Podcasts by Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann

Accelerate Project Approvals Using Data and Analytics from 2023-08-10T16:10

The energy industry is very accustomed to seeking permission to do things. It is the norm in industrialized societies to set out the acceptable parameters for investment actions that can impact ...

Why Russian Claims About Cyber Successes Are Suspicious from 2023-08-03T12:30

Russian cyber hackers claimed to have penetrated the operations of a Canadian gas pipeline and caused some disruption.

For those of us living some distance from the equator, mostly northe...

What if … You Could Take An Apple iPhone On Site? from 2023-07-27T12:30

“Wow!”, exclaimed Kelly, the site supervisor at the large petrochemical plant. “Are you telling me that I can take my iPhone onto the site? It’s safe now? What can I do with it?...

Shaun Syvertsen on Unlocking Potential through Better Adoption from 2023-07-19T12:30

"The people that design software, are unfortunately often a long ways away from the people that are out in the field using it."

In this episode, I’m in conversation with Shaun S...

Apple iPhones Now Permitted on Oil and Gas Sites from 2023-07-13T12:30

As far back as 2004, I explored the possibility of deploying cellular phones within an oil refining complex. The idea of persistent and safe communications with supervisors and lead hands by pho...

Legal Drugs In The Workplace — What Could Go Wrong from 2023-07-06T12:30

Heavy industry has long known that intoxication and some kinds of work simply don’t mix. Digital technologies are helping overcome the risk of hard-to-detect in...

Learning to Live with (de)Generative AI from 2023-06-29T12:30

A quick trial of ChatGPT reveals its considerable strengths and its worrisome weaknesses in generating energy talking points.

One of my many contacts ask...

Andrew McMurray on Improving Fracking Success Using Digital from 2023-06-28T12:30

"Hydraulic fracture is not just about breaking new rock, it's about fundamentally rejuvenating the existing natural fractures and bedding planes that are in the rock fabric itself." Listen

Eight Things You Didn’t Know About LNG from 2023-06-22T12:30

I’ve written hundreds of articles and podcast episodes about the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, and I’m still learning stuff I didn’t know. At an LNG conference recently,...

Mike Procee On Setting Up a Corporate Innovation Capability from 2023-06-21T12:30

In this episode, I’m in conversation with Mike Procee, who at the time of recording was the Manager of Enterprise Innovation, Enablement, and Culture at TC Energy, a large oil and gas ...

Creating A Data Culture in Oil and Gas from 2023-06-15T16:21

A large integrated oil and gas company has invited me to address their global center for data excellence. That such an organizational creation is necessary is b...

Andrea Hine on The Mobile Worker in Oil and Gas from 2023-06-14T12:30

“It's extremely frustrating to have to make decisions on our multibillion dollar assets, with only a piece of paper in your hand, and a radio on the other side of your hip.”

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Energy Transition Already Killing Off Long Life Assets from 2023-06-08T12:30

As we work through energy transition, market forces are poised to create asset discontinuities. They are already wreaking havoc with the oil supply chain.

Today’s news from the shipping i...

Beware The Digital Ides of March from 2023-06-01T12:30

A banking collapse was not likely on the long list of worries that plague the digital entrepreneur. What are the kinds of risks that digital startups face in oil and gas?

March 15 stands ...

How Virtual Power Plants Will Strand Power Generation from 2023-05-25T17:48

The biggest new supply of energy after renewables will not come from a new oil and gas field, but from virtualized energy.

A few years ago, we bought a mobile battery booster pack (itself...

How ChatGPT Will Eat Oil and Gas from 2023-05-18T12:30

New sophisticated artificial intelligence tools are coming to oil and gas. There’s plenty of upside, but lots of worries too.

Language processing has been one of those things that humans ...

Riley O’Donnell on Using Digital Tools To Help Upstream With Optimization from 2023-05-17T12:30

"You've got huge amounts of data, and siloed, across many different teams and many deep technical disciplines. And that makes it really hard to get the full picture. And without the full picture...

Overhauling Payments in Energy from 2023-05-11T12:30

With payments technology innovating at a rapid clip, are energy companies ready to overhaul their snail-like order to cash processes?

In the digital world, payments technology is evolving...

Chip Moldenhauer on The Transformation of Energy Infrastructure Data Analytics from 2023-05-10T12:30

"Many people think of information as being data. But information is not necessarily data that they then can be analyzed and turned into analytics."

In this episode, I’m in conve...

The Epic Contest for Tomorrow’s Energy Customer from 2023-05-04T12:30

For the first time in your life, the relationships you have with your energy suppliers are contestable. But why are fossil fuel companies not in the contest? 

Businesses are in continuous...

Ken Fichtler on Using Digital Tools To Detect Worker Impairment from 2023-05-03T12:30

"There has been no device historically that can detect cannabis impairment in real time. Cannabis works very differently in the body than does alcohol. So you can measure the amount of alcohol i...

STEEPLE Chase: What Are the Relevant Macro Trends for 2023 and Why (Part 2) from 2023-04-27T12:30

This week concludes a series I started last week on the trends to watch in 2023. 

As a reminder, at the start of every year, I take a step back from the daily news feeds about energy to d...

Patrick Ng on ChatGPT, Geothermal Energy, And Energy Transition from 2023-04-26T12:30

"It is very similar to what we've been doing an oil gas for many years, in an exploration sense. The mindset is there’s risk. At the beginning... you look at data."

In this epis...

STEEPLE Chase: The Trends To Watch in 2023 and Beyond (Part 1) from 2023-04-20T12:30

I admit it. I’m an energy industry junkie. My news feeds are chock full of energy stories, I chase down obscure items that interest me, and I scrutinize energy industry changes to understand the...

Tony Ciliberti on Better Quality Reliability Data and Its Overlooked Value from 2023-04-19T12:30

"There's a move towards digital transformation. And there's two aspects of that. There's digitisation and there's digitalization."

"If it's digitized, you're simply ta...

Gastech 2022 – An Executive Summary from 2023-04-13T14:27

There are a handful of oil and gas industry conferences (ADIPEC,  Listen

Digital and Energy Geopolitics from 2023-04-06T16:38

The world is getting a stark lesson on energy geopolitics and energy security in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

It’s useful from time to time to view the decisions that major ener...

Kate Allen on Overhauling the Asset Inspection Process with Digital Technologies from 2023-04-05T12:30

"The kind of customer centric focus, despite the industries being so different, [means] that the customer has a need for an easy to use interface and fully supported software as a serv...

TradeLens The Solution Has Sunk. Long Live TradeLens The Idea from 2023-03-30T12:30

TradeLens, the IBM/Maersk venture to overhaul international shipping documentation handling, ha...

