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The Tiny Material That Could Replace Sand In Fracking
Those giant pyramids of sand at every frac site exist for one reason, and it turns out the industry might be quietly running short on the good stuff. Curtis Wilie and ...
The NASA Technology Now Tracking Oilfield Methane
Methane is invisible, odorless, and far more potent than CO2 in the short term, so how do you actually catch it leaking? Brendan Smith, CEO of SeekOps Inc., explains h...
The Secret to Surviving Every Oilfield Downturn
Getting laid off twice taught Yogashri Pradhan, founder of IronLady Energy Advisors, that staying visible matters as much as staying technical. She traces a career run...
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 ...
The Path to Autonomous Frac
Building software inside a frac and wireline giant is a different beast than doing it at a startup. Ben Dickinson and Raleigh Bumpers from NexTier Completion Solutions...
The Renewable Energy Hiding 4,000 Feet Below The Ocean
Dan Grech, Founder and CEO of Global OTEC, swung by from London to break down ocean thermal energy conversion, a technology that turns the ocean's heat into 24/7 basel...
The World Can’t Quit Oil (No Matter What They Say)
Three decades of front-row energy seats and takes you genuinely can't argue with. Mark Meyer gets into the Strait of Hormuz mess, Heathrow's jet fuel shortage, countri...
Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs… But Not How You Think
Andrew Richard, CEO and Co-Founder of Automated Rig Technologies, flies in from Calgary to break down why the oilfield spent 70 years optimizing brute force instead of...
The Most Important Chemical You've Never Thought About
Chlorine is in your pipes, your microchips, your drinking water and somehow nobody talks about it. Roxanna Delima, Co-founder and CBO at Rushnu, breaks down why this o...
The Country With the Most Energy in the World Can't Keep Up With Its Own Grid
David Holt, President of Consumer Energy Alliance, sits down to unpack 20 years of fighting for affordable, reliable energy for regular Americans. From NIMBYism and la...
The Hidden Energy Crisis Powering Your ChatGPT Search
Shawn Cutter, Founder & CEO of EnergiAcres, went from sixth-generation Ohio farmer to Discovery Channel reality TV star to selling his oil and gas software startup to ...
Australia Is About to Become the Most Important Energy Suppliers on Earth
The Beetaloo Basin in Australia's Northern Territory is one of the most exciting shale plays nobody is talking about yet. Jason Finlay and Aiden Anderson-Barr from Van...
Inside the Most Advanced Offshore Drillship on Earth
Offshore driller Justin Forrest of Valaris Limited joins Jacob and Mark Meyer to break down what it actually means to sit in the driller's chair on a seventh-gen drill...
Why Developers Are Switching From ChatGPT to Claude
The Collide team takes over Energy 101. Jazmia Henry, Canisius Rozario, Jon Slominski, and Sam Texas from Collide break down why they went all-in on Claude, how they a...
How Social Media Changed Oil & Gas Forever
Pressure testing, cold calls from Wendy's parking lots, and a family logo that goes back generations. Clint Wagner, Owner of Wagner Energy Services, Juan Macias Jr, Op...
He Worked Global Oil & Gas, Then Built a Brewery
Sean Hanrahan, Founder and Managing Partner of Platypus Brewing in Houston, spent 25 years in global minerals and oil and gas before trading the corporate world for a ...
How Dead Oil Fields Became Clean Energy Goldmines
Prabhdeep Sekhon, CEO of Eclipse Energy, breaks down the hydrogen rainbow and why it doesn't tell the whole story about cost, carbon intensity, and water use. From far...
The Insane Engineering of Deepwater Oil Production
Austin Draughon spent nine years at BP keeping Gulf of Mexico wells producing tens of thousands of barrels per day from floating platforms in 6,000+ feet of water. He ...
The Real Reason Your Electric Bill Is Absurdly High
Texas electricity is way more complicated than flipping a switch. Brittany Devlin from DOB Ai breaks down the deregulated energy market where customers can actually ch...
How Chemicals Prevent Billion Dollar Well Failures
Brandon Wamsley from Flatirons Chemicals joins the show to explain how the $100 billion oil and gas chemical industry actually works - from killing bacteria that sours...