Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

There are a lot of recruiters in the oil & gas industry, but not many that have built the technical teams of some of the most prominent operators in the industry from the ground up. Micah Renfro joined us this week to talk about how they differentiate themselves, the changing culture in oil & gas and much more. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community wh...

There are plenty of startup accelerators and incubators out there - however not many for energy startups. But I wouldn’t necessarily call Evolve Collective either of those. Becky and Sanjay joined us to walk us through how they have created a unique model and network within energy to help startups excel in this environment. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the communi...

It’s easy for oil and gas startups and even larger tech companies to focus building products for the super majors and larger players. The reality is, that most E&P’s are the small to mid-sized operators. While they aren’t the largest customers, they can be some of the best. What we loved about this episode was how Digital Oil & Gas Solutions has built their strategy around this segment of...

Don’t call them a Dev shop. Will Womble of Umbrage joined us this week to talk about how their dev ops process sets them apart when building beautiful full scale software products for their clients. 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...

When you’ve got a V at the end of your name, it means you come from a long line of badasses. It also happens to mean he’s a fifth generation oilman. Robert Hefner schooled us up on his experience putting together minerals & royalty deals throughout his career as well as shifting his attention to energy advocacy. Thank you to our sponsor: Datagration . Their product, Petrovisor, enables knowled...

Every time a refinery goes through a turnaround, thousands of bolted joint assemblies are disassembled and put back together. 20% of leaks in refineries is due to this process not being done correctly. Matt Kleiman joined us this week to school us up on how they are digitizing QA for mission critical manual work by equipping workers with bluetooth enabled smart-tools. Join the conversation shaping...

When we started the Oil & Gas Startups Podcast in a closet a few years ago, we made a wish list of people we'd like to get on the show. On the top of that list was the energy trading legend that is John Arnold. What makes this even more special is that John rarely gives interviews or does podcasts. Our goal with this episode was to simply answer the question "Who is John Arnold?". We dove into...

Field tickets are fun said no one ever. And unfortunately field tickets are just one part of the paperwork headache OFS companies have to deal. RigER CEO, John Mark Cavitt, joined us to chat about how their Oilfield Operations Management platform is helping OFS digitize their operations.     [https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmarkcavitt/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmarkcavitt/) https://twitter....

If you’ve listened to the show for a while, you might remember our last conversation with Taylor Janca from Downhole Well Solutions a few years ago. Taylor joined us again to show off his scars from 2020. We dove into how they weathered the storm as an OFS company and what’s next for DWS. Downhole Well Solution’s first episode . Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the co...

This week's episode was a pretty unique one because we've never had anyone on that does anything similar to what the guys at Multiphase Energy Corp do. Victor Fairuzov joined us to chat about how they've developed new equipment that replaces most surface equipment while improving flow & pressure dynamics of wells and subsequently allowing them to produce more for longer. Enjoy! Join the conver...

A lot entrepreneurs don’t know how to stop hustling. Celestine Vettical is one of those guys. After selling his last startup, Performix, to Baker Hughes he could have easily kicked back and relaxed a bit. Instead he identified a new problem in the industry, rolled up his sleeves and founded inerG. Enjoy! Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & g...

The one and only Josh Robbins of Beachwood joins us again to talk about the launch of their Beachwood Cloud product which allows oil & gas asset sellers to list their deals for free.   Thank you to our sponsor: Datagration. Download the latest paper from Datagration, “Improving Unconventional Asset Evaluationn by Automating Data Analytics”: https://www.datagration.com/improving-unconventional-...

This episode is different - Schlumberger is very far from a startup. But we have a pretty interesting story of the genesis of their DELFI product, which they dub as a Cognitive E&P Environment. The original team was comprised of a just a few people and one of those being, Melissa Suman. We had a great conversation talking about her career with Schlumberger over the past two decades and now run...

This week, we had the chance to sit down with Scott Hamilton, Founder & CEO, of Hex Technology. These guys guys realized early on that this entire industry is comprised of nuts and bolts and these tend to be where failures happen. This was due to the fact that no one was properly trained on how to assemble things. So Scott walked us through how set out on a mission to do educational training f...

We've grown our lineup of podcasts recently and one of those is Petronerds hosted by Trisha Curtis and Ethan Bellamy. They're absolutely crushing it on that show. Both of them come from the research and consulting side of the industry and are able to dissect both the macro and micro trends to really break down what's going on in the industry, so go check out their podcast. In this episode, we fina...

This week we had Ben Heinzelmann from Energy Domain on the show. Now you may know Ben from another popular startup, MineralWare. He dives in to tell us about the new product they've beeb building with Energy Domain and creating a market place for O&G assets. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, a...

We sat down with Chip Moldenhauer (our first DC guest), CEO of Arbo, to talk about his story and how he got started. Chip has a great story and like many entrepreneurs, he saw problems in the industry and decided to create a solution. Arbo provides software technology and analytics to the energy marketing, transportation, and trading industries for decision analysis and business automation. Join t...

Last year, the biggest Energy Tech acquisition, potentially of all time, happened when Enverus acquired RSEG for over $1b - solidifying their position as the 600 lb gorilla of Energy Tech. While we didn't talk about Enverus, we did dive into the genesis of RSEG. Peter Bernard joined us this week to talk about how as chairman, he pieced together a few companies to create the modern version of RSEG...

In the oil & Gas industry, we depend very heavily on our equipment. And the more you use your equipment, the dirtier it gets. So to extend the life of the equipment your operations rely on, you've gotta keep your stuff clean. Darrell Stang from Clean As New came by the studio to talk to us about how they're using their Tech Sonic technology to clean huge heat exchangers. This tech is pretty co...

Oilfield Services have really gotten the short end of the stick over the last decade. As soon as commodity prices start to slip, E&P’s start asking for major discounts from their vendors, thus cutting into the already really thin margins. Despite all of this, there are still OFS startups like Panther Fluids popping up across the industry. We talked about how they’re setting themselves a part f...

This week we sat down with the OG of oil and gas investing, Kirk Coburn. He opens up about investing in more than 60 energy tech startups and the future of the energy tech community. 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...

What a weird 24 hrs. Collin went from tweeting about Gamestop stock shooting to the moon, to making it on three different news shows in the last day. So this is a little bit of a different episode. If you're a long time listener, you might remember we had Data Gumbo on the podcast back in the early days. I think they were literally one of the first 10 that we ever did. We recently had the opportun...

Most VC's that we've had on the show typically only invest in Energy. Our buddy Mark Friday from Cathexis Ventures joined us on the show this week to talk about their deep energy roots, investing in Energy startups as well as all of the off-the-wall stuff they're interested in as well. This was our first time recording in the new studio - so we were really excited about getting back to in-person c...

A few months back we sat down with the largest computer chip manufacturer in the world, Nvidia. We had a great conversation about the impact they’re making in the energy space. Similarly, this week we talk to Manas Pathak of Intel about how they are driving the future of digital oilfields. Intel’s IoT technologies and solutions provide the flexibility, standardization, and innovation the oil and g...

It's amazing how many processes across the industry are still on paper — paper tickets, invoices, etc. Liquid Frameworks was probaby the first company on the scene to tackle this problem. Travis Parigi joined us this week to talk about how he identified the problem consulting for Schlumberger and how market demand transformed their FieldFX platform from field ticketing and invoicing to a full end...