Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann
This is a weekly podcast of how #digital innovations will impact the global #oil and #gas sector, hosted by Geoffrey Cann, international author, professional speaker, and corporate trainer.
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Taming the Owner Communications Chaos
11/19/2025
Taming the Owner Communications Chaos
Oil and gas companies are finally confronting the huge communications and stakeholder challenge they face with their asset owners and stakeholders. Production assets such as oil and gas wells almost always have many part owners (land owners, JV partners, interest-holders, trusts, first nations tribes). Managing these hundreds or thousands of parties across tens of thousands of wells is really demanding. These relationships are complex, sensitive and often layered with legacy ownership structures, royalty flows, regulatory demands and reputational risk. This is much more than an operational hassle. It’s a brand and trust issue. When owners ask: “Where’s my check?” or “What’s this charge on my statement?”, slow responses can damage goodwill, complicate legal compliance and create unnecessary risk. Companies try to manage but have often saddled themselves with dueling systems in the land department, operations, legal, and corporate communications. I was delighted to learn about , a clever digital solution to this chaos, that was co-founded by two brothers, and , and partner . was initially aimed at the legal profession, who also have many parties to manage, but the stakeholder problem in oil and gas turned out to be far more pressing. Their purpose‑built platform delivers better and more responsive owner communications, stakeholder transparency and operational risk reduction. It uses AI to answer many routine enquiries freeing up scarce staff to focus on more important tickets. Owners see their relationship through a portal, and companies even save on paper and postage. 👤 About the Guests is co‑founder of , an AI-based owner relations software headquartered in Norman, OK. Before Firm App, Deren served as Senior Vice President of New Markets at KPA, leading growth strategy and expansion into new industries following KPA’s acquisition of iScout, an EHS management software he co-founded in 2020. Earlier in his career, Deren was Vice President of Safety and Compliance for Crescent Companies, an oilfield services firm based in Oklahoma City. A proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Deren holds a Bachelor’s in Health & Sports Science and a Master’s in Adult and Higher Education. Before entering the safety and software industries, he spent seven years in intercollegiate athletics at OU as Assistant Athletics Director of Development and Director of Basketball Operations. Deren lives in Norman OK with his wife, Monica, and their four children. is a co‑founder of , an AI-based owner relations software headquartered in Norman, OK. Prior to Firm App, he served as Director of Corporate Development for Crescent Services, LLC, an oilfield services company based in Oklahoma City. Applying his knowledge of oilfield operations, Dagen co-founded iScout, an EHS management software that offers safety reporting, training, asset management, and more. iScout was acquired by KPA Services in 2020. Dagen is a proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma and lives in Edmond, OK with his wife and their three children.. 🔗 🔗 🔗 🌐 🛠️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎙 📚 🔗 Connect with Me 🧠 📖 🎧 💼 📢 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics—if you’re looking for a speaker at your next event, to book a call for your needs. ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Unlocking Capital for Latin America’s Energy Transformation
11/13/2025
Unlocking Capital for Latin America’s Energy Transformation
Latin America is entering a period of rapid economic growth, urbanization, and industrial expansion. Unlike North America and Europe, where primary energy demand has been flat for more than a decade, the region’s energy consumption is rising sharply. A young, increasingly urban population is pushing electricity and fuel demand higher, placing new pressure on infrastructure and supply. This demand surge is colliding with a second global shift: the explosive rise of AI and hyperscaler data centers. These digital megaprojects require enormous volumes of power, often sourced from natural gas, renewables, or hybrid portfolios. Latin America, with its prolific basins, high solar irradiation, hydropower potential, and significant natural gas reserves, is strategically positioned to supply this emerging demand. Yet the region remains capital constrained, and traditional financing channels have not kept up. New financial tools, such as tokenized assets, sustainable linked bonds, and AI-enabled verification, offer a path forward. These instruments can reduce sovereign risk premiums, improve transparency, and unlock large-scale investment in energy infrastructure, LNG, renewables, and data center development. My guest in this episode is , founder and CEO of , who last joined the podcast in 2020 to discuss tokenization and information asymmetry in private markets. In this conversation, we explore how the landscape has shifted, why Latin America is becoming a focal point for global capital, and how digital finance can accelerate development across energy, infrastructure, and digital economies. 👤 About the Guest is the Founder and CEO of , an AI-powered platform for tokenizing real-world assets and structuring digital financial instruments for global investors. A former investment advisor with TD and RBC, Eduardo has deep experience in capital markets, natural resources, and emerging market finance. He has advised governments, national oil companies, and private firms on energy reform, capital formation, and sustainable finance. 🌐 📊 🔗 🎤 on this podcast (2020) 🛠️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎓 📝 🎧 🔗 Connect with Me 🌐 💼 ✖️ 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and related topics. 📞 ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Power Without Surprises
11/12/2025
Power Without Surprises
Electricity powers nearly everything in oil and gas, from pumps and motors, to compressors and digital systems. But while production engineers obsess over volumes and temperatures, the quality of the electricity driving their systems is often overlooked. Most teams only discover power issues after equipment fails, leading to unplanned downtime and costly repairs. Unfortunately, traditional power quality meters and relay monitors don’t catch the early warning signs. They lack resolution, require manual data pulls, and don’t provide actionable insights. Worse still, the frontline technicians tasked with using these tools rarely have time to analyze the data. As the industry electrifies, and hyperscalers start co-locating AI data centers with natural gas fields, the demand for clean, reliable power is rising fast, and the risks of ignoring it are getting more expensive by the day. In this episode, I speak with why “ghost electrical problems” aren’t ghosts at all, but just data you haven’t seen yet, and how his background in chip design and solid-state power is shaping the future of uptime. His company, , offers a different path forward. This plug-and-play system captures continuous waveform-level data and sends it to the cloud, where intelligent analytics flag problems before assets fail. It’s already saving operators time, money, and headaches by pinpointing power sags, identifying failing contactors, and reducing arc flash risks. 👤 About the Guest With a background in electrical engineering founded Volta Energy in 2009. His passion for technology and cars has led him down a path of working in semiconductors, power electronics and software development with his spare time devoted to rebuilding cars. Denis is focused on leveraging his technical know-how to solve problems and build businesses around those solutions with a firm belief that businesses exist to serve customers and that people within organizations need to be empowered to execute without obstacles in order for an organization to reach its full potential. #InsiteAI #PredictiveMaintenance #PowerQuality 🔗 📧 hbarber@voltainsite.com 🌐 🛠️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎓 📝 🎧 🔗 Connect with Me 🌐 💼 ✖️ 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and related topics. 📞 ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Navigating The Maze of Global Energy Regulation
