Explore every episode of the podcast Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To
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| Think First. Prompt Second. How To Stay Creative With AI | 21 Oct 2026 | 00:49:55 | |
AI can write your resume, your LinkedIn post, and your birthday flyer, but should it? Shiva Swaminathan, an AI product management leader doing fractional work across mining, edtech, and robotics, joins Jacob to make the case for keeping your brain switched on. They talk Uber drivers lost without their app, 100 identical resumes, CDs in the car, and why Shiva writes his own song lyrics and comic strips before letting AI touch a thing. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Meet Shiva 05:11 What AI shouldn't do 07:13 What we risk losing 09:11 The Uber driver story 11:13 Going old school 13:11 Resumes in the AI era 16:02 Using AI with intention 19:49 When to trust AI 23:42 Slides and visuals 25:36 Songwriting with AI 27:49 Comic strips 33:06 Stay curious 33:50 The Canva paradox 39:13 Industry-specific AI 41:52 Most promising industries 44:10 Kids and AI access 47:01 Houston https://twitter.com/collide_ai | |||
| How One Mapping Tool Powers Oil Rigs, Armies, and Starbucks | 29 Jun 2026 | 00:52:39 | |
Maps quietly run the entire oil and gas world, you just never noticed. This one breaks down GIS without the jargon, from Google Earth doodles to the software that decides exactly where to drill. Richard Webb and Zach Harlan of Exprodat explain how mapping tech places wells, dodges the neighbor's boundary, and powers everything from Zillow to the military. Plus drilling on Mars, conspiracy toll roads, and why there are no dumb questions when the whole planet is your dataset. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 What URTeC is and why mapping matters 03:40 Life as a map and rock guy 06:42 What GIS means and the old guesswork days 08:40 The pro software behind the maps 10:29 Who uses these tools and how they learn 14:40 Placing wells and the horizontal revolution 19:11 Customizing every answer for the customer 24:19 Data overload and the days before GIS 29:45 Famous drilling mistakes and how basins differ 34:20 Finding things in an ocean of blue 38:26 AI, Collide, and toll road conspiracies 42:44 GIS everywhere, from the military to Starbucks 44:53 Mapping the sky and outer space 48:21 Breaking into GIS and drilling on Mars https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| The Tiny Material That Could Replace Sand In Fracking | 15 Jun 2026 | 00:50:45 | |
Those giant pyramids of sand at every frac site exist for one reason, and it turns out the industry might be quietly running short on the good stuff. Curtis Wilie and Josh Johnson of Superior Energy Services break down how a coal byproduct called fly ash is shaking up the proppant game, why something three times finer than sand outperforms it, and how pulling forgotten barrels from legacy wells could matter more than drilling new ones. Plenty of analogies, zero shame about the dumb questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Why there's sand everywhere on a frac site 01:00 How hydraulic fracturing actually works 04:00 River frac in the 1930s and the search for the right proppant 06:00 The sand economy and a looming supply squeeze 09:00 Where sand comes from and the Permian conveyor belt 16:00 Meet EcoReach: fly ash instead of sand 19:00 Lighter, stronger, finer, and how it travels farther 21:00 Unlocking micro fractures and trillions of trapped barrels 25:00 Sourcing ash from coal plants worldwide 29:00 Walnut shells, steel balls, and other proppant experiments 30:00 Skipping the blender and pumping at six barrels a minute 33:00 Flowing like water and getting 90 percent of fluid back 35:00 The floor jack analogy for frac initiation 37:00 The godfather story and balancing the proppant triangle 43:00 Who's adopting it and the case for refracs https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| The NASA Technology Now Tracking Oilfield Methane | 05 Jun 2026 | 00:53:20 | |
Methane is invisible, odorless, and far more potent than CO2 in the short term, so how do you actually catch it leaking? Brendan Smith, CEO of SeekOps Inc., explains how technology built for the Mars Curiosity rover ended up flying on drones over oil and gas sites here on Earth. We get into spectrometers versus satellites, why offshore detection is so tricky, what EU methane rules mean for US operators in 2027, and how SeekOps turns an invisible gas into something you can finally see. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Setup and the Power Hour combo 02:24 Crossing paths back in 2019 04:14 From PhD dropout to CEO 05:24 JPL, the first patent, and Mars rover tech 12:34 How a drone measures a methane plume 13:49 Ground, drones, planes, and satellites 19:00 Spinning out of JPL and the Equinor bet 24:55 What methane is and why it matters 29:01 Net zero and EU methane regulation 32:00 LNG, coal, and offshore detection 42:10 Lidar, photogrammetry, and 3D models 45:36 What's overhyped and the road ahead 49:24 Why Austin, and the Houston debate 53:16 Wrap up https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| The Secret to Surviving Every Oilfield Downturn | 29 May 2026 | 01:04:29 | |
Getting laid off twice taught Yogashri Pradhan, founder of IronLady Energy Advisors, that staying visible matters as much as staying technical. She traces a career running from UT petroleum engineering to Devon, Endeavor, Coterra and Chevron, the downturns that reshaped it, and why she got married in front of a pump jack. There is also honest talk on the Diamondback merger, the wildcatters she looks up to, where AI fits in the field, life in Midland, and her new book Fueling Impact. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 Intro from Midland 0:46 The full career timeline 6:42 Studying petroleum at UT 8:00 University Lands explained 11:30 Devon and the Ivory Tower 14:38 What a downturn really means 20:00 Raising money in oil and gas 22:30 The Endeavor and Diamondback merger 24:35 Meeting Autry Stevens 26:12 Wildcatters worth knowing 27:33 Devon and Coterra coming together 30:41 Inside Chevron 34:24 Advice for picking the right company 36:11 Going back for a master's and MBA 39:00 Starting IronLady Energy Advisors 43:16 Her connection to Wyoming 45:52 Why she stays in Midland 50:01 Working with OpsAI 51:06 Where AI fits in energy 54:34 Collide and the energy community 56:19 The book Fueling Impact 1:01:50 Sushi night with Chuck https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| Why AI and Oil Are Fighting Over the Same Turbines | 18 May 2026 | 01:08:30 | |
Micro turbines hitting 83% efficiency could replace flares and turn stranded wells into tiny neighborhood power plants. Mark Ronkin of Grid Energy Solutions came down from Edmonton to talk with Jacob and guest host Britt Breaux about jumping from five years in the Canadian Army to wireline to running his own MWD shop, then stumbling into the tech at a gas show in Milan. Plus getting sick next to a flare, the oilfield marketing problem in eastern Canada, and why a 9 to 5 and entrepreneurship can coexist. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 Intro and the FDE model at Collide 5:46 Mark's path through the Canadian Army 9:25 Oil and gas as a polarizing industry across Canada 13:19 Louisiana refineries, Cancer Alley, and Alberta boomtowns 19:08 Living downstream of a flare 21:18 Military to wireline to MWD 25:09 Going independent and the entrepreneurship bug 28:14 Peak oil and modern directional drilling 32:44 Turning your day job into your business 36:54 Career advice and finding the Collide community 43:14 Imposter syndrome and the entrepreneur grind 45:59 Stumbling into micro turbines at Gastech Milan 52:46 Commercializing the tech in Canada 1:00:02 Replacing flares with neighborhood power plants 1:01:29 What the next 5 to 10 years look like 1:06:18 Grid Energy Solutions and what's next https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| The Path to Autonomous Frac | 13 May 2026 | 00:53:17 | |