Ian Burgess on the Challenges of the Management of Data Measurement in Oil and Gas from 2023-03-29T12:30

"There were some really important and interesting measurement problems that were non medical, but most venture dollars went into medical than what you'd think from the the market size for the mo...

Specific Actions Managers Take To Drive Digital Adoption from 2023-03-23T12:30

Leaders lead by example, but what does that mean for the manager or supervisor of an oil and gas asset tasked with embracing digital?

In my book, ‘Listen

Bradley Wamboldt on Pathways for Innovation Adoption in Industry from 2023-03-22T12:30

"There's a gap currently between the way the small startup companies would think about how to get investment dollars and grant dollars to keep their company alive, and what the big ope...

The World Petroleum Congress Revisits Calgary from 2023-03-16T16:02

The World Petroleum Congress is just around the corner, and it’s coming to Calgary. 

n the global landscape of oil and gas events, a few stand out because they are truly global in that th...

Mark Smith on 5 Predictions for the Oil and Gas Industry in 2023 from 2023-03-15T12:30

"Europe is building a bunch of regasification plants on their end. So the demand is going to be high for people to start filling that pipeline, for LNG."

In this episode, I’m in...

The CFOs Outsized Role In Digital Energy from 2023-03-09T15:44

A town in British Columbia can’t seem to muster the business case to purchase electric vehicles. What lessons does this hold for business leaders facing similar technology upgrade decisions?

Nick Verhoeven on the Contest for the Electric Vehicle Battery Owner (Basically Everyone) from 2023-03-08T12:30

"The way we're looking at it right now is to bring balance by not consuming. That means that your car has been planned to charge during the night. But the grid operator says that there...

Energy Needs A Label of Origin. What Are We Waiting For from 2023-03-02T12:30

An ad campaign asks the provocative question: if oil and gas came with a label, what would it say?

The Canad...

Digital Transformation in Oil and Gas Becomes Urgent from 2023-02-23T12:30

Digital transformation has been sweeping across society for over a decade now, and has finally arrived in oil and gas. Digital has been a thing in our society now for over a decade. Digital busi...

How Will The Latest Plug And Play Cohort Pan Out? from 2023-02-16T12:30

Plug And Play, a well regarded technology incubator from Silicon Valley has announced a new cohort of Sustainability start ups that they will guide through their process. They help run innovatio...

Carbon, Capital, and the Cloud – A Summary from 2023-02-09T12:30

My first book, ‘Bits, Bytes, and Barrels: The Digital Transformation of Oil and Gas’, set out the business case...

Getting Clean Data From Less Than Clean Places from 2023-02-02T12:30

An oft-identified barrier to adopting digital innovations in oil and gas is that the data is too ‘dirty’. But is it true?

It’s not at all surprising that the data assets of oil and gas co...

Austin Mitchell on Transforming Energy Finance Using Modern Digital Tools to Unlock Billions from 2023-02-01T12:30

"For emissions in the sector that we studied, the 80/20 rule really applied, because it was 80% of the emissions coming from 20% of the facilities...For those 20%...

Is Canadian Hydrogen A Solution To European Gas Woes? from 2023-01-26T12:30

Hydrogen is suddenly the sexiest commodity on earth, with even staid German statesmen visiting Canada of all places to ask for a piece of the action.

For regular readers of this podcast, ...

Train Your Front Line Worker On Digital To Boost Your Success from 2023-01-19T12:30

The front line worker in oil and gas has been overlooked in the drive to bring digital innovation to the industry. 

The career success for this group of employees is likely linked to how ...

Why (and How) You Should Leverage Your Construction Data in Operations from 2023-01-18T12:30

"We estimate that potentially 25 to 30% of the overall effort on  smaller brownfield projects is in just trying to find reliable records that can be edited and up...

The Magical New Platform Hidden in Your ERP System from 2023-01-12T12:30

Incoming waves of new digital innovations promise to transform a hidden but important business model embedded throughout oil and gas—the ERP platform.

You might not know this, but many ye...

Is Canada A Competitive LNG Supplier for Europe? from 2022-12-15T12:30

Is Canada really a plausible supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to European markets? I spent four years working on the Australian LNG export businesses, and wrote 200+ articles about the gl...

How Blockchain Unlocks Hundreds of Millions in Seismic Value from 2022-12-14T12:30

"We don't lead with Blockchain, we lead with the value."

In this episode, I’...

Why Is Gasoline So Pricey from 2022-12-08T12:30

Gasoline prices have been off the charts volatile for the past several weeks. Excess volatility will be an unpleasant feature for western markets for just 20 more years.

Gosh, but gasolin...

How Data Science Improves Process Engineering Performance from 2022-12-07T12:30

"You can't really connect the dots moving forward, but you can connect them backwards once you make sense of it."

In...

How Modern Sensor Technology Enhances Digital Oil and Gas from 2022-11-30T12:32

“For anyone to succeed in this space, they have to really think about the design for the real world: how it's going day in and day out, how it will survive, and how it ...

Goodbye Gasoline, Hello Copper from 2022-11-24T12:30

As the world moves to electrify its transportation services, it will slightly turn away from oil, and dramatically towards an alternate range of commodities, leading to new and different supply ...

Unleashing Edge Computing for Oil and Gas’ Massive Edge Opportunity from 2022-11-23T12:30

"So you come in with something innovative, right? You come in with with a digital solution. And one of the very first things we hear when you're deploying something digital, again, is, hey, look...

What CFOs Should Do About Carbon (Part 2 of 2) from 2022-11-17T12:30

With carbon increasingly on the corporate agenda, how can CFOs turn what looks like a huge liability into a fantastic opportunity.

This is the conclusion to a Listen

Why Oil and Gas Lags in Cyber and What To Do About It from 2022-11-16T12:30

"The network people are worried about data being stolen. The engineers are worried about a process being affected. This is where our big difference lies."

In this episode, I’m in conversa...

Why CFOs Are Terrified of Carbon (Part 1 of 2) from 2022-11-10T12:30

Carbon pressures are mounting and it’s the Chief Financial Officer who is the most alarmed about carbon impacts on the business. And they’re right to be concerned.

Global interest in all ...

Improving Capital Allocation For Shale Plays from 2022-11-02T12:30

"I felt the industry needed a more advanced methods of determining outcomes before millions of dollars were spent..."

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Oil, Gas, and Satellites Are A Match Made in Heaven from 2022-10-27T12:30

Dramatic changes in satellite technology are bringing out-of-this-world capabilities to the oil and gas industry. It’s a surprise that few seem to be taking advantage of it.

Spotting sate...

Use AI to Build a Working Digital Twin from just your P and IDs from 2022-10-12T12:30

"We saw this as an opportunity where we could use our experience and marry the engineering talent of Calgary with the fast frugal software ecosystem of Bangalore ...

