Mark Allen
Operating Executive
- Role
- Non Executive Director at Cygnet Energy Ltd
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mark Allen
Project Delivery Operations Geoscience Start-up Private EquityAccomplished Engineering Executive, startup co-founder, and experienced project developer with a track record of identifying and monetizing high value global opportunities. I specialize in operations, strategy and geoscience, built upon a strong technical foundation in the international Oil & Gas industry, supplemented by project development in the clean energy and water sectors.With over 30 years of E&P asset management and team leadership experience, I have- Built and led multi-disciplinary teams delivering high profile oil and gas projects- Delivered value to investors, joint venture partners and regulators through strategic growth- Introduced, evaluated and deployed new technologies across the energy sector- Set up organizations and workflows to optimize value of mature and undeveloped assets
Experience
Non Executive Director
Dec 2025 — Present
Cygnet Energy acquired Kiwetinohk Energy Corp in December 2025 in a deal backed by Carlyle, NGP and ARC Financial. The combined company operates over boe/d in the Duvernay and Montney, Western Alberta.
Education
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Master of Science (MS), Management (Sloan Fellows Program)
2014 — 2015
The University of Edinburgh
B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering
1987 — 1991
Heriot-Watt University
M.Eng, Petroleum Engineering
1996 — 1997
Skills
- Energy Storage
- Reservoir Simulation
- Upstream
- Oil & Gas Industry
- Logging
- Onshore Operations
- Management
- Gas
- Reserves
- Drilling
- Natural Gas
- Strategy
- Field Development
- Geology
- Engineering
- Leadership
- Renewable Energy
- Business Development
- Well Testing
- Offshore Drilling
- Reservoir Engineering
- Clean Energy Technologies
- Petroleum
- Reservoir Management
- Deepwater
- Private Equity
- Onshore
- Oil & Gas
- Petrophysics
- Energy Industry
- Petroleum Engineering
- Energy
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