In this episode, Joe Batir talks with Cristin Lyons, Partner and Energy Practice Leader at Scott Madden. They discuss the role of management consulting in the energy industry and the challenges of operationalizing strategic imperatives. She highlights the importance of grid reliability in the transition to clean energy and the need for coordination between supply […]

In this episode, Joe Batir discusses two main topics: the Olympics and the impact of administration changes on energy policy and funding. Regarding the Olympics, the host talks about the discussions around weather, climate change, and sustainability during the games. He also mentions the challenges faced by athletes in terms of room conditions and food. In the […]

Summary In this episode, our host, Joe Batir, talks with Dr. Esther Babcock, Founder and Lead Geophysicist of Logic Geophysics. She discusses the role of geophysics in the energy transition. She emphasizes the importance of communication of uncertainty in geophysical data and the value of geophysics in understanding and mitigating long-term risks. Dr. Babcock shares fascinating experiences in […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Bobby Tudor, Chairman of the Houston Energy Transition Initiative and CEO of Artemis Energy Partners. They discuss the energy transition, what it means for Houston, and how Houston can position itself to continue as the energy capital of the world into a low carbon energy future. Bobby’s […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks communications with Mike Casey, President and Founder of Tigercomm. The discuss how and why Mike started Tigercomm, why the clean economy isn’t growing the way it needs to, and how Tigercomm is attempting to solve that. Mike’s book recommendation: The Tiger by John Vaillant Mike’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikecaseytigercomm/ […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Alex Richter, Founder of ThinkGeoEnergy and Head of Business Development at Innargi. They discuss how ThinkGeoEnergy was started as a side hobby out of the financial crisis of 2008, how news has changed since 2008, where geothermal energy is going especially in the current energy and societal […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Rich Craig, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs of the Compressed Gas Association. They discuss what the CGA is and take a deep dive into the Hydrogen ecosystem. They discuss why and how regulation and establishment of industry standards would advance and expedite the growth of the Hydrogen […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Piper Wilder, Found and CEO of 60Hertz about their maintenance management software. They discuss what this software is, when this idea originated for microgrid management in Alaska, and how 60Hertz and their software improves performance, and where they expect maintenance management software to be as part of […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Dr. Ken Anderson and Dr. Scott Hamilton-Brehm from Thermaquatica about Carbon Capture using a process called Oxidative Hydrothermal Dissolution (OHD). In this show, they discuss what OHD is, how this process can capture significant amounts of carbon, and how this can become a truly carbon negative technology. […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Michael McAdams, President of the Advanced Biofuels Association. They discussed what advanced biofuels are, how advanced biofuels are different from what most of us may think, and what these biofuels mean for energy and food security, and how simple the transition to advanced biofuels could be. Michael’s […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with John Kotek, Senior Vice President for Policy Development and Public Affairs at the Nuclear Energy Institute. They discuss what nuclear power is, what it isn’t, why and how it will play an important role in the energy transition, and where it is going in the next 20 […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Nicole Sullivan, Director of Climate Services at CarbonBetter. They take a deep dive into the definition of the voluntary carbon market, generation of carbon credits, and why net zero may not be the best end goal for companies. Nicole’s book recommendation: A Sand County Almanac by Aldo […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Katja Akentieva, Vice President of New Energy Solutions, Western Hemisphere of TGS. They discussed the work that TGS is known for, that being oil and gas data and data insights, and how that work has led TGS to the growing market of renewable energy data and data […]