Why Digital Has Failed in the Physical World and How to Fix It from 2022-10-05T12:30

"When machine learning algorithms that come from the digital world meet the physical world, there's a lot of challenges that are unresolved."

Today's episode is a chat with Christopher Ng...

Interview with Jeff Krimmel of Pinnacle from 2022-09-28T12:30:32

Today's episode is a chat with Jeff Krimmel, the Chief Strategy Officer of Pinnacle. Pinnacle focuses on helping energy, wastewater, mining, and other heavy industries leverage their data for be...

How To Attract Young People to Oil and Gas from 2022-09-21T12:30:10

"Our industry, because of its complexity, it needs technology. And technology is a very good tool to reduce risk, because it allows you to have this digital model...

289 - How 3D Data Transforms Oil and Gas Asset Management and Reliability from 2022-09-14T12:30:10

"If we can remove people from the site to work virtually, there's a huge [safety] benefit to that."

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288 - Interview with Albert Rooyakkers of Bedrock Automation from 2022-08-17T12:30:41

Today's episode is a chat with Albert Rooyakkers, The founder and CEO of Bedrock Automation. Bedrock is using electromagetic...

287 - Interview with George Danner of Business Laboratory from 2022-07-06T12:30:14

Today's episode is a chat with George Danner, author and president of Business Laboratory. George is an advocate for AI and data driven ...

286 - Tracing Fuel has Never Been More Important Or Solvable - Until Now from 2022-06-23T12:30:52

It has never been more important for fuel companies to track the provenance of their products, and the excuses why it can’t be done look increasingly hollow. Many commodity companies are trialin...

285 - Interview with Alastair Caithness of Ziyen Energy and Energy Tokens. from 2022-06-22T12:30:11

For today's podcast, Alastair Caithness, the CEO of Ziyen Energy and Listen

284 - Energy Transition Must Not BE Displaced By Energy Security from 2022-06-16T12:30:56

The world’s energy context has suddenly changed. The pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine are thrusting energy security onto a crowded energy transition agenda and triggering fresh strategy chal...

283 - SpaceX and its Odd Interest In Fossil Fuel from 2022-06-09T12:30:46

SpaceX’s odd new interest in traditional fossil fuel energy could underlie its interplanetary ambitions. The challenge faced by all rocketeers is the amount and type of fuel required to free a p...

282 - Interview with Eric Anderson of SynMax from 2022-06-08T12:30:55

Today's poadcast is a chat with Eric Anderson, the CTO SynMax<...

280 - Improve Supply Chain Resilience with Blockchain from 2022-06-02T12:30:37

Resilient supply chains are beneficial to society. And to improve the resilience of your supply chain, use blockchain technology.

This podcast is the remarks I gave at Wales Week, focu...

279 - Interview with Sarah Tamilarasan of SOTAOG from 2022-06-01T12:30:49

Today's episode is a chat with Sarah Tamilarasan, the CEO of SOTAOG AI. SO...

278 - How a Trucking Blockade Accelerated Digital Innovation from 2022-05-26T12:30:38

Canada rarely makes the global case for advanced technology adoption, but the trucker protest movement has given a big and unexpected boost to autonomous trucking. I didn’t even consider the pos...

277 - Carbon Capture and Digital Innovation from 2022-05-19T12:30:17

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the reverse of an integrated liquified natural gas export project. Smart operators will insist that these projects be designed with an eye not just to their d...

276 - Interview with Heather Killough of DTN from 2022-05-18T12:30:22

Today's episode is a chat with Heather Killough, SVP of Energy at DTN. Focusing on data, analytics, and associated technologies, DTN m...

275 - The Cyber Baseline has Permanently Shifted from 2022-05-12T12:30:33

The war in Ukraine has highlighted the role that cyber plays in modern warfare. Some of these tactics are poised to impact the oil and gas industry. Get ready.

Duration: 11m 45s

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274 - Interview with Tom Krikke of Hiber Hilo from 2022-05-11T12:30:33

Today's episode is a chat with Tom Krikke, the oil and gas sales director at HiberHilo. Listen

273 - Applying Digital to the Carbon Conundrum: Revisited from 2022-05-05T12:30

Most, if not all, large energy companies now include climate change as a critical topic on the Board agenda. As managers, you may be wondering what your business can do about it. More than ever,...

268 - Interview with William Standifird of Intelligent Wellhead Systems from 2022-04-13T15:19:25

Today's podcast is a chat with William Standifird, CEO of Listen

267 - Evolution of Digital Twin Technology from 2022-04-07T12:30:40

Digital twin technology for energy infrastructure is on the cusp of a dramatic transformation as we decarbonize energy supply. Sources of energy are becoming distributed, decentralized, more var...

266 - What to do when the Talent Pipeline Dries from 2022-03-31T12:30:04

Enrollments at U Calgary’s school of engineering petroleum studies Listen

265 - Reacting to a Ban on Internal Combustion Engines from 2022-03-24T12:30:43

Yet another more aggressive target for ending the sale of new petroleum vehicles was announced recently. Private companies need to start thinking about how they’re going to position themselves f...

264 - Interview with Haideh Farahmand, Blockchain PhD candidate from 2022-03-23T12:30:21

Today's episode is a chat with Haideh Farahmand, a pHD candidate in business administration, focusing on blockchain solutions. Haideh ...

263 - The Metaverse and Digital Energy from 2022-03-17T15:53:58

There’s been lots of chatter about the metaverse and its impacts on society, but what about the real world of digital energy?The metaverse is an online digital world, which combines clever techn...

262 - Interview with Jim Crompton of the Colorado School of Mines from 2022-03-16T12:30:25

Today's podcast is a chat with Jim Crompton, Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering Dept of Listen

261 - Digital enables your ESG Agenda from 2022-03-10T16:26:42

COP26 may be behind us, but the hard work is still in front of us. E, S, and G are interrelated and sometimes at odds with each other. For example, a warming planet both extends the northern gro...

260 - Interview with David Moore of ESG Solutions from 2022-03-09T12:30:26

Today's episode is a chat with David Moore, the CEO of ESG Solutions. Listen

259 - Finding Budget for Digital Innovation in Energy from 2022-03-03T12:30:43

With all the pressures on energy businesses today, you can often find the technology budget you need to fund innovation hidden in plain view. But energy companies are not the most nimble of busi...

258 - The Intersection of Energy and Financial Technology from 2022-02-24T12:30:23

Thanks to digital innovations, the energy system and fintech are converging in a powerful new model that may well disrupt the established order. Bitcoin is the high visibility blockchain use cas...

