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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AI That Thinks Like a Scientist
04/02/2025
AI That Thinks Like a Scientist
AI is transforming oil and gas, but not all AI is created equal. Many companies have wasted millions on failed AI projects, chasing optimization without real breakthroughs. But what if AI could think like a scientist—applying physics and chemistry to accelerate decision-making and innovation? In this episode, , Head of Sales for Energy at , explains how their science-based AI is reshaping everything from production forecasting to molecular design. Unlike traditional generative AI, which relies on pattern recognition, Noble.AI operates on scientific principles, enabling faster, more accurate results for R&D, product development, and enhanced oil recovery. TC shares fascinating use cases where AI has cut R&D timelines from decades to months, optimized drilling decisions, and even created new chemical formulations in real-time. We also discuss why AI skepticism is still strong in oil and gas, how to overcome it, and why AI should be seen as a force multiplier, not a job threat. About the Guest TC Zoboroski is the Head of Sales for Energy at Noble.AI, a company specializing in science-based artificial intelligence for industries like oil & gas, materials science, and biotech. With a background in technology and experience at Halliburton, Dell, AWS, and Exxon, TC brings deep insight into how AI can bridge the gap between traditional energy challenges and cutting-edge digital solutions. Connect with TC and Noble.AI: 🔹 Company Website: 🔹 LinkedIn: Additional Tools & Resources: 🚀 Go backstage and check out my studio: 📖 Read my blog on AI in oil and gas: 🎙 More podcast episodes: Connect with Me: 🌎 Website: 📧 Newsletter: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 Twitter/X: Contact for Lectures & Keynotes: I speak regularly on digital innovation, AI, and energy transformation. If you’d like me to speak at your next event, . Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are for informational and discussion purposes only. They do not constitute professional advice.
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Ending Insanity In Oil and Gas
03/26/2025
Ending Insanity In Oil and Gas
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome. In oil and gas, we do the same thing over and over, knowing the outcome will vary—but believing we’re optimizing it. With billions at stake, the industry needs better ways to react in real time. As capital market pressures rise and companies consolidate, optimization is no longer optional—it’s survival. The days of a “sand disposal” mentality in hydraulic fracturing are fading. Operators need data-driven decision-making to improve well performance, cut waste, and reduce risks. Enter , a company pioneering real-time pressure diagnostics to transform completions. Andrew McMurray, CEO and co-founder of , is at the forefront of this change. With a background in mechanical engineering and years in the service sector, he has built a company that challenges industry inertia. solutions provide immediate insights to operators, allowing them to adapt on the fly—tightening performance curves, cutting costs, and increasing efficiency. Additional Tools & Resources 🌐 📧 Contact Andrew 👉 [email protected] 💡 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 (Twitter): Contact for Lectures and Keynotes 🎤 I speak regularly on digital innovation 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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The World in a Cube
03/19/2025
The World in a Cube
Energy markets are undergoing a profound transformation. With demand shifting, new energy sources emerging, and digital infrastructure consuming more power than ever, the need for accurate, data-driven decision-making has never been greater. Companies must now navigate uncertainty with smarter forecasting tools, leveraging AI and real-time analytics to stay ahead. However, traditional forecasting models often fail to capture the full picture. New energy sources like solar and battery storage are disrupting the grid, while AI-driven data centers are reshaping electricity demand. At the same time, tech companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are moving beyond buying power to direct energy investments, influencing market dynamics in unexpected ways. So how do we make sense of this fast-changing landscape? Joining me today is , CEO of , one of the world’s leading energy research firms. With a background in physics, statistics, and AI-powered analytics, Jarand has spent two decades refining energy forecasting models that are used by executives and policymakers worldwide. In this episode, we explore how AI is transforming energy analysis, the long-term outlook for global power demand, and what the rise of tech-driven energy investments means for traditional players. About the Guest Jarand Rystad is the founder and CEO of Rystad Energy, one of the world’s leading energy research firms. A physicist by training, Jarand spent years at McKinsey & Co. before launching Rystad Energy, building it into a global powerhouse of energy analytics. Additional Tools & Resources 💡 Explore Rystad Energy: 📊 Check out their latest reports: Connect with Me 🔗 LinkedIn: 📩 Blog: 🎙 Podcast Archive: Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I regularly speak on digital transformation, AI, and energy trends. Book a call to discuss your event needs: Disclaimer The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Sweat Science
03/10/2025
Sweat Science
Oil and gas workers operate in extreme conditions, such as the Gulf and the Permian Basin, where the intense heat and high humidity create very hazardous conditions. You lose a lot of body moisture just surviving in those settings. Most of us know to take a drink of water when we’re thirsty, but in those places, by the time you’re thirsty, you’re already at risk. Is there a better way to measure dehydration risk before it becomes a safety hazard? In this episode, I sit down with , Chief Revenue Officer of s, to discuss a nifty wearable device that tracks sweat loss, sodium levels, and hydration needs in real time—helping prevent heat-related injuries before they happen. Elite athletes like Lionel Messi and Serena Williams rely on a sweat patch from Epicore to help them complete. This technology caught the attention of Chevron, who saw the potential to protect its industrial athletes (front line workers). It’s been deployed across oil fields, refineries, mining and aviation sectors, changing the way companies monitor worker health and safety. Stuff that I didn’t know: ✔️ Why sweat is as valuable as blood for real-time health tracking ✔️ The hidden dangers of dehydration—and why most workers don’t recognize the symptoms ✔️ How Chevron partnered with Epicore to develop a rugged, industrial-grade wearable ✔️ The privacy-first approach to tracking hydration without monitoring individuals ✔️ What’s next for wearables in industrial safety, from muscle fatigue monitoring to ketone tracking If you’re in HSE, operations, or workforce safety, this episode is a must-listen. About the Guest Jim Ryan is the Chief Revenue Officer at Epicore Biosystems, the company behind this clever health monitoring technology. Jim has an extensive background in telecom, cybersecurity, and digital health, which is very useful indeed in bringing this kind of technology to the industry. Additional Tools & Resources 🔗 Chevron’s research on heat stress monitoring (to be presented at CERAWeek—link coming soon!) 