11/05/2025
Navigating The Maze of Global Energy Regulation
In all my years of experience in energy, I rarely worked in pure regulatory areas, but regulations loomed large over everything I touched. The energy sector is very highly regulated, and for very good reasons. From environmental standards to carbon pricing, energy companies are held to a high standard and must demonstrate that compliance to operate locally, regionally, and globally. The regulatory landscape is highly dynamic and under constant change. New regulatory frameworks emerging from Europe and the United States will reshape how energy companies, particularly in North America, do business domestically, and abroad. Three new frameworks—the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), as well as the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—will impact North American energy companies that export to Europe. If you’re an energy executive working in exportable energy, such as LNG, oil, methanol, hydrogen, or refined petroleum, you might find this post of interest. These regulations will affect operations, compliance strategy, and ultimately, financial results. Fortunately, there are digital solutions at the ready that meet both today’s regulatory demands while future-proofing your business for tomorrow’s more stringent requirements. ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources: 🎬 Go backstage and check out my studio: 👉 🎓 Take my one day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 👉 🔗 Connect with Me: 🖥️ Blog series: 🎧 Podcast: 📇 Linkedin: 🤬 X: 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes: I speak regularly on these and other topics. Contact me to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs. Click here 👉 ⚠️ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice. 🗣️ Download the Transcript! Want the actual script that this podcast is based on? You can download the transcript for this podcast here: 👉 https://digitaloilgas.substack.com/p/navigating-the-maze-of-global-energy
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The Safety Copilot
10/29/2025
The Safety Copilot
In the UK oil and gas sector, the record on major accidents looks encouraging. Serious incidents are very rare, and the industry appears to be operating safely. Beneath the surface, the data tell a different story. One-third of safety inspections fall below the legal standard, and more than half of process-safety professionals are expected to retire within the next decade. At the same time, ageing assets, shrinking budgets, and weaker regulatory oversight are straining existing safety systems. Operators must sustain high safety performance when experience is walking out the door, equipment is ageing, and new technologies are flooding the scene faster than they can be tested. In this episode I speak with of , on making process safety straightforward. We explore why process safety remains an invisible threat, how AI can capture the wisdom of the best engineers, and what it takes to keep legacy assets safe as they wind down. 👤 About the Guest is the Founder and Managing Director of , an Aberdeen-based company combining engineering expertise and software innovation to improve process-safety performance in high-hazard industries. After beginning his career in aerodynamics with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team, David moved into fire and explosion modelling, then spent a decade in the UK offshore sector before launching in 2019. 🔗 Website: 🔗 LinkedIn: 🔗 LinkedIn: 🧰 Additional Tools & Resources 🎥 Go backstage and check out my studio: 🎓 Take my one-day Digital Strategy for Oil and Gas course: 🌐 Connect with Me 📚 Blog Series: 🎧 Podcast: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 X (Twitter): 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. Book a brief call about your upcoming event needs: 👉 ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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How To Misspend $100 Billion Using Excel
10/22/2025
How To Misspend $100 Billion Using Excel
Unconventional oil and gas is massive. Every year, over $100 billion is poured into steel, sand, and water just in Canada and the US. Yet, most of the planning behind these extraordinary investments still runs on Excel spreadsheets. Spreadsheets were fine in the 90s, but today they struggle to handle the complex interdependencies and real-world constraints of modern tight plays. The hidden cost to the industry is huge. Expensive inefficiencies, wasted capital, and missed opportunities to improve well design and execution. Other industries abandoned spreadsheets long ago when margins got thin, but oil and gas clings to them, and keeps burning the billions. My guest in this episode is , a former Shell upstream engineer, who saw firsthand how spreadsheets literally strangle unconventional well planning. He co-founded , an innovative digital solution, that replaces bulkly and clunky spreadsheets with digital simulation and optimization tools, giving operators the ability to make faster, smarter, more profitable decisions. Sean explains how the industry can finally ditch the spreadsheets and run well delivery like the modern manufacturing system it has become. 👤 About the Guest is the CEO and co-founder of , a Calgary-based technology company that helps oil and gas operators optimize well planning and completions. Before starting , Sean spent more than a decade at Shell in drilling, completions, capital planning, and supply chain leadership, giving him deep insight into the challenges of unconventional resource development. Connect with Sean on LinkedIn: Learn more about PrePad: 🔗 Additional Tools & Resources 🤝 Connect with Me 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs. ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Smart Metal In Oil and Gas
10/15/2025
Smart Metal In Oil and Gas
Oil and gas operations rely on heavy machinery and equipment that perform critical tasks, yet most of this equipment remains disconnected from the digital landscape of cloud computing, analytics, and autonomy. This lack of connectivity leaves operators with higher costs, inefficient maintenance, and limited visibility into how their assets are really performing. The traditional approach to equipment design is no longer enough. Operators face pressure to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, and cut costs, but without better data and smarter tools, these goals remain out of reach. The industry cannot afford to keep treating its infrastructure as “dumb metal.” You might think that only big equipment suppliers can make smart metal, but , a Canadian equipment manufacturer, is proving otherwise. By embedding remote monitoring, cloud connectivity, and AI-driven analytics into its products, the company enables operators to troubleshoot issues without rolling a truck, optimize performance across entire fleets, and gain valuable insight from real-time data. In this episode, I speak with , President of , about how his team transformed compressors and pumps into intelligent assets, why the industry needs to embrace innovation, and how a small-town company from Saskatchewan is now serving customers around the world. 👤 About the Guest is the President of , an oil field equipment company based in Saskatchewan, Canada. With a background in mechanical engineering and a passion for designing practical solutions, Dan has led IJACK in creating scalable, digitally enabled equipment that helps oil and gas operators improve production and reduce costs. IJACK's innovations, including its RCOM remote monitoring platform, are now deployed globally in markets such as Argentina, Kazakhstan, Bahrain, and the United States. Learn more about IJACK: 🌐 🔗 ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎧 Go backstage and check out my studio: 📘 Take my one-day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 🔗 Connect with Me 📚 Blog series: 🎙 Podcast: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 X: 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. Contact me to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs: ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Smarter Scheduling in Oil and Gas
