Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

Today's podcast is an interview with Bertrand Groulx , A100 member and former Verdazo president. Bertrand is an expert on visual analytics and it's applications in various business sectors. Today we discuss operations in oil and gas, the cost-saving opportunities, and what COVID has done to the industry.  Duration: 27m 23s

It's become clear that the adoption of new ways of working enabled by digital tools is a critical pathway to lower cost. Moreover, it turns out that digital innovations are  THE  key solution to solving the problems of the pandemic  AND  the cost challenges of the industry. And they've been in front of us for a couple of years now. Duration: 12m 39s

There are a lot of change agents in oil and gas, helping their organizations adopt digital innovations. They might want to reflect on the inner dialogue taking place in the heads of their co-workers. Oil, gas and services companies intent on adopting digital (and that means all of you), should be helping their employees deal with some uncomfortable truths and deeply unsettling feelings. Duration:...

Successful industries have successful ecosystems. Today, the oil and gas industry is in a struggle to survive, let alone be successful. Let's call it a terrible, horrible, no good very bad year. Now is the time for the digital ecosystem to help reshape and reform oil and gas, and capitalize on the opportunity.  Duration: 13m 30s

Today's podcast is an interview with Morgan Eldred , a managing partner of Digital Energy. A Dubai-based research and technology company, Digital Energy brings digital solutions and new business models to companies. Their main offering is ODIN, an integrated network which acts as a platform for digital solutions. Today we'll be discussing that, and the other work Digital Energy does.  Duration: 34...

Today's podcast is with Edward Eichstetter , the CEO of EKU Power Drives Inc. EKU takes innovations from the automobile sector and brings them to oil and gas drive trains. EKU has helped make hydraulic fracturing much more energy-efficient as a result. Today we discuss electric vehicles, the innovations that EKU is bringing, and what digital innovations they are bringing to oil and gas.  Duration:...

Today's podcast is an interview with Ian Cunningham , President and CEO of Wave9. Wave9 is a platform that utilizes sensors, cameras, and AI to allow oil and gas companies to track, monitor, and manage assets. Today we discuss the challenges of asset management, the changes that AI and sensor technology brings, and the power of digital solutions in oil and gas.  Duration: 36m 31s

Today's podcast is an interview with Matt Kleiman , the co-founder and CEO of Cumulus Digital Systems. Cumulus is a company which makes oil and gas tools smart through sensor technology. This lets companies track and monitor tool use. Today we discuss where this technology came from, what oil and gas companies have found when using it, and how this can make work-sites much more efficient.  Duratio...

Today's podcast is an interview with Omar Morales , the head of the Omar Project. The Omar Project is a blog and community site for project management. Today we discuss the various challenges of project management, be it from COVID-19, digital transformation, new technology on-site, or issues in oil and gas in general.  Duration: 35m 12s

Today's podcast is an interview with Clinton Bonner , the VP of marketing at Topcoder. A global coding crowdsourcing platform, Topcoder connects businesses to a worldwide resource of coding expertise to help them develop software and technology. We'll be discussing crowdsourcing, the value it presents, and Topcoder's place in the oil and gas sector.  Duration: 37m 04s

Today's podcast is with Ryan Dawson, the CEO and Founder of Corva. Corva provides real-time data and analytics for oil and gas companies, servicing some of the world's largest players. Today we discuss the monitoring software and hardware used by oil and gas, the innovations that are incoming or have come to the industry, and what Corva offers to their clients.  Duration: 32m 09s

Today's podcast is an interview with Brendan Boyle , the President and CEO of Vintri Technologies. Vintri Technologies is the leading supplier of Material Traceability and Data Integrity in the pipeline industry. In this interview we discuss the pipeline industry, challenges with data acquisition and management, and which technologies can solve those issues.  Duration: 31m 44s