🔗 Epicore Biosystems website – 🔗 Gatorade GX Sweat Patch (Epicore’s original sports-focused innovation) – 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 (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/geoffreycann Contact for Lectures and Keynotes I regularly speak on digital innovation in energy. Interested in having me at your event? Let’s talk! 📩 Contact me here → 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 Milling to Data
03/05/2025
From Milling to Data
The oil and gas industry has long relied on surface data and the expertise of seasoned operators to manage the complexities of downhole operations. However, as wells become deeper, laterals longer, and conditions more extreme, the human expert can struggle to address the expanded downhole complexity. Consistency, efficiency, and precision have become increasingly difficult to achieve. This growing complexity presents significant challenges. Operators must interpret inconsistent surface data while contending with extreme pressures, weights, and temperatures. Without real-time visibility into what’s happening at the drill bit, risks like unplanned downtime, tool failures, and inefficiencies sap productivity and inflate costs. To overcome these issues, the industry is turning to advanced technology, automation, and machine learning to build a more repeatable and predictable model of operation. In this episode, I speak with Brad Watson, the technology development manager with STEP Energy Services, on how his team is driving innovation with STEP-conneCT, a downhole sensor system integrated with e-coil technology. By providing real-time data on weight, torque, and motor health, STEP-conneCT is helping operators transform coiled tubing operations into a manufacturing-style process. Brad discusses how this technology is addressing challenges, reducing downtime, and paving the way for automation in oil and gas. About the Guest: Brad Watson is the technology development manager with STEP Energy Services, a leading company in the coiled tubing and pressure pumping sector. With a focus on advancing milling technology, Brad has played a key role in deploying STEP-conneCT, a leading-edge tool for real-time data acquisition in extreme downhole conditions. His work illustrates the integration of technology and engineering to address the challenges of modern oil and gas exploration. You can connect with Brad and learn more about STEP Energy Services via: 🌐 Website: 🔗 LinkedIn: Additional Tools & Resources From Geoffrey 🎬 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 👉
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Pearls of CO2 Wisdom
02/26/2025
Pearls of CO2 Wisdom
Direct air carbon capture will be required to remove excess CO2 from the atmosphere while we wind down fossil fuel combustion, and a new technology based on graphene and amine coated ceramic pearls or spheres may be the missing link. The direct air capture methods deployed to date struggle with their enormous scale, their energy intensity, and operating costs. They can require hundreds of dollars per ton of CO2 removed, large land footprints, and available geology to sequester the carbon underground. Economically, they can't pay their own way without permanent subsidies. Many entrepreneurs are working to solve the problem by working backwards from commercial principles that the technology must be economically sustainable without market support. In this interview, I speak with Samir Adams, an entrepreneur who has for several years been perfecting a commercially viable approach to direct air carbon capture. By leveraging graphene-coated ceramic pearls, he has developed a low-energy, modular solution capable of capturing and recycling carbon dioxide with market leading efficiency. Samir walks through how he and his partner conceptualized a graphene-based solution to overcoming challenges in binding CO2. He explains how his technology enables localized CO2 capture, making it practical for industries like enhanced oil recovery, agriculture, and other CO2 buyers. We also discuss the potential of AI integration, the scalability of this technology, and its ability to create new revenue streams from CO2 capture. About the Guest: Sam is a highly experienced technology executive who has led several start ups from start to finish. 🔗 LinkedIn: Learn More about CC&C 🌐 Visit Carbon Capture and Commercialization: Additional Tools & Resources From Geoffrey 🎬 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 👉
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Crux of the Matter
02/19/2025
Crux of the Matter
Pipelines are often thought of as simple logistics channels, but in reality, they operate more like sprawling processing plants. This complexity has long been underserved by outdated control systems that lack the sophistication of modern software. The challenge is clear: legacy systems are hindering efficiency, sustainability, and even talent retention as younger generations expect better tools in the workplace. How do we overcome this inertia? In this latest episode I catch up with Vicki Knott, Co-Founder and CEO of Crux OCM, whose exciting work is transforming pipeline control rooms with analytics and automation tools designed for the modern era. Vicki shares how her team is delivering measurable gains in throughput, emissions reductions, and energy efficiency—without a single piece of new steel. We cover some of the biggest questions shaping the future of pipeline control systems: 1️⃣ Why have pipeline control systems been left behind by digital innovation? 2️⃣ How does Crux OCM’s technology deliver real results for operators? 3️⃣ What role does trust in cloud-based systems play in accelerating adoption? 4️⃣ How does Microsoft’s involvement amplify Crux OCM’s vision? 5️⃣ What lessons has Vicki learned about driving transformation in a traditional industry? Crux OCM recently closed a $17M Series A funding led by Microsoft, who recognizes the importance of the shift to zero-trust, cloud-based control room solutions that are reshaping the energy industry. About the Guest: Vicki Knott is the Co-Founder and CEO of Crux OCM, a company dedicated to modernizing pipeline control systems. With a background in chemical engineering and a sharp focus on industry needs, Vicki is driving digital transformation for pipeline operators around the globe. She has led Crux OCM through key milestones, including a $17M Series A investment backed by Microsoft’s M12 Fund. Contacting the Guest 🌐 Visit Crux OCM: Additional Tools & Resources From Geoffrey 🎬 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 👉