This episode is sponsored by Ranch Office—Texas style co-working in Houston. Life is better at the Ranch. In this conversation, our host, Joe Batir, speaks with Cody Johnson, CEO of SCS Technologies. They discuss methane vapor recovery and its importance in the energy transition. He explains the role of LACT units in measuring the quantity and […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir answers questions from the internet! Pulled from friends, family, and social media, Joe answers those questions that people wanted to ask, but never knew who to ask. National Renewable Energy Lab wind maps: https://www.nrel.gov/gis/wind.html  Nature article “Hydrogen technology is unlikely to play a major role in sustainable road […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Mike Matthews, Senior Vice President of Data Gumbo. They cover the origin of the name Data Gumbo, the start of Data Gumbo, how smart contract enable trustworthy transactions and accounting, what Carbon Credits are, and how smart contracts are a necessary part of what could be a […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Frode Odegard, founder and CEO of the Post-Industrial Institute. They discuss what Post-Industrial is and how the new business landscape requires new management strategies and new thinking. They also talk through what this means as companies, energy assets, and manufacturing become more decentralized. Frode’s book recommendations: […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Ali Haji, CEO and Director of Ion Energy Ltd. They discuss Ion Energy’s Lithium exploration efforts in Mongolia and discuss Ion Energy’s holistic approach to the resource extraction business. Ion Energy’s approach means local improvement of life through hiring local talent for resource extraction and global […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Peter Black, President and Managing Director of EnergySys. EnergySys is a low code software development platform that is cloud native, hosted on AWS. Here, Joe and Peter discuss what low code means, why it is important for this platform to be cloud native, and how EnergySys is […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Rob Klenner, Senior Energy Transition and Strategy Leader at Baker Hughes. Joe and Rob discuss the multiple facets of the Baker Hughes Innovation Center including, but not limited to “digital”, additive manufacturing, ESG, edge computing, and more. Rob’s Book Recommendation: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Rob […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir gives a recap of his experience at Earthx2022 – the largest Earth Day gathering in the world. Topics he discusses include who was at Earthx, who wasn’t at Earthx and why that matters. The Earthx Book Recommendation: In This Together by Trammell Crow and Bill Shireman Earthx website: […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Moji Karimi from Cemvita Factory. These two walk through the story of how Cemvita was founded as a result of DNA sequencing meeting the oil and gas industry. From the Cemvita origin story, Joe and Moji discuss how Cemvita is developing gold Hydrogen and underground chemical factories, […]

In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Andy Bennett, CEO of mPrest. They discussed distributed energy resources (DERs) and why utilities need a management system (DERMS) for these resources. Through the conversation, Andy shares how mPrest went from defense contractor to developing a DERMS and the necessity of DERMS for future US energy grid […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network. This episode is made possible by AWS Energy. In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with John Berger, CEO and Founder of Sunnova Energy Corporation. They discuss the residential solar market, the new innovations in energy […]

In this episode, our host, Joe Batir, interviews Shia Brown and Kennedy Vital, the co-hosts of a new podcast, The BEN Show (from Blue Energy Nation). They discuss energy, energy literacy, and of course, focus in on Geothermal Energy for a bit. Specific topics include: Shia’s book recommendation: Tangerine by Edward Bloor Kennedy’s book recommendation: […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode our host Joe Batir talks with Kirk Coburn from Eleox. They discuss the traditional way natural gas was traded, why it needs to be updated, and how that led to Eleox. From […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week our host Joe Batir talks with Minister of Mines and Energy for Colombia, Diego Mesa. They discuss what the minister does, his success in completing all primary objectives during his term, and what is […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week our host Joe Batir talks with Hassane Kassouf, Head of Energy Innovation Programs at Amazon Web Services (AWS), about the Clean Energy Accelerator 2.0. As we see the world wanting to move more […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week our host Joe Batir talks with John Belizaire, CEO of Soluna Computing. Joe and John discuss Soluna Computing’s modular data centers and how they are paired with renewable energy to utilize wasted energy […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week our host Joe Batir talks with Amelia Letvin and Ann Robertson-Tait from the professional organization Women in Geothermal – WING. They discuss the geothermal industry and how it has changed in the past 30+ […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week our host Joe Batir talks with Dr. Gary Rochelle, Chemical Engineering Professor at University of Texas at Austin, and Ben Owens, Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell Sustainable Technology Solutions. The three […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week our host Joe Batir talks with Ash Shepherd, Director of Business Development – Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, at Talos Energy. The talk about the CCS project Talos is leading in the Gulf of […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week our host Joe Batir gets a quick crash course on Hydrogen from the Hydrogen Podcast’s host Paul Rodden. They cover the Hydrogen rainbow, unique feedstocks for Hydrogen, the market size, different exciting technologies, […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week our host Joe Batir talks to himself about why he thinks renewable energy is the future, despite the current hurdles. He gets real talking about energy price outlooks and poses the question, are we […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode Joe Batir talks with Sean Huang, Head of Business Development, and Vincent Lam, CEO, Co-Founders of Matidor.com about map-based project management. We discuss project management, the inefficiencies of the current system, and […]

