About Blackbird BI, LLC

BENJAMIN MACFARLANE
BENJAMIN MACFARLANEFounder and President
Ben MacFarlane is an experienced oil & gas analyst and the founder of Blackbird BI. After being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 2001, he worked as a field and gas plant operator for five years. He then received an M.S. degree in Mineral Economics from Colorado School of Mines where he learned how to analyze historic data relationships, forecast into the future, and solve for optimal financial or physical metrics.

While working at BENTEK Energy from 2007-2012, he analyzed supply, demand and constraints to forecast regional prices of natural gas, oil and NGLs. He developed automated data models and presented findings at conferences, consulting engagements and written reports distributed to over 1,000 customers weekly.

While at DCP Midstream from 2012-2018, Ben worked in Finance, M&A and Strategic Planning where he analyzed markets and translated complex ideas into concise presentations. He developed a corporate economic model that regularly solves for optimal ethane rejection targets, as well as a production forecasting model for estimating future capacity needs.

“For over 4 years, Blackbird BI has hosted and refreshed twice daily our oil and gas data and customized Power BI data reports for us to track trends and get answers quickly from our data. We have been very impressed with Ben MacFarlane’s quality assurances and ability to provide timely and robust services.”

Kyle H., Mineral Manager, Texas

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