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Transforming Petrochemicals
02/12/2025
Transforming Petrochemicals
The petrochemical industry has traditionally been slow to adopt new technologies, often hindered by legacy systems, risk-averse cultures, and scattered data. However, as global competition and sustainability pressures mount, companies like Nova Chemicals are turning to digital transformation to drive operational efficiency and sustainability. Nova Chemicals recognized the untapped potential in its decades of operational data and began its digital journey with a bold vision. By leveraging advanced tools, such as AI-driven predictive maintenance, the company has revolutionized its approach to reliability, maintenance, and operational performance. NovaChem’s strategy involved carefully piloting digital solutions on redundant equipment to mitigate risks and build confidence, leading to transformative value—four times the initially estimated impact. In this episode, I speak with Ahmed Musa, Digital Transformation Leader at Nova Chemicals, who shares insights into how the company has structured its digital initiatives through its Digital Factory and corporate priorities. From overcoming challenges with legacy data systems to fostering a culture of innovation through “Nova Nature,” Ahmed reveals the actionable strategies and lessons learned on NovaChem’s digital journey. What impressed me the most was how digital tools not only reduce costs and emissions but also empower employees, enriching their roles with data-driven insights. About Ahmed Musa Ahmed Musa is an experienced Digital Transformation Leader with a deep background in chemical engineering. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and has extensive practical experience in reliability, maintenance, and turnaround management. Since joining Nova Chemicals in 2014, Ahmed has been highly involved in the company’s digital transformation initiatives, focusing on leveraging AI, data contextualization, and advanced analytics to enhance plant reliability and operational efficiency. Contacting the Guest 📎 Ahmed Musa’s LinkedIn: 🌐 Nova Chemicals Website: Additional Resources You Might Value 🎥 Explore My Digital Studio: 🎓 One-Day Digital Strategy Training: 📝 Blog Series on Digital Oil and Gas: 🎙 Podcast Episodes Archive: Connect with Me! 🔗 Connect with Geoffrey on LinkedIn: 🐦 Follow on X (formerly Twitter): 🌐 Visit the Website: Book Me! 📣 I speak regularly on topics related to digital transformation in the energy sector. 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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Driving Data Innovation in Fuel Supply Chains
02/07/2025
Driving Data Innovation in Fuel Supply Chains
The fuel products supply chain is long and complicated, handling the movement of massive volumes of fungible, dangerous, and valuable products in millions of small lots. Despite its criticality, this part of the industry is often overlooked, but can benefit from the modern tools that are finding their way into many industries. I was curious just how deeply our modern digital tools have penetrated the supply chain. There's no one better to discuss this topic than , VP and General Manager of Energy and Refined Fuels at . DTN touches some 85% of the liquid fuel molecules in the US, which affords them a unique perspective on the supply lines. Ken outlines the current state of digital adoption across North America and globally, touching on gaps in data usage and the challenges of creating unified digital standards. We get into the ongoing reliance on legacy tools like Excel, the growing importance of real-time data sharing, and the opportunities promised by AI. Ken speaks strongly to the importance of robust data governance to enhance supply chain reliability while maintaining compliance with antitrust safeguards. I was very pleasantly surprised to hear just how important data now is to the fortunes of the supply lines. Data might well be the new oil. #DTN #OneDTN #oilandgas About the Guest: Ken Evans is the Vice President and General Manager of Energy and Refined Fuels at DTN, where he leads efforts to enhance the efficiency of the oil and gas supply chain through innovative digital solutions. With a background in chemical engineering, Ken has held pivotal roles in operations management, corporate strategy, and technology development, including leadership positions at SAP. His extensive experience in automation and data systems has made him a key advocate for the transformative power of digital adoption in energy logistics. Contact Ken! 🌐 LinkedIn: 🌐 website: https://www.dtn.com/ Additional Tools & Resources: 🎤 📚 📰 🎧 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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Building the Workforce of the Future
01/31/2025
Building the Workforce of the Future
The energy industry faces a dual challenge: addressing the growing skills gap as experienced workers retire, and attracting a tech-savvy younger workforce. Meanwhile, digital transformation is reshaping the landscape, introducing complex tools like AI and automation into traditional workflows. In this episode, I interview Ron Crabtree, CEO of MetaOps and MetaExperts, about bridging the workforce gap. The interview considers how companies can identify critical skills for the future, implement effective mentorship programs, and create the kinds of roles that attract and retain young talent. We flag the “wisdom gap” caused by retiring baby boomers and consider steps to build a digitally capable workforce. Ron has worked across a broad range of industries, and brings this experience from a career in lean Six Sigma, digital transformation, and talent solutions. I like this episode because energy leaders are already grappling with workforce sustainability in a competitive and evolving market. About the Guest Ron Crabtree is the CEO of MetaOps and MetaExperts, a leader in lean Six Sigma and talent solutions. With over two decades of consulting experience across industries like manufacturing, healthcare, and energy, Ron specializes in digital transformation, workforce optimization, and process improvement. A Master Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, he has authored five books and designed training programs used by leading corporations worldwide. Ron also hosts the MetaPod podcast, tackling business challenges in tangible goods sectors. ✨ Connect with Ron: 🌐 MetaExperts Website: 💼 LinkedIn: Additional Tools & Resources 📖 Blog Series: 📚 Online Training: 🎙 Podcast Archive: Connect with Me 🌐 Website: 💼 LinkedIn: 🐦 Twitter: Contact for Lectures and Keynotes 🎤 I regularly speak on digital transformation, energy workforce challenges, and emerging technology trends. Let’s discuss your next event. Disclaimer ❗ The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Visual Analytics in Field Operations
