Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

In today's podcast, we have an interview with David Shook, president of ShookIoT. ShookIoT is a company which specializes in analytics, collating the data from IoT devices into a cloud server, which allows for better analysis. Today we talk about the issues with IoT, the benefits of analytics and how to bring digital to oil and gas operations. 

Duration: 30m 17s

The recent attack on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure using weaponised drones has unleashed the potential for copycat attacks. Expect to see a wave of investment to harden the industry.

Duration: 11m 54s 

It's taken a couple of years for evidence to finally emerge that blockchain technology can make an impact on oil and gas. I first spoke about the possible use cases in this podcasts back in 2016. With a handful of use cases now proven and invested by the market leaders, the rest of the industry is on notice. Adoption is simply a matter of timing.

Duration: 12m 34s

In today's podcast, we have an interview with Mike Scharf of capSpire. capSpire is a commodity trading risk management company, with extensive digital solutions on offer. Today we discuss the ins and outs of risk management in the commodity market, the different technologies capSpire is developing including a digital twin for complex supply chains, and the challenges of building helping companies in oil and gas work our their digital strategies. 

Duration: 26m 14s

In today's episode of Digital Oil and Gas, we have an interview with Mike Scharf, CoFounder of capSpire. capSpire is a commodity trading risk management firm, and they also help energy companies wrap their heads around digital. 

In this interview we discuss commodity trading, risk, digital transformation and what capSpire offers to oil and gas companies. 

You can find them here: https://www.capspire.com/

In today's episode of Digital Oil and Gas, we have a live presentation on blockchain. In it, I discuss the latest international developments in the technology, especially in relation to oil and gas. Examples include, supply chain management, digital currencies, government investments, and much, much more. 

Duration: 25m 35s

In today's podcast, we have a recording of my presentation entitled "Change is Easy (Except for the People)". This speech is based on the topic of people and change management as digital technology begins to work in Oil and Gas. I'll be covering the different change issues at hand when digital is involved, and the big motivators behind change resistance. 

Duration: 33m 49s

Are you charged with introducing some digital changes to some slice of the oil and gas industry? The oil and gas industry is under a growing set of pressures to modernize how it does business. The hard part of digital is not technology, but the need to change cultural norms.

Duration: 10m 34s

In today's podcast, we have a recording of my keynote presentation at the Canadian Heavy Oil Association (CHOA) conference this November. 

CHOA is one of the most important industry associations of oil companies (oil sands, heavy oil producers, key suppliers), and I participated in a panel discussion at their recent fall conference. I also provided a brief presentation on my book, Bits, Bytes and Barrels: The Digital Transformation of Oil and Gas as my opening remarks. 

Duration: 21m 42s

It is easy to assume that the blocker to digital innovation is the Board. And why not? But there are a few examples that all trigger some speculation at the Board level, particularly about new and disruptive business models.

If some Boards in oil and gas are alarmed, it begs the question what is going on with management?

Duration: 10m 50s