Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

In today's podcast, we have an interview with Amit Bhargava, co-founder of EnviroApps. EnviroApps is a platform for digitally tracking hazardous materials manifests, in order to reduce errors and ensure compliance. Today we discuss the challenges of having paper-based systems, the value of tracking and tracing, and technology can assist companies in achieving their environmental targets. 

Duration: 32m 05s

We will look back on 2020 as a pivotal time in the recent history of the planet, likely more so than 9/11, the Great Financial Crisis, and most assuredly, Brexit. A number of cherished oil and gas business orthodoxies have been thrown on the discard pile as we cope with this pandemic. New ones are taking their place, and those that become habits will endure beyond this current crisis.

Duration: 11m 26s

Today's podcast is an interview with Dusty Sonnier, director of engineering and technology at McCoy Global. McCoy is a provider of wellbore integrity and sensor technology for oil and gas companies. Today, we'll be discussing the technology McCoy provides, the importance of good data for the industry, and business units of oil and gas that the public rarely gets to see. 

Duration: 34m 35s

Today's episode of the podcast is an interview with Travis Schindler, the director of sales at SkyX. SkyX is a provider of unmanned aerial drones for the purpose of collecting data and monitoring work sites. Today we'll be talking about the use-cases for drones, how they operate, and where oil and gas companies can find value in the technology.

Duration: 36m 7s

I was recently contacted by a friend in Germany seeking some insights into the current oil market. What happens when the supply of oil overshoots the demand for oil? Sometimes the spot price is below the future price for a commodity market, and is called a contango market. Oil markets today are strongly contango. What will the oil price be in the future?

Duration: 11m 33s

In this episode, I interview Brandon Ambrose, CEO and Founder of EZOPS, a mobile solution built by oil field operators for oil field operators. The solution optimizes scheduling, pigging, chemical management, contractors, and a host of other time and cost saving abilities. 

Duration: 32:42

In this episode of the podcast, we have an interview with Alex Meleshko of Frac Sand. Frac Sand is a part of PanXchange, a commodity trading platform. This platform lets traders exchange physical commodities (like oil and gas) anonymously and in real-time. Today we discuss the nature of oil and gas commodity trading, technology's role in transforming it, and what Frac Sand is doing in this space. 

Duration: 31m 37s

The COVID-19 Pandemic looks like it is here to stay for a little while longer. The longer this pandemic drags on, the more costly these manual social distancing measures will become, and the more compelling it will be to reconfigure work to permanently solve for social distancing. The brave will figure out how to leverage the spare capacity made available because of COVID-19 to reconfigure the business around these digital innovations.

Duration: 11m 37s

Today's episode features an interview with Shawn Martens, co-founder of Ironsight. IronSight uses Uber-like software to digitally request, dispatch, GPS track, and analyze oilfield services. Today we discuss the value of digital in the field, the experience of using Ironsight, and how Uber-like experiences can transform the service sector. 

Duration: 33m 25s

A few years ago, I received an urgent email note from a complete stranger, and he wanted some advice on a problem he was having at work. Himself and a small team built highly accurate, perfectly correct, electronic, fully compliant, detailed site data supported with HD photos which they dispatched back to home office, at 10 times the normal pace of work, a fraction of the error rate, for no additional cost. After two weeks he was recalled, for some coaching. How might you turn your technology successes into workplace successes?

Duration 13m 27s