Black Swan Oil & Gas

What Black Swan Oil & Gas does

Black Swan Oil & Gas is a privately held, U.S.-based oil and gas company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Edmond, Oklahoma. Per the company's own description, it focuses on the acquisition and development of horizontal resource plays — unconventional oil and gas formations (typically shale) developed using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. With a stated headcount of 11–50 employees, the company operates as a small or junior exploration and production (E&P) operator rather than a major or mid-major integrated energy company.

Beyond the company description and the firmographic basics, the available data on Black Swan Oil & Gas is sparse. The company's website (blackswanog.com) presented only a verification/loading page at the time of data collection, providing no additional corporate, operational, or financial disclosure. The firm has not publicly disclosed revenue, pricing models, customer relationships, partnerships, technical architecture, product portfolio, or detailed financial history. Leadership includes CEO Ian Yingling and CFO David LaLonde, with no further management team disclosure. EnCap Investments, a well-known private equity firm specializing in upstream oil and gas, is listed as a capital partner, though funding amount and round details are limited to a 2017 reference.

Because Black Swan is a junior E&P operator in a commodity-driven upstream business, its economic model is presumed to follow the standard E&P playbook: acquire leasehold or mineral rights in productive basins, develop wells using horizontal drilling and completion techniques, and sell produced oil, natural gas, and NGLs either under fixed marketing contracts, gathering/midstream agreements, or on the spot market. The company's revenue mechanics, customer base, basin focus, well inventory, reserve base, and capital structure are not disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Black Swan Oil & Gas

Website

https://blackswanog.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Black Swan Oil & Gas is a privately held, Edmond, Oklahoma-based exploration and production company founded in 2012 that acquires and develops horizontal unconventional oil and gas resource plays in the United States, operating with 11–50 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Upstream Oil & Gas

NAICS

Oil and Gas Extraction (2111), Oil and Gas Extraction (211), Natural Gas Extraction (21113)

SIC

Oil Royalty Traders (6792)

akta.pro primary industry

Drilling & Well Construction (E&P Operator-led) (EUALAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Well Completions & Stimulation (Hydraulic Fracturing, Sand Control) (EUALAAAE), Production Services & Artificial Lift (ESP, Rod Lift, Gas Lift, Chemicals) (EUALABAH)

Keywords

• Oil and gas acquisition
• Horizontal resource plays
• Upstream oil and gas
• Oil and gas development
• Exploration and production

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

Black Swan Oil & Gas is an upstream oil and gas company that acquires and develops horizontal resource plays. The company's core activity is identifying, acquiring, and operating interests in horizontal oil and gas resource plays, generating revenue through the production and sale of hydrocarbons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Horizontal Resource Play Acquisition & Development End-to-end upstream service of identifying, acquiring, and developing horizontal oil and gas resource plays; targeted at energy markets, oil and gas buyers, and joint-venture partners seeking operated or non-operated working interests in unconventional plays.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Cimarex Energy: Independent E&P focused on horizontal development in the Permian and Anadarko basins; overlaps with Black Swan on horizontal resource plays and Oklahoma exposure.
• Ovintiv: Major multi-basin horizontal E&P with substantial Anadarko and Permian positions; broader portfolio but directly comparable horizontal resource play activity.
• EOG Resources: Large US independent recognized as a horizontal resource play leader across multiple basins; comparable operator strategy and premium well economics, though at much greater scale.
• Continental Resources: Large independent E&P founded by Harold Hamm and a pioneer of horizontal Bakken/Oklahoma shale development; comparable as a horizontal resource play operator in overlapping Oklahoma basins but at vastly greater scale.
• Devon Energy: Major US independent with significant Delaware, Eagle Ford, and Anadarko Basin horizontal development; competes for the same Oklahoma acreage and service capacity as Black Swan.

Direct peers

• Citation Oil & Gas: Privately-held US upstream operator with a portfolio of operated oil and gas properties; comparable as a small private operator developing conventional and unconventional assets.
• Chaparral Energy: Oklahoma City-based private E&P focused on horizontal resource plays in the Anadarko Basin; similar size profile, basin focus, and operator-led horizontal development model as Black Swan.
• White Knight Petroleum: Private Oklahoma-focused E&P developing horizontal oil and gas resource plays; directly comparable in size, basin, and strategy.
• Lilis Energy: Small-cap E&P focused on horizontal development in the Permian Basin; comparable as a small, horizontally-focused operator pursuing repeatable resource play development.
• Mewbourne Oil Company: Private, family-owned E&P headquartered in Tyler, TX with significant Anadarko/STACK and SCOP horizontal activity; comparable as a small, operator-led horizontal shale producer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/black-swan-oil-gas-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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