Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

Today's podcast episode is a chat with Mike McLean, the CEO of the Innovation Asset Collective, also known as the IP Collective. The IAC is a nonprofit which helps organizations and individual innovators capture revenue for their intellectual property. We'll be taking a look at the state of IP ownership in Canada, as well as the importance of IP ownership in a digital economy. 

Duration: 31m 58s

A digital twin of an operating facility is more than just a clone. The idea of a digital twin is not a foreign idea in oil and gas. I think the first examples of creating a digital version of an asset originated with the geology team. There's now enough technology horsepower available at relatively low cost, that any business can build a fully functioning end-to-end digital twin of their business. 

Duration: 11m 16s

A fossil fuel-producing jurisdiction has decided to tax electric cars because they exist. The wrinkle in this new tax model is that it replaces a consumption tax with a flat tax. This might be fine in some instances, but there's a risk of inadvertently introducing unintended consequences. Why not enroll the electric car owners of Saskatchewan in trials of new technology to create a usage-based model to mimic the current fuel tax?

A non fungible token or NFT for a digital work of art sold recently for several million in crypto currency. An NFT is a certificate of ownership for a non fungible asset that is stored immutably on a blockchain ledger. Like many technologies that come first to other industries, NFTs will eventually find a home in oil and gas. 

Duration: 10m 53s

Companies working in the energy sector are, or soon will be, on their own self-defined pathways to achieve carbon zero or carbon neutral business profiles. In my view, digital innovations will play a decisive role. Digital tools can lower costs, improve productivity, create new business models and lower carbon emissions.

Duration: 11m 18s

Today's podcast is with Jonathan Kohn of BitPetro. BitPetro is a midstream company which purchases natural gas from Upstream operators which would otherwise be flared or stranded. This gas is then used to power bitcoin mining operations. Today we discuss the implications and impacts of blockchain and crypto currency on the energy sector . 

Duration: 35m 36s

Today's episode is an interview with Rama Sreenivasan, the CEO and co-founder of Blitzz. Blitzz provides the tools for remote, AR-driven inspections of heavy assets, allowing for safe, quick inspections of remote assets, with little to no driving time. Today we discuss how this applied in oil and gas, and the implications on carbon emissions for remote inspections.

Duration: 31m 54s

Today's podcast is a chat with Guillermo Salazar, the CEO of ICwhatUC. Utilizing augmented reality technology, ICwhatUC creates a virtual work environment to allow for experts to guide customers in rep[airing their own assets. We look into the topic of repair, maintenance, and virtualized work in general, and how augmented reality is changing the game. 

Duration: 36m 07s

Today's podcast is with Doug Kibler, the Solution Principal at IAMTech. They focus on asset management solutions for energy companies, particularly where there are many remote assets like upstream and midstream. Today we discuss new solutions in this field, and what the future looks like. 

Duration: 35m 07s

For all the talk about energy transition, many things remain unexplained. What feels like a fast moving train isn't, and what looks like a quickly arriving destination is still a long ways off. Here are four that puzzle me about how transition will work. At least they keep me amused.

Duration: 10m 51s