Welcome back to another episode! This week’s episode is our First Friday Q&A for March. You ask the questions and we answer them. Big thanks to everyone who wrote in. If you want to get a question answered for next month’s FFQA, click the link below. Enjoy!

Angel List

2017 on the road sponsor Lee Hecht Harrison http://www.lhh.com

Geoconvention May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

 Questions:

Dear Jake: Firstly, I enjoy & anticipate listening to your podcast’s weekly. My question is concerning investors/venture capitalist. We are a young construction company with incredible year over year growth even during the recent downturn. We have opportunities for growth in the Permian basin that requires us considering a capital injection if we are to take advantage of opportunity. Banks are risk averse & require excess collateral, factoring working capital companies exclude “progressive” construction companies such as ours. It appears that our last avenue is investors/venture capitalist’s if we are to continue on our current growth curve. Any assistance, advice or information will be greatly appreciated

I have a question for Mark. You’ve predicted that unconventionals will go global this year. Outside the US were do you predict the biggest activity will be? Who’s going to be the next biggest producer of oil & gas from tight plays?

Mr. LaCour,  I hope this message finds you well. I’m not sure if you remember me, but I sent you and James Hahn an email about possibly speaking at Pepperdine Law a few months ago. I’m sorry we weren’t able to finance the engagement, it certainly would have been a wonderful opportunity for students interested in O&G.   A few weeks ago, I remember you stating on the podcast something about an O&G company that had set up a program to pay for tu…

In this Episode of Oil & Gas This Week – Trump signs an Executive Order “Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth”. We dive into what this order really means for the country, our industry, and the environment. Is $70 oil possible by the end of 2017? Tech innovation makes up a bulk of all oil and gas patents filed this year. CEO’s say innovation is key but skilled workers are scarce. Tech billionaires dominate Forbes list of wealthiest American but Oil & Gas still has quite a few of their own.

2017 on the road sponsor Lee Hecht Harrison http://www.lhh.com

Geoconvention May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

API-YP Events

Stories:

Trump’s Executive Order “Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth”

Weekly Rig Count

CLICK HERE TO ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

Get Mark’s Monthly Events Email

Connect with Us

In this Episode of Oil & Gas This Week – Operators vs. Service Companies. Will E&P’s pass along profits and stop squeezing service companies? Is tech taking too much credit for E&P optimization? OPEC might be in trouble as they are becoming increasingly weary of “free riders”. Is there a way we can enforce production discipline here in the US? Laid off workers & hiring managers are simply not on the same page and more! Thanks for tuning in!

2017 on the road sponsor Lee Hecht Harrison http://www.lhh.com

Geoconvention May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

API-YP Events

Stories:

Are Operators to Face-Off with Oilfield Service Companies?

OPEC in Trouble As Saudi’s Becoming Weary of ‘Free Riders’

No Way to Enforce Production Discipline On the US Oil & Gas Industry

Why Are Oil Markets Ignoring All These Bullish Signs?

Laid off workers and hiring managers not on the same page?

RRC Struggle to Police Conflicts of Interest

Claim: As Trump targets energy rules, oil companies downplay their impact

Submerged Platforms to Revolutionize Offshore Oil  & Gas

Weekly Rig Count

CLICK HERE TO ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

Get Mark’s Monthly Events Email

In this Episode of Oil & Gas This Week – We interview Deepak Gala & Susan Howes about SPE’s Upstream Oil & Gas Professionals Hiring Event. If you’re looking for a new position in the industry, this is the place for you to be. If your company is looking to hire some qualified professionals, this is also for you!

C. Susan Howes, PE, PHR

* Baker Hughes

Have a question? Click here to ask.

2017 on the road sponsor Lee Hecht Harrison http://www.lhh.com

Geoconvention May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

Weekly Rig Count

CLICK HERE TO ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

Get Mark’s Monthly Events Email

Connect with Us

Welcome back to another episode! This week’s episode is our First Friday Q&A for March. You ask the questions and we answer them. Big thanks to everyone who wrote in. If you want to get a question answered for next month’s FFQA, click the link below. Enjoy!

2017 on the road sponsor Lee Hecht Harrison http://www.lhh.com

Geoconvention May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

Oil & Gas 101

 Questions:

I love listening to your podcast!!!

I live in Australia, where I worked in Drilling for 4 years ( firstly minerals). I lastly worked as a Roughneck for Saxon before I quit my job.

I studied Arabic in a previous University Degree- and yes, you got it -would like to work in the Gulf after I finish my current degree (still a long way to go…)

Where can I find some comprehensive maps covering pipelines across the country for refined products? I would even be willing to purchase physical paper maps if that is the answer.

I recently watched the movie Deep Horizon. I would like to know once the drilling is completed how does the oil get from the wellhead to a ship?

1. What’s your understanding of the state of EU and US sanctions on Russia? It appears that Trump wants to ease or lift sanctions eventually, but is proceeding very cautiously. Several EU countries seem to want to ease sanctions as well. The EU has another layer of issues with several interesting elections in its larger member states and its uncertain future generally. So, what do you think is likely to happen with these western sanctions in the near term?

Thanks for tuning in to Episode 102! This week was a busy one in oil and gas. Merger & Acquisition activity has broken all records in Oil & Gas and it looks like 2017 is just getting warmed up. Trump has an “America First Energy Plan” but what is Energy “Independence”? Do newly released emails reveal EPA Chief Scott Pruitt’s “Dirty Dealings” with the industry? Exxon revises down oil and gas reserves by 3.3B barrels. Total is carving a new path for integrated oil and gas companies by diversifying into renewable energy. Citi Group states that refracks clearly work. An astonishing 70% of oil and gas companies have been hacked at some point in time and what companies need to consider moving forward. Artificial intelligence & machine learning in oil and gas a reality or pipe dream?