10/08/2025
Smarter Scheduling in Oil and Gas
Scheduling in oil and gas has long been a weak link. Wells, rigs, frack crews, contractors, and regulators must all line up in precise sequence, but too often the “system” is stitched together with Excel spreadsheets, siloed tools, and a lot of human memory. The result is inefficiencies, costly delays, and endless arguments in daily meetings. That model is no longer good enough. The complexity of modern operations, coupled with volatile markets and new constraints (from labor shortages to tariffs to water management) is making traditional scheduling tools obsolete. Operators that rely on outdated approaches risk losing millions in wasted time and missed opportunities. Spying this problem years ago, , an AI-enabled scheduling platform that treats scheduling not as a collection of dates, but as a living model of operations, set out to correct this problem. The tool captures constraints, integrates with systems of record, forecasts production, and enables scenario planning, in real time. Companies report faster well delivery, reduced conflicts, smarter forecasting, and millions in direct savings. In this episode, I speak with , Vice President of Business Development at , about how smarter scheduling is reshaping oil and gas. We cover real-world client stories, cultural shifts inside organizations, and how AI is opening new optimization opportuntities in planning, turnarounds, and offshore logistics. 👤 About the Guest is Vice President of Business Development at , a software company specializing in AI-enabled scheduling solutions for the energy sector. With a background in computer science, Owen began his career in the defense sector, later joining Oracle during its rapid global expansion. Since 2006, he has focused on applying advanced scheduling technology to oil and gas, helping clients worldwide optimize drilling programs, turnarounds, and offshore operations. 👉 Connect with Owen and Actenum ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎙 Go backstage and check out my studio: 📘 Take my one day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 🔗 Connect with Me Resources: Blog series: Podcast: LinkedIn: X: 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. Contact me to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs. Click here: ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Harnessing Energy’s Data Deluge
10/01/2025
Harnessing Energy’s Data Deluge
The oil and gas industry generates extraordinary amounts of data from millions of sensors, yet only a tiny fraction, at most 8%, is actually used to inform decisions on complex and valuable assets. Decades of building analytics and machine learning solutions have helped, but they’ve also left companies with a patchwork of siloed systems and “industrial gridlock.” The arrival of foundation models in late 2022 introduced the possibility of moving beyond one-off solutions. But generic internet-trained models are not suitable for high-risk industrial environments, where accuracy, context, and explainability are essential. The sector needs something different. is tackling this challenge head-on by creating a foundation model designed specifically for energy. Built to handle time-series data, diagrams, operator logs, and unstructured engineering information, their model emphasizes contextual understanding, explainability, and zero hallucinations. My guest this week, , is President of and former VP of Computational Science and Digital Innovation at Shell. Dan shares his career journey, why foundation models represent a turning point for the industry, and how energy can finally begin to unlock the 92% of data it currently leaves on the table. 👤 About the Guest is President of , a technology company developing foundation models tailored for the energy sector. At Shell, he led global AI initiatives and oversaw advanced research into digital technologies. With over 20 years of experience in consulting and energy, Dan has been at the forefront of applying data and AI to improve business processes, optimize operations, and explore new business models. ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎙️ Go backstage and check out my studio: 🛠️ Take my one-day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 🔗 Connect with Me 📢 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs. ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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When Water Bites Back: How Oil and Gas Learned to Respect Its Most Overlooked Resource
09/24/2025
When Water Bites Back: How Oil and Gas Learned to Respect Its Most Overlooked Resource
Water is the unsung workhorse of the oil and gas industry. It's instrumental for generating steam, driving b, lubricating drill bits, flooding reservoirs, and separating oil from oil sands. Historically it’s been cheap, plentiful, and overlooked. As climate pressures mount and scarcity becomes real, water is now emerging as one of the industry’s most critical resources. Water isn’t just another utility, like power. It's a highly interconnected system. A quick fix in one unit can cause downstream failures, regulatory breaches, or environmental harm. Unlike power, water can be reused. Companies are now wise to the fact that traditional, siloed approaches to water management no longer work. One solution lies in building holistic, site-wide digital twins of water systems. These models bring together flows, chemistry, capacity, compliance, and infrastructure data into one view, enabling operators to troubleshoot more effectively, run “what if” scenarios, and align operations with ESG commitments. In this episode, I speak with , a project engineer with , about his journey from refinery process engineer to water management specialist, why water is local and unique to every site, and how digital twins are helping oil and gas companies cut costs, meet sustainability goals, and avoid costly mistakes. 👤 About the Guest is a Project Engineer at , where he focuses on industrial water management, treatment, and analytics. With a background in refinery operations and pharmaceuticals, Gil brings deep expertise in troubleshooting complex process systems. At FTD, he works with oil and gas, semiconductors, and other industries to help clients adopt holistic, data-driven approaches to water use and sustainability. 🔗 Connect with Gil on 🔗 Learn more at ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎙 Go backstage and check out my 📘 Take my 📰 Read my weekly 🔗 Connect with Me 🌐 🎧 💼 🐦 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on topics like digital innovation, sustainability, and the energy transition. to discuss your upcoming event. ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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How VR is Revolutionizing Industrial Training
09/17/2025
How VR is Revolutionizing Industrial Training
The industrial sector faces a growing challenge: how to train a rapidly evolving, inexperienced workforce to safely and effectively operate aging and complex infrastructure. Traditional training tools like PowerPoint presentations and passive classroom learning no longer cut it, especially in high-risk environments like oil refineries and offshore rigs. Enter immersive training platforms—tools that provide guided, interactive learning experiences in virtual environments. These platforms bridge the comprehension gap by enabling engineers to interact with equipment and scenarios in a simulated setting before ever stepping on site. The benefits are substantial: improved cognition, faster onboarding, safer operations, and better cross-functional awareness. In this episode, I speak with , Commercial Director of Hidden Creative, where we discuss how their browser-based immersive platform “Simmerse” is transforming how engineering-heavy industries onboard and train personnel. From AI-driven hazard detection to gamified safety walkthroughs, Matt illustrates why immersive tech is not just a nice-to-have but a must-have for the future of industrial training. 👤 About the Guest is the Commercial Director and co-owner of Hidden Creative, a UK-based company specializing in immersive training technologies for the engineering sector. With a background in military systems, computer engineering, and complex simulations, Matt brings a practical and deeply technical perspective to digital transformation in industry. Learn more at or connect with Matt on . ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎙 Go backstage and check out my studio: 📘 Take my one-day digital strategy training course: 🤝 Connect with Me 📚 Blog Series: 🎧 Podcast: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 X: 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and related topics. . ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Beyond RAG
