Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

Today's podcast is with Greg Belbin of Gyrdodata. Gyrodata is a long-operating oilfield technology company. As their name suggests, they specialize in gyrometric surveying and data gathering. Today we look at how this field is evolving, and how oil and gas can capture more and better data.

Duration: 33m 42s

Today's podcast is a sit-down with Katrina Ingram, the founder of Ethically Aligned AI. This organization looks at the ethical issues around AI adoption, focused on issues of fairness, job loss, and the responsible use of algorithms. Today we discuss these dimensions of AI in the oil and gas space, and the degree that algorithms are starting to have a bigger impact on our lives. 

Duration: 32m 42s

Today's podcast is a chat with Krys Korczewski, formerly of NAL Resources. Krys helped NAL transform their business and upstream oi land gas through new technological innovations. We discuss his journey today, alongside how these transformation plans can be executed in oil and gas. 

Duration: 34m 05s

Today's podcast is with Dave Shook, the founder of ShookIoT and now a part of Uptake. Dave returns to discuss the acquisition of his company, and the state of industrial internet of things. We go into greater detail about where IoT creates value and what Uptake is doing in the energy sector. 

Duration: 37m 12s

Today's podcast is with Clarence Montiero, the principal at Teamwork Group. Teamwork is a single platform that hosts apps and technology to help downstream companies manage workflows. Today we discuss the changes to downstream that are being seen, and how the pandemic has impacted the industry. 

Duration: 33m 19s

Today's podcast is with Chad Hayden, the founder of Galatea. Galatea is developing water management solutions that optimize and automate water use in oil and gas. Today we discuss the growing question of ESG and what new technologies can do to help improve the environmental and social records of energy companies. 

Duration: 33m 19s

Today's podcast is with Azad Abbasi, the CEO of Genius XR. Genius XR is a company that creates content based on AR, VR, MR, and AI. They build video content based on those four pillars, which is called XR. Today we discuss the rapid and increasing maturity of virtual reality tools, and where value can be generated for industry players. 

Duration: 34m 38s

Today we have a chat with Greg Corey, of Freewave Technologies' customer support group. Freewave develops Machine to Machine infrastructure to deliver data in IIoT environments. Today we discuss the data challenges behind IIoT, the shifting attitudes towards it in oil and gas, and where value can be created. 

Duration: 34m 08s

Today's podcast is with Kenton Gray, the Chief Technology Officer at Datagration. Datagration looks at the various sets of data in oil and gas companies and helps them integrate, analyze, and then process it. Today we discuss the data problem in oil and gas, the amount of time engineers spend figuring it out, and how much value can be gained from better practices. 

Duration: 34m

For today's podcast, I have a great chat with Neil Wagner, the head of IT at the Calgary Counselling Centre. The Centre is currently the largest of it's kind in Alberta, and it provides charitable counselling services of all sorts. Today we discuss how modern technology is changing even the world of counselling services, and the impact COVID-19 has had on our community. 

Corrections: The original number of staff at the Centre was 4, not 12. 
The volume of face-to-face sessions from Jan 1 to Mar 16 of 2020 was 9607; from March 17 to Dec 31, there were 35,075 via Teams. 

Duration: 39m 06s