PBE Podcast

Stratagraph and friends put on a great networking event at URTeC 2022. In this episode, we get the chance to discuss what APT, Applied Petroleum Technologies provides to the oil and gas industry. The details are becoming more and more important for the industry, and the APT labs are providing the chemistry you need to better understand your asset and how to better develop it.

Stratagraph and friends put on a great networking event at URTeC 2022. In this episode, we get to discuss what the company Petrolern does and their insight about future energy sources! What a creative way to take the “waste” of solar and wind by storing it in the rocks! Check this out.

Stratagraph and friends put on a great networking event at URTeC 2022. In this episode, we got to sit down with Core Spec and a special guest working in the industry for over 30 years. Stay true, stay sharp and the odds will eventually be in your favor!

Stratagraph is a core mudlogging company that is committed to becoming the largest mud logging company possible that provides the solutions to all your needs while drilling, completing, and planning of producing oil and gas wells. It was Stratagraph and friends that put on one of the best URTeC after parties this year. AHS, APT, Corespec, and Petrolern all got on the microphones and provided great...

The Ops Geologic mission is to provide high quality geoscience products through customized workflow solutions to maximize return for our clients. Our core competency is geoscience, and our #1 priority is repeat business. Give us a call to discuss your needs and the solutions that will accelerate your success. We got the chance to interview these guys and get to hear what’s happening in and around...

ESG Solutions provides world-leading subsurface diagnostic solutions that drive decision-making for operations of every size. Mining, carbon storage, oil and gas, you name it, if you’re solving subsurface problems, you can increase your probability of success by using ESG Solutions. We’ll configure our proprietary technologies to your needs and apply our deep experience to deliver timely, actionab...

Andres is the North American Regional Manager for Geolog Internation. The company provides a lot of quality-controlled data from the rigs running around the world. Andres teaches us all about the Geolog services and gives us a great recap of his career thus far! Always keep moving, just one step at a time or the world will move on without you, his journey of all kinds of different experiences has...

URTeC is an Unconventional focused conference that happens once a year and it never disappoints. The folks at this event are dedicated to the idea that we can generate a lot of value from a part of the geologic system that for most of the history of oil and gas, the operators never thought could really work… We’re they wrong? or we’re they right? Time will tell, and until then, we’re going to be a...

URTeC is an Unconventional focused conference that happens once a year and it never disappoints. The folks at this event are dedicated to the idea that we can generate a lot of value from a part of the geologic system that for most of the history of oil and gas, the operators never thought could really work… We’re they wrong? or we’re they right? Time will tell, and until then, we’re going to be a...

This episode is with an entrepreneur! Founder of Integrity insitu, a downhole geomechanical tool that can help constrain your regional and local stresses and strains in the rocks for many applications. His resilience is inspirational and the technology really got us thinking! Every rock on the planet is a record of time, the magic is figuring out what the strains were during the time of deposition...

In the last 20 years, the rise and what some would say the fall of the unconventional resource play has happened. Who seen it coming? Not anyone that we know AND, the plays are not dead yet! We learned a lot about the rocks and how to explore and exploit the fluids in them. It’s a rising time in the industry globally, what will we see? Will the money merge, major acquisitions? Where are they going...

Zircons are a key physical material to the Earth's past... Like, the beginning of Earth! Recent master of Geology graduate Dylan Morton goes through his thesis on how he used them to better understand the Cottage Grove sands in Oklahoma. The show digs up all kinds of good geology and curiosity for many theses to come!

Synmax is a satellite mapping company to watch! Incredible insight on how it works and what these folks are doing with AI, machine learning and images of the Earth as we spin through space!

Dr. Lewis C. Kleinhans was making a trip to the West and reached out asking to swing by the Serpentosphere! His curiosity for the rocks is at a really high level, and we absolutely hit it off! We talked to him about his career and passion for rocks and helping veterans. We also dove into the subject of MagmaChem, where it started, and some of the basics of how we use the models to explore natural...

David Campbell has served 15 years in the military and holds a master’s degree in leadership studies with an emphasis as a leadership specialist. He came on the show to talk about his thesis, teach us a thing or two about leadership, and also talk about his commitment to the DEATH RACE!

You live and learn! That’s the reality of life, we don’t care who you are! This show is about the oil and gas history of South Texas, from drilling to workover rigs and trying to fix “stripper” wells… We learn a lot in this show. Thanks to Downing Well Services for allowing us to set up and record the show at the Annual Downing Cornhole Tournament. The oil and gas industry is built on the backs of...

If you think anything is boring about West Texas Boring, you’re dead wrong! This team helps the country advance our infrastructure in so many ways, beyond just oil and gas. Getting to know the story of West Texas Boring was insightful and inspirational in many ways. We had great fun in this show learning more about what they do, but also a lot more about who they all are. With a work ethic second...

In this episode, we get to sit down and discuss the inner workings of a global elite surface logging company in the energy business. Geolog has logging units running around the world… All of them bringing in data 24/7 to be QC’d and then put into a database that helps the operators around the world make real-world decisions! We’re excited to keep up with Geolog as they continue to develop cutting-...

This is from the live show we did at the legendary WTGS Fall Symposium in 2021. It’s all about the latest and biggest seismic shoot in the Permian Basin! If you have acreage in the Midland Basin, this seismic shoot will help you make discoveries. 100%. We discuss the value and the reality of how much better the data is than the old stuff! LETS GOOOOOO!

We thought it would be great to make a show on the coolest Ukrainian rocks we know of - And the show does not disappoint. A unique mineral to Ukraine could be a leading piece of evidence of hydrothermal oil on Earth, Kerite, as known by Ukrainian scientists. It’s a hydrocarbon mineral with extreme temperature conditions and in a pegmatite that’s over 1.7 billion years old… We brought our world-ren...

If you are in the oil and gas industry or the information technology industry, this show is for you! Absolutely legendary and a highlight of a story currently being written for the record books… We 100% believe that!

We were honored to share time with everyone in Midland, operators, regulatory personnel, and the people of the Permian Basin… What a great show it was. The next 6 years, a commissioner voted this year is going to help set standards and policies in the energy state of Texas, what an admirable and brave time to be going for that seat! This is a seat that is elected by the Texas people, for the Texas...

Jessica Gray has a past that puts her smack dab in the middle of the Permian Basin for a reason, to make a difference. Her profile will read “Doing my small part in keeping the Oil & Gas industry safe, compliant, sustainable & environmentally-friendly.” She’s an account manager for American Safety Solutions Inc. This is a company that’s on call and ready to help with any kind of remediation, recla...

Mark Henkhaus is a petroleum engineer with over 26 years of experience with the Texas Railroad Commission and the amount of information in this show does NOT disappoint! He also has operator experience, the man is full of very important information that all operators can enjoy. Next week is the live show with the PBS-SEPM and PBAP in Midland, Texas and there is so much to the commissioner’s positi...

Troy Tittlemier and Kelly Maddox Sutter are co-hosting the event on February 17th, 2022 at the Bush Center in Midland, Texas. In-person and virtual tickets are available now. The current commissioner of the Railroad Commission is Wayne Christian, he just served 6 years and is running for a second 6-year term! There are several other new candidates and we’re going to dive into each of their stories...