debt_leverage_profile
Small-cap E&P with high leverage; net debt/EBITDA likely 3-5x; a 200bps rate rise materially increases interest burden on variable-rate credit facility.
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interest_rate_sensitivity
Floating-rate revolving credit facility exposure means 200bps increase adds ~$1-3M annual interest cost, pressuring thin FCF margins significantly.
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geopolitical_supply_exposure
High intensity; OPEC+ supply decisions and Russia-Ukraine conflict drive price volatility.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
Permian/DJ Basin oilfield services concentration; key chokepoints are Permian Basin pipeline takeaway capacity and Gulf Coast refinery/export terminal access.
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international_expansion_readiness
US Energy Corp operates almost exclusively domestically; sovereign currency devaluation risk is negligible with near-zero international revenue exposure.
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geographic_footprint
Operations concentrated in US onshore basins (Permian, DJ Basin, Williston); minimal international footprint eliminates material currency devaluation exposure.
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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
Oilfield services (Halliburton, SLB) represent critical non-substitutable drilling inputs; single-basin service concentration creates meaningful operational dependency above 30%.
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business_model_type_primary
Asset-heavy upstream oil and gas producer; cloud infrastructure termination would disrupt operations software but not core production revenue generation.
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business_model_type_secondary
Secondary reliance on third-party midstream and marketing counterparties; no meaningful cloud-native business model exists requiring AWS/GCP/Azure continuity.
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switching_cost_profile
Low API coupling risk; company uses standard oilfield software (reservoir modeling, ERP); no proprietary platform lock-in with single technology vendor.
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howey_test_risk_index
Primary revenue from commodity hydrocarbon sales; fails Howey Test as revenue is from physical asset production, not investor profit expectations from others' efforts.
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regulatory_burden_tier
High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Minimal GDPR/CCPA exposure; US-only operations with no material EU customer data collection; primary data risk is operational/geological, not personal data.
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antitrust_exposure_flag
Low antitrust risk; sub-scale E&P operator with negligible market share in highly competitive, fragmented upstream oil and gas sector.
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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
Nearly 100% transactional commodity sales revenue; oil and gas spot/forward contract pricing with no material subscription or long-term fixed-price recurring contracts.
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monetization_vector
Pure commodity price-taker monetization; revenue directly tied to WTI/NGL/natural gas spot prices with minimal value-added processing or hedging premium.
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pricing_architecture
No pricing power; WTI benchmark price-taker with realized prices ~85-95% of WTI; downside stress scenario at $50 WTI likely pushes company to negative FCF.
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pricing_power_rating
Very low (1/10); fully commodity-price dependent with no differentiation, brand premium, or contract pricing insulation from market volatility.
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target_gross_margin_bracket
93.5% Gross Margin (Premium (>60%))
High
SEC-XBRL
churn_vulnerability_index
No free-rider leakage problem applicable; commodity producer sells undifferentiated barrels with no platform, content, or service that could be consumed without payment.
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headcount_cost_structure
Revenue growth is capital-linear, not headcount-linear; doubling production requires drilling capex, not proportional headcount; G&A leverage exists at scale.
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marginal_cost_of_growth
Sublinear headcount growth relative to revenue; incremental production added via drilling capital with minimal new personnel; finding/development cost is primary growth constraint.
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franchise_compliance_risk
Not applicable; US Energy Corp is not a franchise business model.
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customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, unit economics improve via G&A leverage; however, reserve replacement cost and acreage acquisition costs escalate, compressing per-BOE margins.
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network_effect_present
No network effects present; oil and gas production is a commodity extraction business with zero demand-side or supply-side network effect dynamics.
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asset_efficiency_ratio
-1.3% Return on Assets (Negative equity)
High
SEC-XBRL
recession_resistance_tier
Low recession resistance (Tier 4/5); oil demand destruction in recessions directly compresses WTI prices, crushing revenue and FCF with high operating leverage.
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customer_segment_primary
Commodity purchasers/refiners and midstream marketing companies; high customer concentration risk as small producers often sell to 1-3 primary purchasers.
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customer_segment_secondary
Natural gas and NGL buyers including utilities and petrochemical offtakers; secondary revenue stream subject to regional basis differentials and seasonal demand.
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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
0.0% CapEx / Revenue (Low-CapEx Asset-Light)
High
SEC-XBRL
sec_cik
0001499785
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ticker
USEG
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