Artificial Intelligence is a major catalyst for change in the upstream sector and will provide a strong competitive advantage for early adopters. In this podcast we interview Professor Ertekin, Professor Emeritus and prior Department Head of the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, the George E. Trimble Chair in Earth and Mineral Sciences, at Pennsylvania State University to discuss his 4 decades of research in reservoir engineering. Professor Ertekin shares his experience and research in deploying technologies like artificial intelligence and machine lear ..read more

The oil industry is in a state of flux. Both companies and industry professionals alike are searching for new ways to become more efficient in a low commodity price environment. While it may not be the first place they look, new technologies may provide an unexpected opportunity to cut costs and increase productivity. In this podcast Geoffrey Cann, renowned oil & gas advisor and technologies expert, provides keen insight into how companies and oil & gas professionals can deploy new, cutting edge technologies into their workspace without too much risk to their checkbook. He gives us gre ..read more

The oil & gas market is intrinsically volatile. The fundamental principles of supply and demand are always testing the agility and financial health of businesses operating in the sector. Two essential products, oil & gas generates over $3.3 trillion dollars* of revenue annually in the E&P space (*IBISWorld). While the Majors control the lions share of that revenue, private businesses can clip off a portion of the market to generate returns to their investors. For the most part (some exceptions aside) downturns like the one we are in highlight the most resilient and disciplined grou ..read more

The future is shaped by the innovators of today. What is novel and experimental today can become the norms of tomorrow. With a little bit of luck, and a whole lot of hard work and concentration, those with a great idea or product can be the inventors of the future. It’s what makes the democratic system of North America so great, the idea that any man or woman, rich or poor, can forever transform the way we conduct our business.  In this podcast, we get to meet one of those inventors, Ian Cunningham. Ian and his team at Wave 9 are working on transforming the way we manage and operate oil ..read more

Pioneers in the energy tech space are challenging the upstream market to modernize through advancements in technologies. Compared to other major sectors of the economy, the oil & gas industry is laggard in its adoption of technology, with huge opportunities for automation and connectivity waiting on the sidelines. Those early to enter with oil & gas technologies are paving the way for others to follow, working on creating a change in culture that is receptive to technological integrations. The biggest challenges these leaders face are siloed data systems, antiquated filing/storage ..read more

The global energy landscape is complex and clouded by social/political agendas. Simplistic rhetoric classifying energy sources as clean and dirty, good and bad have polarized populations in Western Europe and North America, with a rallying cry for carbon-free energy sources, minimizing the environmental impacts that come from manufacturing and disposing “renewable” energies and batteries. In this podcast, Dr. Scott Tinker, Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology and founder and Chairman of the Switch Energy Alliance takes us around the global to explore how nations are using different sourc ..read more

Global demand destruction is the talk of the town since the spread COVID-19, but the interplay of various interdependent and complex markets presents a real challenge in forecasting the climb towards recovery. Mixed signals coming from the media and heads of markets further complicate matters as we all do our level best to keep our businesses running and our families healthy. In this podcast, Mark Rossano of C6 Capital Holdings LLC takes us on a journey around the world to review key data trends he follows to run his analysis on the health of the economy and the global oil marke ..read more

Overleverage companies are working with their bankers to adjust their balance sheets and weather the storm. Capitalized groups are gearing up to acquire distressed assets in the marketplace. With pain comes opportunity for those who have the dry powder. In this podcast, Reggie Robba takes us through his experience during the last down cycle as an O&G lender for BOKF, and gives us a sense of the conditions likely unfolding now between companies and their lenders. In the latter half of the podcast we explore how the release of assets from overleveraged upstream companies will create a feedin ..read more

Artificial Intelligence is a major catalyst for change in the upstream sector and will provide a strong competitive advantage for early adopters. In this podcast we interview Professor Ertekin, Professor Emeritus and prior Department Head of the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, the George E. Trimble Chair in Earth and Mineral Sciences, at Pennsylvania State University to discuss his 4 decades of research in reservoir engineering. Professor Ertekin shares his experience and research in deploying technologies like artificial intelligence and machine lear ..read more

The oil industry is in a state of flux. Both companies and industry professionals alike are searching for new ways to become more efficient in a low commodity price environment. While it may not be the first place they look, new technologies may provide an unexpected opportunity to cut costs and increase productivity. In this podcast Geoffrey Cann, renowned oil & gas advisor and technologies expert, provides keen insight into how companies and oil & gas professionals can deploy new, cutting edge technologies into their workspace without too much risk to their checkbook. He gives us gre ..read more