Oil and Gas Upstream

Host, Elena talks with Kevin Silla, Director, Pristine Energy, about exploring for geologic hydrogen. Kevin began his oil and gas career in coventional oil and gas as  Petroleum Landman and learned about discoveries of hydrogen in Africa while drilling for water and learned hydrogen is an abundant source around the world. Extracting H-hydrogen is similar […]

Host, Elena Melchert, talks with both Andy Wang and Russell Whitney about the large amounts of data coming from equipment on drilling rigs and using it to further improve drilling operations both surface equipment and downhole equipment by using Artificial Intelligence (AI).  Episode Link https://www.precisiondrilling.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-whitney-pmp https://www.prescientde...

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks with Simon Seaton, new CEO for Society of Petroleum Engineers.  Listen to Simon as he recounts his career experience, how he came to be the new CEO of SPE, and an overview of the ATCE Opening Panel session, and the future of SPE and the role of SPE […]

Host, Elena Melchert talks with Chris Martin, Sr. Vice President of Wings Travel Group, provides personalized custom travel for oil and gas personnel, from oversees air to transporting offshore crews destined for offshore; facilitating moving tools and equipment also including during time of war and COVID, and for oil and gas travelers with specific country […]

Elena Melchert talks with Travis Windholz, Managing Director of Conduit. Travis has 20+ years of experience in energy and power investing and leadership. Conduit was founded in 2022 as a total power solution, enabling E&P and midstream companies to utilize their own gas for power generation. Travis discussed the work Conduit does to provide natural […]

Elena Melchert talks with Jane Stricker about the Houston Energy Transition Initiave (HETI) which in an initiative of the Greater Houston Partnership. Ms. Stricker discusses how the business environment in Houston is a perfect place to handle all aspects of an Energy Transition because it has the science and  engineering talent as well as the […]

Elena talks with Dana Otillio, SPE Vice President Marketing and Communication,  about the publishing and multimedia content now available through SPE available for SPE members and non-members on the  SPE website and its own streaming website for content.  Episode Links  SPE Energy Stream: https://streaming.spe.org/ The SPE Podcast: https://www.spe.org/en/podcasts/ SPE Website:  https://w...

Lee Hyson is Operations Petrophysical Consultant with Gaia Earth Group, a formation evaluation services company. Lee Hyson began his oil and gas career with Schlumberger as a field wireline operator. He moved to Gaia in 2011. Mr. Hyson presents wireline operations for the beginner and to a subject matter expert level including geothermal opportunities and […]

In this episode, Elena Melchert talks with George Koperna, VP of Advanced Resources International, about the status of CCUS. Mr. Koperna is a Petroleum Engineer who became familiar with CO2 injection in the 1990s as the method was being used in Enhanced Gas Recovery. He now works with government researchers and commercial entities to find […]

Elena Melchert talks with Hani Al Khalifa about how produced water is being managed globally and in the Middle East. The Produced Water Society has grown from just a few hundred to over 8000 members in 2024. Produced Water comes from oil and gas reservoirs with the production.  With emerging technologies, new ways of managing Produced […]

Curtis with EAG joins Mark to discuss the business impacts of cyber security to the oil and gas industry, remote work, zero trust, AI and ensuring that you are secure, even though you have a limited budget. Plus, for once Mark doesn’t make fun of the Army!  In this episode, Elena Melchert talks with James […]

In this episode, Elena Melchert talks with Terry Palisch about 100th anniversary of the Annual Technology Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) to be held in New Orleans. ATCE is SPE’s flagship technical conference and will include guest speakers and exhibitions from all over the world.  The theme is “Powering the Future of Energy with a Century of […]

In this episode, host Elena Melchert interviews Eric Burnette, Director of Engineering, AD3 Technologies, about his work as a driller in carbon capture and storage as a “refugee” from the oil and gas sector, and presents a great summary comparing and contrasting oil and gas with carbon storage and the effects of carbon dioxide related to […]

In this episode, U.S. Hydrogen Alliance Founder and Executive Director, Roxana Bekemohammadi, discusses hydrogen as the “Swiss Army Knife” of energy because of its various applications and the commonalities between oil and gas and hydrogen, and the challenges of educating public policy makers.  https://www.ushydrogenalliance.org Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most listened-to podcast...

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, recording from the Exhibit Hall, discusses with Dr. Autumn Haagsma, the founding of the SPE-AAPG-SEC Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) annual conference, and her new project with the Department of Energy related to advancing CCUS in Michigan where she will focus on the parameters of a competent confining […]

In this episode, Elena Melchert talks with John Durand about XRI Water’s efforts in managing produced water. John previously worked at Pioneer Resources before joining XRI Water. XRI Water, established in 2013, is a full-cycle water management and produced water management midstream company with advanced water treatment technologies and recycling frameworks. John discusses how XRI manages […...

In this episode, the host, Elena Melchert, talks Chuck McConnell, Executive Director of the Center for Carbon Management at the University of Houston. Chuck McConnell was formally Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Mr. McConnell shares work by a consortium on the commercialization of CCUS at the University of Houston […]

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks with Chris Fair, President of Oilfield Data Services. Oilfield Data Services. Founded in 2005, ODSI provides a real-time, integrated well-completion-reservoir monitoring system – Automated Real-Time Surveillance (ARTS) to monitor production and reservoirs. In this podcast, Chris explains how with advanced computer power and physics, his c...

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks with Dr. Douglas Wicks who currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA‑E) at DOE.  His focus at ARPA-E is on waste-to-energy, critical mineral mining and geologic hydrogen technologies. Wicks joined ARPA-E from Imerys, a French industrial minerals company. https://arpa-e.energy.gov/ Brought to you [&#8230...

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks with Dr. Nathan Meehan, Professor at the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research includes energy transition issues, unconventional resources, and hydraulic fracturing. He holds a BSc from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an MSc from the University of Oklahoma, and a PhD […]

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert interviews John Durand, John Durand, Vice Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer, XRI Water. From a time when oil and gas operations depended on freshwater -especially for hydraulic fracturing to a time now when no freshwater is needed. From disposal of brackish water to treatment and reuse of produced water […]

Elena talks with Dr. Susan Nash at the 2024 NAPE Summit about the latest on the Department of the Interior’s work with the States regarding orphaned wells. NAPE hosted a panel dedicated to discussion on orphaned wells, and Dr. Nash, a panelist, shared insights. NAPE Summit https://napeexpo.com/summit TGS https://www.tgs.com/ Department of the Interior Orphaned Wells […]

Elena talks with Lonnie Smith, Co-Founder of Turnco and creator of the B.R.I.T.E and D90 processes. Lonnie and Turnco are leading technical authorities in solving BHA (Bottom Hole Assembly) data analytics challenges for operators and drilling contractors alike. Lonnie has 25 years of experience in bottom-hole assembly applications, and holds an Executive Education Certificate in […]

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks with Matt Kleiman, Co-Founder and CEO of Cumulus Digital Systems. Cumulus is digitizing quality assurance in industrial maintenance and construction. Matt has a B.A. degree from Rutgers and a J.D degree from Duke Law School. After working in aerospace, he began working in oil and gas improving Blow-Out […]

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks with Carl Neuhaus, VP Onshore, TGS, who discusses TGS’ role in making subsurface data, especially 3D seismic data, available to the industry. Also, discusses data architecture and its role in big data, data analytics, and AI. How many zeros are there in a petabyte? This episode was recorded […]