Building software inside a frac and wireline giant is a different beast than doing it at a startup. Ben Dickinson and Raleigh Bumpers from NexTier Completion Solutions get into life under the Patterson UTI umbrella, the EOS platform, the Vertex automated pump control system, the shift from diesel to natural gas powered fleets, agentic AI in the field, and why the world genuinely stops if oil and gas stops. Plus Pittsburgh shale stories and a Colorado School of Mines reality check. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 The NexTier 60-second pitch 2:00 Why integrating every service on location wins 4:30 Ben's path from Pittsburgh to wireline to digital 11:15 Raleigh's jump from computer science to the Eagle Ford 17:00 If oil and gas stops, the world stops 19:30 Pittsburgh, the shale boom, and incoming data centers 21:30 Completions 101 23:30 The EOS platform and Vertex automated pump control 27:00 Earning trust from veteran hands on new software 32:00 Generative AI versus agentic AI in the field 34:00 Diesel, natural gas, and electric frac fleets 41:30 Colorado School of Mines and the next generation 44:00 The road to a fully autonomous well site 46:30 The 80 percent AI failure rule debate https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| The Renewable Energy Hiding 4,000 Feet Below The Ocean | 06 May 2026 | 00:43:54 | |
Dan Grech, Founder and CEO of Global OTEC, swung by from London to break down ocean thermal energy conversion, a technology that turns the ocean's heat into 24/7 baseload power. Jacob asks the dumb questions about warm surface water meeting cold deep water, why Jimmy Carter is the unsung hero of ocean energy, how OTEC stacks up against offshore wind and Peter Thiel's new wave bet, and why Hawaii and the Caribbean might lead the way. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Welcome Dan, tacos, and OTC week in Houston 01:20 From luxury fashion to ocean energy 08:45 What OTEC actually is 12:15 Coastal versus offshore deployments 16:00 From Jules Verne to Jimmy Carter 19:20 Why ocean energy isn't sexy yet 21:00 Peter Thiel's wave energy bet 26:15 Offshore wind, solar, and dumb questions 33:00 DeepStar and working with the majors 35:54 Reinvented submarines and crossover tech 37:00 Energy mix futures and Hawaii pilots 40:25 Collaborators, no enemies 42:20 Five-year ocean prediction https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| The World Can’t Quit Oil (No Matter What They Say) | 27 Apr 2026 | 01:37:02 | |
Three decades of front-row energy seats and takes you genuinely can't argue with. Mark Meyer gets into the Strait of Hormuz mess, Heathrow's jet fuel shortage, countries sitting on hydrocarbons while importing them, the IEA's net zero detour, BP's expensive U-turn, and why 2 billion people still cooking over dung deserves more airtime than another COP summit. Astros predictions and a Joe Rogan tangent included. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 Intro 3:21 Strait of Hormuz and energy attention spans 6:23 Heathrow's jet fuel crisis 8:06 Land Man tour through a barrel of oil 9:55 New England's oil-fired electricity paradox 14:07 Countries sitting on hydrocarbons while importing them 21:39 Gas prices and the political blame game 25:12 California, the Jones Act, and US shipbuilding decline 28:46 ASU hackathon and hope for the next generation 35:22 Chris Wright as energy secretary 37:49 Advice to 2016 Jacob about the climate narrative 46:28 OPEC, IEA, and the agencies shaping the conversation 51:34 The IEA's Net Zero by 2050 detour and BP's pivot 1:00:38 EPA rescinds the 2009 endangerment finding 1:03:33 Wood pellet accounting and the China India reality 1:08:20 The global South and the moral case for hydrocarbons 1:14:38 Mark's daily media diet 1:17:23 Price gouging vs Big Tech margins 1:21:39 Joe Rogan, cable news fatigue, and Peggy Noonan 1:29:01 Astros baseball predictions 1:36:22 Wrap up https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs… But Not How You Think | 24 Apr 2026 | 00:46:35 | |
Andrew Richard, CEO and Co-Founder of Automated Rig Technologies, flies in from Calgary to break down why the oilfield spent 70 years optimizing brute force instead of rethinking the process. He gets into the jointed pipe injector that strips 97% of operator input out, what rig hands call the "barbecue basket," why everyone in oil and gas wants to be first to be second, and the IKEA chatbot that accidentally solved the automation jobs debate. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Calgary, metaverse throwbacks, and meet Andrew 02:20 - What Automated Rig Technologies actually does 05:50 - Starting in the basement in 2009 07:44 - The jointed pipe injector breakdown 09:13 - Red zone risk and the barbecue basket 17:05 - From Energy Tech Night pitch to the Bakken trial 20:22 - How 15 people get in front of major operators 24:14 - Marketing, trust, and selling the sizzle 30:30 - The automation jobs debate, ATMs and IKEA 36:03 - The dangerous jobs that shouldn't exist 38:11 - Change management and first to be second 42:15 - Bad data is a platform problem 44:59 - What's next with AI and data https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| The Most Important Chemical You've Never Thought About | 13 Apr 2026 | 00:38:19 | |
Chlorine is in your pipes, your microchips, your drinking water and somehow nobody talks about it. Roxanna Delima, Co-founder and CBO at Rushnu, breaks down why this overlooked chemical is critical to US manufacturing and how her team is flipping the script on a 100 year old industry by using heat instead of electricity and turning waste carbon into actual product. No government subsidy dependence, no gigaton fantasies, just hard tech with a real business model. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 Intro and background on Roxanna 2:05 What is Rushnu and the chlorine industry 4:22 The product and why chlorine matters 6:36 How traditional chlor alkali works and its problems 8:01 Rushnu's thermochemical approach 9:30 How costs are cut by 60% 11:32 Pilot site at Silicon Valley Clean Water 14:06 Texas connections and TotalEnergies partnership 15:58 Carbon capture without the gigaton hype 19:26 Why VC funding models are broken for hard tech 21:09 Carbon capture as a polarizing topic 24:50 Building a profitable business from the start 27:17 Startup advantages over big industry 29:01 Inside the Chlorine Institute conference 31:08 Chlorine safety and the Ohio train derailment 32:10 Energy transition and realism 34:31 The 60 second chlorine elevator pitch 36:13 AI in the chlorine industry 36:45 What the future looks like for Rushnu https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| The Country With the Most Energy in the World Can't Keep Up With Its Own Grid | 07 Apr 2026 | 00:52:04 | |
David Holt, President of Consumer Energy Alliance, sits down to unpack 20 years of fighting for affordable, reliable energy for regular Americans. From NIMBYism and lazy politics to the data center power surge, nuclear's comeback, carbon capture, and why the price of eggs is actually an energy story, this one covers a lot of ground and makes it all make sense. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - What is Consumer Energy Alliance 01:12 - Energy affordability and who it hits hardest 03:14 - Politics, NGOs, and policy by soundbite 05:34 - You can have clean energy and oil and gas 08:31 - New England's self-inflicted energy crisis 10:04 - Term-limited politicians and long-term problems 12:19 - Gas prices and what consumers actually misunderstand 14:41 - US energy self-sufficiency and geopolitical insulation 16:42 - Reshoring, AI, and the new energy demand reality 18:48 - Breaking down the Biden energy policy 23:41 - Infrastructure deficits and the permitting war 26:42 - How data centers should pay for their power 29:51 - Inside data centers and why they use so much energy 33:35 - Nuclear is back and it's actually cool 37:27 - Texas, nuclear, and energy diversity 41:10 - Carbon capture and community education 44:28 - The next 10 to 15 years of energy change 47:28 - What every American should know about energy 49:29 - Energy Day festival in Houston https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| The Hidden Energy Crisis Powering Your ChatGPT Search | 30 Mar 2026 | 00:49:24 | |
Shawn Cutter, Founder & CEO of EnergiAcres, went from sixth-generation Ohio farmer to Discovery Channel reality TV star to selling his oil and gas software startup to Quorum before Series A. Now he's building circular energy infrastructure that pairs power plants with data centers and greenhouses to make energy count twice. We get into the grid crisis, the cloud vs on-prem debate, and whether data centers will ever make it to space. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro and guest background 01:24 - Sixth-generation farmer and family oil and gas roots 02:39 - The Discovery Channel reality TV show 07:44 - Building an oil and gas software startup 10:45 - Getting acquired by Quorum before Series A 15:39 - Life inside a big company post-acquisition 19:15 - Mistakes, pivots, and finding his way back 21:49 - What EnergiAcres actually does 24:07 - The data center power crisis. 28:20 - Energy mix and fixing the grid 31:13 - How data centers evolved and why power demand exploded 36:27 - Cloud vs on-prem and the cost reality 39:28 - Water usage and cooling problems 41:54 - EnergiAcres' greenhouse and circular energy model 45:23 - SMRs, space data centers, and what comes next https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| Australia Is About to Become the Most Important Energy Suppliers on Earth | 23 Mar 2026 | 01:01:47 | |
