Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

Today's podcast is the first in a two part interview with Rebecca Hofmann, the president of Blockchain for Energy. Blockchain for Energy is a consortium of energy companies collaborating on blockchain solutions in the energy sector. We look at blockchain solutions in this episode, and how Blockchain for Energy got started. 

Duration: 19m 07s

How might the world of oil and gas gas unfold in a post pandemic world, given rising nationalism challenging globalism, and fast growing renewables challenging fossil fuels? There are four possible scenarios that may occur, and they keep changing. This episode is a summary of a 45 minute presentation on the future of oil and gas in a post pandemic world.

Duration: 12m 38s

Today's episode is a conversation with Analise Thompson, a knowledge management expert at Datagration. Datagration, featured previously on the podcast, help companies visualize their production data. Today we discuss issues relating to training, knowledge transfer, and how better user design makes for better tools. 

Duration: 36m 31s

Today's podcast is with Stephen Sponseller, the Kepware channel director for the Americas at PTC. Kepware is a software offering at PTC, and they provide a suite of services to help connect automation devices and sensors in a variety of industries. Today's chat is mostly on edge devices, and how Kepware brings them together for businesses. 

Duration 36m 06s

Not only does blockchain play well with other oil and gas technologies, it helps others deliver more value. Convergence is a good term to describe the reality of blockchain. One plus one really does equal three, but it depends on who is doing the math, and how.

Duration: 10m 27s

Today's episode is a chat with Shane Istre, the CEO of Digital Twin Studios. Digital Twin is an E-learning platform that uses AR, VR, simulations, and other technology to teach industrial and military personnel. Today we discuss how training has evolved with these new technologies, and new, more active teaching methods.  

Duration: 36m 30s

Today's podcast is the second of a two-part interview with Sabrina Sullivan and Sheryl Connelly, both being futurists at Ford. They clock trends and patterns in consumer behavior so Ford can best plan for the future of motor vehicles. Today we discuss in detail some of those trends, and methods to research them. 

Duration: 34m 08s

There is a difference between buying digital (the default position in oil and gas) and being digital (the default position of young people). Early successes in industries that adopted digital focused on building ecosystems, concentrating on speed to market, and enabling new disruptive business models. Oil and gas must be digital to have any hope of attracting top talent in the future.

Duration: 12m 51s

Today's podcast is the first of a two-part interview with Sabrina Sullivan and Sheryl Connelly, both being futurists at Ford. They clock trends and patterns in consumer behavior so Ford can best plan for the future of motor vehicles. Today we discuss what Futurism is and how it works within Ford Motors. 

Duration: 31m 35s

Today's episode is a chat with Roger Simonson, the CEO of One Eye Industries. One Eye Industries produces magnetic filtration systems which extract metals and other contaminants from industrial equipment. Today we discuss the value of this technology, how it was developed, and where it can be applied in oil and gas. 

Duration: 33m 02s