09/10/2025
Beyond RAG
In energy and manufacturing, vast volumes of unstructured data (think OEM manuals, maintenance logs, shift notes, correspondence, procedures), sit largely untapped. For decades, experienced technicians have compensated by carrying critical knowledge in their heads. But with retirements accelerating and fewer seasoned workers on the front line, this model is breaking down. New large language learning models that underpin technologies such as Grok and ChatGPT are being trained on this unstructured content to create context-relevant, queryable databases for industry. This technology, referred to as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), could help unlock hidden knowledge across sprawling document sets. Early attempts at RAG have certainly improved search, a task that consumes hours of scarce engineering time. However, companies quickly learned that speed and accuracy fall apart at scale, context matters, and lack of trust in the output leaves users frustrated and skeptical. The real opportunity lies in pairing RAG with agent-based AI systems designed for complex, asset-intensive environments. By reducing mean time to repair (MTTR), cutting rework, and extending the interval between failures, these solutions directly recover lost production capacity, which is an eight or nine-figure problem in many enterprises. For younger, less experienced workforces, AI tools are a critical equalizer, levelling the field against looming labor shortages. In this episode, I speak with , CEO and co-founder of , about how his company is pioneering AI-driven diagnostic agents for manufacturing and industrial clients. We explore the realities of implementing RAG in high-stakes industries, the economic drivers behind adoption, and why obsessing about customers’ problems is the key to success. 👤 About the Guest is the CEO and co-founder of , an AI company building agent-based diagnostic solutions for asset-intensive industries. With a background in aerospace engineering, shipbuilding, and manufacturing systems, Mark has spent his career navigating the complexities of the industrial value chain. His vision for Datch was born from frustration with traditional maintenance practices and a desire to put AI to work solving real-world challenges on the plant floor. ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎙️ Go backstage and check out my studio: 📘 Take my one-day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 🔗 Connect with Me 📚 Blog series: 🎧 Podcast: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 X: 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. Contact me to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs. . ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Training the Dog
09/03/2025
Training the Dog
Why is a pug named Phoebe likely more qualified than your frontline crew? In the oil and gas industry, online training and certification have become the norm. Let's agree it's convenient, cost-effective, and scalable. But what if the people taking that training are subverting the training using AI, or aren’t people at all? Digital tools, especially generative AI, are now being misused to automate training completion, which undermines the entire compliance system. The same platforms designed to protect workers, assure reliability, comply with regulations, and safeguard the environment may be certifying untrained staff, putting lives at risk and exposing companies to severe legal and financial consequences. In this episode, joins me on the podcast to discuss this hidden crisis. Rob is Managing Director at , and a dedicated expert in risk mitigation. From court cases involving industrial explosions to training a pug to complete OSHA 10, Rob shares shocking and true stories from the frontlines of digital risk. He also outlines what companies can do right now to reclaim control over their training systems, ensure legal compliance, and reduce exposure. All managers and supervisors on the front line of industrial work need to be aware of the risks they face. #RiskWashing #OHS #SafetyTraining #TrainingthatMatters #AI #WorkplaceSafety #RiskManagement #OilAndGas 👤 About the Guest Rob Day is Managing Director of , a firm focused on risk mitigation and training validation for industrial operations. His background spans military firefighting, hazardous materials response, legal consulting, and refinery operations. Rob has advised on major incident investigations and regulatory risk across the energy sector. He’s now leading efforts to counter AI-enabled “risk washing” and bring integrity back to digital training systems. 🔗 🌐 🧰 Additional Tools & Resources 📄 by Rob Day 🎥 Go backstage and check out my studio: 📘 Take my one-day digital strategy course for oil and gas: 🔗 Connect with Me ✍ Blog: 🎙 Podcast: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 X (Twitter): 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs. ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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The Five Lessons of Digital and AI Deployment
08/27/2025
The Five Lessons of Digital and AI Deployment
The oil and gas industry has invested heavily in new digital technologies, but too many efforts fall short in value delivery. However compelling digital initiatives may seem, they will assuredly flounder if workers are unable or unwilling to adopt them. The challenge lies in the way asset centric organizations tend to approach change. Leaders often seek rapid results that will contribute to current earnings, while frontline teams struggle with clunky processes and data silos ill-suited for AI, analytics, robotics, connected workers, and many other innovations. Rolling out new tools at scale without winning hearts and minds often leads to resistance, “pilot project hell,” and failed implementations. So how can energy companies unlock real value from digital transformation? What are the overlooked success factors that determine whether AI and digital deployments thrive or falter? In this episode, I’m joined by , a digital advisor and AI delivery lead, who reflects on the five critical lessons he wishes he had known earlier in his career. From the power of storytelling, to focusing on people before technology, to the need to start small and scale, to leveraging vendors as partners, and finally the hard truth that data is the real currency, David shares practical insights drawn from frontline experience. ⸻ 👤 About the Guest is a well engineer by background with a PhD in mechanical engineering and now a digital advisor and AI leader. Over the past nine years, he has worked on digital transformation across upstream oil and gas, leading projects from Microsoft Teams deployments to AI-driven planning and real-time operations. David brings a unique perspective from seeing the industry’s challenges from both the operator and service company side, with deep experience in building adoption, scaling pilots and designing data foundations all on a global scale. 🌐 Website: 🛠️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎙️ Go backstage and check out my studio: https://geoffreycann.com/mystudio/ 📘 Take my one-day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: https://www.udemy.com/course/digital-oil-and-gas/?referralCode=0161D4D49AB75735A185 🔗 Connect with Me 📚 Blog series: https://digitaloilgas.substack.com/ 🎧 Podcast: https://geoffreycann.com/broadcast/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/advocate-digital-innovation-for-energy/ 🐦 X: https://x.com/geoffreycann 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. Contact me to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs: 👉 https://geoffreycann.com/contact/ ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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The Looming Energy Talent Gap
