Amplify Energy Corp.
88e97f9ff6c94425a441bff92e38070b
PRODUCTION_VERIFIED schema v3.0.0 Inferred last heartbeat: 2026-07-20T06:35:29.396179+00:00

Business Model Classification Tokens

contract_cycle_length
null
Inferred
Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
enterprise_sales_motion
null
Inferred
Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
procurement_complexity
null
Inferred
Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
vendor_lock_coefficient
null
Inferred
Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
consumption_unit_definition
null
Inferred
Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
usage_billing_granularity
null
Inferred
Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
overage_penalty_structure
null
Inferred
Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
minimum_commitment_floor
null
Inferred
Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
metered_margin_profile
null
Inferred
Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run

Business Model Archetype Classification

University of St. Gallen — 55 Business Model Navigator (Gassmann et al.)

SG-006 Cash Machine VALUE High
Direct: debt_leverage_profile=0.41x Total Debt / Equity (Conservative). Corroborated: revenue_model_type=~100% transactional; revenue entirely from spot and short-term commodity sales of crude oil and natural gas at market prices
SG-024
Lock-in
WHO High

Hybrid Combination

Cash Machine (SG-006) VALUE provides the core structure, combined with Lock-in (SG-024) to form the complete business model fingerprint.

55 Archetypes Evaluated High: 2 Medium: 8 Registry: schemas/sg55_archetype_registry.yaml

Knowledge Graph — All Sections

debt_leverage_profile
0.41x Total Debt / Equity (Conservative)
High
SEC-XBRL
interest_rate_sensitivity
Moderate-high; ~$300M net debt at variable rates means 200bps rise adds ~$6M annual interest expense, compressing already thin margins
Inferred
Agent_Inference
geopolitical_supply_exposure
High intensity; OPEC+ supply decisions and Russia-Ukraine conflict drive price volatility.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
Gulf of Mexico offshore services concentrated among few marine/diving contractors; California oilfield services dependent on Ventura Basin vendors
Inferred
Agent_Inference
international_expansion_readiness
null
Inferred
Agent_Inference
geographic_footprint
Purely domestic US operator (California, Gulf of Mexico, Rockies); zero international revenue exposure, no sovereign currency devaluation risk
Inferred
Agent_Inference
commodity_exposure_profile
High intensity; commodities: Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Refined Petroleum Products, Uranium, Steel (equipment); geopolitical: OPEC+ supply decisions and Russia-Ukraine conflict drive price volatility.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
Offshore platform integrity depends on limited Gulf of Mexico marine well-intervention contractors; substitutability low, representing operational single-point risk
Inferred
Agent_Inference
business_model_type_primary
Upstream oil and gas E&P; no material cloud infrastructure dependency—operational technology is field-based SCADA, not AWS/GCP/Azure hosted
Inferred
Agent_Inference
business_model_type_secondary
Midstream gathering and processing (Beta Offshore pipeline system); physical infrastructure, not cloud-dependent
Inferred
Agent_Inference
switching_cost_profile
Minimal API/software coupling risk; core operational systems are field instrumentation and reservoir modeling tools with standard industry formats
Inferred
Agent_Inference
howey_test_risk_index
Low Howey risk; revenue derives from physical commodity sales (crude oil, natural gas, NGLs), not passive investment contracts
Inferred
Agent_Inference
regulatory_burden_tier
High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Minimal GDPR/CCPA exposure; no consumer data collected, operations are B2B commodity sales with limited personal data processing
Inferred
Agent_Inference
antitrust_exposure_flag
Low antitrust risk; sub-1% share of US oil production, price-taker in commodity markets, no market-dominant position in any basin
Inferred
Agent_Inference
regulatory_exposure_profile
High burden; regimes: EPA, FERC, DOE, CFTC, OSHA, SEC; Accelerating emissions mandates and methane rules threaten capex economics.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
~100% transactional; revenue entirely from spot and short-term commodity sales of crude oil and natural gas at market prices
Inferred
Agent_Inference
monetization_vector
Commodity price realization per BOE; ~60% crude oil, ~25% natural gas, ~15% NGLs by revenue mix approximately
Inferred
Agent_Inference
pricing_architecture
Pure commodity pricing; zero pricing power—realized prices track WTI/Henry Hub benchmarks minus quality/location differentials
Inferred
Agent_Inference
pricing_power_rating
1/10; complete price-taker in global commodity markets, hedging program provides partial temporary insulation only
Inferred
Agent_Inference
target_gross_margin_bracket
Gross margin 40–55% at $70–80/bbl WTI; highly volatile, collapses below $50/bbl WTI given lifting costs ~$25–30/BOE
Inferred
Agent_Inference
churn_vulnerability_index
No free-rider problem; physical commodity business with no digital or public-good characteristics
Inferred
Agent_Inference
headcount_cost_structure
Revenue growth is capital-linear, not headcount-linear; doubling production requires capex in wells/facilities, headcount grows sublinearly
Inferred
Agent_Inference
marginal_cost_of_growth
High marginal cost; each incremental BOE requires drilling/workover capex of $10–20/BOE plus lifting costs, no software-style scalability
Inferred
Agent_Inference
franchise_compliance_risk
null
Inferred
Agent_Inference
customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, unit economics deteriorate as remaining reserves are higher-cost; finding and development costs likely rise 30–50% per BOE
Inferred
Agent_Inference
network_effect_present
No network effects; oil and gas production is a linear physical process with no user-base compounding dynamics
Inferred
Agent_Inference
asset_efficiency_ratio
10.1% Return on Assets (Excellent)
High
SEC-XBRL
recession_resistance_tier
Tier 4 (cyclical/low resilience); revenue directly correlated with oil/gas prices which historically drop 30–50% in recessions
Inferred
Agent_Inference
customer_segment_primary
Crude oil refiners and marketing intermediaries purchasing via pipeline/marine offtake agreements in California and Gulf Coast
Inferred
Agent_Inference
customer_segment_secondary
Natural gas utilities and industrial buyers in Southern California Gas system; customer concentration risk moderate given limited California pipeline outlets
Inferred
Agent_Inference
characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "19-0000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations", "49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations", "53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.33 (HIL — ~33% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
Capital largely defensive/maintenance-oriented; sustaining capex dominates over growth capex, reflecting mature asset base with declining production profile
Inferred
Agent_Inference
sec_cik
0001533924
High
SEC-EDGAR
ticker
AMPY
High
SEC-EDGAR

Business Model Components

Core Space

> *Pending Turn 2 — Business Model Type Agent population.*

Interaction Modes

> *Pending Turn 2 — Business Model Type Agent population.*

Product Matrix

> *Pending Turn 2 — Business Model Type Agent population.*

Historical Evolution Log

Live Operational Signals

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Evaluation Gate — Persona Stress Tests

SKILL_BUFFETT_VAL_03PASS2026-07-20no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_LEGAL_SEC_01PASS2026-07-20no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_SHORT_BEAR_01PASS2026-07-20no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_MACRO_STRAT_01FAIL2026-07-201 authored question(s) unanswerable — e.g. QBANK_MACRO_003 n
SKILL_OPS_PARTNER_01FAIL2026-07-201 authored question(s) unanswerable — e.g. QBANK_OPS_002 nee

Live Status

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