PBE Podcast

In the last 20 years, the rise and what some would say the fall of the unconventional resource play has happened. Who seen it coming? Not anyone that we know AND, the plays are not dead yet! We learned a lot about the rocks and how to explore and exploit the fluids in them. It’s a rising time in the industry globally, what will we see? Will the money merge, major acquisitions? Where are they going to go with the money, offshore, or onshore? We get to talk about all these ideas and especially what Canada has to say about all this!

Zircons are a key physical material to the Earth's past... Like, the beginning of Earth! Recent master of Geology graduate Dylan Morton goes through his thesis on how he used them to better understand the Cottage Grove sands in Oklahoma. The show digs up all kinds of good geology and curiosity for many theses to come!

Synmax is a satellite mapping company to watch! Incredible insight on how it works and what these folks are doing with AI, machine learning and images of the Earth as we spin through space!

Dr. Lewis C. Kleinhans was making a trip to the West and reached out asking to swing by the Serpentosphere! His curiosity for the rocks is at a really high level, and we absolutely hit it off! We talked to him about his career and passion for rocks and helping veterans. We also dove into the subject of MagmaChem, where it started, and some of the basics of how we use the models to explore natural resources. Lew has a Ph. D out of the Colorado School of Mines, he is someone to reach out to if you’re in Colorado and want to get involved with the societies and what’s happening in the mining and metals world.

David Campbell has served 15 years in the military and holds a master’s degree in leadership studies with an emphasis as a leadership specialist. He came on the show to talk about his thesis, teach us a thing or two about leadership, and also talk about his commitment to the DEATH RACE!

You live and learn! That’s the reality of life, we don’t care who you are! This show is about the oil and gas history of South Texas, from drilling to workover rigs and trying to fix “stripper” wells… We learn a lot in this show. Thanks to Downing Well Services for allowing us to set up and record the show at the Annual Downing Cornhole Tournament. The oil and gas industry is built on the backs of hard-working men and women. If you need something serviced in South Texas, don’t hesitate to give these guys a call.

If you think anything is boring about West Texas Boring, you’re dead wrong! This team helps the country advance our infrastructure in so many ways, beyond just oil and gas. Getting to know the story of West Texas Boring was insightful and inspirational in many ways. We had great fun in this show learning more about what they do, but also a lot more about who they all are. With a work ethic second to none and the experience that goes with it, this is a company you want on the job.

In this episode, we get to sit down and discuss the inner workings of a global elite surface logging company in the energy business. Geolog has logging units running around the world… All of them bringing in data 24/7 to be QC’d and then put into a database that helps the operators around the world make real-world decisions! We’re excited to keep up with Geolog as they continue to develop cutting-edge technology at the drill bit, in the logging trucks, and in the interpretations being delivered. LET’S GO.

This is from the live show we did at the legendary WTGS Fall Symposium in 2021. It’s all about the latest and biggest seismic shoot in the Permian Basin! If you have acreage in the Midland Basin, this seismic shoot will help you make discoveries. 100%. We discuss the value and the reality of how much better the data is than the old stuff! LETS GOOOOOO!

We thought it would be great to make a show on the coolest Ukrainian rocks we know of - And the show does not disappoint. A unique mineral to Ukraine could be a leading piece of evidence of hydrothermal oil on Earth, Kerite, as known by Ukrainian scientists. It’s a hydrocarbon mineral with extreme temperature conditions and in a pegmatite that’s over 1.7 billion years old… We brought our world-renowned mineralogy expert Alfredo Petrov and MagmaChem’s own Ms. Lori Carrol in for the show. LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO!!