The Beetaloo Basin in Australia's Northern Territory is one of the most exciting shale plays nobody is talking about yet. Jason Finlay and Aiden Anderson-Barr from Vantage North Group, both former NT government officials, break down why Australia had a fracking moratorium, how a left-leaning government lifted it, what the East Coast energy crisis actually looks like, and why US technology is the key to unlocking it all. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 - Intro and the Beetaloo Basin 8:30 - Australia's energy landscape and LNG exports 10:00 - East Coast energy security crisis 22:00 - The fracking moratorium and how it got lifted 35:00 - Traditional owners and community engagement 45:00 - US technology and gas recovery 59:00 - Vantage North Group and bridging the US-Australia gap https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| Inside the Most Advanced Offshore Drillship on Earth | 16 Mar 2026 | 00:53:35 | |
Offshore driller Justin Forrest of Valaris Limited joins Jacob and Mark Meyer to break down what it actually means to sit in the driller's chair on a seventh-gen drillship, why managed pressure drilling is the offshore equivalent of horizontal drilling, what 28 days on a rig really looks like, and how Justin has been quietly documenting the hidden world of offshore drilling one black and white photo at a time. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Introductions and offshore backgrounds 04:00 - Justin's career path: Navy to drillships 06:00 - What is managed pressure drilling? 09:00 - Drilling in Australia: culture, regulations, and water depths 15:00 - The modern driller's role and rig floor automation 23:00 - Life on a drillship: schedules, food, and losing the social scene to Starlink 30:00 - BOP testing and the regulatory landscape 37:00 - Real-time data and remote monitoring 39:00 - Offshore market outlook 42:00 - Close calls and scary rig stories 44:00 - Justin's offshore photography hobby https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| How Social Media Changed Oil & Gas Forever | 02 Mar 2026 | 00:55:08 | |
Pressure testing, cold calls from Wendy's parking lots, and a family logo that goes back generations. Clint Wagner, Owner of Wagner Energy Services, Juan Macias Jr, Operations and Business Development Manager at Wagner Energy Services, and Peter Brecht, Commercial Insurance Broker at Falcon West Energy Insurance Solutions pull up to the NAPE edition of Energy 101 to talk about what hydrostatic testing actually looks like in the field, how TikTok comments turned into real business relationships, getting kids excited about energy careers in Ohio schools, and why the oilfield might be the most accepting industry out there for anyone willing to put in the work. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 Intro and welcome from NAPE 0:37 Wagner Energy Services and what pressure testing actually is 4:27 Peter Brecht and the Local Energy Podcast origin story 7:04 How TikTok and LinkedIn built real oilfield connections 13:38 The Wagner logo and its multigenerational family history 17:34 Starting a business from your garage at 4am 18:42 Being dads in the oilfield 22:30 The famous crystal gauge photo and how art led to a job 25:06 Social media culture in oil and gas 31:26 Platform personalities from LinkedIn to X to TikTok 35:41 Ohio Natural Energy Institute and getting kids into energy careers 40:04 Why the oilfield is open to everyone 46:14 Northeast vs Texas vs California energy talk 52:15 Shout out to Macias Industries 52:59 The surfer and rig photo story https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai | |||
| He Worked Global Oil & Gas, Then Built a Brewery | 24 Feb 2026 | 00:54:16 | |
Sean Hanrahan, Founder and Managing Partner of Platypus Brewing in Houston, spent 25 years in global minerals and oil and gas before trading the corporate world for a brewmaster apron. From offshore exploration in Australia and the Gulf of Mexico to opening a craft brewery in the First Ward, Sean breaks down what those two worlds actually have in common. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 - Sean Hanrahan intro and background 1:35 - Global oil and gas career and Australian energy landscape 5:14 - Australia vs US infrastructure and energy markets 13:11 - Texas and Australia culture comparisons 20:36 - How Sean ended up in Houston and started Platypus Brewing 25:11 - Australian Day in Houston and Chamber of Commerce 28:20 - Career lessons and building relationships 35:20 - Craft beer industry trends and where it's headed 43:06 - Platypus Brewing operations and distribution strategy 52:52 - AI in brewing and closing thoughts https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| How Dead Oil Fields Became Clean Energy Goldmines | 16 Feb 2026 | 00:45:03 | |
Prabhdeep Sekhon, CEO of Eclipse Energy, breaks down the hydrogen rainbow and why it doesn't tell the whole story about cost, carbon intensity, and water use. From farm boy in Canada to petroleum engineer in the Bakken to clean tech founder, Prab explains how his team is using microbes to eat leftover oil in abandoned fields and produce hydrogen without water, turning billion-dollar liabilities into clean energy assets. He walks through their first-of-a-kind California project that hit 40% hydrogen production, the West Texas deployments coming next, and why co-locating data centers in oil fields solves both the molecule transport problem and the cooling water challenge. They discuss hitting $0.50 per kilogram hydrogen by 2028, why natural gas isn't going anywhere, and how oil and gas companies are actually paying them to figure out the future of their abandoned reservoirs. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Prab's journey from farm to petroleum engineer 03:15 - Skills oil and gas taught him for clean tech 08:26 - Energy pragmatism and decarbonization economics 10:30 - Breaking down the hydrogen rainbow 14:01 - Green hydrogen costs and water intensity 15:53 - Gray and blue hydrogen trade-offs 17:55 - Natural and geological hydrogen potential 21:14 - Eclipse's approach to the problem 24:17 - Eating oil with microbes for hydrogen 26:20 - California first-of-a-kind project results 28:41 - Field operations walkthrough 32:10 - Hydrogen use cases and volumes 36:01 - Cost parity with natural gas 38:07 - Data centers solve the transport problem 43:03 - Path to commercial scale by 2028 https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| The Insane Engineering of Deepwater Oil Production | 12 Feb 2026 | 00:47:48 | |
Austin Draughon spent nine years at BP keeping Gulf of Mexico wells producing tens of thousands of barrels per day from floating platforms in 6,000+ feet of water. He breaks down why offshore is ten times more expensive, takes ten times longer, and involves ten times more people than onshore drilling, from robots tightening bolts on the seafloor to the ice problem that can kill a well in eight hours. Jacob and Julie learn why you can't just build 6,000-foot concrete pillars, how Christmas trees got their name, and what happens when asphalt buildup shuts down a 10,000 barrel per day well worth the energy consumption of Montana. Plus: helicopter crash training, North Slope darkness, and why AI's best trick is turning 35-page documents into the one sentence you actually needed. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Gulf of America officially renamed 01:41 - Nine years producing offshore Gulf of Mexico wells 02:59 - North Slope Alaska: darkness and extreme cold survival 05:06 - Production engineer managing 12 high-stakes offshore wells 07:11 - Asphalt buildup can kill a 10,000 barrel per day well 09:13 - Building technology to predict well failures early 11:03 - From Excel spreadsheets to cloud-deployed Python scripts 12:07 - Dry tree versus wet tree subsea completions explained 18:19 - Wildcat exploration: finding elephants to justify $30B platforms 20:09 - Blowout preventers and seafloor robots with little hands 23:11 - Five-mile flowlines connecting subsea wells to platforms 24:23 - Onshore takes weeks, offshore takes 90+ days minimum 26:29 - Automation levels on offshore drill ships 29:00 - 300+ people living on floating production facilities 32:06 - ROV operators controlling robots like video games 34:16 - Why offshore wells produce 1,000x more than stripper wells 36:16 - Pushing spaghetti four miles to hit a four-foot target 37:47 - Hydrate ice problem: eight-hour clock before well dies 39:08 - North Sea waves versus Gulf of America conditions 41:15 - Helicopter crash training at the YMCA pool 44:17 - AI's killer use case: many to one summarization 46:26 - Narrative layers surface buried statistics automatically https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| The Real Reason Your Electric Bill Is Absurdly High | 04 Feb 2026 | 00:56:15 | |
