Why AI and Oil Are Fighting Over the Same Turbines
Micro turbines hitting 83% efficiency could replace flares and turn stranded wells into tiny neighborhood power plants. Mark Ronkin of Grid Energy Solutions came down from Edmonton to talk with Jacob and guest host Britt Breaux about jumping from five years in the Canadian Army to wireline to running his own MWD shop, then stumbling into the tech at a gas show in Milan. Plus getting sick next to a flare, the oilfield marketing problem in eastern Canada, and why a 9 to 5 and entrepreneurship can coexist.
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0:00 Intro and the FDE model at Collide
5:46 Mark's path through the Canadian Army
9:25 Oil and gas as a polarizing industry across Canada
13:19 Louisiana refineries, Cancer Alley, and Alberta boomtowns
19:08 Living downstream of a flare
21:18 Military to wireline to MWD
25:09 Going independent and the entrepreneurship bug
28:14 Peak oil and modern directional drilling
32:44 Turning your day job into your business
36:54 Career advice and finding the Collide community
43:14 Imposter syndrome and the entrepreneur grind
45:59 Stumbling into micro turbines at Gastech Milan
52:46 Commercializing the tech in Canada
1:00:02 Replacing flares with neighborhood power plants
1:01:29 What the next 5 to 10 years look like
1:06:18 Grid Energy Solutions and what's next
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0:00 Intro and the FDE model at Collide
5:46 Mark's path through the Canadian Army
9:25 Oil and gas as a polarizing industry across Canada
13:19 Louisiana refineries, Cancer Alley, and Alberta boomtowns
19:08 Living downstream of a flare
21:18 Military to wireline to MWD
25:09 Going independent and the entrepreneurship bug
28:14 Peak oil and modern directional drilling
32:44 Turning your day job into your business
36:54 Career advice and finding the Collide community
43:14 Imposter syndrome and the entrepreneur grind
45:59 Stumbling into micro turbines at Gastech Milan
52:46 Commercializing the tech in Canada
1:00:02 Replacing flares with neighborhood power plants
1:01:29 What the next 5 to 10 years look like
1:06:18 Grid Energy Solutions and what's next
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