257 - Four Observations after the Blockchain in Oil and Gas Conference from 2022-02-17T12:30:48

In case you think blockchain technology is losing its appeal to oil and gas, think again. It’s not lost on anyone in oil and gas that the industry is under very strong pressures for change. Bloc...

256 - One Blockchain to Rule them All from 2022-02-11T12:30:06

Will there be one blockchain to rule them all in oil and gas? Oil and gas has a long and proven history in adopting one way to do things, certainly at the business model level. I can safely forecas...

255 - The Dos and Don'ts of a Killer Pitch from 2022-02-03T12:30:56

One of the really great side benefits of my self-defined role as head cheerleader for digital innovation in oil and gas is the constant exposure to novelty and new ideas. I am regularly invited by ...

254 - Oil and Gas Runs on Data, and Needs Data People from 2022-01-27T12:30:32

The oil and gas industry runs on data. Today, our industry is in desperate need of smart people who understand data and how to put data to work. Now the industry must face its greatest challenge — ...

253 - Interview with Thomas Fox of Highwood Emissions from 2022-01-26T12:30:51

Today's episode is a chat with Thomas Fox, PHD, the President of Highwood Emissions. Listen

252 - We Need Resilient Energy Infrastructure from 2022-01-21T12:30:49

The world is at the start of a golden age of energy infrastructure development. Technology entrepreneurs are alert to those sectors of our society that have lagged behind in the adoption of mode...

251 - Interview with Alan Johnston and George Varghese from 2022-01-19T12:30

Today's podcast is a chat about asset integrity and resilience with Alan Johnston, President and CEO of Listen

250 - Renewed Cyber Worries in Energy from 2022-01-13T12:30

A fresh ransomware attack on an energy company reminds Boards that cyber threats are still real, and that energy infrastructure remains vulnerable. Colonial Pipelines of Georgia suffered a ranso...

249 - Interview with Deren Boyd of KPA from 2022-01-12T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Deren Boyd, the senior vice president of new markets at Listen

248 - Interview with Mike McLean of IP Collective from 2022-01-07T12:30

Today's podcast episode is a chat with Mike McLean, the CEO of the Listen

247 - A Digital Twin is Not a Clone from 2022-01-05T12:30

A digital twin of an operating facility is more than just a clone. The idea of a digital twin is not a foreign idea in oil and gas. I think the first examples of creating a digital version of an...

246 - Fixing a Bad Car Tax through Digital from 2021-12-17T12:30

A fossil fuel-producing jurisdiction has decided to tax electric cars because they exist. The wrinkle in this new tax model is that it replaces a consumption tax with a flat tax. This might be f...

245 - NFTs and The Energy Industry from 2021-12-15T12:30

A non fungible token or NFT for a digital work of art sold recently for several million in crypto currency. An NFT is a certificate of ownership for a non fungible asset that is stored immutably...

244 - On the Roadmap to Carbon Zero from 2021-12-08T12:30

Companies working in the energy sector are, or soon will be, on their own self-defined pathways to achieve carbon zero or carbon neutral business profiles. In my view, digital innovations will p...

243 - Interview with Jonathan Kohn of Bitpetro from 2021-11-24T12:30

Today's podcast is with Jonathan Kohn of BitPetro. BitPetro is a midstream c...

242 - Interview with Rama Sreenivasan of Blitzz from 2021-11-17T12:30

Today's episode is an interview with Rama Sreenivasan, the CEO and co-founder of Blitzz. Listen

241 - Interview with Guillermo Salazar of ICwhatUC from 2021-11-10T12:30

Today's podcast is a chat with Guillermo Salazar, the CEO of ICwhatUC. Utilizing augmented reality technology, Listen

240 - Interview with Doug Kibler of IAMTech from 2021-11-03T12:30

Today's podcast is with Doug Kibler, the Solution Principal at Listen

239 - Four Unexplained things about the Energy Transition from 2021-10-27T12:30

For all the talk about energy transition, many things remain unexplained. What feels like a fast moving train isn’t, and what looks like a quickly arriving destination is still a long ways off. ...

238 - Interview with Jordan Kyriakidis of QRA Corp from 2021-10-22T12:30

Today's podcast is a chat with Jordan Kyriakidis, the CEO and Co-founder of QRA Corp. Listen

237 - Interview with Glenn Kelley of Muddy Boots from 2021-10-20T12:30

Today's episode is a talk with Glenn Kelley, the president of Muddy Boots Online. Listen

236 - Ethically Driven Digital in Oil and Gas from 2021-10-12T22:16:31

In the rush to exploit digital innovations, the oil and gas industry may not be paying close attention to the ethical questions associated with digital adoption. It might not be that obvious but...

235 - Creating the New Front Line Worker from 2021-10-06T12:30

Digital innovations are slowly unleashing the digital front line oil worker, but are the workers ready to deal with the change? For the past 20 years, hiring practices for front-line oil and gas...

234 - Interview with Andrea Petrone of AP Executive Coaching from 2021-09-29T12:30

Today's episode is a chat with Andrea Petrone, who runs AP Execut...

233 - Getting Help with your Digital Transformation from 2021-09-22T12:30

Your digital transformation likely requires people with specific skills that are unlikely to be in your company. There are many ways to get the help you need for your digital transformation jour...

232 - Platform Solutions are on the Rise. from 2021-09-15T12:30

This episode is produced with the help of Datagration.

As we can see from Amazon, Apple, Uber, and AirBnB, platform solutions are the futur...

232 - Platform Solutions are on the Rise. from 2021-09-15T12:30

This episode is produced with the help of Datagration.

As we can see from Amazon, Apple, Uber, and AirBnB, platform solutions are the futur...

231 - How Digital works with your ESG Agenda from 2021-09-08T12:30

ESG (Environment and Social Governance) and digital transformation pressures are hammering the fortunes of oil and gas. ESG thinking has come about because traditionally, the production and cons...

231 - How Digital works with your ESG Agenda from 2021-09-08T12:30

ESG (Environment and Social Governance) and digital transformation pressures are hammering the fortunes of oil and gas. ESG thinking has come about because traditionally, the production and cons...

230 - How to Stay Career Competitive While Remote Working from 2021-09-01T12:30

Because of remote working, we are now all video producers and audio engineers. To be career competitive, we need to get much better at these new demands. If you want to have the same impact in y...

230 - How to Stay Career Competitive While Remote Working from 2021-09-01T12:30

Because of remote working, we are now all video producers and audio engineers. To be career competitive, we need to get much better at these new demands. If you want to have the same impact in y...

229 - Edge Computer is Coming for SCADA from 2021-08-18T12:30

There is no better candidate industry for edge computing than oil and gas, and it’s a wonder that the edge isn’t closer than it should be. Legacy SCADA systems have become long-in-the-teeth, and...