Texas electricity is way more complicated than flipping a switch. Brittany Devlin from DOB Ai breaks down the deregulated energy market where customers can actually choose providers and save serious money, but most people just overpay out of laziness. From how the grid physically works to why your AC destroys your summer budget, she explains the whole pipeline. The real hack? Like energy aggregation companies that negotiate contracts for you, breaking deals when better rates appear. Plus: why unplugging appliances matters, how battery storage is fixing solar's sunset problem, and the truth about those "free nights and weekends" billboard scams. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - From nano photonics to energy risk management 02:22 - Aviation business intelligence mirrors energy markets 04:15 - Flight pricing tricks you shouldn't try 07:33 - Deregulated Texas electricity explained 08:15 - Why those billboard energy deals are sketchy 09:14 - Fixed rate contracts beat variable pricing 10:29 - How aggregators find cheaper electricity plans 12:08 - The Griddy lawsuit and contract regulations 13:06 - No monopolies: you can switch providers anytime 15:28 - Energy Ogre cuts bills in half for $10/month 18:10 - How contract switching and negotiation works 22:12 - The power grid is literally all connected 24:58 - Power to Choose website limitations 27:31 - Energy mix and the renewable integration 29:19 - California's duck curve problem hits Texas 31:03 - Battery storage: use it or lose it technology 32:25 - AI data centers and grid infrastructure 36:31 - Natural gas fueling most Texas electricity 38:01 - Why correlation between gas and electricity prices weakened 40:12 - Complex gas contracts and pipeline capacity 43:14 - Did deregulation actually help consumers? 44:13 - Rapid fire tips to lower your electricity bill 48:55 - Smart meters track usage every five minutes 51:12 - Insulation and weatherstripping matter more than you think 52:36 - Three story homes are wildly inefficient https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| How Chemicals Prevent Billion Dollar Well Failures | 26 Jan 2026 | 00:49:15 | |
Brandon Wamsley from Flatirons Chemicals joins the show to explain how the $100 billion oil and gas chemical industry actually works - from killing bacteria that sours wells to keeping pipelines from corroding in minus 58 degree North Dakota winters. He shares his journey from laying tile in construction to becoming a field technician in Williston during the Bakken boom, where people literally camped in tents chasing oil field opportunities. The conversation breaks down why chemicals are cheap insurance for producers, how bacteria creates hydrogen sulfide downhole, what H2S scavengers actually do, and why the industry churns through chemical providers every 2-3 years in an expensive honeymoon cycle that Flatirons is trying to disrupt with AI-powered solutions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Why chemicals are essential to oil and gas production 03:45 Brandon's construction background and move to North Dakota 08:01 Williston during the Bakken boom and tent cities 11:19 Learning the chemical industry from the ground up 14:08 Meeting mentor Ed and his 40 years in midstream 18:01 Frack chemicals and evolving completion designs 22:03 How bacteria contaminates wells and creates H2S 27:11 The stream analogy for disrupting formations 31:24 Turning wells on to production and artificial lift 36:03 Midstream chemicals and H2S scavengers explained 40:12 Innovating the chemical procurement process with AI 45:09 Houston meetings and vertical integration strategy 48:16 Life back in Colorado after two years in Williston https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Inside America's First 100% Renewable Diesel Program | 20 Jan 2026 | 01:00:47 | |
Joe Natale from Knight-Chemstar joins the show fresh off pulling off something pretty remarkable in Massachusetts - successfully running the first 100% renewable diesel pilot program for commuter rail locomotives in the country. He breaks down the wild logistics of moving renewable diesel from Midwest producers to New England, why heating oil is basically diesel's cousin, the bacon grease problem that happens when biodiesel gets cold, and why drop-in fuels make way more sense than ripping out all our infrastructure for electrification. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Joe's background from terminal operator to renewables 08:08 Development of Providence biodiesel rail terminal 14:06 Winning and executing the MBTA renewable diesel pilot 20:21 Sustainable aviation fuel distribution strategy 25:04 Breaking down fuel types: ethanol, diesel, heating oil 33:00 Northeast heating oil versus natural gas infrastructure 38:15 Renewable diesel logistics and clean heat standards 43:35 Drop-in fuels versus full electrification 51:05 Cloud point and the biodiesel gelling problem 55:33 Future of sustainable aviation fuel and incentives https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Why Small Teams Beat Big Companies | 12 Jan 2026 | 00:52:21 | |
Building startups turns into a rapid fire philosophy session on founders, culture, money, and why velocity beats speed when Jacob asks the dumb questions we all think about. Collin McLelland of Collide breaks down how real companies get built, why talent density matters more than headcount, how power, AI, and energy collide, and what actually keeps teams motivated when the grind gets real. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Cold open and founder mindset https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| The Forgotten Science That Made Shale Possible | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:50:43 | |
Trying to make geophysics cool again, and honestly Peter Duncan from MicroSeismic, Inc. makes it easy. We bounce from a bear encounter in Newfoundland to why geophysicists are basically treasure hunters with pricey toys, then land on the simple difference between seismic and microseismic, why sound travels so freakishly well through rock, and how listening to tiny underground pops helps fracking and now geothermal get smarter without wrecking nearby wells. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. https://www.microseismic.com/2026-forum/ 00:00 Panel shoutout and event mention https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| The Insurance Industry That Quietly Runs Energy | 29 Dec 2025 | 00:43:57 | |
Growing up in New Zealand somehow turned into mud logging the Aussie desert, rigging up deepwater tech in the Gulf of Mexico, geosteering off Scotland, helping figure out nuclear waste storage in Swiss clay, and finally landing in subsurface risk and insurance where “nothing moves without coverage” starts to make way more sense. Jacob asks the dumb questions, Rodney Garrard from Arch Insurance International answers with real world stories, and the conversation ends on a pretty grounded idea: energy realism beats wishful thinking. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 Zurich check in + quick disclaimer https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| This Tiny Detail Costs Oil Companies Millions | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:40:43 | |
