Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

Gasoline prices have been off the charts volatile for the past several weeks. Excess volatility will be an unpleasant feature for western markets for just 20 more years. Gosh, but gasoline prices are elevated. Like record-setting elevated. Car owners grumble about the high cost of fuel, yet people are furiously driving around, rental cars are scarce, new car lots are sparse, and used cars are in s...

"Y ou can't really connect the dots moving forward, but you can connect them backwards once you make sense of it." In this episode, I'm in conversation with Christian Retek who is the Chief Revenue Officer at Flutura. The topic is 'process engineer meets data science'. You can substitute any engineering discipline for process engineering, and the concepts in this episode still hold—how do you intr...

"For anyone to succeed in this space, they have to really think about the design for the real world: how it's going day in and day out, how it will survive, and how it will be maintained." In this episode, I'm in conversation with Lenny Shaver, who is Director of Strategic Marketing at Advanced Energy, in the critical sensing and control product group. Sensor technology, the source of data for dig...

As the world moves to electrify its transportation services, it will slightly turn away from oil, and dramatically towards an alternate range of commodities, leading to new and different supply risks and opportunities. Electric power plants, motors and generators are well proven technologies, and the techniques for manufacturing electric systems are well understood. Not much novelty there. R&D in...

"So you come in with something innovative, right? You come in with with a digital solution. And one of the very first things we hear when you're deploying something digital, again, is, hey, look at it sounds great once you get the data in there, but I'm wearing all this PPE, I'm wearing gloves or oil spray, and all over the place. It's hot." In this episode, I'm in conversation with Rudy de Anda,...

With carbon increasingly on the corporate agenda, how can CFOs turn what looks like a huge liability into a fantastic opportunity. This is the conclusion to a  two-part series  on the impact that society's new emphasis on carbon emissions will have on the corporate Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In  Part 1 of this series , I highlighted the many ways that carbon-related issues will have in disrupt...

"The network people are worried about data being stolen. The engineers are worried about a process being affected. This is where our big difference lies." In this episode, I'm in conversation with Joe Weiss, who is the Managing Partner, of Applied Control Solutions, and Managing Director of ISA99. The ISA99 committee establishes standards and practices for defining procedures for implementing elec...

Carbon pressures are mounting and it's the Chief Financial Officer who is the most alarmed about carbon impacts on the business. And they're right to be concerned. Global interest in all things carbon is keeping CFOs up at night. No, that's not quite correct—it's terrifying them beyond reason. And it has to. Every year the price of carbon keeps rising, companies are struggling to hit their carbon...

" I felt the industry needed a more advanced methods of determining outcomes before millions of dollars were spent..." In this episode, I'm in conversation with Jon Ludwig who is the President and co-founder of Novi Labs,  a data platform for the upstream oil and gas industry. Jon is a serial entrepreneur with a background in finance and oil and gas, who was struck by the challenge facing on-shore...

" We saw this as an opportunity where we could use our experience and marry the engineering talent of Calgary with the fast frugal software ecosystem of Bangalore and build a global company." In this episode, I'm in conversation with Amardeep Sibia is the founder & CEO of Drishya AI Labs. Drishya started in 2019 to develop a foundational solution to a specific energy transition problem. There is a...

"When machine learning algorithms that come from the digital world meet the physical world, there's a lot of challenges that are unresolved." Today's episode is a chat with Christopher Nguyen, CEO of AItomatic.  "When we became part of Panasonic, we essentially operated out of the global CTO office. And so we became this oracle desk. People come and say, Can you sprinkle a little AI on my product...

Today's episode is a chat with Jeff Krimmel, the Chief Strategy Officer of Pinnacle. Pinnacle focuses on helping energy, wastewater, mining, and other heavy industries leverage their data for better reliability. This results in increased productivity, lower maintenance costs, and improved safety and environmental performance. Today we discuss the above, along with Pinnacle's strategy within the ma...

"Our industry, because of its complexity, it needs technology. And technology is a very good tool to reduce risk, because it allows you to have this digital model of your reservoir or your facilities, and it gives you a degree, to reduce risk, and that's valuable." In this episode, I'm in conversation with Mario del Pino who is a petroleum engineer and entrepreneur. Mario represents the next gener...

" If we can remove people from the site to work virtually, there's a huge [safety] benefit to that." "The challenges with terrestrial laser scanning are the huge terabytes files that are generated, and the expertise and the cost of the hardware. The advance of low cost 360, cameras, and the software to do photochromatic data processing of that data to create your virtual tours, but something we ca...

Today's episode is a chat with Albert Rooyakkers , The founder and CEO of Bedrock Automation. Bedrock is using electromagetic-backed sensors to provide enhanced cyber defense for assets. In this talk we'll go over how that can help with cyber issues, and how cyber issues will impact oil and gas.    Edit: Bedrock Automation has since closed it's doors. Further enquiries should be made directly to:...

Today's episode is a chat with George Danner , author and president of Business Laboratory. George is an advocate for AI and data driven solutions in business, particularly digital twins. Today we talk about all three in the oil and gas space.  Duration: 33m 21s

It has never been more important for fuel companies to track the provenance of their products, and the excuses why it can't be done look increasingly hollow. Many commodity companies are trialing their way through the various hurdles that our legacy norms impose, including blending, vessel transport, pipeline movement, storage, and product quality. Conferences about carbon tracing are popping up....

For today's podcast, Alastair Caithness , the CEO of Ziyen Energy and Energy Tokens returns for a chat. Ziyen tokenises oil and gas financial assets to help improve trust and reduce conflicts over ownership of these assets. Today we discuss new developments in blockchain and it's intersection with the oil and gas industry.  Duration: 31m 03s

The world's energy context has suddenly changed. The pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine are thrusting energy security onto a crowded energy transition agenda and triggering fresh strategy challenges. Energy priorities, including decarbonization, energy diversification, and now energy security, create a multifaceted urgency that requires exceptional leadership from industry and governments. Durat...

SpaceX's odd new interest in traditional fossil fuel energy could underlie its interplanetary ambitions. The challenge faced by all rocketeers is the amount and type of fuel required to free a projectile from whatever gravitational force is holding that rocket to its terrestrial resting place. Earthly energy suppliers should take note.  Duration: 11m 30s

Resilient supply chains are beneficial to society. And to improve the resilience of your supply chain, use blockchain technology. This podcast is the remarks I gave at Wales Week, focusing on blockchain technology.  Duration: 12m 54s

Today's episode is a chat with Sarah Tamilarasan , the CEO of SOTAOG AI. SOTAOG applies machine learning and AI to operations in oil and gas to improve chash flow. Our discussion today focuses on how this works, and what kinds of returns oil and gas companies can see from AI in their operations.  Duration: 33m 18s

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the reverse of an integrated liquified natural gas export project. Smart operators will insist that these projects be designed with an eye not just to their day one operating requirement, but their operating needs five years from now. Here's how digital makes CCS projects more valuable. Duration: 11m 32s

Today's episode is a chat with Heather Killough , SVP of Energy at DTN. Focusing on data, analytics, and associated technologies, DTN manages and analyzes key data and intelligence to enhance operations in a variety of industries. Today we discuss downstream oil and gas, and the many processes that can be overhauled through better data management.  Duration: 36m 26s

The war in Ukraine has highlighted the role that cyber plays in modern warfare. Some of these tactics are poised to impact the oil and gas industry. Get ready. Duration: 11m 45s Register to attend the June 2nd virtual panel discussion–hosted by Geoffrey Cann–to learn how to proactively protect industrial organizations and critical infrastructure from cyber threats. Hear from leading OT (industrial...