229 - Edge Computer is Coming for SCADA from 2021-08-18T12:30

There is no better candidate industry for edge computing than oil and gas, and it’s a wonder that the edge isn’t closer than it should be. Legacy SCADA systems have become long-in-the-teeth, and...

228 - Interview with Floyd Baker of Antea from 2021-08-11T12:30

Today's episode is with Floyd Baker, the VP of Antea USA. Antea...

228 - Interview with Floyd Baker of Antea from 2021-08-11T12:30

Today's episode is with Floyd Baker, the VP of Antea USA. Antea...

227 - Interview with Matt Stambaugh of GeoVerra from 2021-07-28T12:30

Today's podcast is with Matt Stambaugh, the director of information and geospatial technology at GeoVerra. Listen

226 - Interview with Philip Black of Wood PLC from 2021-07-21T12:30

Today's episode is a chat with Philip Black, currently working on digital and energy for W...

225 - Interview with Matt Iak of U.S. Energy Development Corporation from 2021-07-14T12:30

Today's podcast is a chat with Matthew Iak, the Executive VP of finance in U.S. Energy Development Corporation. Listen

224 - Interview with Donna King of Energy Point LLC from 2021-07-07T12:30

Today's podcast is with Donna King, the founder of Energy Point LLC. Listen

223 - Interview with Roger Simonson of Black Powder Solutions from 2021-07-02T12:30

For today's episode, I have Roger Simonson, a returning guest and this time for Black Powder Solutions. Listen

222 - Interview with Alvin Pyke of Titan Logix from 2021-06-30T12:30

Today's episode is a chat with Alvin Pyke, the CEO of Titan Logix. Titan L...

221 - Interview with Brett Chell of ColdBore Technologies from 2021-06-25T12:30

Today's returning podcast guest is Brett Chell, the president and CEO of Cold Bore Technology. Listen

220 - Is Green Energy a Luxury Good? from 2021-06-24T12:30

Is green energy a luxury good? Luxury goods are defined by their exclusivity and price, and it appears as though Solar fits the bill. Only the rich can afford it. Until it becomes plentiful and ...

219 - Interview with Rebecca Hofmann of Blockchain for Energy (Part 2) from 2021-06-23T12:30

Today's podcast is the first in a two part interview with Rebecca Hofmann, the president of Blockchain for Energy. Listen

218 - Interview with Rebecca Hofmann of Blockchain for Energy (Part 1) from 2021-06-18T12:30

Today's podcast is the first in a two part interview with Rebecca Hofmann, the president of Blockchain for Energy. Listen

217 - Post Pandemic Oil and Gas: Four Scenarios from 2021-06-17T12:30

How might the world of oil and gas gas unfold in a post pandemic world, given rising nationalism challenging globalism, and fast growing renewables challenging fossil fuels? There are four possi...

216 - Interview with Analise Thompson of Datagration from 2021-06-16T12:30

Today's episode is a conversation with Analise Thompson, a knowledge management expert at Datagration. Listen

215 - Interview with Stephen Sponseller of Kepware from 2021-06-11T12:30

Today's podcast is with Stephen Sponseller, the Kepware channel director for the Americas at PTC. Listen

214 - Blockchain's Value depends on who does the Math from 2021-06-10T12:30

Not only does blockchain play well with other oil and gas technologies, it helps others deliver more value. Convergence is a good term to describe the reality of blockchain. One plus one really ...

213 - Interview with Shane Istre of Digital Twin Studios from 2021-06-09T12:30

Today's episode is a chat with Shane Istre, the CEO of Digital Twin Studios. Listen

212 - Interview with Sabrina Sullivan and Sheryl Connelly of Ford (Pt 2) from 2021-06-04T12:30

Today's podcast is the second of a two-part interview with Sabrina Sullivan and Listen

211 - Start Being Digital, not just Buying Digital from 2021-06-03T12:30

There is a difference between buying digital (the default position in oil and gas) and being digital (the default position of young people). Early successes in industries that adopted digital fo...

210 - Interview with Sabrina Sullivan and Sheryl Connelly of Ford from 2021-06-02T12:30

Today's podcast is the first of a two-part interview with Sabrina Sullivan and ...

209 - Interview with Roger Simonson of One Eye Industries from 2021-05-28T12:30

Today's episode is a chat with Roger Simonson, the CEO of One Eye Industries. Listen

208 - Track and Trace comes to Pipelines from 2021-05-27T12:30

Sometimes it takes a shock to a system to accelerate a change already underway. Such a shock brought the concept of track and trace to the infrastructure sector. It’s not too hard to imagine tra...

207 - Interview with Michael Maltsev of RigER from 2021-05-26T12:30

Today's episode is a chat with Michael Maltsev, the president of RigER. Rig...

206 - Interview with Vicki Knott of Crux OCM from 2021-05-21T12:30

Today's podcast is with Vicki Knott, the CEO and Co-founder of Crux OCM. Listen

205 - Time to Clear out your Hedgehogs from 2021-05-20T12:30

The collapse of oil prices and the ravages and the possibilities of the pandemic are becoming clear. Management in oil and gas should be going after those cute but problematic hedgehogs guarding...

204 - Interview with Larry Young of Total Containment from 2021-05-19T12:30

For today's episode, I am happy to be joined by Larry Young of Total Containment. Total Containment creates pipeline co...

203 - Interview with Nick Verhoeven of PowerD from 2021-05-12T12:30

Today's podcast is a sit down with Nick Verhoeven, the head of sales at PowerD. P...

202 - Interview with Rick Ryan of roundLAB Inc. from 2021-05-05T12:30

Today's podcast is a sit-down with Rick Ryan, the Chair of roundLAB inc. Based in Calgary, Listen

201 - Interview with Michael Ligrani of Iron IQ from 2021-04-28T12:30

Today's podcast is a chat with Michael Ligrani, the CEO of Iron IQ. Iron IQ<...

200 - Interview with Greg Chudiak of Pandell from 2021-04-21T12:30

Today's podcast is a discussion with Greg Chudiak, the president and CEO of Pandell. Listen

199 - Interview with Matt Harrison of Wellaware from 2021-04-14T12:30

Today's podcast is with Matt Harrison, the co-founder and CEO if Wellaware. Listen

198 - Interview with Greg Belbin of Gyrodata from 2021-04-09T12:30

Today's podcast is with Greg Belbin of Gyrdodata. Gyrodata is a long-opera...

197 - Interview with Katrina Ingram of Ethically Aligned AI from 2021-04-07T12:30

Today's podcast is a sit-down with Katrina Ingram, the founder of Listen

196 - Interview with Krys Korczewski from 2021-03-31T12:30

Today's podcast is a chat with Krys Korczewski, formerly of NAL Resources. Krys helped NAL transform their business and upstr...

