Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

Today's episode is a chat with Tom Krikke , the oil and gas sales director at HiberHilo. HiberHilo is developing as product called HiberHilo, an oil well monitoring system. The focus of this episode is on remote location monitoring, and how new technology unlocks better productivity in those assets.  Duration: 32m 32s

Most, if not all, large energy companies now include climate change as a critical topic on the Board agenda. As managers, you may be wondering what your business can do about it. More than ever, we need to turn to technology to help us strike a new more sustainable balance. Duration: 13m 25s

Today's podcast is a chat with Patrick Ng , the CEO of ShaleForce . Shaleforce applies data science, automation, and analytrics to solve business problems in the energy industry. In this episode we talk about data, and what ShaleForce does to interpret and manage data.  Duration: 34m 48s

The reality is that energy systems are actually innovating wildly. It's as if the consumer is the handle of a whip, and the system is the far tip. The handle might not be moving much, but the business end of the whip is just cracking. If you're interested in keeping up to date with energy innovations, you might want to subscribe to this new video series: https://www.youtube.com/EnergyNowMedia Dura...

Digital innovations are setting up a number of time bombs that will eventually go off. If there's an upside from knowing you have such a thing, it's that you at least have advance warning to put in place some mitigations or even to defuse it entirely. Now is the time to defuse them before it's too late. Duration: 9m 57s

Today's podcast is a chat with William Standifird , CEO of Intelligent Wellhead Systems . Intelligent Wellhead Systems develops and deploys workflow efficiency and safety tech for well completion. Today we discuss the range of technologies that help boost well completion rates.  Duration: 34m

Digital twin technology for energy infrastructure is on the cusp of a dramatic transformation as we decarbonize energy supply. Sources of energy are becoming distributed, decentralized, more varied, and in some cases, more variable and unpredictable. Here's a snapshot of where this technology is headed. Duration: 10m 33s

Enrollments at U Calgary's  school of engineering petroleum studies have collapsed. What does a future engineering talent shortage mean for Canada's largest export industry? What we need is the right narrative—there is a place for all energy products, just not in their current proportions. And we need that message to be delivered loudly, and consistently, from industry and government. Duration: 12...

Yet another more aggressive target for ending the sale of new petroleum vehicles was announced recently. Private companies need to start thinking about how they're going to position themselves for the future now that the policies are moving. What are the implications for companies merchandising in petroleum? Duration: 11m 50s

Today's episode is a chat with Haideh Farahmand , a pHD candidate in business administration, focusing on blockchain solutions. Haideh is researching industrial applications of blockchains, as well as the intentions behind accepting blockchain technology. Today we disucss her research, blockchain itself, and the particulars of how companies select and adopt distributed ledger technology. Duration:...

There's been lots of chatter about the metaverse and its impacts on society, but what about the real world of digital energy? The metaverse is an online digital world, which combines clever technologies like video, audio, and virtual reality, creating a place for humans to interact virtually with each other and with a digital environment of digital things from anywhere, at any time. What's the ang...

Today's podcast is a chat with Jim Crompton , Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering Dept of Colorado School of Mines . Jim has many years of experience with Chevron in developing the digital oil field. Today we discuss that principle, as well as the data and sensors necessary to fully digitalize an oil patch.  duration: 37m

COP26 may be behind us, but the hard work is still in front of us. E, S, and G are interrelated and sometimes at odds with each other. For example, a warming planet both extends the northern growing season (helping farming communities) while raising sea levels (harming island economies). Solutions, such as adopting green energy, pushes up the cost of energy for those least able to afford it. Digit...

Today's episode is a chat with David Moore, the CEO of ESG Solutions. ESG Solutions is a microseismic monitoring compamny which deploys sensors and software to increase productivity and to enable carbon capture. Today we discuss the value of carbon capture and how microseismic monitoring enables this emissions-reduction approach.  Duration: 32m 05s

With all the pressures on energy businesses today, you can often find the technology budget you need to fund innovation hidden in plain view. But energy companies are not the most nimble of businesses. If you find yourself devoting too much of your resources to keeping the lights on, consider some of the pro moves you can make to extract hidden value from your technology budget.  Duration: 12m 13s

Thanks to digital innovations, the energy system and fintech are converging in a powerful new model that may well disrupt the established order. Bitcoin is the high visibility blockchain use case that has captured the imagination of many investors, but blockchain has so many other uses that can create value in oil and gas by lowering costs, eliminating disputes, and detecting fraud. Please pay Att...

In case you think blockchain technology is losing its appeal to oil and gas, think again. It's not lost on anyone in oil and gas that the industry is under very strong pressures for change. Blockchain in oil and gas is a bit like Tesla in the auto industry—not getting the attention it deserves, and soon it will be all too late.  Duration: 13m 26s

Will there be one blockchain to rule them all in oil and gas? Oil and gas has a long and proven history in adopting one way to do things, certainly at the business model level. I can safely forecast that blockchain will not be cast into the fiery pit at Mount Doom, and there will not be one blockchain to rule them all, but beyond that, I'm guessing.  Duration: 12m 22s

One of the really great side benefits of my self-defined role as head cheerleader for digital innovation in oil and gas is the constant exposure to novelty and new ideas. I am regularly invited by conferences to review paper abstracts and posters. If you're submitting a funding request to a competitive call for investment proposals, here's some tips to help you make the killer pitch. Duration: 12m...

The oil and gas industry runs on data. Today, our industry is in desperate need of smart people who understand data and how to put data to work. Now the industry must face its greatest challenge — how to keep the trains, planes and automobiles running while we transition to new energies. All of which will require data to pull off. Duration: 7m 36s

Today's episode is a chat with Thomas Fox, PHD , the President of Highwood Emissions. Highwood is tackling errant emissions in the oil and gas industry, espeically methane, created through the operations of assets. Today we discuss all of the ways that emissions can be reduced, including what can be done immediately and without total rework of operations.  Duration: 38m 22s

The world is at the start of a golden age of energy infrastructure development. Technology entrepreneurs are alert to those sectors of our society that have lagged behind in the adoption of modern tools and technologies.  For a look at how leading companies are tackling the gap between design and fabrication, check out  Glove Systems  and their clever technology that helps eliminate rework, lower...

Today's podcast is a chat about asset integrity and resilience with Alan Johnston , President and CEO of MIMOSA and George Varghese . MIMOSA is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to making commonplace IT and IM standards in asset and infrastructure management. Today we turn our gaze to Australia, and how they have been at the head of asset resilience. Duration: 37m and 50s

A fresh ransomware attack on an energy company reminds Boards that cyber threats are still real, and that energy infrastructure remains vulnerable. Colonial Pipelines of Georgia suffered a ransom-ware attack, and as a precaution, the company shut down its pipeline operations until the business could be secured. Fortunately, the digital tools are at hand to help companies secure their perimeters an...

Today's podcast is an interview with Deren Boyd , the senior vice president of new markets at KPA . KPA is a provider of environment, health, and safety (EHS) software, helping companies in a variety of industries achieve safety compliance and protect their employees and assets. Today we discuss changes to safety reporting and the value of new EHS software in oil and gas.  Duration: 34m 38s