Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

The last thing you want when you’re completing a well is any sort of frac hit that could mess up your wells, other operators’ wells or cause someone to get hurt. So how do you know who is frac’ing where and when? You’d think there would be some sort of centralized database for this but this is the oilfield. But don’t worry, the guys at Petrospects are solving this problem with their TracFrac produ...

The logistical complexity of oil & gas field operations makes it difficult to stay on top of who is where and doing what. IronSight empowers oil & gas with a single platform to take all of the guesswork out of field operations. https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-martens-8418255b/ https://ironsight.app/ Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil &a...

If you want to reduce your carbon footprint, first you'll have to quantify what your carbon footprint actually is. Iconic Air is helping the world's largest emitting industries decarbonize with its emissions intelligence platform. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems tog...

Ahmad Atwan is the founder and CEO of both VC Fuel and Clean Energy Services. VC Fuel is a venture capital focused on investing exclusively in the energy transition. They also launch companies where they see an opportunity in the market, which is where Clean Energy Services was born. Clean Energy Services is to the renewable sector what oilfield service companies have been to the oilfield. Join th...

Data management is still one of the biggest issues facing our industry today. It’s hard to make sense of the data when it’s all over the place. The guys at JetRock help E&Ps consolidate various data sources into a centralized analytics-based data warehouse. This empowers E&Ps to make better data-driven decisions. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community...

Drilling and completions data can be hard to visualize. Endla is changing that by combining physics-based simulation with machine learning to create a complete downhole picture and empowering E&Ps to improve the lifetime value of their wells. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-wo...

Oil & Gas operations are collecting more data than ever - contrary to what most people think - a lot of that data isn't in the cloud but rather on hard drives. One of the world's largest hard drive manufacturers, Seagate, joined us this week to talk about how they're supporting oil & gas operations. Also, this episode is audio only because our hard drives for our studio were full without u...

Getting the right kind of data in reports you need has been a major hassle across oil & gas for far longer than we'd care to admit - especially when it comes to daily operations reports. Spreadsheets are too simple and most software in the space is too complex. Mi4's Rig Reports is changing all of that. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil &amp...

Veralink Solutions is bridging a major gap in the industry by developing software that effectively manages compliance and credentials all in one place. Chris Bayardo walks us through his journey of coming up working in the field, to starting Bayardo Safety, and the motivation behind launching Veralink Solutions. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil...

Clinton Moss, President at Gunnar Energy Services walks us through the concept of magnetic ranging and how they are using it to develop and deploy magnetic ranging tools that increase efficiency in well control, well intervention, and complex completions within the energy industry. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connec...

Bootstrapping any startup is hard - but probably particularly hard in the capital-intensive directional drilling space. Despite launching in the middle of a downturn, the guys at Altitude Energy Partners figured they could do it better than anyone with the right team and the best technology. We dove into what makes them different, how Roye Strawn is their secret weapon, and how they were recently...

This show dives into the history of H2S Scavengers and the work Q2 Technologies is doing to remove H2S and mercaptan in the Oil & Gas, Pulp & Paper, Wastewater, Landfill Gas, and Digester Biogas industries. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise....

There are quite a few leak detection startups out there, but most are hardware first, and software second. Flowstate is challenging the status quo by leveraging AI to detect pipeline leaks, ensuring pipelines are safer while also protecting the environment. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and so...

Viking Power Technologies is good at two things - manufacturing power sections to go on the top end of mud motors and completely exposing the fact that Jake doesn't know anything about Bottom Hole Assemblies. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fl...

Tadd Wallace, Founder & CEO of Universal Chemical Solutions gives us a masterclass on "Single Shot IOR" - their patent-pending technology application that improves oil recovery from oil wells. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just th...

This week Kay McCall from Renewable Energy Alliance dives into the history of the wind industry, what the future of the industry looks like, and the importance of bringing everyone in energy together. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Jus...

Welcome to the first-ever crossover episode between Oil and Gas Startups and Chuck Yates Needs a Job. Jake and Chuck sit down to chat with Chris Atherton, CEO of EnergyNet, on the founding of the company and how it has evolved over the years. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world...

This episode is a masterclass in laser technology and how LongPath uses the tech to continuously monitor methane emissions on Oil and Gas leases. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward. Apply...

Lolaark Vision is inventing and developing software that enhances video streams in applications from autonomous vehicles to ROVs. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward. Apply today at collid...

Samra Nawaz and Vinay Acharya, co-founders of WellWorth walk us through the challenges finance and strategy teams in the upstream oil and gas industry face when using excel based models. WellWorth is helping to solve these challenges by developing an advanced cloud-based application that integrates analysis for finance and strategy teams, enabling them to evaluate deals faster. Join the conversati...

Ohmium is creating a scalable solution to produce green hydrogen with their modular electrolyzer. This show dives into the history of electrolyzers and Arne’s experience on nuclear submarines during his time in the Navy. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No...

For years we've had countless tech startups on the show to talk about what they're building for the industry. This week's episode was cool because we had the chance to talk with one of the largest E&Ps out there, Devon Energy, about how they approach technology development and deployment within their organization. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community whe...

With the continued disruptions in supply chain post-Covid, Walker Ryan & Cody Warren, two fellow Aggies, walk us through how PARQ is solving the disconnect between supply chain vendors and buyers by pioneering a new way to source and manage buyer and vendor relationships. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, sha...

In this episode, we sit down with Bobby Tudor to talk about his journey from founding Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. to helping shape the future of Houston as a global energy and energy transition hub. Bobby shares the story behind building one of the premier oil and gas investment banks, his vision for the Houston Energy Transition Initiative, and the principles behind creating and sustaining a...

Sometimes the best ideas come out of things other people have simply overlooked. Plate-guard is a great example of this. By rethinking how pipelines can be protected they're able to rapidly deploy their guards to help midstream operators avoid costly and dangerous spills. https://plate-guard.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/plate-guard/ Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Coll...