Today's podcast is an interview with Tony Nash , CEO and founder of Complete Intelligence. Specialising in revenue forecasting and predictive analytics, Complete Intelligence develops artificial intelligence solutions. In this interview, we discuss predictive analysis, how Complete Intelligence works, and what value these forecasts can generate.  Duration: 37m 56s

In today's episode, we have an interview with Tom Poteet, VP of Corporate Development at Mesa Natural Gas Solutions . Mesa is a developer and manufacturer of natural gas powered microgrids and generators for the oil and gas sector. Today we discuss Mesa's technology, the issues and challenges of remote power generation, and what innovations Mesa is bringing to the table.  Duration: 32m 22s

In today's podcast, we have an interview with Amit Bhargava, co-founder of EnviroApps. EnviroApps is a platform for digitally tracking hazardous materials manifests, in order to reduce errors and ensure compliance. Today we discuss the challenges of having paper-based systems, the value of tracking and tracing, and technology can assist companies in achieving their environmental targets.  Duration...

We will look back on 2020 as a pivotal time in the recent history of the planet, likely more so than 9/11, the Great Financial Crisis, and most assuredly, Brexit. A number of cherished oil and gas business orthodoxies have been thrown on the discard pile as we cope with this pandemic. New ones are taking their place, and those that become habits will endure beyond this current crisis. Duration: 11...

Today's podcast is an interview with Dusty Sonnier , director of engineering and technology at McCoy Global. McCoy is a provider of wellbore integrity and sensor technology for oil and gas companies. Today, we'll be discussing the technology McCoy provides, the importance of good data for the industry, and business units of oil and gas that the public rarely gets to see.  Duration: 34m 35s

Today's episode of the podcast is an interview with Travis Schindler , the director of sales at SkyX . SkyX is a provider of unmanned aerial drones for the purpose of collecting data and monitoring work sites. Today we'll be talking about the use-cases for drones, how they operate, and where oil and gas companies can find value in the technology. Duration: 36m 7s

I was recently contacted by a friend in Germany seeking some insights into the current oil market. What happens when the supply of oil overshoots the demand for oil? Sometimes the spot price is below the future price for a commodity market, and is called a contango market. Oil markets today are strongly contango. What will the oil price be in the future? Duration: 11m 33s

In this episode, I interview Brandon Ambrose, CEO and Founder of EZOPS, a mobile solution built by oil field operators for oil field operators. The solution optimizes scheduling, pigging, chemical management, contractors, and a host of other time and cost saving abilities.  Duration : 32:42

In this episode of the podcast, we have an interview with Alex Meleshko of Frac Sand . Frac Sand is a part of PanXchange, a commodity trading platform. This platform lets traders exchange physical commodities (like oil and gas) anonymously and in real-time. Today we discuss the nature of oil and gas commodity trading, technology's role in transforming it, and what Frac Sand is doing in this space....

The COVID-19 Pandemic looks like it is here to stay for a little while longer. The longer this pandemic drags on, the more costly these manual social distancing measures will become, and the more compelling it will be to reconfigure work to permanently solve for social distancing. The brave will figure out how to leverage the spare capacity made available because of COVID-19 to reconfigure the bus...

Today's episode features an interview with Shawn Martens , co-founder of Ironsight. IronSight uses Uber-like software to digitally request, dispatch, GPS track, and analyze oilfield services. Today we discuss the value of digital in the field, the experience of using Ironsight, and how Uber-like experiences can transform the service sector.  Duration: 33m 25s

A few years ago, I received an urgent email note from a complete stranger, and he wanted some advice on a problem he was having at work. Himself and a small team built highly accurate, perfectly correct, electronic, fully compliant, detailed site data supported with HD photos which they dispatched back to home office, at 10 times the normal pace of work, a fraction of the error rate, for no additi...

Today's podcast is an interview with David Smethurst . David is a thought leader in digital and the energy industry. Today, we discuss the energy industry in general, the current situation thanks to the coronavirus lockdown, and how digital will impact oil and gas.  Duration: 34m 51s