01/24/2025
Visual Analytics in Field Operations
Safe operations in industries like oil and gas, water utilities, and construction are a non-negotiable priority. However, achieving these high safety standards often creates inefficiencies, as organizations adopt low-error tolerance systems and time-intensive compliance processes. Field teams face growing pressure to balance safety, productivity, and quality, while adapting to emerging challenges like digitization and net-zero goals. As these demands intensify, field operations continue to struggle with outdated approaches. Excessive paperwork, lack of real-time visibility, and disjointed communication between field teams and managers result in unnecessary downtime, missed opportunities, and increased operational costs. How can industries modernize field operations to meet these high safety and performance standards while driving efficiency? In this episode, I’m joined by Karl Simons, Chief Futurist at FYLD, to explore how AI-driven solutions are revolutionizing field operations. FYLD’s platform uses visual analytics, natural language processing, and predictive reasoning to digitize fieldwork, automate reporting, and deliver actionable insights. Some of the questions we discuss include: • How can industries overcome safety and productivity challenges in field operations? • What role do AI-powered tools like visual analytics and predictive reasoning play in modernizing operations? • How does digitization support organizations in achieving net-zero goals? • What are the key barriers to adopting AI solutions in field operations, and how can they be addressed? Reference Links For FYLD 🖥️ website: 📇 Linkedin: 🖥️ LinkedIn: Additional Tools & Resources From Geoffrey 🎬 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 👉
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Beyond the Map
01/17/2025
Beyond the Map
The energy sector is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by advancements in geospatial technology and the unrelenting evolution of digital innovation. Traditional geotech methods are giving way to LiDAR, GPS, drone and satellite imagery, and the industry now collects more data than ever before. But how do you make sense of this crazy data-rich landscape while holding to the oil and gas ideals of accuracy, efficiency, and safety? Adding to this data overload challenge are the siloed information holdings and the need for skilled professionals who can interpret and leverage geospatial insights. From pipeline monitoring to asset management, the applications of these tools are becoming table stakes, not nice-to-haves. To be competitive, today's energy companies need to rethink how they manage geospatial data, build up predictive analytics, and break through organizational barriers to data sharing. In this episode, I speak with Lonnie Upton, an account manager at NV5 and a seasoned expert in geospatial data for oil and gas. Lonnie shares his journey from field surveying to becoming a leader in the use of cutting-edge remote sensing technologies. Together, we discuss how geospatial tools are driving efficiency, improving safety, and reshaping operations. Some of the questions we explore include: • What problems do technologies like LiDAR and AI-powered tools solve in the energy sector? • How can organizations overcome challenges of data overload and departmental silos? • What steps should companies take to ensure data quality and real-time decision-making? • Why is geospatial data a key driver for the future of energy operations? If you're unfamiliar with how geotech can make a difference, you'll really appreciate this episode on the potential of geospatial technology and its impact on the future of energy. #NV5 #geospatial #GIS #digitaloilfield #O&G #oil&gas Reference Links For NV5 🖥️ website: 📇 Linkedin: 🖥️ LinkedIn: Additional Tools & Resources From Geoffrey 🎬 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 👉
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Cloud Power
01/10/2025
Cloud Power
#ETRM #CTRM One of the last remaining domains of energy yet to fully embrace the cloud is Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM). Despite the key role it plays, the broader oil and gas sector (producers, supply houses, traders, agents) cling to old legacy ETRM systems—clunky, costly, and a pain to integrate into complex application portfolios. Trading is a high stakes game with few users, and the risk of modernizing these systems is very worrisome. However, the energy sector is now overdue to tackle ETRM, driven by rapid changes in commodity markets and global geopolitics. The emergence of new commodities such as renewables and the realignment of supply chains because of sanctions and conflicts, really requires systems that can adapt quickly and efficiently. Legacy ETRM systems, rigid and isolated, struggle to cope with these new realities. Cloud-based solutions, however, offer the agility to address rapid growth in renewables and the complexity of modern energy trading. In this episode I speak with Sameer Soleja, the Founder and CEO of Molecule, who set out to disrupt this stagnant landscape. Sameer launched a new ETRM solution that improves the user experience through an emphasis on ease of use, automation, and reliability. Reference Links For Molecule 🖥️ website: 📇 Linkedin: 🖥️ LinkedIn: 📧 email: [email protected] Additional Tools & Resources From Geoffrey 🎬 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 👉
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Building Tomorrow’s Energy Talent Today
12/20/2024
Building Tomorrow’s Energy Talent Today
SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology) has a critical mission: producing the frontline workers that keep the energy industry running. But as the sector evolves—shaped by decarbonization, digital technologies, shifting demographics, and immigration rules—so too must the workforce. According to Dale Hansen, dean of SAIT’s MacPhail School of Energy, the institution’s role is to stay several steps ahead of these trends, making sure graduates are ready to meet the future. Dale faces an unenviable but exciting challenge: anticipating where the energy market is headed years before it happens. SAIT works to identify the skills the industry will need, refresh its curriculum, and recruit educators—all while navigating rapid changes. This isn’t just about tweaking course content; it’s about rethinking what it means to be an energy professional in a world increasingly shaped by new solutions and technologies. The future energy worker won’t just turn wrenches or operate rigs—they’ll need to innovate, adapt, and problem-solve in ways that the industry has yet to experience. Dale highlights how SAIT is taking a proactive approach to build this next-gen workforce, seeing that the energy sector has the talent it needs to thrive in a decarbonized, digital-first future. About Dale Dale Hansen is the Dean in the MacPhail School of Energy at SAIT, providing strategic leadership for its academic programs that span across the energy industry. Prior to joining SAIT, Dale spent 25 years in the oil and gas and mineral resource sectors. Through the course of his career in oil and gas, Dale filled a wide variety of leadership roles across many functions, including time spent in field locations such as the Oil Sands near Fort McMurray. This has provided him with a well-rounded perspective on the industry and an absolute passion for energy in all of its forms. Dale is an experienced facilitator and speaker who holds a Chartered Professional Accounting (CMA) designation and a Master of Arts degree in Leadership from Royal Roads University. Reference Links For SAIT 🖥️ website: https://www.sait.ca/sait-schools/macphail-school-of-energy 📇 Linkedin: ⌨️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/saitca 📧 Dale’s email: 🖥️ Facebook: Facebook.com/SAIT ❌ Twitter: x.com/sait Additional Tools & Resources From Geoffrey 🎬 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 👉
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Unlocking Digital Doors
12/13/2024
Unlocking Digital Doors
Oil and gas managers often view every decision as high-stakes and irreversible, but in the digital world, not all choices carry that weight. Jeff Bezos’s concept of “Type One” (irreversible) and “Type Two” (reversible) decisions offers a powerful framework for rethinking decision-making in the energy sector. While some digital investments—like SCADA integrations or major cybersecurity upgrades—are genuine Type One decisions requiring caution, many can be structured to minimize risk. In this episode, I explore practical approaches like pilots, modular designs, and SaaS solutions that help reframe digital investments as low-risk, high-reward opportunities. By distinguishing between true Type One decisions and those that only seem that way, oil and gas companies can accelerate adoption cycles, manage risk effectively, and unlock value faster. 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 regularly speak on these and related topics. Book a brief call to discuss your upcoming event: 👉 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice. Download the Transcript! Want the script for this podcast? Download it here: 👉
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Why Your Digital Oil and Gas Innovation Is Doomed
12/06/2024
Why Your Digital Oil and Gas Innovation Is Doomed
With your company being acquired, what happens to the digital innovation you helped pioneer? Sadly, its days may be numbered. The unfortunate fate of digital innovations in the oil and gas industry following acquisitions is really depressing. Even groundbreaking technologies—despite their proven value—are often tossed to the curb by acquiring companies and their old-guard leaders. The structural and cultural barriers that stifle innovation in oil and gas can kill off winning ideas without remorse. That's the story in this episode--the rise and fall of a remarkable digital transformation program that unlocked huge value for a company on the brink, but was left behind after an acquisition by a more traditional player in the industry. Fortunately, I share the steps digital innovators must take to safeguard their work and survive in an acquisition. Sometimes the upside can be huge. 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 regularly speak on these and related topics. Book a brief call to discuss your upcoming event: 👉 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice. Download the Transcript! Want the script for this podcast? Download it here: 👉 https://digitaloilgas.substack.com/p/why-your-digital-oil-and-gas-innovation
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The Integrators Guide to ETRM
11/27/2024
The Integrators Guide to ETRM
Stitching a new energy trading and risk management (ETRM) system into a modern systems environment is a substantial and risky undertaking. ETRM as a business function is notably complicated and the challenges an integrator faces are legion. Energy trading is perhaps the most complicated of all of the various functional areas one encounters in the oil and gas industry. It is a high risk, high stakes, high cost, highly dynamic, complex function with strong ties into operations and finance, relatively few actual transactions, and carried out by a small number of people who have deep industrial insight. What could go wrong? The successful integrator will promote an open and collaborative environment for the multiple technology and business teams to address the many integration challenges. While the stakes are high, the benefits of a well-designed and executed integration are well worth the investment. 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: 👉
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Navigating Green Compliance
11/22/2024
Navigating Green Compliance
Are you curious how the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) might impact the global oil and gas industry? It will indirectly, thankfully, but in a specific instance and for a specific fuel type, very directly. The fuels industry is on a mad rush to decarbonize its fuel products, under pressure from regulators and customers both of whom are seeking fuels that produce far fewer damaging emissions. One way to decarbonize fuels is through the development and adoption of sustainable fuels that are produced by converting biomass (such as corn, sugar cane, soy, rapeseed, straw, wood chips) into ethanol, bio diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel. Bio fuels, the product of converting biomass to a fuel, is the fuels industry’s answer to the circular economy. Biomass is basically a vector to recycle atmospheric CO2, by first converting C02 into plants (Nature’s contribution), then turning the plants into bio fuel (a humankind speciality), and burning the biofuel as energy, releasing the CO2 back into the atmosphere where it then is converted back into a plant. Bio fuels, depending on their origins, fall into the category of derivative products for the purposes of the EUDR. A clever way to track and trace the provenance of a specific fuel product, including one that is blended, traded, and stored, is to accompany the product with a digital passport or record of the life of the bio fuel. 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-green-compliance
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The Industrial Edge
11/18/2024
The Industrial Edge
