Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

Today's podcast is an interview with David Smethurst. David is a thought leader in digital and the energy industry. Today, we discuss the energy industry in general, the current situation thanks to the coronavirus lockdown, and how digital will impact oil and gas. 

Duration: 34m 51s

The construction industry, whose fortunes are intertwined with the oil and gas industry, was castigated as a digital laggard in 2014. The oil and gas industry is highly dependent on the construction industry since oil and gas needs to spend almost a trillion dollars every year to maintain production and accommodate the growth in demand. Are construction companies still digital laggards?

Duration: 11m 38s

Today's podcast is an interview with Mush Khan, the President of The NOW Network. The NOW Network is a supply chain and logistics company where wholesalers, carriers, drivers and retailers can find, connect and establish delivery services with one another over the cloud. Today we discuss the world of downstream oil and gas, the challenges of logistics in that segment of the industry, and how automation can help. 

Duration: 34m 55s

Todays podcast is an interview with Eduardo Rodriguez, the CEO and founder of Trident xchange, an alternate trading system (ALT) by Flatsone. Trident helps clients and partners maintain compliance and leverage smart contracts through blockchain technology. Today, we discuss the use-cases for blockchain in oil and gas, the importance of compliance, and how Trident can help companies get started. 

Duration: 37m 05s

In today's podcast, we have an Interview with Chantal Milloy, the co-founder and COO of Levvel. Levvel is a IT staffing and consulting organization out of Calgary, Alberta. They focus on change management, helping their clients take the necessary steps to adopt change in a balanced manner. Today we discuss the necessity of change management in digital, and the people-side of these new technologies. 

Duration: 35m 21s

In today's episode of Digital Oil and Gas, we have an interview with Andrew Bruce, the CEO and Founder of Data Gumbo. Data Gumbo is a blockchain company whose main offering, GumboNet, helps companies apply smart contracts to their supply chains. Today we discuss blockchain, how automation changes the supply chain, and how both can speed up transactions and processes in oil and gas. 

Duration: 31m 6s

The European Union has announced a sweeping Green Deal with far-reaching implications for oil and gas. The EU, its member states, and companies operating in the EU need to rethink their supply chains, and not just for products, but inputs, byproducts and emissions. It is clear that the energy industry is headed towards government mandated transformation, and the opportunities for digital innovators to support the transformation are very robust.

Duration: 13m 54s

In today's podcast, we have an interview with Nish Kotecha, one of the co-founders of a blockchain startup called Finboot. Finboot is a blockchain software company whose main offering is MARCO, a platform of different blockchain solutions which combines security and ease-of-use to create value in many different industries. Today, we discuss their work in oil and gas, how blockchain will transform the industry, and what the future looks like. 

Duration: 34m 26s

It's been a long-standing and time honoured practice to make predictions about the future. But as Yogi Berra, a famous and oft-quoted New York Yankees catcher and manager, observed, "Making predictions is really hard, especially about the future". Instead, here are five key digital trends that look pretty much unstoppable to me, and feature as the bright white lines on any of my roadmaps to a digital future in oil and gas. 

Duration: 11m

The novel corona virus number 19 is laying waste to people, industries and economies, but what lessons does this human viral scourge have to teach those of us embracing digital in oil and gas? In the same manner that COVID-19 is testing our human health systems, industry should also consider the preparedness of its digital infrastructure to cope with disruptive, permanent, invisible and dangerous new digital assailants. 

Duration: 12m 09s