08/20/2025
The Looming Energy Talent Gap
The energy industry is having a moment. As assets become digitized, operations increasingly automated, molecules displaced for electrons, and capital more discerning, the biggest challenge is now people, instead of engineering. Specifically, where will the next generation of digitally fluent energy professionals come from? At the same time, academic institutions, whose mission is to deliver qualified talent, are under grave financial pressure. International student revenue is collapsing, and many programs are out of step with the real-world digital needs of industry. Meanwhile, the workforce is retiring, and young professionals are turning away from careers in oil and gas. In this episode, , an investment committee advisor, and former Academic Chair of Financial Services and Fintech at SAIT, sets out how the energy sector can seize this moment. By repackaging existing academic offerings, combining them with data analytics, AI, and energy domain knowledge, and co-creating programs that reflect the needs of a digital energy economy, the energy sector can secure its future talent needs. Doug argues that industry must lead, by articulating exactly what skills are needed, and why energy companies should present themselves as data-driven innovation platforms, not just extractive enterprises. This episode offers a clear-eyed assessment of the education-industry disconnect, the talent crisis looming over the sector, and the strategic opportunity to build the next generation of digital energy leaders. 👤 About the Guest is an experienced board member, investment committee advisor, and former Academic Chair of Financial Services and Fintech at SAIT. His career spans banking, pension fund management, and education, with a specialty in helping institutions adapt to technological and demographic disruption. Today, he sits on multiple boards where he evaluates long-term investment strategies and talent risk in capital-intensive sectors, including energy. 🔗 🛠️ Additional Tools & Resources 🎙️ Go backstage and check out my studio: https://geoffreycann.com/mystudio/ 📘 Take my one-day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: https://www.udemy.com/course/digital-oil-and-gas/?referralCode=0161D4D49AB75735A185 🔗 Connect with Me 📚 Blog series: https://digitaloilgas.substack.com/ 🎧 Podcast: https://geoffreycann.com/broadcast/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/advocate-digital-innovation-for-energy/ 🐦 X: https://x.com/geoffreycann 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. Contact me to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs: 👉 https://geoffreycann.com/contact/ ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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From Paper to Pocket
08/13/2025
From Paper to Pocket
Heavy industry runs on complex systems and distributed assets, but frontline workers are often still armed with paper manuals and radios. It works, but yields an unacceptably high level of inconsistencies, safety incidents, and productivity bottlenecks. And as experienced workers retire, critical knowledge about systems, assets, and good practice disappears. The shift to digital work execution is now both viable and urgent. Smartphones are everywhere. AI is mainstream. And yet many organizations still struggle to digitize even basic workflows. In this episode, , co-founder and managing director of , reveals how his technology is addressing this challenge head-on. equips frontline workers with just-in-time digital instructions, visual training, and live process documentation. Companies that leverage this technology report fewer errors, faster onboarding, improved safety, and lower costs. Whether it’s inline inspections, sensor maintenance, or tire bay procedures, brings consistency and governance to the last mile of industrial work. 👤 About the Guest: is the co-founder and managing director of , a field operations platform built to support complex, safety-critical tasks in heavy industry. Liam has worked in digital transformation projects around the world with BHP. He has worked across the Energy sector in work management solutions for over a decade and set out to solve the particular challenges of Industry around Work Management and Service Delivery. He has degrees in Mining Engineering, Law, Finance and Economics. ✉️ 🌐 www.hindsiteind.com ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources: 🎥 📘 🔗 Connect with Me: ☎️ Contact for Lectures and Keynotes: ⚠️ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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The Helium Signal
07/23/2025
The Helium Signal
The traditional model of hydrocarbon exploration has transitioned in much of North America, replaced by exploitation of known shale and tight resources. For shale players, exploration is seen as more risky, expensive, and slow than pursuing resource play. Classic geochemical methods, reliant on sample collection and lab analysis, can’t keep up with the need for real-time decision-making. Helium—a light, inert, and upwardly mobile gas—offers potential as an indicator of subsurface resources, but its volatile nature makes it difficult to measure accurately and reliably using conventional approaches. Helium, when measured digitally and interpreted with AI, can provide a new high quality and reliable signal for the presence of valuable subsurface resources, reducing costs, time, and risk. In this episode, , founder of , explains how helium-based digital exploration can help identify oil, gas, lithium, geothermal energy, and even natural hydrogen deposits. By capturing helium anomalies in real-time, and layering them with AI and geoscience data, creates a digital twin of subsurface conditions. With field-proven success from Argentina to Malaysia, this technique has already delivered remarkable predictive power, improving hit rates and opening new plays. 👤 About the Guest is the founder and CEO of , a geoscience innovation company pioneering helium-based exploration. With over two decades of experience at the intersection of automation, robotics, and energy systems, Denis combines technical depth with entrepreneurial leadership. His career began in offshore oil and gas technology in Finland, and has since expanded globally with breakthrough applications in digital geochemistry, particularly in helium sensing and AI integration. now operates across multiple continents and energy sectors, working with companies such as Petronas and YPF. 🧰 Additional Tools & Resources 🛠 🎓 🔗 Connect with Me 📚 📰 🎧 💼 🐦 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and related topics. about your next event. ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Honey I Shrunk The Device
07/16/2025
Honey I Shrunk The Device
In the world of oil and gas operations, edge devices are mission-critical. These compact, intelligent sensors operate in the most extreme of environments, such as remote drill sites, deep wells, and hostile landscapes, where they continuously collect operational data. Best in class operators don't just throw digital at the field. They prioritize efficiency, reliability, and integrity at the edge, where human oversight is limited, infrequent, and mostly absent. But the drive to digitize oilfield infrastructure raises major challenges: reliable power, cyber threats, temperature extremes, and real-time decision-making without cloud access. , VP of Innovation at , shares how his team builds micro-powered, field-tough sensors that handle pre-processing on-site, sip power in microamps, and run mission-critical code on the edge to avoid failures. MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) is enabling a new era of industrial sensing, complete with cyber-safe hardware that controls every component. Innovation must always serve a real-world problem—not just be a shiny gadget. From strain gauges to AI-at-the-edge, David offers an inside look into the future of smarter, safer, and smaller industrial tech. 👤 About the Guest: is Vice President of Innovation and co-founder at Black Pearl Technology, where he leads the development of ruggedized, ultra-efficient sensing devices for industrial and energy sectors. With a background spanning biomedical, aerospace, and energy tech, David brings decades of experience in building purpose-driven edge innovations that survive the toughest conditions on earth. 💼 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/techpirate/ 🔗 🛠️ Additional Tools & Resources: 🎛️ Go backstage and check out my studio: 🧠 Take my one day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 🤝 Connect with Me: 🧾 Resources: 📚 Blog: 🎧 Podcast: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 X: 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes: I speak regularly on these and other topics. Contact me to book a call for your upcoming event: 👉 ⚠️ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Unlocking Capital Innovation in Oil and Gas