Market-leading companies with complex plant operations, such as oil refineries and petrochemical plants, are turning to private 5G network technology to gain an industrial edge. In the oil refining and petrochemical sectors, inadequate connectivity is a growing challenge that hampers further drives to improve operational efficiency, safety, and communication. Traditional solutions like Wi-Fi just won’t cut it in the uncarpeted world of industry, and wired networks can’t easily meet the needs of a dynamic, mobile workforce. The result is safety risks, frustrated workers, stranded data, and higher cost operations. In this podcast, , the founder and CTO of discusses how Private 5G offers a powerful solution, providing robust, reliable wireless coverage tailored to the industrial enterprise, to support the unique demands of large-scale facilities, offering seamless connectivity across refinery and petrochemical plant sites. Reference Links For Celona 🖥️ website: 🖥️ TCO Calculator, live product tour, Proof of concept: 🖥️ Virtual Refinery Tour, Case Studies: 📇 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehyavuz/ Additional Tools & Resources From Geoffrey 🎬 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 👉
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Building Safer Workplaces
11/08/2024
Building Safer Workplaces
Suicide is a significant and overlooked issue in various industries. Among the sectors most affected are construction and trades, installation, maintenance and repairs, and agriculture, particularly for men. These fields face high stress, long hours, and job insecurity, which can contribute to mental health struggles. Within oil and gas, the reliance on construction and skilled trades to build infrastructure links this sector closely with some of the highest suicide rates. Many oil and gas workers hail from farming backgrounds. In recent years, there has been a noticeable shift in workplace attitudes toward mental health, with younger leaders increasingly recognizing its connection to overall performance and safety. This change has led to a stronger demand for mental health initiatives, particularly in high-risk industries. By building basic suicide prevention skills across these sectors, workplaces can become more prepared and supportive. Offering employees and managers the tools to recognize warning signs and engage in compassionate conversations is a crucial step in addressing mental health challenges and preventing potential crises before they escalate. My guest, , is a specialist in workplace health and wellness with a focus on the highest-risk industries for suicide. Taking a pragmatic, hands-on approach, Tara provides training and coaching to help businesses create safer workplace environments where suicide prevention is a priority. By making these skills accessible through remote and mobile training, she aims to equip employees with the confidence to support their peers and foster a culture of care and awareness. Connect with the Guest: 👉 Tara Adams : 👉 Abridge Consulting: Additional Tools & Resources: 🎓 Take my one day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 👉 Connect with Me: 🖥️ Blog series: 🎧 Podcast: 📇 Linkedin: 🤬 X: Disclaimer: The views expressed in this video are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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The Mindset Shift
11/01/2024
The Mindset Shift
Successful change management in oil and gas is dependent on having the right mindset about the change. Many years ago, I was involved in implementing a new computer system for a remote field office. The managers assured us that all they needed to do to guarantee a successful implementation was to order the employees by memo to use the system. Change management? Tick. We dutifully couriered to the field office a laptop with the system installed, which was returned to us a couple of days later, crushed flat and with freshly laid-down tire marks visible on the cover. So much for management’s efforts to win over hearts and minds. Change management rarely considers the mindset of those driving change and those expected to embrace change, which inevitably brings conflict to the adoption process. How people show up matters. In this podcast I interview , a leadership and career expert who helps individuals, teams, and organizations unlock their potential in all facets of life. Given his background in engineering, business, and leadership, he specializes in working with engineering and technical professionals, but the principles he shares are universal. He is the author of the bestselling book, "The Intentional Engineer: A Guide to a Purpose-Driven Life and Career for Engineers and Technical Professionals." Connect with Jeff: 🖥️ Website: 📇 Linkedin: 📧 Email: Jeff’s Tools and Resources: 📑 📋 📘 📙 Additional Tools & Resources: 🎬 Go backstage and check out my studio: 👉 🎓 Take my one day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 👉 📙 Bits, Bytes, and Barrels: The Digital Transformation of Oil and Gas: 📘 Carbon, Capital, and the Cloud: A Playbook for Digital Oil and Gas: Connect with Me: 🎧 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 video are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Traceable Truths
10/25/2024
Traceable Truths
It's never been easy for energy products to demonstrate they are sustainable because such products are not easily traceable through the supply chain. Commodity products such as energy, plastics, carbon, and fuels are fungible, voluminous, and blended with each other. The supply chains are not segregated, leading to possible cross contamination when a sustainable fuel passes through infrastructure that is shared with traditional fossil fuels. However, regulatory efforts are putting pressure on organizations to address this using new digital solutions, leveraging machine generated data, blockchain trusted ledgers, cloud computing, and analytics. Concepts like digital passports that accompany physical cargos allow supply chain participants to track the movements of cargos and trace their chain of custody from feedstock to the consumer, and back through the waste stream as they reenter the manufacturing loop. These ideas do not apply solely to fuels. Minerals such as lithium, which have very high value and are recyclable, are also benefiting from passports that provide assurance that the minerals are responsibly sourced and properly handled. One of the key technologies that the energy industry uses for this purpose is called Marco, a kind of middleware technology for digital ledgers that provides for easy solution building. In this interview, I speak with , account executive with , on how Finboot's solutions allow petroleum, petrochemical, and energy companies deliver sustainable products. Noslen has a background in Physics, and holds a PhD in quantum mechanics. Connect with Noslen: 📇 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noslensuarezrojas/ 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.
