Oil and Gas Upstream

In this episode, Host, Elena Melchert, talks with Duncan Richards, Sales Director, for Garmin Guardian. What can happen to subsea pipelines when any one or more of the over 9,000 commercial ships that make up the world’s commercial fleet decide to drop anchor. How do they know where not to drop anchor? https://www.vesperguardian.com/This episode is […]

Our host Elena Melchert interviews Dr. Fred Aminzadeh, former professor at University of Southern California, and at University of Houston, who describes how the precursors of modern Artificial Intelligence in the oil and gas sector were part of the early path of analytics in oil and gas that have resulted in the oil and gas AI […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with … This episode is made possible by Oliva Gibbs LLP Click here to take it one question survey and receive OGGN hardhat/laptop stickers Brought to you on Oil and Gas Global Network, the largest and most listened-to podcast network for the oil and energy industry. More from OGGN […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with author, speaker, serial entrepreneur, and investor Matt Oberdorfer about his work and insights related to upgrading the OT/IT infrastructure of industrial companies to harness the power of modern AI, ML, and analytics for digital twins with special applications to upstream oil and gas. https://oggn.com/ https://thetrailblazersguide.com/ https://em...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Noah Trist, Vice President for Business Development at Workstring International   https://oggn.com/  Link to Oliva Gibbs sponsor https://oglawyers.com/   https://www.otcnet.org/  https://www.fifthring.com  https://workstringsinternational.com/   This episode is made possible by Oliva Gibbs LLP Click here to take it one question survey and receive...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert interviews Scott Angelle at OTC 2023 where he presented on the topic of “Balancing Energy Transition and Production”, including offshore oil and gas, and the role of the U.S. energy worker in making energy available to Americans.  https://oggn.com/  https://www.otcnet.org/  https://www.fifthring.com  https://usaenergyworkers.com/   This episode is made possi...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert interviews Alex Graham, Chief Executive Officer, Tagman Media, Inc. of Guyana, on Guyana’s vision and goals in contributing to the energy transition, opportunities for Guyana related to ExxonMobil Liza-1 and Liza-2 project, including engagement with the people of Guyana, the protection of pristine coastal shores, and community benefits from […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert interviews Dr. Scott Tinker at OTC 2023 immediately after he presented keynote address on the topic of balancing energy, economic, and climate security leading to “Net Zero Poverty”.  How will you respond to Dr. Tinker’s energy challenge? https://oggn.com/ Link to Oliva Gibbs sponsor https://oglawyers.com/ https://www.otcnet.org/ https://www.fifthring.com ww...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert interviews 2023 Technical Program Chairs, Autumn Haagsma, Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education/Michigan Geological Survey, and David Riestenberg, ARI.  Recorded in the Exhibit Hall at the 2023 SPE Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference held at the University of Houston, April 25-27, 2023 https://oggn.com/ Link to Oliva Gibbs...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert interviews Dr. Faisal Khan of Texas A&M University on his work as the Director of the Ocean Energy Safety Institute related to oil, gas, wind power, and marine energy and his presentation at OTC 2023. https://oggn.com/ Link to Oliva Gibbs sponsor https://oglawyers.com/ https://www.otcnet.org/ https://www.fifthring.com Link to Ocean Energy […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Dan Allford at OTC 2023 who shares how industrial robots are operating in 33 countries around the world.  ARC Specialties began with “hot tap” at the plutonium plant in Idaho” in 1983 to today demonstrating bolting applications using robots in the OTC Exhibit Hall. https://oggn.com/ https://www.otcnet.org/ https://www.fifthring.com https://www.arc...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert asks Mark Rubin about this time at SPE, how he got started, trends he’s seeing, and the transferability of the petroleum engineering skillset to other energy sectors. https://oggn.com/ https://www.otcnet.org/ https://www.fifthring.com https://www.spe.org This episode is made possible by Oliva Gibbs LLP Click here to take it one question survey and […]