07/09/2025
Unlocking Capital Innovation in Oil and Gas
The global upstream oil and gas sector is confronting a mounting crisis—access to capital. For over a decade, international producers, especially small- and mid-cap firms, have faced shrinking pools of funding as banks exit the space and public equity markets falter. Traditional sources of capital have dwindled, leaving many promising ventures stranded without the financial fuel they need to grow. As capital constraints tighten, the sector’s self-depleting business model—where every produced barrel reduces tomorrow’s inventory—becomes unsustainable. The result? A looming risk of supply shortfalls, price shocks, and widening energy inequity, especially in underdeveloped economies. With traditional financing off the table, how can energy producers bridge this capital chasm? In this episode, I sit down with , a seasoned executive and co-founder of , to explore a breakthrough model inspired by royalty and streaming structures from mining and North American energy. Richard shares how Atlas provides not only innovative capital but also operational and technical expertise to its partners, creating an aligned and scalable funding approach. With a lean asset-light model, heavy on analytics and trust in data, Atlas aims to build a multi-billion dollar portfolio that could reshape how energy projects are financed around the world. 👤 About the Guest Richard Naden is a senior executive with ., bringing nearly four decades of experience in engineering, operations, acquisitions, and executive leadership roles in the global energy industry. Raised on the gas fields of Alberta and trained as a mechanical engineer, Richard’s international career has spanned the Americas, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. His latest venture, Atlas Energy, combines his depth of industry knowledge with a passion for innovation and sustainable energy finance. 🧰 Additional Tools & Resources 🔗 📘 🔗 Connect with Me 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these topics. to discuss your event. ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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From Clipboards to Cloud
06/18/2025
From Clipboards to Cloud
In the upstream oil and gas sector, frontline operations have long depended on manual methods for information management, such as clipboards, spreadsheets, and disconnected tools. These outdated processes persist despite mounting pressure to improve efficiency and cut costs. But with today’s margin compression, regulatory scrutiny, and demographic changes, that operational model is no longer sustainable. Field operators are expected to do more with less, but lack integrated, user-friendly tools that align with their daily work activities. In this episode, I chat with , CEO of , about how his company is tackling these very challenges. Leveraging his personal background in production engineering and startup leadership, Philip explains how Porosity is building software designed for the field, not just the back office. Key moves such as streamlining leak detection, maintenance, and safety workflows through a single, mobile-first platform really help the field directly address its challenges. This episode is all about how oilfield digitization actually happens. 👤About the Guest: is the CEO of , a software company focused on improving field operations in oil and gas. With a background in petroleum engineering and leadership roles in methane detection and SaaS startups, Philip brings a rare blend of field experience and entrepreneurial drive. Connect with Philip on . Additional Tools & Resources: 🎙 Podcast: 📚 Blog Series: 🎓 Digital Strategy Course: 📷 Backstage Tour: Connect with Me: 🔗 ✖ 💬 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes: “I speak regularly on these and other topics. Contact me to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs.” 👉 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Digital Gets Real in the Mid-Market
06/11/2025
Digital Gets Real in the Mid-Market
Mid-sized oil and gas companies are now at a digital crossroads. While supermajors have pushed forward with large-scale transformation programs, many mid-market firms are only beginning to explore how digital innovation can improve performance. Their operational processes—budgeting, forecasting, asset planning—tend to mirror those of larger firms but constrained by fewer resources and less internal capability. Unfortunately, mid-sized companies cannot simply copy the big-company playbook. They lack dedicated data teams, struggle with legacy systems, and must handle all the integration hassles with bespoke coding. At the same time, they are under the same pressure to lower costs, improve transparency, and make faster, better decisions. Is a pragmatic and impactful digital transformation even possible in this context? Absolutely. In this episode, I speak with , Executive Advisor at , on practical solutions that work with mid-sized firms. By focusing on core business processes—particularly budgeting and production forecasting—smaller firms can drive efficiency through better data quality, increased transparency, and dashboard-driven decision-making. A bonus outcome is that improved data transparency leads to a self-reinforcing data stewardship culture, and why starting with business needs (not technology hype) is the key to lasting change. 👤 About the Guest is an Executive Advisor at , a UK-based consultancy focused on oil and gas strategy, technical excellence, and expert witness services. A former transformation leader at Suncor, Lewis now advises global mid-sized energy companies across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He brings deep operational experience and a keen understanding of how to turn digital ambition into practical execution. Connect with Lewis Gillhespy 🔗 🔗 Additional Tools & Resources 🎙 Go backstage: 🎓 Take the course: Connect with Me 🌐 📝 🔗 ✖️ Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. . Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Methane Matters
06/04/2025
Methane Matters
The oil and gas industry is sitting on a ticking environmental and financial liability. Around the world, millions of wells have been drilled to date, many more will be drilled, and all will eventually need to be plugged and abandoned. Today, the US alone has thousands of orphaned and marginal wells, many leaking methane, a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide. With underfunded asset retirement obligations and inconsistent plugging practices of the past, the sector faces mounting pressure to act—but struggles to finance solutions at scale. There is a potential solution: the voluntary carbon credit market. In this episode, I interview , President of Engineering and Environment at , who explains how new carbon methodologies are turning methane leaks into monetizable credits. By quantifying emissions avoided through proper plugging, validating permanence with reserves analysis, and using blockchain for traceability, these credits offer a science-based, verifiable way to fund environmental remediation. Methane credits tied to oil and gas wells are not only more reliable than many nature-based offsets, but also ripe for scale. Dave and I discuss the economics, digital technologies, and policy barriers shaping a new frontier in decarbonization finance. 👤 About the Guest David Stewart is President of Engineering and Environment at . He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Management and brings over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. His career spans emissions measurement in California to executive roles at Encana, Bonanza Creek, and Crestone, where he led environmental compliance, strategic partnerships, and M&A. At Sendero, David leads efforts to transform the challenge of orphaned wells into an opportunity through the application of voluntary carbon credits. Connect with Dave Stewart: 🔗 🔗 🛠 Additional Tools & Resources 🎧 Go backstage and check out my studio: 📘 Take my one-day digital strategy training for oil and gas: 🔗 Connect with Me 🌐 📘 🎙 💼 🐦 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and related topics. to book a discovery call for your next event. ⚠ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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700 Ways to Boost Cash Flow in Oil and Gas