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Busting Biases, Boosting Innovation
10/25/2024
Busting Biases, Boosting Innovation
Managers in oil and gas rely on various rules of thumb to accelerate decision making, but at times these biases get in the way of making better decisions. Biases that were at one time helpful are now a kind of risk. Examples include the emphasis on production above all else, the preference for proven over novel solutions, and the preference for those innovations that originate in the industry. These lingering biases explain why the fortunes of oil and gas companies now dramatically lag the index leaders whose market values are now in the trillions. Correcting for these biases is not hard, but it does take concerted effort, particularly using some change management tactics. When times are stable, biases are perhaps a convenient way to facilitate decisions and gain unanimity at the management table. However, the industry is facing far greater complexity than in the past, and such biases are now a risk to be managed. 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: 👉
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From Crude to Computation
10/18/2024
From Crude to Computation
Imagine that the year is 2034. How will the world of oil be digitally different from the way things are in 2024? Some things won't have changed much. Demand will still be strong. We will still be consuming a lot of oil. This is baked in. There is plenty of supply. Costs will have crept up but productivity will more than make up for that. Digital will have utterly transformed how we run the industry thanks to: the circular economy and full life cycle monitoring of our assets digital twin solutions for optimizing production and operations remote control, robots and automation that take out human workers cloud solutions that make everything online all the time mobile connectivity to all mobile people and gear voice interfaces whereever possible. The future is coming quicker than we think. Preparing for it costs no more than running a few trials of a small number of innovations. 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/from-crude-to-computation
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Six Key Risks That Crater Digital Entrepreneurs
10/11/2024
Six Key Risks That Crater Digital Entrepreneurs
Digital entrepreneurs face many worrisome perils, and oil and gas poses its own unique set. In my view, the single greatest challenge facing technology companies when dealing with oil and gas is the lack of a clear pathway from the outset of the relationship to scaling up or gaining an enterprise commitment to adoption. The level of fragmentation of decision making inside oil and gas means that a lot of managers get to weigh in on technology that might impact their unit. But for the technology company, that fragmentation also translates into heroically long decision cycles, long waits between meetings, and time spent unproductively helping decision makers get to a decision. Slow cash payment cycles hurt the economics. Change management isn't seen as valuable. The industry shies away from any publicity, even the positive kind that helps digital innovators. It's all about the culture. 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/the-six-key-risks-that-absolutely
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The Latest Digital Bludgeon With Which To Beat Up Oil and Gas
10/04/2024
The Latest Digital Bludgeon With Which To Beat Up Oil and Gas
A brand new digital bludgeon whose nearly sole purpose is to beat up on the oil and gas industry, is about to be launched. As usual, this is both bad and good news. The global oil and gas industry is the single largest source of avoidable methane emissions, emitting 80 million tons per year through venting, flaring, and unintentional losses (fugitive emissions). These Scope 1 emissions represent the fastest pathway for the gas industry to meet pressing climate targets. MethaneSat will be able to detect emissions at lower concentrations, from smaller sites, more frequently, and with greater accuracy than previous satellites. And here’s the kicker. The data collected by MethaneSAT will be made publicly available, unlike many other data from satellite sources. Companies have already developed the algorithms to sift through the petabytes of survey data that such satellites produce (and like many algorithms, some will be in the public domain), so that the analysis will be swiftly available. What could possibly go wrong? 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/the-latest-digital-bludgeon-with
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Eight Board Questions About Mobility Fuel Transition
09/27/2024
Eight Board Questions About Mobility Fuel Transition
The upcoming changes to mobility fuels are important enough that Boards should be paying close attention, and challenging management with keeping pace. For the first time in my life, there are now really big changes coming to the fuel industry. These changes will impact every single participant in the mobility fuel supply chain, from producers to consumers. The level of investment required in new mobility fuels to meet global demands are creating opportunities for wealth creation that have no parallel in history. Never before has mobility experienced such an upheaval. Fortunes will be made. Simplistic answers to the challenges of mobility fuel change are simply not good enough. This is a complex hard to solve problem in a huge, highly fragmented market with participants at dramatically different levels of readiness. If you’re serving on the Board of an energy company, your role is to see that management is taking the transition away from fossil fuels seriously. This podcast highlights the questions you might want to ask at the next quarterly. 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://open.substack.com/pub/digitaloilgas/p/eight-board-questions-about-mobility
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Robotic Inspections
09/06/2024
Robotic Inspections