Tyler Wilson at Altor Solution breaks down why corrosion quietly eats wells alive and how his team fights back by lining production tubing with stainless steel, plus a wild path from ski instructor dreams to Australia farming to freezing roughneck days in Alberta and eventually running North America ops at Tesco. We get a clean, plain English walkthrough of tubing vs casing, annular flow, why joints are 32 feet, and a few oilfield stories that make you thankful for modern safety. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. Apply today at https://collide.io/community 00:00 Intro and why Tyler’s on 00:22 Altor Solution and the corrosion problem 01:06 Tyler’s early path and Australia 02:20 Roughnecking in Alberta 03:51 Tesco years and moving up 06:05 Finding Altor Solution 07:18 Becoming CEO 08:23 How the liner works 09:27 Handling corrosion before 10:41 Stopping production and planning 12:24 Early results and lifespan gains 14:19 Running tubing basics 17:00 Safety then vs now 20:19 Pipe length and reuse 23:03 Why 32 foot joints 24:19 Casing vs tubing 27:36 Inside vs outside flow 31:03 Stainless grades and chemistry 33:01 The shop and automation 35:21 Why Houston 36:49 Basins and customers 38:52 Field stories and wrap up https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| How Geophysicists Turn Noise Into a Map | 15 Dec 2025 | 00:51:01 | |
Seismic data is basically ultrasound for the Earth, and once you hear how it works, you can’t unsee it. Colton Dudley from richroc consultants breaks down how sound waves travel underground, bounce off rock layers, and come back with clues about what’s hiding below, oil, gas, faults, and everything in between. From thumper trucks and geophones to how geophysicists turn squiggly lines into real decisions, this conversation keeps things simple, visual, and occasionally funny. It’s a plain-English look at the science beneath our feet and how modern tools (including AI) are changing the way we explore and understand the subsurface. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - What is Seismic Data? 04:21 - 2D vs 3D Seismic Imaging 09:16 - Seismic Data Collection Methods 14:33 - Visualizing Seismic Data 17:49 - Interpreting Seismic Data 20:54 - Processing Seismic Data 24:07 - Applications of Seismic Data 27:46 - Seismic vs Coring Techniques 30:40 - Future of Seismic Technology 33:26 - Offshore Seismic Exploration 36:05 - Seismic Data Under Ocean Floor 37:40 - Depth Capabilities of Seismic Data 39:30 - AI in Seismic Analysis 44:05 - Time-Depth Conversion Explained 45:27 - Fault Interpretation Techniques 47:30 - Velocity Modeling in Geophysics 49:00 - Post-Stack Inversion Process https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| The Lawyers Who Decide Where Energy Gets Built | 08 Dec 2025 | 00:48:21 | |
Lawyers are the behind-the-scenes operators who make energy projects actually happen, and Kerry McGrath broke down what that world really looks like. She’s spent more than 15 years helping companies get pipelines, wind farms, mines, nuclear plants, pretty much anything that produces or moves energy, through the maze of permits, regulations, and agency sign-offs. We talked about everything from negotiating with federal regulators to dealing with endangered species rules to how legal teams keep up with new tech like carbon capture. It’s a side of the industry most people never see, but it’s the difference between a project idea and a project that actually gets built. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 02:16 - First Step in Project Management 06:41 - Initial Steps in Drilling Process 10:02 - Offshore Project Initiation 11:48 - Overview of Offshore Wind Energy 15:24 - Nihilism in Energy Discussions 18:53 - Political Landscape of Energy Policy 23:30 - Reasons for Delays in Energy Projects 26:09 - High Performance Computing in Energy 28:45 - Insights on Nuclear Energy 30:28 - Current Developments in Energy Sector 35:16 - Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Explained 39:24 - Learning About Emerging Energy Industries 42:15 - Importance of Rare Earth Minerals 44:45 - Blunt Nosed Leopard Lizard in Energy Context 47:10 - Houston as the Energy Capital of the World https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| The Battery Recycling Revolution No One’s Talking About | 01 Dec 2025 | 00:56:15 | |
Rare earths, battery tech, and global supply chains sound intimidating, but Dr. Robert Miles somehow makes all of it feel like story time, with the occasional plot twist involving AI, robotics, and why China basically owns the rare earths game. We got into the headaches of lithium-ion batteries, the promise of modular recycling, and what the future of critical minerals really looks like, all while Jacob and Julie asked the wonderfully dumb questions the rest of us are too afraid to say out loud. It’s nerdy, funny, and surprisingly easy to follow, exactly the kind of energy talk that actually keeps you listening. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 04:47 - Rare Earth Minerals Overview 10:25 - Momentum Technologies Explained 12:28 - Lithium's Role in Energy 18:21 - Mining Processes and Challenges 22:15 - Geopolitical Importance of Rare Minerals 26:17 - Will We Run Out of Rare Minerals? 27:45 - Importance of Recycling Rare Materials 34:28 - Energy Transition vs. Petroleum Era 40:00 - Tesla Cybertruck's Impact on Auto Industry 44:40 - Deep Sea Mining Exploration 49:28 - Molten Salt Reactors Explained 54:08 - Wrapping Up the Discussion 55:51 - Outro https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Why This Engineer Said No to Houston and Yes to California | 28 Nov 2025 | 01:06:43 | |
Diana Elizabeth Lima Sagui’s story takes you across borders and industries, starting in Mexico, winding through Germany, and landing in North America with a perspective you don’t hear every day. She breaks down what it’s really like building a career in the chemical world, finding her footing in oil and gas, and navigating culture shock while proving herself in STEM. It’s a mix of grit, curiosity, and those “figure it out as you go” moments that shape a career more than any degree ever could. Her path is full of leadership lessons, cross-cultural surprises, and a refreshingly honest take on what success actually looks like when you stop chasing titles and start trusting your own direction. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:57 - Diana’s Background 03:17 - Vink Chemicals - The Beginning 05:09 - What are Chemicals? 12:40 - Advantage of Speaking Spanish in Germany 13:35 - First Job Experience 19:30 - Working Internationally and Multilingualism 23:52 - Career Path Overview 28:10 - Mergers and Acquisitions in Business 29:15 - Moving to the US for Work 34:53 - Why Choose Houston? 39:34 - Defining Success in Business 41:18 - Importance of Personal Branding 45:18 - Understanding Success 51:00 - Insights from Women’s Conference 52:52 - The Rude German Experience 56:25 - Women in the Energy Industry 58:47 - Perceptions of Houston Before and After 01:03:11 - Enjoying Conversations 01:04:56 - Paying It Forward in Business 01:05:19 - Mexican Food: LA vs Houston 01:06:30 - Outro https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Why There Are Almost No Energy VCs | 20 Nov 2025 | 01:08:06 | |
LA has its own flavor when it comes to venture capital, and Andrew Chan breaks down exactly why it works. Instead of trying to copy SF or New York, LA mixes deep tech, robotics, space startups, and pure creative chaos into one ecosystem that actually makes sense once you see how it all connects. We got into the quirks of raising money there, why energy investing hits different in LA, and how the city’s culture shapes the kinds of companies that thrive. If you’ve ever wondered how beaches, studios, and space hardware all end up in the same conversation, this is the one. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - Geography 05:17 - Venture Capitalist Insights 07:06 - Office Space Dynamics 12:18 - Understanding Venture Capital Rounds 14:55 - Definition of Money 17:30 - Investment Risk Factors 24:07 - VC vs Angel Investor Comparison 26:10 - Becoming an Investor 29:30 - LinkedIn Networking Etiquette 29:50 - Fiduciary Responsibilities 31:40 - The AI Bubble Explained 39:50 - Energy Sector Overview 45:53 - Investing in Energy Opportunities 51:09 - Current Projects Discussion 55:40 - Closing Thoughts and Reflections 55:58 - Why Choose LA for Business 01:01:19 - Texas Business Landscape 01:05:37 - Best Restaurant in America 01:07:32 - Taste of Texas Overview 01:07:48 - Taste of Texas Experience https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Can This Carbon-Negative Chemical Replace Oil? | 14 Nov 2025 | 00:47:40 | |