06/04/2025
700 Ways to Boost Cash Flow in Oil and Gas
The oil market is once again bracing for change, with OPEC signaling their interest in unlocking supply that has been withheld. For producers, this looming oversupply translates into a fresh imperative: cut costs. The oil and gas sector, long accustomed to volatility, must now sharpen its cost control strategies in the face of intensifying pressure on margins. Matthew Hatami, a professional engineer, entrepreneur, and author, joins me on this episode to discuss the tools and tactics operators can use to improve free cash flow. With experience spanning Halliburton, Hess, Chesapeake, and private equity ventures, Matthew shares how data and digital technologies can identify, prevent, and mitigate costly inefficiencies—without big budgets or sweeping tech overhauls. Drawing from his new book, , Matthew shares three practical, high-impact digital strategies: build operational algorithms to flag issues before they arise, embed probability-based decision-making into drilling management, and implement daily visual reporting using nothing more than a smartphone. Each tactic is aimed at boosting productivity, engaging teams, and staying competitive in an increasingly lean industry. 👤 About the Guest Matthew Hatami is an accomplished oil and gas professional with over two decades of experience across engineering, operations, and executive roles. A former Halliburton and Hess engineer, he’s also the author of . He advocates for data-driven, digital-first thinking to solve industry problems at scale. ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources: 🎙 🎓 🔗 Connect with Me: 📚 🎧 🔗 🐦 🗣️ Contact for Lectures and Keynotes: I speak regularly on digital transformation and innovation in oil and gas. to book a session for your team or event. ⚠️ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Fracking Reinvented
05/28/2025
Fracking Reinvented
For decades, hydraulic fracturing—or fracking—has relied heavily on water and sand to crack underground rock and release oil and gas. Fracking is safe, proven, and reliable, and in collaboration with horizontal drilling, has resulted in the huge growth in hydro carbon production in the US and Canada. But fresh water is a scarce resource particularly in arid settings, and in many places under stress because of climate change. Disposal of used water is a technical challenge and costly. The sand resource, or proppant, is both costly to mine and heavy to ship. The mechanical process of forcing water and sand under pressure down the wells and into the rock generates a substantial carbon footprint. Enter , a Calgary-based innovator using solid rocket fuel to crack the status quo. Unlike conventional fracking, technology eliminates the need for water and sand, which dramatically lowers carbon emissions and site disturbance. This self-propping, solid-fuel-based technique also opens up economically stranded assets, including abandoned or underperforming wells, with potential applications in water-stressed regions like California and the Middle East. It’s an innovation that could redefine the economics and environmental impact of oil extraction. In this episode I speak with , Chief Technology Officer at , to hear firsthand about the origin of RocketFrac’s solution, the physics behind the technology, its regulatory journey, and the digital tools they’re using to model outcomes and rank well candidates. From carbon offsets to offshore potential, this episode is an explosive look at what could be the next big leap in oilfield operations. And yes, those puns are all intended! ⸻ 👤 About the Guest is the Chief Technology Officer at RocketFrac Services Ltd. With a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Calgary and prior experience at Schlumberger in both Houston and the UK, Pavan brings deep domain expertise to the development of cutting-edge oilfield technology. He leads RocketFrac’s mission to reduce fracking’s environmental footprint using propellant-based fracturing. Originally from India, Pavan is passionate about digital transformation in energy and commercializing sustainable innovations. Connect with Pavan: 🔗 🔗 Additional Tools & Resources 🎙 Go backstage: 🎓 Take the course: Connect with Me 🌐 📝 🔗 ✖️ Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. . Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Mapping The Wet Frontier
05/21/2025
Mapping The Wet Frontier
Despite covering over 70% of our planet, the oceans and seas remain largely unmapped and poorly understood. Collecting useable data about the oceans is hard and expensive--reliant on specialized costly vessels, old-school technologies, and plenty of labour. The comparison to land mapping technologies (like Google Earth) is stark--we have near-total visibility of land-based infrastructure, continuously updated, and collected by satellite. Subsea infrastructure, like pipelines and cables, are managed with minimal, outdated, and isolated datasets. This gap in oceanic intelligence is an increasing problem. We're constantly adding new subsea infrastructure—cables, pipelines, risers, platforms—to support oil and gas, power, telecoms, mining, and military operations. At the same time, owners and operators are sailing blind, relying on static years-old surveys. And sea floors are pretty dynamic, subject to tides, currents, and human activity. You can really appreciate the mounting financial and operational risks—from infrastructure damage to safety concerns to project delays. Enter , a data-as-a-service company that is bringing Silicon Valley smarts to subsea intelligence. In this episode, I speak with COO Kris Rydberg on how they’re using autonomous vehicles and cloud infrastructure to drastically cut the cost of ocean data acquisition. The best part is how ocean data is now subscription-based, with high reusability across industries. This model reduces capital risk, improves predictive decision-making, and promotes multi-sector collaboration. 👤 About the Guest: Kris Rydberg -- Chief Operating Officer, Terradepth Kris Rydberg is a seasoned executive with three decades of leadership in tech-driven operational strategy. He’s helped scale startups, transform Fortune 500 divisions, and consult on industrial IoT, edge computing, and platform technologies. Kris brings a rare blend of deep tech fluency and cross-sector business acumen. He holds two U.S. patents and an MBA from Syracuse University. 🔗 🔗 📸 🐦 ▶️ 🛠️ Additional Tools & Resources: 🎙️ 🎓 🤝 Connect with Me: 📚 🔗 📣 📢 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes: I speak regularly on these and other topics. to book a brief call about your upcoming event needs. ⚠️ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Empirical Gas
05/14/2025
Empirical Gas