Process industry professionals have long known about the risks of failure hidden in piping infrastructure, but robotic inspections are poised to solve this safety and risk problem. The pipes with the highest risk profile are undoubtably those used in the petroleum industry, and detecting and assessing their condition under layers of coatings and insulation is one of the most important challenges for the industry. Piping can fail for a variety of reasons, and inspections are expected to detect a broad range of conditions and potential failure points. Most of the more insidious piping weaknesses are not visible to the eye, which can mislead managers into thinking that pipe integrity is assured. Piping failure in a refinery context can be truly catastrophic. Hydrocarbons are toxic and explosive, carry enormous safety implications, and considerable financial risk. A failure of a non-redundant pipe can result in total plant collapse. Suffice to say, the scale of piping infrastructure, the complexity of the material science at stake, the logistical challenges involved, and the nature of the microscopic problems under scrutiny combine into a major undertaking for plant owners keen to avoid substantial financial and safety risks. Better solutions are now available, and feature such innovations as robotic operations, better sensing under insulations, and dramatically improved diagnostics. Dianna Liu is the founder & president of ARIX Technologies, a robotic inspection company using pipe-crawlers and a data analytics software platform to help manufacturing companies better manage corrosion and schedule maintenance. Prior to founding ARIX, Dianna was an engineer for ExxonMobil with roles in logistics/operations and engineering. She has also had R&D experience in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries and prior entrepreneurship experience in founding and managing a 23-year-old online horse game. Dianna holds dual mechanical and biomedical engineering degrees from Duke University and an MBA from Yale University. Additional Tools & Resources: Connect with Dianna! 📧 🖥️ Website: 📇 LinkedIN: 📇 Linkedin: 🎦 🎬 Go backstage and check out my studio: 👉 🎓 Take my one day digital strategy training course for oil and gas: 👉 You might find this related article that I wrote of interest! 👉 Connect with Me: 🖥️ Blog series: 🎧 Podcast: 📇 Linkedin: 🤬 X: Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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The Digital Engineer
08/09/2024
The Digital Engineer
There is a new career pathway now available, that of the digital engineer. This career pathway is open to any engineer who is curious how digital innovations intersect with the traditional engineer job, creating this new role of the digital engineer. Identifying and discovering these new roles is not hard, but for most engineers, it will take them out of their comfort zone to confront some uncertainty, some risk. In essence, it's about risk seeking rather than risk mitigation. In this podcast I interview Philip Black, a professional engineer, and oil and gas expert, because he has successfully transitioned his traditional chemical and processing background to become a digital expert. He pivoted his career without losing his momentum and crafted for himself a new career as a digital engineer. He was sought out by the most senior people in his company to learn more about digital innovations and how they impact the oil and gas industry. Phil has pivoted his career several times and has codified what he has learned to do in a way that any engineer can easily follow. Learn more at his website and pivot your own career into digital or new roles in your company, or into entirely new fields. Engineer Career Pivot! 👉 Connect with Phil! 📇 Linkedin: 👩🏻💻 webinar: 📧 email: You might find these related articles of interest! 👉 👉 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 video are my own and do not constitute professional advice.
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Upskilling In the Caribbean
07/05/2024
Upskilling In the Caribbean
Upskilling of oil and gas professionals in the digital era is a topic everywhere, including the Caribbean island economies. Upskilling means the acquisition of new knowledge and skills, and in digital, this means topics such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, app development, and sensor technology. It's tough enough to acquire new capabilities and stay current in big metropolitan centers. Imagine the challenges in smaller oil and gas producing economies, such as those found in the Caribbean. On-line and distance learning help, but that's not enough. The formal education sector has to play its role, as does industy. But how does this happen? In this podcast, I'm in conversation with Hamlyn Holder, a sessional lecturer with the University of the West Indies and an employee of the oil and gas industry, based in Trinidad and Tobago, one such oil production nation in the Caribbean. Hamlyn has over 20 years of both upstream and downstream engineering experience with nearly a decade of this time dedicated to serving Methanex Trinidad Ltd. Methanex Corporation is the world's largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets in North and South America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Methanol is a clear liquid chemical used in thousands of everyday products, including plastics, paints, cosmetics, and is a clean-burning, cost-effective alternative fuel. As the Site Reliability Engineer, he ensures the optimal functionality and performance of critical plant assets and is committed to continuous improvement and innovation in the asset management of their methanol plants and air separation units. He currently serves as a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Engineering Faculty and also at the Caribbean Institute for Quality training the Caribbean workforce in ASQ courses such as Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Management and Reliability Engineering. He holds a Master’s in Engineering and Asset Management from the University of the West Indies, is CAMA Certified and co-founded Cube Root Farms, a company that helps local farmers, schools and communities to adopt modern smart and sustainable agricultural techniques. He is also well versed in developing, enhancing and launching many enterprise management softwares and is a member of many industry bodies such as API, ASQ, PMI , IEEE, ASME and APETT. 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. Connect with Hamlyn! 📇 Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/hamlyn-holder-cre-pmp-cama-3664424a 🤬 X:
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