What if the same CO₂ that’s warming the planet could actually become the stuff we use every day? Jacob and Julie sit down with Aaron Fitzgerald from Mars Materials to break down how their tech flips captured CO₂ into carbon-negative chemicals like acrylonitrile, the backbone of everything from carbon fiber to water treatment to, yes, diapers. Aaron walks us through how this process slashes emissions, opens the door to making fresh water from thin air, and why the future of materials might look a lot cleaner than the past. We even ran a live flocculant experiment that somehow landed somewhere between science class and stand-up comedy. It’s a fun, surprisingly hopeful look at turning a problem molecule into a superpower. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - What is Mars Materials 02:08 - What is Acrylonitrile 06:40 - Memory Techniques for Complex Information 09:44 - Testing Carbon Fiber Strength 10:55 - Understanding the Business Model 13:18 - What Does Carbon Negative Mean? 19:07 - Acrylonitrile Overview 24:34 - Fresh Water Production from Acrylonitrile 32:05 - Acrylonitrile Compared to Flour 36:30 - The Classic Clip 38:05 - Addressing Big Oil Concerns 41:20 - Why Houston for Business? 45:15 - Why Mars Materials? 47:00 - Outro https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Could You Build an Oil Company with Public Data? | 05 Nov 2025 | 00:51:43 | |
Public data in energy is basically the Wild West, a mix of outdated systems, inconsistent reporting standards, and layers of bureaucracy that make it nearly impossible to use efficiently. In this episode of *Energy 101*, Jacob and Julie chat with John Ferrell, the brains behind WellDatabase, to unpack how all this chaos came to be. From dusty microfiche records to confusing state databases that can’t agree on formats, John breaks down why accessing “public” data often feels like solving a puzzle with missing pieces. He also explains how WellDatabase is cleaning up the mess—turning scattered, messy datasets into tools that actually help operators, analysts, and decision-makers get work done. It’s a surprisingly entertaining look at how something as boring-sounding as data can make or break the energy industry. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Starting WellDatabase 03:53 - Public Data Challenges 08:27 - Storage of Public Data 10:15 - Quality Issues in Oil and Gas Data 11:59 - Enverus Data Cleanup Process 16:45 - Founding Enverus 18:10 - AI in Data Cleaning 23:28 - Personal Learning and Growth 25:40 - Public Data Reporting Gaps 31:44 - Essential Data for E&Ps 35:10 - Public Data's Importance for Investors 36:05 - Significance of Accurate Data 38:20 - Scale of Data Operations 40:30 - Keeping Data Current 42:58 - Selecting the Right Team 44:45 - Creating a Video Game 49:33 - Personal Anecdote 50:50 - Final Thoughts https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Why Roughnecks Hate the Safety Guy (And Need Him) | 29 Oct 2025 | 01:20:19 | |
Ever wondered what really goes into keeping oilfield workers safe? We put an HSE specialist on the spot with all the “dumb” questions, like what happens if there’s H2S in the air, or whether bison herds are actually a thing on site. David Valerio from DNOW breaks down safety in plain English, mixing serious insight with plenty of laughs. From OSHA rules and environmental compliance to the realities of working in the freezing North Dakota fields, he explains how safety shapes everything in oil and gas. It’s part education, part storytelling, and totally eye-opening for anyone curious about how the industry protects its people and the planet. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:22 - What is HSE (Health, Safety, Environment) 05:55 - Day to Day of an HSE Professional 09:58 - Long-Term Projects in HSE 13:38 - Understanding OSHA Regulations 16:40 - Politics in Health and Safety 19:37 - Historical Safety Practices 22:24 - Safety Culture in Oil & Gas Industry 28:47 - Achieving Zero Incidents in Safety 30:26 - New Technology and Innovation in Safety 33:40 - Environmental Considerations in Energy 38:35 - Balancing Pro-Environment and Pro-Energy 41:49 - Solutions to Global Energy Problems 42:46 - Seeking a Balanced Energy Approach 44:37 - Actions You Can Take for Safety 47:06 - Future of World Energy Mix 55:40 - Net Zero by 2050: Reality or Myth? 57:48 - Energy Transition vs. Energy Addition 01:03:26 - North Dakota Energy: Oil, Gas, Renewables 01:06:33 - Overview of North Dakota Energy Landscape 01:11:30 - Winter Challenges in North Dakota 01:13:59 - Life in Small Towns 01:14:37 - Alma Cook's Contributions 01:17:15 - Population Growth vs. North Dakota's Future 01:19:05 - Discern Earth: Environmental Insights https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Why We’re Fracking the Same Wells Twice (And It Actually Works) | 20 Oct 2025 | 00:55:27 | |
Refracs might sound like something out of an engineer’s fever dream, but Bob Barba makes it surprisingly simple and honestly, kind of fascinating. He breaks down how giving old wells a “second frack” can unlock massive untapped potential, boost production, and make better use of what’s already in the ground. Jacob and Julie throw their usual mix of curious (and occasionally dumb) questions his way, and Bob answers them all with patience, clarity, and a few laughs. It’s a fresh, no-BS look at how refracs are changing the energy game, one well at a time. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Fracking Techniques 03:26 - Refracking Process 12:27 - Risks of Refracking 14:30 - Understanding Downhole Operations 16:44 - Identifying Sweet Spots for Refracking 20:20 - Overview of Refracs 22:34 - Importance of Mechanical Isolation 25:08 - Analyzing Recovery Factors 26:37 - Why Recovery Isn't 100% 28:20 - Future Trends in Refracking 32:07 - Best Basins for Refracking 34:43 - Refracking in Offshore Environments 36:50 - Understanding Peak Oil 39:15 - Duration of Refrack Production 40:00 - Legacy and Parent/Child Wells 41:24 - Parent-Child Well Relationships 43:13 - Technical Aspects of the Industry 44:30 - Refracking Inactive Wells 47:10 - Outro: Public Perception of Fracking 48:57 - Society's Energy IQ 52:53 - Will We Run Out of Oil and Gas? 53:25 - Current Oil Reserves Status https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| The Real Reason Our Power Grid Keeps Failing | 13 Oct 2025 | 00:47:49 | |
AI and Bitcoin mining’s gotten a bad rap when it comes to power use, but what if it’s actually helping reshape the grid? We sat down with Haley Juarez from Pioneer Miner to unpack how mining, AI, and high-performance computing are shaking up energy demand and what that means for grids like ERCOT and MISO. From nuclear to hydrogen, vertical farming to smart thermostats, this conversation connects all the dots between tech, energy, and the way we power our lives. It’s a laid-back, surprisingly fun chat that makes sense of one of the most misunderstood corners of the energy world. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - What is the grid 02:42 - How the grid operates 06:51 - Bitcoin mining vs AI 11:32 - Winter Storm Uri impact on ERCOT 15:12 - Bitcoin mining energy consumption 18:35 - High performance computing energy use 19:44 - Quantum computing energy impact 23:13 - Electricity and weather forecasting 25:43 - Griddy energy pricing 27:11 - Motion sensors in energy efficiency 28:39 - Turning devices off and on 29:11 - Japan's nuclear reactor shutdown 30:24 - Need for more nuclear energy 33:20 - Next generation nuclear technology 37:40 - Data centers energy controversy 43:50 - Future energy consumption trends 46:09 - Fixing the grid issues 47:15 - We’re all screwed https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| WTF is Coring? | 06 Oct 2025 | 00:53:34 | |
Coring is one of those parts of energy that doesn’t get much spotlight but makes everything else possible. Courtney Rubin from Baker Hughes breaks it down in a way that’s easy to follow, showing how pulling rock samples tells us what’s really happening underground and why that matters for oil, gas, and even the future of energy. From wildcat wells to offshore rigs, she shares stories from the field, what actually happens to those cores once they’re out, and how new tech like AI is starting to change the process. It’s a mix of science, real-world experience, and plenty of “oh wow” moments you don’t usually hear about. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - What is Coring? 02:16 - Courtney's Experience in the Field 09:55 - Extracting Core Samples 11:05 - Core Retrieval Process 14:32 - Sponge Coring Techniques 17:38 - Wireline Coring Explained 20:01 - Offshore Coring Methods 22:31 - Accuracy of Depth Tracking 23:50 - Handling Core Jamming Issues 27:40 - Sideways Coring Techniques 30:49 - Utilizing Core Samples 32:43 - Future Trends in Coring 35:46 - Oilfield Culture Comparison by State 42:45 - Industry Excitements 44:00 - West Virginia's Hidden Gems 49:56 - Understanding Core Samples 51:01 - Salt Core Insights 53:20 - Outro https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Why Oil Companies Are Always Short on Cash | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:42:07 | |