195 - Interview with Dave Shook of ShookIoT and Uptake from 2021-03-24T12:30

Today's podcast is with Dave Shook, the founder of ShookIoT and now a part of Uptak...

194 - Interview with Clarence Monteiro of Teamwork Group from 2021-03-17T12:30

Today's podcast is with Clarence Montiero, the principal at Teamwork Group. Listen

193 - Interview with Chad Hayden of Galatea from 2021-03-12T12:30

Today's podcast is with Chad Hayden, the founder of Galatea. Galatea is developing water management solutions that optimize and automate water use in oil and gas. Today we discuss the growing qu...

192 - Interview with Azad Abbasi of Genius XR from 2021-03-10T12:30

Today's podcast is with Azad Abbasi, the CEO of Genius XR. Genius XR is ...

191 - Interview with Greg Corey of Freewave Technologies from 2021-03-03T12:30

Today we have a chat with Greg Corey, of Freewave Technologies' customer support group. Freewave develops Machine to Machin...

190 - Interview with Kenton Gray of Datagration from 2021-02-24T12:30

Today's podcast is with Kenton Gray, the Chief Technology Officer at Datagration. Listen

189 - Neil Wagner of Calgary Counselling Centre from 2021-02-17T12:30

For today's podcast, I have a great chat with Neil Wagner, the head of IT at the Calgary Counselling Centre. The Listen

188 - Interview with Omar Morales of Advano from 2021-02-10T12:30

Today's interview is once again a chat with Omar Morales. Having moved from oil and gas to Listen

187 - Interview with Scott Mussbacher of Vista Projects from 2021-02-03T12:30

Today I have a conversation with Scott Mussbacher of Vista Projects. Listen

186 - Interview with David Lepa of Anaplan from 2021-01-27T17:14:30

For Today's podcast, I have a chat with David Lepa of Anaplan. Anaplan provid...

185 - How to create Value in Refinery Mergers through Digital from 2021-01-20T12:30

Irving Oil, operator of Canada’s largest oil refinery by volume, is looking to purchase North Atlantic Refining Limited (NARL), a refinery and fuels business in Newfoundland. 

If in these...

184 - Interview with Shawn Zulfikar of OGHelp from 2021-01-13T12:30

Today's podcast is a chat with Shawn Zulfikar, the CEO and co-founder of OGHelp. OGHelp is a platform that connects oil and gas companies to relevant profes...

183 - Interview with Deepak Atyam of Tri-D Dynamics from 2021-01-06T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Deepak Atyam, the co-founder and CEO of Tri-D Dynamics...

182 - Interview with Travis Parigi of LiquidFrameworks from 2020-12-23T12:30

Today's podcast is with Travis Parigi, the CEO and President, as well as the founder, of LiquidFrameworks. Listen

181 - Interview with Samantha Stuart of TC Energy from 2020-12-16T12:30

This episode is an interview with Samantha Stuart, the VP of Strategy and Corporate Development at Listen

180 - Interview with Bobby Mason of SPOC Automation from 2020-12-09T12:30

Today's podcast is with Bobby Mason, the President and CEO of SPOC Automation. SPOC Automation specializes in automating pump c...

179 - Interview with Waclaw Jakubowicz of Hampton Data Services from 2020-12-04T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Waclaw "Wally" Jakubowicz, the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Hampton Data servic...

178 - Interview with Wayne Karpoff of Willowglen Systems from 2020-12-02T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Wayne Karpoff, the CEO of Willowglen. Listen

177 - Interview with Brent Rhymes of WolfePak Software from 2020-11-25T12:30

Today's interview is with Brent Rhymes, the CEO of WolfePak Software. Wolf...

176 - Interview with Andrew Bruce of Data Gumbo from 2020-11-18T12:30

Today's interview is with Andrew Bruce, the CEO of Data Gumbo.  Data Gumbo is uti...

175 - Interview with Tony Wood of Catalyst44 Ltd. from 2020-11-11T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Tony Wood, the CEO of Catalyst44 Ltd. Catalyst is a small consulting operation which focuses on...

174 - Roy Christensen of KT Project from 2020-11-04T12:30

Today's episode is with Roy Christensen , the founder of KT Project. KT Project, or Knowledge Transfer Project, was founded in 2018 to help co...

173 - Interview with Sean Huang of Matidor from 2020-10-28T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Sean Huang, a co-founder of Matidor. Matidor is a collaboration streaming tool which uses map data to connect different business units for projects out in the f...

172 - Interview with Bertrand Groulx from 2020-10-21T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Bertrand Groulx, A100 member and former Verdazo president. Bertrand is an expert on visu...

171 - Only the Low Cost Survive from 2020-10-07T12:30

It’s become clear that the adoption of new ways of working enabled by digital tools is a critical pathway to lower cost. Moreover, it turns out that digital innovations are THE ...

170 - How Workers feel about Digital from 2020-09-30T12:30

There are a lot of change agents in oil and gas, helping their organizations adopt digital innovations. They might want to reflect on the inner dialogue taking place in the heads of their co-wor...

169 - The Time of the Digital Ecosystem is Nigh from 2020-09-23T12:30

Successful industries have successful ecosystems. Today, the oil and gas industry is in a struggle to survive, let alone be successful. Let’s call it a terrible, horrible, no good very bad year....

168 - Interview with Morgan Eldred of Digital Energy from 2020-09-16T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Morgan Eldred, a managing partner of Digital Energy. A Dubai-based research and technology company,...

167 - Interview with Edward Eichstetter of EKU from 2020-09-09T12:30

Today's podcast is with Edward Eichstetter, the CEO of EKU Power Drives Inc. Listen

166 - Interview with Ian Cunningham of Wave9 from 2020-09-02T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Ian Cunningham, President and CEO of Wave9. Listen

165 - Interview with Matt Kleiman of Cumulus Digital Systems from 2020-08-26T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Matt Kleiman, the co-founder and CEO of Cumulus Digital Systems. Listen

164 - Interview with Omar Morales of the Omar Project from 2020-08-19T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Omar Morales, the head of the Omar Project. The Omar Pro...

163 - Interview with Clinton Bonner of Topcoder from 2020-08-12T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Clinton Bonner, the VP of marketing at Topcoder. A global coding crowdsourcing platform, Listen

162 - Interview with Ryan Dawson of Corva from 2020-08-05T12:30

Today's podcast is with Ryan Dawson, the CEO and Founder of Corva. Corva pr...

161 - Interview with Brendan Boyle of Vintri from 2020-07-29T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Brendan Boyle, the President and CEO of Vintri Technologies. Listen

160 - Interview with Tony Nash of Complete Intelligence from 2020-07-22T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Tony Nash, CEO and founder of Complete Intelligence. Specialising in revenue forecasting and predictive ...

