Pheasant Energy

Pheasant Energy

Pheasant Energy was founded in 2014 as a separate division of J. Hiram Moore, Ltd., a family entity established in the 1950s by the Moore family. Ryan C. Moore, the founder and CEO, previously served as COO of Moore Minerals, LC, the family office that managed thousands of wells and mineral interests across sixteen states. The firm's wealth originates from the Moore family's acquisition of oil and gas rights in the 1930s (per firm website). The firm operates primarily as a non-operating oil and gas company, engaging in joint ventures to develop existing positions and managing assets across the Permian, Williston, and Anadarko basins. Pheasant Energy focuses on mineral and royalty acquisitions, non-operated working interests, and occasional operational activities. Adjacent divisions include Pheasant Resources, the acquisition and divestiture arm, and MineralCentric, which manages oil and gas interests for third parties. The firm also maintains legacy entities such as Moore Venture Capital and Black Pheasant, LP. Pheasant Energy employs a team of six professionals, including senior executives in engineering, geology, and land management. The firm claims over 75 years of combined industry experience, more than 1,000 deals completed, and over 100,000 gross acres acquired (per firm website). In 2024, Ryan C. Moore launched Pheasant Exploration, a new division focused on non-operated working interests and joint ventures (per firm website). Pheasant Energy's structural differentiator is its multi-generational, family-owned architecture that combines mineral rights management, direct acquisitions, and trust vehicles under a single operational umbrella. The firm maintains ties to the Moore family's trusts and other entities, including The Stephen Scott Moore Testamentary Trust and Ryan Moore SSMTT GST trusts, providing capital continuity and estate planning integration.