Elena Melchert talks with geochemist Justin Mackey and Tom Tarka both at the at the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) about Critical Minerals.  Critical Minerals are those minerals used in many applications, from cell phones and appliances to electric vehicles and solar panels. Justin is currently studying the resource potential of lithium in the produced water associated with the Marcellus Shale and there is a link to a paper below on the subject.

Episode Links 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-58887-x

https://www.netl.doe.gov

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Ukrainian Petroleum Engineering students (student SPE members) from 5 student chapters of SPE across Ukraine talk with Elena Melchert about their goals and aspirations for careers in Petroleum Engineering and the future Ukrainian oil and gas industry.

https://www.spe.org/en/section/250

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Elena talks with Tomas Reyna, Intern with Niche Consultants and student at Albright College in Redding Pa, studying Political Science. Tomas does legislative research among other things at Niche Consultants and is interested in Political Science because he is learning about a lot of different areas. He discussed his 3 take aways from the conference: 1. There are vast geological Hydrogen reservers, 2. There is growing political awareness around Hydrogen and 3. Hydrogen brings people together from all disciplines and careers.

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Host, Elena Melchert, talks with Glen Davis, current Director of Energy for the Virginia Departmet of Energy. Mr. Davis talks about the “all of the above” energy policy in Virginia and  the fact that energy demand is growing in the US and even at a rate of 5% year over year in Virginia. He said Virginia is looking at the potential for Hydrogen in South West VA and that there is good work force there to take on the challenge. There are also discussions of a “Hydrogen Hub” located in the future in Norfolk Va. He says that legistatures,  stakeholders and sciencist all need to work together for future energy sources, and the US Hydrogen Alliance Confernce is good place to start.

Episode Links 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-davis-a47270150

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In this festive OGGN Christmas Special, the hosts and co-hosts engage in a fun-filled quiz that tests their holiday knowledge. The conversation flows from introductions to a series of light-hearted trivia questions, with plenty of laughter and banter along the way. The episode wraps up with warm holiday wishes and a humorous note about one particular listener.

Episode Links

See the video here: https://youtu.be/dHWKwYqy4f0

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Host, Elena Melchert, talks with Carlos Torres at the SPE/ATCE 2024 conference in New Orleans about his 24-year career in oil and gas that includes experiences in Asia, Venezuela and the US with SLB before founding his own energy services company.

Episode Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosatorres1

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Host, Elena Melchert, talks with Dr. Jeremy Boak about his over 40 years’ experience as a geologist in various roles from ARCO to the Department of Energy, the Colorado School of Mines,  and currently as Consultant to Teverra where he is working on geothermal energy. Dr. Boak discusses produced water and its effects on the geological formations; oil shales, explaining the difference between oil shale and shale oil, and a report from Colorado ECMC Geothermal, which can be found at the link below.

Episode Links 

Teverra: https://www.teverra.com/

Colorado Geological Survey: https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/

Colorado ECMC Geothermal Report: https://ecmc.state.co.us/documents/library/GTCCSUNGS/Geothermal_in_Colorado.pdf

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerryboakoilshale/

Academia (publications list) https://independent.academia.edu/BoakJeremy

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeremy-Boak

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Dr. Hamed Soroush talks with Host, Elena Melchert, about  

In this episode of Oil and Gas Upstream, host Elena Melchert speaks with Dr. Hamed Soroush, founder and CEO of Tavera, about the company’s innovative approaches to subsurface technologies, including geothermal energy, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and energy storage solutions. They discuss the rebranding of Tavera from Petrolearn, and some key technology accomplishments by Teverra.  

Episode Links  

https://www.teverra.com/team

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In this episode, Elena Melchert talks with Derrick Whiting and Yani Araujo of Intertek at the CCUS conference in March 2024. They discuss how CO2 is effectively injected for storage and how Intertek evaluates the rock formation and effects of CO2 injection.  They discuss the long-term effects of C02 injection that must be evaluated to ensure safety and long-term storage. Intertek also provides a certification program for customers who want to be certified as Carbon Zero. 

 Episode Links 

https://www.intertek.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yani-carolina-araujo-4278a11a

https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-whiting

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Chris Wright talks with Host, Elena Melchert, about his career in energy, especially oil and gas, and an important timeline of industry contributions to making the USA a net exporter of energy.

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