159 - Interview with Tom Poteet of Mesa Natural Gas Solutions from 2020-07-15T12:30

In today's episode, we have an interview with Tom Poteet, VP of Corporate Development at Listen

158 - Interview with Amit Bhargava of EnviroApps from 2020-07-08T12:30

In today's podcast, we have an interview with Amit Bhargava, co-founder of EnviroApps. EnviroApps is a platform for digitally track...

157 - What will Change in a Post-Pandemic Industry? from 2020-07-01T12:30

We will look back on 2020 as a pivotal time in the recent history of the planet, likely more so than 9/11, the Great Financial Crisis, and most assuredly, Brexit. A number of cherished oil and g...

156 - Interview with Dusty Sonnier of McCoy Global from 2020-06-24T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Dusty Sonnier, director of engineering and technology at Listen

155 - Interview with Travis Schindler of SkyX from 2020-06-19T12:30

Today's episode of the podcast is an interview with Travis Schindler, the director of sales at Listen

154 - Dance the Oil and Gas Contango from 2020-06-17T12:30

I was recently contacted by a friend in Germany seeking some insights into the current oil market. What happens when the supply of oil overshoots the demand for oil? Sometimes the spot price is ...

153 - Interview with Brandon Ambrose, CEO and Founder of EZOPS from 2020-06-12T12:30

In this episode, I interview Brandon Ambrose, CEO and Founder of EZOPS, a mobile solution built by oil field operators for oil field operators. The solution optimizes scheduling, pigging, chemical ...

152 - Interview with Alex Meleshko of Frac Sand from 2020-06-10T12:30

In this episode of the podcast, we have an interview with Alex Meleshko of Frac Sand. Frac Sand is a part of PanXchange, a commodity trading platform. This platform lets traders exchange physical c...

151 - Improve your business's resilience to COVID-19 with Digital from 2020-06-05T12:30

The COVID-19 Pandemic looks like it is here to stay for a little while longer. The longer this pandemic drags on, the more costly these manual social distancing measures will become, and the more c...

150 - Interview with Shawn Martens of Ironsight from 2020-06-03T12:30

Today's episode features an interview with Shawn Martens, co-founder of Ironsight. IronSight uses Uber-like software to digitally request, dispatch, GPS track, and analyze oilfield services. Today ...

149 - A few Tips on Digital Transformation from 2020-05-29T12:30

A few years ago, I received an urgent email note from a complete stranger, and he wanted some advice on a problem he was having at work. Himself and a small team built highly accurate, perfectly co...

148 - Interview with David Smethurst from 2020-05-27T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with David Smethurst. David is a thought leader in digital and the energy industry. Today, we discuss the energy industry in general, the current situation thanks to...

147 - Digital is Still Coming for Construction from 2020-05-22T12:30

The construction industry, whose fortunes are intertwined with the oil and gas industry, was castigated as a digital laggard in 2014. The oil and gas industry is highly dependent on the constructio...

146 - Interview with Mush Khan of The NOW Network from 2020-05-20T12:30

Today's podcast is an interview with Mush Khan, the President of The NOW Network. The NOW Network is a supply chain and logistics company where wholesalers, carriers, drivers and retailers can find...

145 - Interview with Eduardo Rodriguez of Flatstone and Trident Xchange from 2020-05-13T12:30

Todays podcast is an interview with Eduardo Rodriguez, the CEO and founder of Trident xchange, an alternate trading system (ALT) by Flatsone. Trident helps clients and partners maintain compliance ...

144 - Interview with Chantal Milloy of Levvel from 2020-05-06T12:30

In today's podcast, we have an Interview with Chantal Milloy, the co-founder and COO of Levvel. Levvel is a IT staffing and consulting organization out of Calgary, Alberta. They focus on change man...

143 - Interview with Andrew Bruce, CEO and Founder of Data Gumbo from 2020-04-29T12:30

In today's episode of Digital Oil and Gas, we have an interview with Andrew Bruce, the CEO and founder of Data Gumbo. Data Gumbo is a blockchain company whose main offering, GumboNet, helps compani...

142 - Digital and the EU Green Deal from 2020-04-22T12:30

The European Union has announced a sweeping Green Deal with far-reaching implications for oil and gas. The EU, its member states, and companies operating in the EU need to rethink their supply chai...

141 - Interview with Nish Kotecha of Finboot from 2020-04-15T12:30

In today's podcast, we have an interview with Nish Kotecha, one of the co-founders of a blockchain startup called Finboot. Finboot is a blockchain software company whose main offering is MARCO, a p...

140 - 5 Digital Oil and Gas Trends to Watch in 2020 from 2020-04-08T12:30

It’s been a long-standing and time honoured practice to make predictions about the future. But as Yogi Berra, a famous and oft-quoted New York Yankees catcher and manager, observed, “Making predict...

139 - What we can learn about cyber from COVID-19 from 2020-04-01T12:30

The novel corona virus number 19 is laying waste to people, industries and economies, but what lessons does this human viral scourge have to teach those of us embracing digital in oil and gas? In t...

138 - Interview with Mark Fiala of ProductionAR from 2020-03-25T12:30

In today's episode of Digital Oil and Gas, we have an interview with Mark Fiala, a Director at Production AR. Production AR develops TagScan, which allows teams to effectively complete tasks withou...

137 - The Online Training Course for Digital Oil and Gas from 2020-03-18T12:00

There are lots of ways to get educated on digital, but there are far fewer ways to get educated on how digital will impact oil and gas. What’s needed is digital awareness training, independently de...

136 - Interview with Brett Chell of Cold Bore Technologies from 2020-03-11T12:30

In today's episode of the podcast, we have an interview with Brett Chell, the president and co-founder of Cold Bore Technology. Cold Bore develops SmartPAD, a real-time, sensor-driven analytics eng...

135 - Cloud is Becoming a Hot Topic in the Middle East from 2020-03-04T12:30

A keen topic on my recent visit to the Middle East concerned cloud computing. Why is cloud computing a more fraught consideration in this part of the world? As it turns out, cloud adoption is going...

134 - Things to Include in Your Digital Roadmap from 2020-02-26T12:30

The volume of interest in understanding how digital will impact oil and gas companies appears to be on the rise. My unscientific poll of the oil producing world suggests that organizations accounti...

133 - How to Scale Up Digital in Oil and Gas from 2020-02-19T12:30

The inability to scale up digital innovations in oil and gas is a significant impediment to progress. It was clear that the ultimate customers were serious about investing in digital, but were stil...