2017 on the road sponsor Lee Hecht Harrison http://www.lhh.com

Geoconvention May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

 Stories:

Oil & Gas M&A Just Broke All Records

Total Is Carving a New Path for Integrated Oil and Gas

Weekly Rig Count

Thanks for tuning in for another episode of Oil & Gas This Week. This week we are LIVE from NAPE here in Houston. There’s a lot of talk about the new administration and how their policies will affect our industry. Trump removes “anti-corruption” rules for oil & gas companies & how a new executive order is planning to shake things up at the EPA.

2017 on the road sponsor Lee Hecht Harrison http://www.lhh.com

Geoconvention May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

 Stories:

Weekly Rig Count

CLICK HERE TO ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

Get Mark’s Monthly Events Email

Connect with Us

Episode 100! We did it guys. Thanks to all of you loyal listeners. You make all of this possible. This week Wall Street starts to pour money back into Oil & Gas. The US sells off 10mm barrels of Strategic Reserves. OPEC Deal at 91% Compliance rate but are a few members sabotaging progress? We also talk about the viability of the Keystone XL. India’s State Oil Company wants to merge entities. Louisiana Officials voice support for the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. University of Texas San Antonio launches a Chemical Engineering program. Interest in Big Data in the Oilfield continues to grow.

2017 on the road sponsor Lee Hecht Harrison http://www.lhh.com

Mid-Continent Digital Oilfield Conference (MCDOC) Jan 25-26, Tulsa, OK

Trip made possible by:

Oklahoma Energy Resources Board

Home

SOER

Geoconvention May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

 Stories:

Wall Street Pours Money Back into Oil & Gas

Join API-YP

Weekly Rig Count

CLICK HERE TO ENTER FO…

Thanks for tuning in to Episode 99! We’re almost to triple digits and it’s all because of you guys! We sincerely appreciate every single one of you. Without your support, this would just be us talking to each other. Like always, the first Friday of the Month is our First Friday Q&A where we give you guys the opportunity to ask us whatever you would like and we take a stab at answering it. Remember – if you like the show, please leave us a review!

2017 on the road sponsor Lee Hecht Harrison http://www.lhh.com

Geoconvention: May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk

Questions:

Hey Mark and Jake, huge fan of the podcast. I’m in renewables right now but am closely following the petroleum sector. I’m going to take a guess and say that the rising rig count in the US coupled with OPEC production cuts is going to narrow the delta between OPEC Basket and WTI/Brent crude. With changes like these in the market, do you think it will be profitable for our downstream to start moving it’s focus away from refining heavier (Middle East) oil, and move towards refining more of our own, lighter/domestic crudes.

Thank you for an excellent pod cast. You guys do a great job providing a diverse and informed overview of the oil and gas industry. It’s a great way to stay up to speed with moves in the industry.

In your podcast #92 around 10 minutes into the show you mentioned a standardization memorandum of understanding that was signed in Q3 between some of the operators. Our team is working on a project with one of the major subsea EPC companies to achieve this standardization. Is there any chance you can help me get my hands on this MoU or point me towards someone who can help me find this?

Thanks again and good work gents.

It’s always a pleasure to listen to your weekly podcast – consistently good insights and dynamic discussion about the ever changing dynamics of the oil and gas business. I’m a second year master’s student at Columbia University, specializing in the intersection of global macroeconomic trends and oil/gas markets. I, along with a host of other folks in my program, are eyeing oil and gas careers and I thought it would be great to engage you guys and possibly arrange for some kind of meeting to discuss the business in general, as well as possible career paths and strategies for students in my program. Your career insights would be very helpful to us all! I’d be eager to start a dialogue with you guys and perhaps host you for a visit at Columbia University. Look forward to hearing back. All the best.

Big fan of the show but unfortunately your podcast has stopped adding new episo…

Welcome back for another great Episode of Oil & Gas This Week. This week we dive more into & speculate about the oil & gas outlook under the Trump Administration. Texas House & Senate disagree on how to fund the Texas Railroad Commission. Syria keeps ISIS in business by purchasing black market oil. Schlumberger Chief says drilling is making a comeback. M&A activity is heating up and I rant about how real innovation in the oil field will be found in data analytics.

Trip made possible by:

Oklahoma Energy Resources Board

Home

SOER

Geoconvention May 15-19 Calgary, Canada

OGTW listener special – Exhibitors standard 10×10 space on the floor for a reduced rate of $1,600 (normal price is $1,800).

 Stories:

What Oil & Gas Will Look Like Under Trump

Trump Eyes Federal Lands for Oil & Gas

Texas House & Senate Disagree on How to Fund the RRC

Oil & Gas Sales to Syrian Regime Are Now ISIS’s Largest Source of Funds

Schlumberger Chief Says Drill Recovery is On its Way in all Markets

Real Innovation in the Oil Patch is Found in Data Analytics

Exxon is Doubling Down on the Permian with a $6.6b Acquisition

Noble Energy Purchases Clayton Williams Energy for $3.2b

WPX Energy Acquires Panther Energy & Carrier Energy Partners in $775m Deal

Parsley Energy Snags Up 23k Acres in the Southern Delaware for $607m

Join API-YP

Weekly Rig Count