Natural gas producers have long struggled to differentiate their product in a market that treats gas as a commodity. When it comes to carbon intensity (CI), the industry is reliant on emission factors and self-reported data, and lacks a credible, data-driven approach to proving their gas carries a lower CI. With new regulations like the Inflation Reduction Act’s Waste Emission Charge and Europe’s carbon border tax, the opportunity to produce verifiable low-emission gas has grown dramatically. Enter “empirical gas”—natural gas measured in real time with actual data instead of estimates. In this episode, I catch up with my buddy CEO of , about how his company integrates AI, camera-based monitoring, and process simulation software to create real-time, third-party verifiable emissions data. This transformation not only reduces tax burdens but unlocks access to premium markets willing to pay for low-carbon gas. The implications are massive for producers, traders, and tech firms alike. 👤 About the Guest is the CEO of , a technology company based in Colorado. Clean Connect offers AI-powered camera systems, control room software, and blockchain-based trading platforms that enable real-time emissions monitoring, measurement, reporting, and verification. Their technology underpins the emerging market of empirical gas, empowering producers to offer provably low-emission natural gas certified by international standards like ISO 14067 and ISCC+. Connect with Mark Smith: 🔗 🔗 Additional Tools & Resources 🎙 Go backstage: 🎓 Take the course: Connect with Me 🌐 📝 🔗 ✖️ Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. . Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Opening Oil & Gas to the World: Tokenization and the Future of Investment
05/07/2025
Opening Oil & Gas to the World: Tokenization and the Future of Investment
The oil and gas industry has traditionally relied on financial instruments like futures and private equity—frameworks that have largely benefitted institutional investors while leaving little room for broader participation. But as digital assets continue to reshape capital markets, tokenization presents a new way forward. With blockchain technology and regulatory frameworks maturing, real-world asset-backed tokens are gaining traction - even in sectors once considered too complex for digital finance. In this episode, I speak with , Co-Founder of a security token backed by oil and gas reserves which also provides investors exposure to their “upstream” value chains. Dave explains how is bridging traditional oil and gas with digital asset markets by creating a compliant, growth-focused investment vehicle that opens the sector to new types of investors. We discuss what sets apart from pure commodity-backed tokens, how it integrates production-based revenues, and why upstream oil and gas is ripe for tokenization. 👤 About the Guest is the Co-Founder of OilXCoin, where he leads strategic growth and market expansion efforts. With a global leadership background at BMW Group across EMEA and APAC, Dave brings a strong track record in scaling businesses and navigating complex markets. At OilXCoin, he’s focused on bridging the gap between traditional oil and gas and digital finance by offering compliant, asset-backed investment opportunities through tokenization. His aim is to make the oil and gas industry accessible to both seasoned crypto investors and traditional market participants. 🔗 Connect with Dave 🌐 Website: 🔗 LinkedIn: 🛠️ Additional Tools & Resources 📄 Explore Geoffrey’s 🎧 Listen to more episodes of 📢 Visit for insights on digital transformation in oil and gas 🤝 Connect with Me 🔗 LinkedIn: 🐦 X (Twitter): 📩 Contact me for keynotes and lectures: ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guest and host and do not constitute financial or professional advice.
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How Big Oil Fell Behind In The Digital Race
04/30/2025
How Big Oil Fell Behind In The Digital Race
Twenty years ago, Big Oil companies like Shell and Exxon were the stars of the capital markets. Huge revenues, stellar profits, high share prices, robust price/earning ratios and reliable dividends placed these companies among the world’s best, magnets for top engineering talent and voices of influence in the halls of governments globally. But no more. They lost the market leadership crown to the digital giants, including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. Oil and gas concerns are still market leaders as measured by revenue, but not by other measures of value. The gap now is so vast it’s hard to imagine how they might ever regain their market positioning. And now the digital companies are stretching into energy for their data centers, but not yet clean liquid energy, which creates the opportunity. In this podcast I set out several steps the industry can take to recapture its former glory. ⚒️ Additional Tools & Resources 💡 Go backstage and check out my studio: 🔗 📚 Take my one-day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 🔗 🤝 Connect with Me ✍️ Blog: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 X: 🎤Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on these and other topics. to discuss your upcoming event needs. ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Beyond the Lens
04/23/2025
Beyond the Lens
Industrial operations have long depended on the OODA loop—Observe, Orient, Decide, Act—a military-inspired decision framework that works, but at great cost. It requires physical presence, human expertise, and often misses key variables hidden from view. This age-old method is embedded across energy infrastructure—from wells to refineries. The digital age, however, is transforming our ability to observe. With billions of video-capable devices generating colossal amounts of data, and artificial intelligence now capable of interpreting this data in real time, there’s a game-changing opportunity at hand. This episode explores the staggering scale and value of video data, and how AI’s emerging ability to interpret video feeds on the fly can augment, and in some cases replace, the human eye in the OODA loop. I outline some of the implications for quality inspections, site assembly checks, and future-proofing industrial operations. Additional Tools & Resources 💡 Go backstage and check out my studio: 🔗 📚 Take my one-day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 🔗 Connect with Me ✍️ Blog: 🎙️ Podcast: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 X: Contact for Lectures and Keynotes 🎤 I speak regularly on these and other topics. to discuss your upcoming event needs. Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice. Read the Article Want the actual script that this podcast is based on?
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The Future of Offshore Connectivity
04/16/2025
The Future of Offshore Connectivity
Offshore oil and gas operations are among the most complex and remote in the world. From harsh weather to limited physical access, these environments demand reliable, high-speed communications to enable modern digital workflows and keep operations running safely and efficiently. As offshore operations become more autonomous and data-driven, the traditional telecom models fall short. Legacy systems struggle to meet rising demands for bandwidth, low latency, and mobility—especially when platforms are unmanned or vessels are constantly on the move. is addressing this head-on by delivering a mixed-mode communication strategy that combines subsea fiber, private 5G, and satellite (LEO) into one seamless network. Their infrastructure enables everything from robotic inspections and mobile edge compute to AI-driven automation—critical for modernizing offshore energy. In this episode, I speak with , Chief Digital Officer and President of the Americas at . We explore how a hybrid telecom model is revolutionizing offshore connectivity, driving operational efficiencies, and accelerating digital transformation. From supporting 450+ global platforms to enabling real-time decision-making at the edge, Frode shares a glimpse of the offshore future—one powered by high-speed, intelligent infrastructure. 👤 About the Guest is President Americas and Chief Digital Officer at , the world’s largest offshore communications network provider. He brings 18+ years of telecom leadership from Telenor and now leads Tampnet’s digital strategy and operations across the Americas. Frode holds an MSc from the Norwegian School of Economics and a Master in Technology Management from MIT/NTNU. 🔗 📧 th@capientco.com 🔧 Additional Tools & Resources ✍ 📘 🎥 🤝 Connect with Me 🌐 💼 🐦 🎤 Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I speak regularly on digital transformation, AI, and innovation in energy. about your next event. ⚠️ Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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