Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

Cully Cavness of Crusoe Energy Systems came to talk about how they offer a solution to flaring for upstream operators without access to pipeline. Their Digital Flare Mitigation™ (DFM) systems convert otherwise wasted natural gas into electricity to power energy-intensive Bitcoin mining and other computing, right at the wellsite. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the co...

In a quest to keep mixing it up and keeping it fresh - we decided we'd go where we haven't gone before - robotics. Nic Radford, Founder & CEO of Houston Mechatronics walks us through his journey from a career at NASA, to building the most cutting edge robots, to better service and access our underwater ecosystem. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community wher...

2020 has been rough for a variety of reasons including the tens of thousands of people across the industry that have been laid off. That’s why we think the timing of this episode couldn’t be more perfect. Vitaly Meyer with Petrocubic joined us to talk about he’s built a marketplace to connect petroleum projects with skilled industry experts. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Coll...

Believe it or not, our episodes with E&P guys have always been the most popular - Yousuf Chaudhary's episode is solid in first place, DRW was right on his heels and Seth Blackwell was right behind him. So our buddy, Ryan Keys, of Triple Crown Resources came on the show to talk about how they've built tech internally to help them weather 2020. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy....

Rachel Olney - Founder of Geosite and just and all around badass - joined us again to catch us up to speed on everything they're working on. If you didn't catch out last episode with Rachel - go listen to that one and we'll go a bit deeper into her background. But they're doing huge things in energy as well as in the Defense sector - always a fun convo with Rachel. Join the conversation shaping th...

This week we were joined by one of the most impressive people we've met. Shoshi Kaganovsky, Founder & CEO of Sensoleak. This year, more than ever, I've seen tons of people complaining about the United States. It's conversations like we had in this episode that really put things in perspective and remind me why I love immigrants so much. They just know how to work hard and will do whatever it t...

What do you think of when you think of Nvidia? If you're into computers or gaming - you know they've been the leader in cutting edge graphics cards for decades now. Marc Spieler from Nvidia joined us this week to explain what they're up to in oil and gas. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solv...

Orphan Wells are actually a much bigger problem than people think, they can pose some huge risks to the environment and even cost tax payers a lot of money if not addressed. Tom Slocum with Texas Well Protected Energy Foundation came on to talk about how their non-profit is tackling this issue here in Texas. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil &am...

Whats up wildcatters? It's been a hell of a week for us. If you didn't know already - we launched another podcast with the one and only Chuck Yates - you know, the guy who was famously canned from Kayne Anderson earlier this year - his first few episodes are hilarious so go check it out the Chuck Yates Needs A Job Podcast. But back to this show - There are more and more startup incubators and acce...

What's up wildcatter nation. Thanks for tuning in and joining us for another episode. There's nothing more important than making sure all of your people make it home to their families. Mike Anderson with Connectus Global, joined us this week to chat about how they've built technology to locate all employees within a plant or on site in real-time - in the event of an emergency.    Join the conversa...

This week the father and son founding duo at DeepcastAi school us up on how they’re applying Ai to physics based modeling. 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 ht...

If you've worked at one of the larger operators in the US, chances are ChaiOne has built your company at least one application. Their Founder & CEO, Gaurav Khandelwal, joined us this week to talk about how he recognized the importance of the app store and how guerilla marketing tactics help them secure a major partnership with Apple. Gaurav was also one of the co-founders of Start Houston - wh...

What's up wildcatter nation. Thanks for tuning in and joining us for another episode. You might remember that we had Railroad Commissioner, Ryan Sitton, on the show a few months back and we talked about how he had lost the Republican nomination and how he's going back to the private sector. Well, we just so happened to meet the man who beat him - Mr. Jim Wright. It's a crazy election year and I'm...

One thing we think is really unique about many of the guests we have on the show, is the problems they’re solving are problems you couldn’t necessarily identify right out of school – you have to have some sort of experience in that field. Robin and Sam Laine of Transect join us this week to chat about how their previous careers in Environmental Consulting & Real Estate Development led to ident...

You may have seen the headlines recently that ExxonMobil was dropped from the S&P 500 and replaced by Salesforce. You probably know who Salesforce is but for those who don’t – Salesforce started off as a Customer Relationship Software and then they quickly became the leader in that sector and have since become more of a technology firm and are now one of the largest companies in the world. So...

What’s up wildcatter nation. If you didn’t know, all of these episodes are on youtube as well. Just go search digital wildcatters & make sure to subscribe to the channel. Also we have our weekly newsletter the roundup that recaps all content from the previous week along with commentary on what’s going on in the oil & gas world. While you might not have heard of Power Sentry, you might have...

Camilo Mejia and Zane Foster from Enovate Upstream joined us this week for a great episode. These guys, like many in our industry, cut their teeth in the corporate world for nearly a decade each — before ultimately deciding that the corporate life wasn’t for them. We dive into the startup life and how their software platform is disrupting the drilling, completions, and production space. Join the c...

A lot of you probably remember that we had Pete Waldroop on a while back to talk about W Energy. Well during that episode we talked for a second about another company he cofounded – Capitalize Consulting. Which is headed up by his partner Brian Zahn, who was one of the first employees when Pete cofounded Quorum. It’s not always easy to figure out what tech your company needs or how to implement it...

It’s not every day that we have an E&P reach out to us with a recommendation of another company to have on the show but that’s exactly what happened this week. Endeavor Energy Resources out of Midland reached out and said they’ve been more than impressed with USI Technology headed up by Duc Lam. There are a ton of Type Curve Analytics out there but not many that combine physics to improve accu...

If you didn’t know, the hybrid startup accelerator/VC fund — Plug and Play, recently launched here in Houston with a focus on their energy and sustainability track. Fun fact they are the most active VC fund in the US — which means they write more checks than anyone. They also throw some pretty sweet events — some of which we’ve participated in. So we invited their boots on the ground here in Houst...

We’ve highlighted a bunch of digital technologies but haven’t had on near as many founders on the oilfield services side. These guys from Nomad Proppant are pretty early on in their journey but they’re young and hungry. We hit on how raising early stage capital isn’t easy and it’s even harder when you’re pre-revenue & need $10m+ to start. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Col...

Rob Ratchinsky from Engage dropped by the studio this week for part 2. If you’ve been a long time listener, you’ll remember we had Rob on about a year ago so it was good to have him back and catch up on what they’ve been up to. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems togeth...

This week’s episode was a first for us. Leland Putterman from Trivie stopped by to tell us about how they built a successful trivia app – then pivoted into gamifying corporate knowledge retention. We thought this was one of the coolest things we’ve seen in a while and hope you guys enjoy our chat. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas prof...

What is going on Wildcatters. We wanted to take a second to thank each and every one of you for supporting us over the years and if you didn’t know – over the past few months we’ve transitioned to devoting 100% of our time and energy into wildcatters. There’s a lot of great things in the works and without you guys none of this would have been possible. Imran Kizilbash and Abhinav Jain (AJ) from CS...

From co-founding multiple successful software companies to hiring all the right people — Pete Waldroop of W Energy Software explains how he’s still enjoying the startup life after 20 years. 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 discu...