Philip Reed, better known as the "OFS Finance Guy," isn’t afraid to tell it like it is when it comes to money in the oilfield. Between explaining invoice factoring in plain English, sharing war stories about sketchy collections, and breaking down why AR headaches can make or break a company, he had us laughing and learning the whole way through. His path from Michigan to Texas is full of detours, lessons, and mustache-worthy moments that give a raw look at how OFS companies actually stay alive. We got into startups, Midland love-hate stories, and why finance in this industry is equal parts strategy and survival. It’s real talk with plenty of humor, just the way Energy 101 likes it. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Phil's Role in OFS Financing 02:35 - Phil's Journey into OFS Financing 05:26 - Experience in Midland Oil Industry 07:26 - Understanding Phil's Work Simplified 08:40 - Invoice Factoring Explained 10:10 - Operators' Dislike for Factoring 12:18 - Working with Small vs. Large Companies 15:30 - Industry Nightmares and Challenges 18:32 - Entering the Oil and Gas Sector 21:54 - Networking Strategies in the Industry 23:55 - Tips for Newcomers in Oil and Gas 29:14 - Success Through Failure in Business 29:40 - Importance of Trade Shows 31:53 - A Day in Phil's Life 33:30 - Discussing Michigan Weather 34:40 - Comparing Michigan and Texas 37:44 - Collecting Cash in the Industry 39:40 - Anticipations for Houston Events 41:23 - Best Sushi Spots in Houston 41:59 - Episode Wrap-Up https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Inside the Life-Saving World of Well Control | 22 Sep 2025 | 00:50:48 | |
Well control is one of those topics that sounds super technical, but it’s basically about keeping a well safe and under control when you’re drilling. Dana Varisco and Ryan Hays from Well Control School explain it in a way that makes sense, even if you’re not living on a rig every day. We cover why blowout preventers are such a big deal, how teamwork makes all the difference when pressure spikes, and how today’s training and tech are shaping safer, smarter operations. Think of it as the ultimate mix of safety, science, and staying calm under pressure, with plenty of real-world stories to bring it to life. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - What is Well Control? 01:48 - Crew Responsibilities in Well Control 06:38 - Understanding Blowout Preventers (BOP) 10:54 - Definition of a Kick in Drilling 12:35 - Overview of Well Control School 14:59 - IADC and IWCF Certifications Explained 17:27 - Importance of Proper Training for Workers 23:10 - What Does Well Control Training Involve? 27:00 - Future Trends in Well Control Training 29:44 - Lessons Learned from Failures in Well Control 31:58 - Impact of Shale Revolution on Well Control 37:37 - Offshore Drilling's Influence on Well Control 41:10 - Is There a Villain in the Well Control Industry? 43:42 - Current On-Site Equipment and Procedures 48:10 - On-Site Operations with TD https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Why Digitizing Energy Infrastructure Is So Hard | 15 Sep 2025 | 01:11:19 | |
Sean Kelley knows that digital tools aren’t just shiny add-ons, they’re the backbone of how energy companies can work smarter and faster. In this conversation, Jacob and Julie dig into the real ways technology is cutting inefficiencies, like replacing clunky paper forms with sleek digital systems or using AI to help leaders make decisions with confidence. Sean doesn’t sugarcoat the challenges either, touching on change management, centralizing data, and the sometimes-messy process of getting everyone on board with new tools. Along the way, there are plenty of laughs, practical examples, and insights that’ll make you think differently about where energy and tech intersect and maybe even how you could clean up inefficiencies in your own world. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Understanding Efficiency in Business 02:39 - Change Management Strategies 06:11 - Efficiency in Oil and Gas Industry 09:00 - Importance of Data in Business 11:15 - Balancing Efficiency and Risk 13:22 - Conducting Pre-Project Research 16:49 - Evolving Workflows for Success 18:14 - Integrating AI into Business Operations 21:53 - AI Implementation Best Practices 27:40 - Addressing Change Fatigue Post-Delivery 29:44 - Measuring Productivity Effectively 31:25 - Evaluating Overhyped Business Tools 33:10 - Gamification in the Workplace 36:10 - Engaging Employees in Processes 41:05 - Essential Tools for Business Success 44:47 - On Screen Segment 47:58 - Emojis in Communication 48:35 - The Role of Fax Machines 49:34 - AirPods and Productivity 52:40 - The Impact of Podcasts 55:00 - Food Delivery Apps in Business 57:31 - Court Zoom and Virtual Meetings 59:59 - MapQuest and Navigation Tools 01:01:42 - Exploring Generative AI 01:03:32 - Peepers and Visual Tools 01:05:12 - The Use of QR Codes 01:07:14 - Understanding LLMs 01:09:56 - Utilizing Large White Pads https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Can Technology Make Drinking Water From Thin Air? | 08 Sep 2025 | 00:46:14 | |
Turning air into water sounds like science fiction, but that’s exactly what SkyH2O is doing. We sat down with Terell Jones to unpack how atmospheric water generation works and why it’s a big deal for solving global water scarcity. From disaster relief efforts to keeping farms, factories, and even tech companies supplied with clean water, this breakthrough could change the game. Terell also shares why the momentum around AWG is picking up fast and what it means for the future of sustainable water solutions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Atmospheric Water Generation Explained 11:04 - Company Overview and Services 13:08 - Applications of Atmospheric Water Technology 19:55 - Desalination Process and Benefits 22:14 - Water Recycling Techniques 28:56 - Impact of Atmospheric Water on Agriculture 31:56 - Role of Federal Water Agencies 32:45 - Identifying Major Water Offenders 35:43 - Importance of Addressing Water Issues Now 39:57 - Consumer Tips for Water Conservation 42:30 - Home Gadgets and Technology for Water 43:18 - Understanding EMF and Its Effects 44:34 - Final Thoughts and Takeaways https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Data is Energy's Most Untapped Resource | 02 Sep 2025 | 00:52:55 | |
Spreadsheets, SCADA systems, terabytes of old data, and a surprising amount of laughter, this one has it all. Jacob and Julie sat down with Bobby Neelon from Drill Down Analytics to finally ask the “dumb” questions most people are too shy to bring up about energy, oil and gas, and the mysterious world of data. Bobby breaks down how companies actually deal with messy files (yes, even those dusty paper records), why AI and machine learning are shaking up the industry, and what makes tools like Power BI, Spotfire, Snowflake, and Databricks different without getting lost in jargon. Along the way, we swap stories about the ridiculous challenges of working in spreadsheets, the quirks of SCADA, and what it means to move everything into the cloud. Whether you’re brand new to energy or secretly love a good data puzzle, this episode makes the complicated stuff easy, and pretty fun too. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - What is data 03:36 - Does old data matter 05:54 - Biggest problems with data in oil and gas 11:54 - Pre-AI era in data analytics 15:38 - Importance of knowing end goals 18:24 - Jargon and terminology in data 19:20 - Overview of Spotfire 24:10 - Snowflake vs Databricks comparison 30:05 - High-tech advancements in oil and gas 32:10 - Understanding SCADA data 35:09 - Cloud storage solutions 37:20 - On-premises data management 41:38 - Future trends in data analytics 44:43 - Last minute file suffix game 50:30 - Introduction to YAML 52:28 - Outro https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| WTF is Wireline? | 25 Aug 2025 | 00:51:56 | |