This week host, Elena Melchert talks with thought leader, innovator, and game changer Hani Elshahawi, Managing Director at NoviDigiTech.  What happens at the intersection of digital technologies, innovation in general, and digitalization? Explore this question with an industry expert who combines his expertise as a petroleum Some good highlights https://oggn.com/ https://www.otcnet.org/ https://ww...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Dr. Skip Rhodes who provides a detailed overview of the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference.  Dr. Rhodes also talks to young people who are interested in oil and gas about the value of attending the conference that will be held June 13-15, 2023 in Denver Colorado. Visit OGGN.com Episode […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Ed Merrow of Independent Project Analysis (IPA) about his book “Contract Strategies for Major Projects” and why he says that contract strategies is less about the legalities of contracts and more about human behavior. Contract Strategies for Major Projects: https://www.ipaglobal.com/resources/books/contract-strategies-for-major-projects/ Ed Merrow...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert and Uduak-Joe Ntuk discuss upstream oil and gas in California including Mr. Ntuk’s insights as    California’s former chief petroleum regulator More information about E-CET can be found at https://ecet.usc.edu/ This episode is made possible by TechnipFMC Click here to take it one question survey and receive OGGN hardhat/laptop stickers […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Anne Bradbury about her background and experience with upstream oil and gas and her role in sharing that experience with others on Capitol Hill and on behalf of AXPC members. www.axpc.org Twitter  @axpc_us https://www.pbs.org/video/sherwood-forest-top-secret-tv32tg/            Link to Sherwood Forest: Top Secret movie about role of U.S. oil and ga...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Viren Parikh of Ericsson about various value use cases that assume and depend on the connectivity of phones, private networks, and data transfer.  Viren talks about where we have been, where we are now, and the future of this technology, and the value it brings to the oil […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Brian Pieri and Bill Shanahan of Energy Rogue and learns about an online service that helps producers—and anyone—understand current trends—and more—in energy supply and demand for use in business decisions. www.energyrogue.com rogue@energyrogue.com This episode is made possible by TechnipFMC Click here to take it one question survey and […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Dr. Patrick Sullivan regarding his “mind to market” company, Oceanit, and his new book “Intellectual Anarchy”, and a new technology to enable underwater broadband. https://intellectualanarchy.com/https://www.oceanit.com This episode is made possible by TechnipFMC Click here to take it one question survey and receive OGGN hardhat/laptop stickers Br...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Dr. Joe Morris, Associate Program Leader for Subsurface Energy and Nuclear Effects R&D about various aspects of the subsurface environment including modeling the hydraulic fracturing process at the nanoscale and the role of big data, data analytics, and Artificial Intelligence in helping us to better understand the subsurface […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Laura Schilling and John Eden from the TechnipFMC booth set up at the 2023 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Conference. Laura Schilling, SVP, Surface Western Hemisphere, TechnipFMC laura.schilling@technipfmc.com John Eden, VP of Sales, Surface Americas, TechnipFMC John.eden@technipfmc.com This episode is made possible by TechnipFMC Click here to take it o...

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Cameron Thompson of Devon Energy about their experience with refracturing in the Eagle Ford.  This was recorded at the 30th Anniversary NAPE Summit. This episode is made possible by TechnipFMC Click here to take it one question survey and receive OGGN hardhat/laptop stickers Brought to you on Oil and […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Conner Prochaska about his time at DOE including his work as Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff at ARPA-E, as DOE’s first Chief Commercialization Officer for DOE in 2018, and then as Direct of for DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions related to moving research results from lab scale […]

In this episode our host Elena Melchert talks with Mark Stansberry about his 50-year career in upstream, his books about energy policy, production of the docudrama Sherwood Forest: Top Secret, and podcasts on energy, workforce, and higher education. To learn more about “The Energy Fellows” Podcast with focus on energy, natural resources, and thought leadership, please visit:  […]