This episode is sponsored by Ranch Office—Texas style co-working in Houston. Life is better at the Ranch. Eugene Beh, founder and CEO of Quino Energy, sits down with our Host, Joe Batir. They discuss flow batteries and their applications in the energy storage industry. He explains that flow batteries are a type of battery that use […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode our Joe Batir talks with Mark Rossano, Founder and CEO of C6 Capital Holdings LLC, about their recent purchases of hydroelectric power plants. They discuss why this is a good investment opportunity […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode our Joe Batir talks with John King, CEO of Hyperlight Energy about Concentrated Solar Power and the new Hyperlight product, Hylux. They discuss the 10-year process of making the Hylux, how Hyperlight […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode our host Joe Batir talks with Matt Uddenberg of AltaRock Energy and Dr. Ghazal Izadi of Baker Hughes about SuperHot rock geothermal energy production. Topics covered include: what is superhot rock, why […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week Joe talks with … In this episode our host Joe Batir discusses Lithium mining with Dr. Tom Benson and Dr. Rene LeBlanc of Lithium Americas Corporation. They discuss types of Lithium deposits and […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode our Joe Batir talks with Harpreet Gulati, Senior Vice President of Planning & Operations Business Unit for AVEVA, and Arno Van Den Haak, Head of Worldwide Business Development, Energy for AWS Energy, […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week the OGGN crew teams up to bring you a special holiday episode — complete with good wishes, corny jokes … and a song (sort of).   Learn more about AWS Energy here. More […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode our host Joe Batir talks with Dwayne Purvis, P.E., about his career as a Petroleum/Reservoir Engineer, how it has changed over the past 20 years, and how he looks at the Energy […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode our host Joe Batir talks with Assaad Mohanna from NOV about how NOV is approaching the energy transition. They discuss what NOV is doing in low carbon energy, how NOV navigated the […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode our host Joe Batir talks with Fernando Hernandez, Business Ambassador to Scotland, about the 4th energy transition. We discuss what this energy transition is, how it is different, and have a nuanced conversation […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode our host, Joe Batir, talks with Chief Sharleen Gale of the Fort Nelson First Nation and John Ebell of the Barkley Project Group to discuss the Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal Project. They discuss […]

In this episode our host, Joe Batir, speaks with Bryant Jones, Executive Director of Geothermal Rising. They discuss Geothermal, how they both got into geothermal, and where the industry is going. Specific topics include: Bryant’s book recommendation:The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck This episode is sponsored by Ranch Office—Texas style co-working in Houston. Life is […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week Joe talks with Dr. Mahesh Konduru from ProSep about mixing and filtering technologies. They discuss the importance of proper mixing for the upstream separation process as well as water filtration as part of the […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. In this episode, our host Joe Batir talks with Greg Maidment from Carbon Management Canada about CCUS. They discuss the science behind Carbon sequestration, the importance of time scale, and the role of CCUS in the […]

Welcome to the Energy Transition Solutions podcast — brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network by AWS Energy. This week Joe talks with Bailey Hendrix, Matt Martin, and Erwin Platvoet from XRG Technologies. They breakdown the first, and arguably the most important step of the refining process, the fired heaters warming feedstock. They […]