Wireline isn’t your average day job, it’s long shifts, high stakes, and a whole lot of grit. Massiel Diez pulls back the curtain on what it’s really like running wireline operations, from handling heavy-duty equipment to surviving brutal weather and the pressure of big jobs like fishing and perforating. She shares stories from the field that are equal parts intense and hilarious, while also opening up about carving out space as the only female wireline influencer in the industry. If you’ve ever wondered what keeps crews running when the hours stretch long and the challenges pile up, Massiel’s got the stories, lessons, and laughs to show you. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - What is a wireline job 03:13 - Learning about wireline jobs 05:37 - First experience running wireline 09:46 - Understanding wireline technology 14:00 - Overview of wireline tools 20:24 - Wireline's role in E&P process 22:04 - Wireline in fracking operations 24:39 - Structure of a wireline crew 25:46 - Fishing techniques in wireline 30:50 - TLC and ThroughBit technologies 39:40 - General inquiries about wireline 40:40 - Career experiences in the oilfield 44:10 - Life in the oilfield environment 47:21 - Benefits of working in oilfield in 20s 49:45 - Transitioning from fieldwork to office 50:17 - Moving from office back to field 51:08 - Female representation as a roughneck https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| How Fracking Made Energy Affordable Again | 18 Aug 2025 | 01:00:58 | |
Fracking might sound complicated, but it’s basically a wild mix of science, engineering, and more than a few surprising stories. We sat down with Justin G. Hayes from FLOW Partners to talk through what fracking actually is, how sand and water make it work, and why it’s been such a game-changer for the energy industry. Along the way, we bust myths, wander into some hilarious tangents, and even get into the bizarre history of people trying everything from TNT to nuclear blasts to get oil and gas out of the ground. It’s part science lesson, part energy history, and part “wait, they really did that?”, all served up with plenty of laughs. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Guest Intro 00:40 - Fracking 101: Basics of Hydraulic Fracturing 04:50 - Old School Fracking: Traditional Techniques 09:35 - How Fracking Works: Process Explained 10:46 - What is Fracking: Definition and Overview 15:31 - What Comes Out of a Well: Production Insights 18:35 - The Shale Revolution: Impact on Energy Industry 23:29 - Marcellus Shale: Key Resource Overview 26:20 - Pre-Shale Revolution vs Now: Energy Landscape Changes 28:10 - LNG: How It Works and Shipping Duration 35:55 - Importance of Energy Poverty: Global Implications 37:01 - Obama and Energy Independence: Policy Discussion 40:14 - Off Topic: Lighthearted Conversations 45:38 - How Do You Spell Frack: Fun Language Moment 49:08 - Sand: Role in Fracking Operations 51:35 - Accumulators: Equipment in Fracking 52:20 - Generator: Power Supply in Operations 52:52 - Plugs: Function in Well Completion 54:24 - Christmas Trees: Wellhead Equipment Explained 56:34 - Wireline BOPs: Safety Equipment Overview 57:18 - Wireline Unit: Equipment Functionality 58:50 - E-line: Electrical Line Applications 1:00:00 - Do You Feel Fracs: Sensations in Fracking 1:00:49 - Outro: Closing Thoughts https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Large Language Models Explained | 11 Aug 2025 | 00:53:22 | |
Large language models like ChatGPT are changing the game, and in this episode, we’re unpacking how they’re shaking up industries and everyday tasks. From predicting your next word to transforming how we search for information, these models are much more than just the next Google. We dive into how tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity are becoming essential in our daily lives, plus the energy side of things, think GPUs and the power needed to train these models. John Kalfayan, who’s been knee-deep in AI for years, breaks it all down with a mix of humor and insights, answering questions like how AI handles biases and what the future holds for this fast-evolving tech. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - What are LLMs (Large Language Models) 04:06 - Difference Between LLMs and Google 08:41 - Connection Between AI and Energy 12:45 - Creating an Industry from Scratch 17:47 - OpenAI's Separate Entities: ChatGPT vs DALL-E 22:50 - RAG Models Explained 26:25 - Understanding Fine-tuned Models 28:45 - Exploring Niche GPTs 32:54 - Fun Trivia about AI 34:56 - AI Hallucinations Explained 38:46 - Zero-shot Learning in AI 40:37 - Understanding Parameters in Models 41:46 - AI in Jeopardy: A Discussion 43:28 - Reading Time for GPT-3 45:48 - Would You Rather: GPT-3 or Codex 48:35 - Would You Rather: AI Choices 50:45 - Last Thoughts on AI 52:40 - Wrapping Up the Podcast https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| How West Texas Took Over Global Energy | 04 Aug 2025 | 00:57:26 | |
Ever wondered about the Permian Basin or how oil really works? In this episode of Energy 101, Jacob and Julie ask the "dumb questions" so you don't have to! Joined by expert Shad Frazier, Senior VP of U.S. Onshore Operations at Apache, they explore everything from the history of the oil industry to the secrets of the Midland culture. Learn about the difference between conventional and unconventional drilling, the surprising stories behind mineral rights, and why the Permian Basin has been a global oil powerhouse for decades. Whether you're curious about West Texas' booming economy, cutting-edge oil tech, or just want to know why there's a coffee shop called "Boob Town," this episode has it all. Packed with fascinating insights, wild stories, and a touch of humor, it's a must-watch for anyone interested in energy, history, or just a good laugh. Dive in and discover the truth behind oil, answered by a real expert! Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:22 - Permian Basin Overview 02:09 - Sub Basins Explained 04:01 - Santa Rita Well Insights 06:49 - Understanding Mineral Rights 11:05 - Global Oil Production Challenges 12:45 - Midland Schools Discussion 18:18 - Midland’s Systemic Issues 21:10 - Transitioning Back to the Permian 23:55 - Conventional vs Unconventional Oil 28:34 - Profitability of Old Wells 31:16 - Technology in the Oil Field 35:40 - Future of the Permian Basin 37:00 - Landman React 57:00 - Outro https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Revolutionizing Oil & Gas Completions with Data | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:40:14 | |
In this episode of Energy 101, we welcome Lee Payne, Director of Sales and Marketing at Cold Bore Technology, for his first-ever podcast appearance, where he breaks down what “completions” really means in oil and gas, shares his unconventional path into the industry, and explores how data in completions has evolved from thumb drives and CDs to real-time, modern data platforms, along with why collaboration and community are becoming just as important as technology in today’s oilfield. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Navigating the Complex World of Energy Law with Expert Insights | 18 Jan 2024 | 00:43:48 | |
In this episode of Energy 101, we sit down with energy lawyers Lauren and Ashley to demystify energy law and trials, break down common misconceptions about lawsuits, and share practical advice on protecting yourself and your company, from smart communication habits and privilege concerns to how managers, employees, and leaders should navigate legal challenges in the energy industry. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Microseismic 101: Turning Science into a Business | 28 Sep 2023 | 00:57:23 | |
In this episode of Energy 101, we sit down with Dr. Peter Duncan, geophysicist and founder of MicroSeismic, to explore his journey from an early geology job in Newfoundland to building a company that helped shape the Shale era, unpack what microseismic is and how it differs from conventional seismic, and discuss its expanding applications from fracking and CO₂ sequestration to geothermal energy, all driven by a genuine curiosity and respect for the earth. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||
| Power Struggles: The Texas Grid and ERCOT's Role | 21 Sep 2023 | 00:58:20 | |
In this episode of Energy 101, Sydney and Julie are joined by industry expert Marshall Long to break down what’s really happening with ERCOT and the Texas grid, explaining how the deregulated market works, why ancillary services are critical to grid stability, and how large flexible loads like Bitcoin miners help balance supply and demand, while also clearing up common misconceptions about where payments come from and why the grid is far more complex than most people realize. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Click here to view the episode transcript. https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters | |||