Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

One word that does not describe the oil and gas world is " agile ". Why is being agile suddenly something that the industry aspires to?   Duration : 9m 15s

On October 8, 2018, I was a keynote speaker at the UP Conference in Calgary, on the impacts of digital innovation on the oil and gas industry. This podcast is a slightly redacted version of my remarks.  Duration : 48m 27s

One of the oldest ideas in industrial automation is to hook up some device to a computer system to keep an eye on it remotely. What happens when we scale this idea up? Duration : 10m 56s

Block chain could be a new killer app for the power utility sector. It will either kill the industry, or will be used by the industry as a  killer app. Duration: 10m 23s

Sometimes the parallels between your day-to-day life and your workaday career are eerily curious .  Take my recent day in Banff and the way blockchain technology is evolving.     Duration : 9m 50s

Boards in  oil and gas  must now take into account the wave of  digital change  that is impacting the sector, and help shape  appropriate goals  for management.   Duration : 9m 58s

Recently, I reviewed the year-old digital strategy for an oil and gas midstream company, a tricky task that required some fresh thinking about assessing  digital innovation. Here's how I did it.  Duration : 10m 23s

Embarking on a digital transformation journey in oil and gas is not an easy matter. There are many risks to be managed.  In this podcast, I discuss a few of the biggest risks and tactics to help manage them.    Duration : 10m 41s

Cyber attacks are clearly a concern for consumer-oriented businesses, but what is the risk to oil and gas? Should we be concerned?  Absolutely, but the risks are different.  Duration: 10m 23s

A German automaker has wrapped up some trials integrating blockchain technology into its sports car line-up. This has important implications for fuel retailing and robots .  Duration : 10m 03s

A  German automaker  has wrapped up some  trials  integrating  blockchain  technology  with its  sports  car  line. What  lessons  does this offer the  oil and gas  industry?   Duration : 10m 03s

As the #Oil and #Gas industry slowly explores artificial intelligence (#AI) solutions, it will have to confront critical management issues that hinder faster and more impactful adoption. Duration : 8m 49s

A consortium of Calgary-based companies has created an oil and gas royalty smart contract on distributed ledger technology (DLT), and executed a payment based on the smart contract. There were a few modest press announcements of this event, but frankly, the implications are far-reaching, and worth a deeper dive . Duration : 9m 10s

By far the most  data intense  function in the oil and gas value chain is  exploration,  but exploration is  far  from being  digital. How might it get its mojo back? Duration: 10m 31s

Digital innovation applied to construction could make the biggest impact on the economics of new oil and gas infrastructure . Here's how. Duration : 10m 28s

Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing as it's commonly called, is showing up everywhere, including oil and gas , but how will it disrupt the industry?   Duration : 10m 20s

Blockchain looks like it will have  lots of potential  in  oil and gas  but what  risks  and  barriers  need to be  surmounted  to move from hype to  reality ? Duration: 10m 33s

Cyber issues are high on the Board's agenda , with the rise of hacking incidents, identity theft , the proliferation of malware and ransomware , and the threat of fines increasingly frustrated regulators.  In this episode, I speak with cyber expert Chris Ballem about the tactics that companies can take to improve their resilience in a digital world.  Duration : 13m 13s

Calgary didn't make it into the top 20 most attractive cities for the second HQ of the digital Goliath . What does this tell us about Calgary's brand and how it may need to change for a more digital future?   Duration : 10m 14s

With oil and gas quite far behind in adopting digital innovations, what can Boards do to move the needle?   Duration: 7m 54s

Many of the digital innovations that I've reviewed seem clever enough, but struggle to get a customer trial. Why is that and what can entrepreneurs do to improve their success rate?   Duration: 9m 02s

The Venezuelan government has announced their intent to launch a crypto currency , called Petro, backed by their oil reserves. How might this play out?   Duration : 10m 16s

The oil and gas sector moves a lot of freight as it builds and maintains its assets . Could digital make freight more cost effective and less carbon intense?   Duration : 9m 32s

How might an oil company improve netbacks by $3 using digital innovation? It sounds like a challenge, but is it?   Duration: 10m 54s

Oil and gas companies have millions (and sometimes billions ) of dollars of surplus inventory on their books, generating no returns . IronHub converts this lazy capital into cash for reinvestment. An interview with President and Founder, Taylor Assaly . Duration : 19m 13s