PBE Podcast

TEDrv was the talk of the Geomark booth for 2022! Adam Turner, Ph.D, took the time to sit down and talk with us at the booth this year. We talk about his career and drive as a geochemist, but also about time-lapse geochemistry from production. What’s actually changing in the hydrocarbon markers while producing a well on your lease? Where are you actually getting your oil from and how do you get more of it, or isolate it and go after a different zone? Geomark is here to help you figure that out and optimize your production. Engineers, geologists, landmen, accountants, and CEOs all should be very interested in this company and this data to better optimize their assets!

Dr. Toti Larson is a Research Associate and Principal Investigator of the Mudrock Systems Research Laboratory (MSRL) consortium at the University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology. As PI of the MSRL since 2019, Toti coordinates with Energy companies to identify knowledge gaps and develop subsurface geology characterization projects that leverage the MSRL research team strengths. In his own research Toti applies geochemistry, geology, and machine learning tools to develop predictive subsurface characterization models. Toti built a Python package (CorePy) for open source sharing of subsurface characterization tools and geological characterization workflows he has developed.

Alan Morgan is a lead geophysicist for Bell Geospace and someone that has done a podcast previously with PBE. We get to catch up with him at URTeC and sit through a quick edition of his Permian Basin shallow oil play found via a high-resolution gravity survey! If you have some drilling money, let’s put a PBE play together!! Thank you for the day-to-day delivery of quality gravity data and this very interesting talk on the potential shallow oil field.

Cristalynn has a love for rocks most geologists don’t even have! She is an account manager for Geomark Research and has found herself in a great company making a difference in the industry of natural resources. We had a great time getting to know her, her passions, and her vision for the future. We get to talk about the whiskey bottle-holding rock that appears to be a 2-mica granite peraluminous source rock from the western US…

We have now some history with Bryan McDowell and the Sabata Energy Consultants! These folks are the real deal when it comes to oil and gas geology data. Logs, core, seismic, cuttings, rock-eval, all of it! If the data exists in your area, they know it and can help you get it! As we celebrated 10,000,000 records in the database because of Geomark's footprint added to the already robust database. LETS GOOOOO!

Graham Spence has much experience on the analytical and technical sales side of the oil and gas business. It’s great to have someone to chat with at all times on technical questions and how to better understand how these technical solutions actually make a difference for the business. Thank you for getting us to URTeC this year and we hope for the best for you and Geomark Research for many years. Excited to keep up with your journey!

Placido and Bianca are Geochemists that work together daily in the labs on research and development projects that are creating "keys" to unlock the unconventional plays around the world! Geolog International is a company to keep an eye on and enjoy this show talking through some of the discoveries and workflows from within the company!

On day 2 of URTeC 2022, Geomark Research hosted us from their booth and we learned something valuable in every single episode! This one is with Michael Ashby and Joe Comisky from Devon Energy. The value of experience and persistence will not go unnoticed. These two have seen a lot of data and they continue to push innovations forward as they help lead the charge for operators around the world. We get a chance to break down technical concepts of the unconventional target throughout the whole show, enjoy!

On day 2 of URTeC 2022, Geomark Research hosted us from their booth and we learned something valuable in every single episode! This one is with Ms. Jennifer Smith (Enos) from Ensign Natural Resources and Geochemist for Geomark Ms. Catherine Donohue. We talk about the value of understanding where your oil is actually coming from, which will help optimize the development of your acreage. We also talk about the re-frack industry and how this will be something to watch!

Stratagraph and friends put on a great networking event at URTeC 2022. In this episode, we get the chance to discuss Stratagraph and the latest work to develop the geosteering arm of the company. Stratagraph is dedicated to providing the solutions you need to better optimize your program across the board. This is why they team up with AHS, APT, Petrolern, and Corespec. Virtually every aspect of the science and engineering evaluation of a formation can be done with Stratagraph.