan to building Inclusive Energy into a Western Canadian oilfield equipment platform.
Featured in Business in Calgary
Business in Calgary profiled Bilal Hydrie and the rise of Inclusive Energy, from a $50,000 start to a $35 million oilfield equipment platform across Western Canada.
Featured in Business in Calgary Leaders 2021
Business in Calgary named Bilal Hydrie among its Leaders 2021, profiling Inclusive Energy Ltd. as a standout in the oil and gas industry after more than a decade of growth.