PBE Podcast

Makayla is a geologist working at TGS as a product manager, her role is integrating data and making sure you get the most reliable data possible. She talks about the well and data products side of TGS in this show, it’s just amazing to meet the team players TGS has working on such an important product for the industry. Sign up with TGS today!

Alex Fick is a geologist at TGS working with the CCUS team. He’s in search of helping reduce carbon from the atmosphere and trying to put it back into the rocks for sequestration and utilization. A fascinating conversation that leads to understanding what the best rock for sequestration might be… Serpentinite!

If you are looking to invest in Energy, we found your team! Reach out today to learn more about how you can invest your hard-earned money and how it can make you more. The main dropout from this show is that you must be able to translate what you do in finding hydrocarbons, and how that can make everyone money.

Andrew Stearns is a geologist working for TGS. TGS is a world leader in subsurface information that you can trust. He studies these data in order to develop useful products to help you find more energy! His story about the DST data in the Permian Basin is one to seriously watch

Dr. Sternbach is a long-time member of the AAPG and a geoscientist working in the energy industry for Shell and then ran an exploration office after 14 years with Shell. GeoGulf 2023 is coming up and you can still register today to participate. GeoGulf is expected to have over 500 geoscientists, 100 talks celebrating 100 years!

Matt “The Skips” Scipione from the outback in episode 3 of a PhD with PBE! We talk 2023, discoveries he’s already helped make, and the tall task of reading and understanding the Magma-Metal Series rock classification by MagmaChem Research Institute. There is a lot going on in the world of Geology, but Matt’s PhD needs to be watched carefully by the community. The approach is 100% unique and he has...

Andrew Douglass is a 10+ year petroleum landman. He started in the banking venture capital world before landman, traveling Europe and Russia looking for businesses to deploy capital to. He was at ground zero during the 9/11 attacks, he was there during the 2008 economic crisis and through it all, he has a great attitude and is super smart. He is now helping operators with lease work for mineral ri...

Tadd Walace is working on a solution for enhanced oil recovery in depleted reservoirs. Specifically but not limited to shale reservoirs that have seen better days! One of the most needed tech in the industry is developing a way to mitigate the decline curve, aka the company killer. Tadd is mixing butane and propane with some surfactants and really changing the game! Your wells can come back on wit...

Geary Schindel is a legend in geology, he helped lead the largest cave rescue in the history of the United States! He talks about his time mapping the Mammoth caves of Western Kentucky, to becoming an expert in identifying hypogenic cave systems across the US. As a recently retired hydrologist last working the Edwards aquifer, he tells his story and speaks a great deal about his time reading the r...

DeWitt Smith is an Oil Man, who started out as a Land Man in 1977 and quickly moved up the ranks to develop his own leases, legal, geology, and drilling prospects! He hasn’t slowed down either, Eureka! is the latest prospect located in the Permian basin and he is available with more information any time! What a story in the making, contact DeWitt at dewitt@petro-rio.com

The amount of work and details that went into this 4th edition of the Mineralogy of Arizona is insane! This is the blueprint for every state to follow and better deliver the reality of geology to the public! Buy a copy today from the University of Arizona today!

Episode 2 of our ongoing series of a Ph. D. with PBE is in the books. Skip’s traversing geology in the outback with the MagmaChem perspective and the belief to make a difference. We discuss one of the wildest rocks found in outcrop, a sandstone that’s been transformed into an iron-saturated masterpiece. That’s not even for his Ph. D. just outcropping adventures! What is his dissertation going to b...

Mark E. Thompson has been a professional geologist for 45 years. From the trees of Wisconsin to the plains of Texas, the mining and oil and gas geology stories did not disappoint! This man has spent a career drilling the serpentine mounds around South Texas and we believe there are more discoveries to be made! We’re just starting to understand the geology of serpentinization and we’re now applying...

This is an introduction to the Ultra-Deep Hydrothermal model brought to you by MagmaChem Research Institute. These are not just ideas, they have been tested and proven, and we believe will be a foundation for the next generation of resource exploration. From kids to retired individuals, let’s think about the Earth in a whole new way!! Our co-host of the podcast Matt “The Skips” Scipione is getting...

There is no end without a beginning, and there is no celebration without winning! Skips is in Australia and we’re going to document every step of the way on his journey of truth and discovery pursuing a Ph. D. in Geology. LETS GOOOOOOOOO!! Our advisers during this journey will be the legends themselves, Monte Swan and Stain Keith from the MagmaChem Research institute. The geology will never be the...

TEDrv was the talk of the Geomark booth for 2022! Adam Turner, Ph. D, took the time to sit down and talk with us at the booth this year. We talk about his career and drive as a geochemist, but also about time-lapse geochemistry from production. What’s actually changing in the hydrocarbon markers while producing a well on your lease? Where are you actually getting your oil from and how do you get m...

Dr. Toti Larson is a Research Associate and Principal Investigator of the Mudrock Systems Research Laboratory (MSRL) consortium at the University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology. As PI of the MSRL since 2019, Toti coordinates with Energy companies to identify knowledge gaps and develop subsurface geology characterization projects that leverage the MSRL research team strengths. In hi...

Alan Morgan is a lead geophysicist for Bell Geospace and someone that has done a podcast previously with PBE. We get to catch up with him at URTeC and sit through a quick edition of his Permian Basin shallow oil play found via a high-resolution gravity survey! If you have some drilling money, let’s put a PBE play together!! Thank you for the day-to-day delivery of quality gravity data and this ver...

Cristalynn has a love for rocks most geologists don’t even have! She is an account manager for Geomark Research and has found herself in a great company making a difference in the industry of natural resources. We had a great time getting to know her, her passions, and her vision for the future. We get to talk about the whiskey bottle-holding rock that appears to be a 2-mica granite peraluminous s...

We have now some history with Bryan McDowell and the Sabata Energy Consultants! These folks are the real deal when it comes to oil and gas geology data. Logs, core, seismic, cuttings, rock-eval, all of it! If the data exists in your area, they know it and can help you get it! As we celebrated 10,000,000 records in the database because of Geomark's footprint added to the already robust database. LE...

Graham Spence has much experience on the analytical and technical sales side of the oil and gas business. It’s great to have someone to chat with at all times on technical questions and how to better understand how these technical solutions actually make a difference for the business. Thank you for getting us to URTeC this year and we hope for the best for you and Geomark Research for many years....

Placido and Bianca are Geochemists that work together daily in the labs on research and development projects that are creating "keys" to unlock the unconventional plays around the world! Geolog International is a company to keep an eye on and enjoy this show talking through some of the discoveries and workflows from within the company!

On day 2 of URTeC 2022, Geomark Research hosted us from their booth and we learned something valuable in every single episode! This one is with Michael Ashby and Joe Comisky from Devon Energy. The value of experience and persistence will not go unnoticed. These two have seen a lot of data and they continue to push innovations forward as they help lead the charge for operators around the world. We...

On day 2 of URTeC 2022, Geomark Research hosted us from their booth and we learned something valuable in every single episode! This one is with Ms. Jennifer Smith (Enos) from Ensign Natural Resources and Geochemist for Geomark Ms. Catherine Donohue. We talk about the value of understanding where your oil is actually coming from, which will help optimize the development of your acreage. We also tal...

Stratagraph and friends put on a great networking event at URTeC 2022. In this episode, we get the chance to discuss Stratagraph and the latest work to develop the geosteering arm of the company. Stratagraph is dedicated to providing the solutions you need to better optimize your program across the board. This is why they team up with AHS, APT, Petrolern, and Corespec. Virtually every aspect of th...