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You hear it here first on Flipping The Barrel from Richard Spears - “ The Oil and Gas sector will become the most profitable business in the world, more than the Tobacco Industry” - “Oil will hit 150”. 

In this episode we interview the oilfield legend Richard Spears. We ask Richard off the cuff questions that dive into his life story.  We covered everything from where he grew up, how they did market research in the 70's, what made his firm successful, business mistakes and great advice on the future of the oil and gas service sector.

In this podcast you will find out that Richard worked together with his brother and father to help build Spears and Associates. In the business of market and research they gather data from around the world on all service lines. Richard talks about how in the 70s knocking door to door was the only way to gather data. There was no internet to pull information from. He tells us about the secret sauce in the 2000’s that changed the direction of their marketing firm. 

In 1974 Richard took a “Gap” year before going to college. You have to hear about his 13th year and what this meant for his future. Richard did NOT want to work in the oil and gas business, he wanted to work for John Deer. There is an interesting twist to this story that ended up leading him right to his roots in oil. 

Richard talks about his pump truck business in the 80’s and the cease and desist letter he received from HAL. There was a massive downturn that happened shortly after starting his business. We ask Richard the hard questions about the oil and gas service sector and how he kept pushing forward after his business failed multiple times. 

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Paula is a graduate of Texas A&M with a Petroleum Engineering degree.

She travelled the world working 33 years for the oilfield giant Schlumberger . She began her career as an field engineer working land rigs and then offshore and climbed her way to being the ESG Global Director before retiring in summer of 2020. She didn’t retire for long, she is now as of January 2021- the CEO of DPM Alliance Energy Group.

She is also the author of 2 books, “For Sister: The Guide for Professional Black Women,” which helps first generation professionals navigate corporate America, and “ When I Grow Up I Want to be an Engineer,” a children’s book focused on introducing girls and minorities to careers in Engineering. 

Paula had many reservations working for a service company as a Petroleum Engineer from Texas ATM in the 1980’s. She was the first in her family to graduate with an Engineer degree and had aspirations to work for an operator. 

When she graduated jobs were hard to find and Schlumberger came knocking. Paula opens up on the podcast about her reservations going to work for SLB, especially since her first assignment was land rigs. She then found herself working out of Louisiana and Texas for the next 6 years, until her commitment to working on her “days off”  paid off with a promotion. Paula put effort in when others didn’t and landed a commercial role. Paula went on to travel the world for SLB taking multiple roles as she moved up the ladder. Before retiring she was the ESG Global Director. Safe to say working for a Service company turned out to be the best decision she ever made. Paula talks about how building her personal brand led to her successful career in Schlumberger. 

We discuss the changes that occurred throughout her career and the lessons she learned. From receiving a C grade from a Manager that wasn’t fond of her, working offshore as the only woman and taking an assignment in Australia after 6 months of giving birth to her baby girl. She explains the impacts this had on her life and what she would have done differently. Paula is a pioneer to all of us and a huge inspiration. 

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Liz Schwarze is the Vice President of Global Exploration for Chevron Upstream; she is responsible for Chevron’s worldwide exploration program. She chairs the company’s Global Exploration Leadership Team and is a member of Chevron’s Upstream Leadership Team and Global Leadership Forum. As a single mom she learned how to excel in her career while raising her daughter. 

Schwarze holds a bachelor’s degree in Geology from Duke University, a master’s degree in Geology from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s in Business Administration from Tulane University.

Liz moved around a lot as a child due to her dad’s job. She was used to having to adapt to different environments and cope with change. This exposure made it easier for Liz to say “yes” when she was asked to move around the world for Chevron. 

Liz ultimately decided on Geology as her major in College. She was persuaded by her sorority sister and had never really thought about it as a career before she took her first class. She talks about her path to Chevron and the cross functional skills you perform in oil and gas that can take you into your next role. She breaks this down into 5 groups of skills we all have working in Energy, that give us advantages relative to  other careers.

With 30 years working for Chevron, Liz has a wealth of knowledge and advice around- focusing on your job today, how to delegate tasks, role models, how she did it as a single mom and what made her stay with Chevron her entire career.

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