Chuck Yates Got A Job

Trashy comes on the podcast and brings it about management-worker relations and the Canadian government. Classic trashy. 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 collide.io

Chuck chats all things carbon emissions and offsets with long-time energy veteran David Heikkinen. Also some tangents on David's time at Tudor Pickering Holt, music, and Chuck's Eddie Van Halen plane. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at https://collide.io Engage with experts, level up your c...

Chuck chats with Sydney, Julie, Misty, and Jules about their new podcast Energy 101, the basics of the Inflation Reduction Act, being starstruck by Bret Michaels, and Chuck's most embarrassing story (it's a good one). 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 noi...

Chuck and Jake Corley chat with Chris about the founding of EnergyNet, the current state of the oil and gas property M&A market, as well as the future. 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 forw...

Chuck chats with Jaime about his conversion from being a Democrat to a Libertarian, why the hell he would want to Railroad Commission, and how we can save the energy business. 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 mo...

Chuck and Sean talk about the electric markets - forecasting demand, home energy efficiency, ERCOT, and Australia. 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 collide.io Click here...

Chuck chats all things Railroad Commission with the Democratic Nominee, Luke Warford. And, as stupid as it sounds, the Railroad Commission regulates the oil and gas business in Texas. 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...

On July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha offshore platform in the North Sea exploded and sank, killing 165 men onboard. Sixty-one workers escaped and survived. Joe Meanen was one of them...but only after he jumped from the heliport into the North Sea 175 feet below. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and s...

The carbon trading and offsets market is exploding so Chuck and Mike chat all things emission trading - it’s history, what’s cap and trade, how does it work? Plus who doesn’t love a great Sinbad and Microsoft story. 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...

Chuck and Brad discuss all things energy stocks - the recent fall and the future. Brad’s take is that energy stocks will hold up well through the coming recession just like they have over all of the recessions of the past seventy-five years. And that pesky inflation stuff…won't go away until we “drill baby drill”. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where o...

Chuck and Campbell chat all things ERCOT - what is it, how does it work, why did we have blackouts during the winter storm, Uri, and why the grid is on the verge of blackouts again. A perfect primer for those who want to learn the basics about the electrical system in Texas. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, shar...

Chuck chats with James Casey, the tight ends coach for the Cincinnati Bengals about going to the Super Bowl, the NFL Draft, his NFL playing days, and his playing seven positions in a game while at Rice University. However, the most powerful part of the podcast is when James shares his personal story - overcoming poverty, his mother’s tragic death, and his commitment to succeed. Join the conversati...

Chuck and Bryan discuss the energy trading markets and the cool stuff Aegis is up to on the technology front. For the record, oil was at $125 / bbl and natural gas was at $9.40 / mcf when this podcast was recorded. 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....

Collin recently witnessed an encounter with a young man who had autism and the police. The situation highlighted just how uneducated folks are about interacting with people who have autism, so Chuck had an expert on to chat about it. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems...

Chuck chats with Jane about energy transition and why Houston’s the best place to business. Added bonus: Jane was in charge of and discusses compliance for BP under their settlement for Macondo. 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...

Energy conferences historically have really sucked when it comes to having a diverse speaker lineup. Yeah, it's always Old White Guys. So Chuck chats with Liz and Kayla about it.  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 tha...

Brian spent 20 years as a die hard “greenie” in the energy sustainability industry and well….he's now jaded and now believes nuclear and natural gas are the keys to powering the world and saving the planet. Fascinating discussion. 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...

Chuck lets Railroad Commissioner candidate Sarah Stogner refute recent political attacks made by her opponent. He also asks the big question, "do you have any additional nudity planned for the runoff election?" 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...

Chuck sits down with Parker Lewis - one of the leading voices in the Bitcoin ecosystem. He explains Bitcoin Mining so that Chuck's mother can understand it and then they deep dive into why Texas will be the Bitcoin capital of the world. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world proble...

Chuck went on Ed Morrissey's podcast to talk energy policy. Actually the conversation starts with: What is our energy policy? And ends with Chuck naming his favorite energy policy prescriptions.  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...

Oil is above $100, natural gas above $7, we have a ground war in Europe over energy, dogs and cats sleeping together, mass hysteria. What do we do? A "draft" of energy policies, of course. Stacey McDonald and Chuck have seven energy veterans "draft" their best energy policy ideas to save the world. With Mark Meyer, Mark Rossano, Kyri Baker, Paul Sankey, Rory Johnston, David Ramdsen-Wood and Brad O...

After winter storm Uri nearly crashed ERCOT in February 2021, the Texas Legislature passed the "fix" to the grid. Or did they? While well intended, the legislation has a significant second order effect that may crash the grid during the next crisis. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real...

Chuck and long-time energy investor / executive (Exxon, Goldman, Simmons, TPH, Apache) Mark Meyer chat the history of energy investing and get drawn into a deep discussion of the importance of data and its analysis to the future of the energy business.   Yeah, and of course, they start with sports analogies.   Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil &...

Chuck went all "social media influencer" on us and did an AMA (ask me anything for you boomers) at the Energy Leadership Series Breakfast. And yes, he really answered questions from his Twitter audience in front of a distinguished group at the Petroleum Club in Dallas. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insi...

Chuck chats with Josh about energy investing, beefing with Energy Cynic and how do we spread the good word. 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 collide.io Click here to wat...