132 - Interview with David Johnson of Petrolink from 2020-02-12T12:30

In today's episode, we have an interview with David Johnson, the chair of Petrolink. Petrolink is a wellsite data solutions company providing services in oil and gas regions worldwide. They help co...

131 - New Blockchain Developments for 2020 from 2020-02-05T12:30

There are finally some serious blockchain-enabled business solutions making headway in oil and gas. This episode will review the highlights from the other presentations and panel discussions, parti...

130 - Interview with Kris Earl of Gyrodata from 2020-01-29T17:16:40

In today's episode of Digital Oil and Gas, we are joined by Kris Earl of Gyrodata. Gyrodata is an oilfield technology company specialising in sensors for survey and drilling tools. Today we talk ab...

129 - 2019 Retrospective, 2020 Predictions for Digital Oil and Gas from 2020-01-22T12:30

As the thin Canadian winter sunlight lengthens the shadows of the north, it’s a fine time to settle down with a Dalwhinnie 15 year old single malt, reflect on the year just passed, and contemplate ...

128 - Interview with Dave Shook of ShookIoT from 2020-01-15T12:30

In today's podcast, we have an interview with David Shook, president of ShookIoT. ShookIoT is a company which specializes in analytics, collating the data from IoT devices into a cloud server, whic...

127 - Weaponizing Drones in Oil and Gas from 2020-01-08T21:45:23

The recent attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure using weaponised drones has unleashed the potential for copycat attacks. Expect to see a wave of investment to harden the industry.

126 - A Roundup of Blockchain Developments in Oil and Gas from 2019-12-18T12:00

It’s taken a couple of years for evidence to finally emerge that blockchain technology can make an impact on oil and gas. I first spoke about the possible use cases in this podcasts back in 2016. W...

125 - Interview with Mike Scharf of capSpire from 2019-12-12T17:33:19

In today's podcast, we have an interview with Mike Scharf of capSpire. capSpire is a commodity trading risk management company, with extensive digital solutions on offer. Today we discuss the ins a...

124 - What's New in Blockchain: A Presentation from 2019-12-04T18:57:02

In today's episode of Digital Oil and Gas, we have a live presentation on blockchain. In it, I discuss the latest international developments in the technology, especially in relation to oil and gas...

123 - Change is Easy (Except for the People) Presentation from 2019-11-27T12:00

In today's podcast, we have a recording of my presentation entitled "Change is Easy (Except for the People)". This speech is based on the topic of people and change management as digital technology...

122 - How Do Digital Efforts get Thwarted? from 2019-11-20T12:30

Are you charged with introducing some digital changes to some slice of the oil and gas industry? The oil and gas industry is under a growing set of pressures to modernize how it does business. The ...

121 -Opening Remarks at the Canadian Heavy Oil Association Conference from 2019-11-13T13:00

In today's podcast, we have a recording of my keynote presentation at the Canadian Heavy Oil Association (CHOA) conference this November. 

CHOA is one of the most important industry associ...

120 - When Boards Get Digital, but Management Doesn't from 2019-11-06T17:05:30

It is easy to assume that the blocker to digital innovation is the Board. And why not? But there are a few examples that all trigger some speculation at the Board level, particularly about new and ...

119 - Interview with Cam Barrett of Field Safe from 2019-10-30T13:00

Today's podcast is an interview with Cam Barrett, CEO of Field Safe Solutions. Field Safe helps companies monitor their workers, including travel and logistics, for safety purposes. Their software ...

118 - Digital Training to Future-Proof Your Career from 2019-10-23T13:00

Are you wondering if you should invest any of your valuable time and money for some training on the basics of digital?

Introducing the world’s first one-day masterclass seminar aimed at eq...

117 - Oil and Gas Worrying about Cyber from 2019-10-16T13:00

You don’t need to take in Disney’s latest Star Wars installments to see robots battling robots. Just pay a visit to the cyber desk of an energy company. 

The US Department of Homeland Secu...

116 - Interview with Cory Bergh of NAL Resources from 2019-10-09T13:00

In today's episode of Digital Oil and Gas, I'm happy to introduce Cory Bergh, the VP of Financial and Information services at NAL Resources and Michele Taylor of Digitalgirl and IQM Management, wh...

115 - Blockchain is About to Gun for Oil and Gas from 2019-10-02T13:00

With the latest ramp in media stories about Facebook exploring the use of blockchain for its platform, I thought it timely to revisit how oil and gas could take advantage of this technology.
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114 - Escape Pilot Project Doldrums in Oil and Gas from 2019-09-25T13:00

Many digital companies seem trapped in a never-ending cycle of pilot projects and trials with oil and gas companies that never progress beyond the pilot stage to full deployment. Pilots and field t...

113 - Key Takeaways from the Global Petroleum Show 2019 from 2019-09-18T13:00

At the Global Petroleum Show in Calgary I fielded lots of questions about digital in oil and gas, but this was the number one question, and it’s not what you think.

First off, I’m very gra...

112 - Digital Me: A Training Course for Digital Oil and Gas from 2019-09-11T13:00

The first problem that oil and gas companies must address to advance with digital innovations is to close the gap in understanding the opportunity and the threat from digital. Unsurprisingly, I fou...

111 - Interview with Paul Boucher, Voice of Bits, Bytes, and Barrels from 2019-09-04T13:00

In Today's special edition of Digital Oil and Gas, I sit down with Paul Boucher, the voice of the Audible edition of my book Bits, Bytes, and Barrels: The Digital Transformation of Oil and Gas. We ...

110 - Interview with Author Geoffrey Cann and Educator Lisa Bzdurreck from 2019-08-28T13:00

The first challenge people working in oil and gas face in addressing digital changes in the industry. But digital is a confusing jumble of terminology, products, and solutions that are forever chan...

109 - Oil and Gas Needs to Lead Digital, not Give it to Startups from 2019-08-21T13:00

Why is it the job of the 20 person digital startup to convince skeptical oil and gas field supervisors and staff to trial new digital tools? Isn’t this the role of oil and gas leadership? This idea...

109 - Oil and Gas Gets Wise to the Benefits of AI from 2019-08-14T13:00

Today's podcast is a re-mastered re-release of the most popular episode of Digital Oil and Gas. The topic is as relevant than as it is today: Artificial intelligence and how the Oil and Gas industr...

108 - Interview with David Shackleton from IDS from 2019-08-07T13:00

David Shackleton works for Independent Data Services (IDS), an operations data automation company. IDS automates upstream data collection, provides analytics and data science services. Today we dis...

107 - It Is Not Game Over Yet for Digital in Oil and Gas from 2019-07-31T13:00

Is digital transformation all over in Alberta’s oil and gas industry? That seems to be the feedback some Alberta companies are giving to conference organizers. But the oil and gas approach to digit...

106 - Turn Pump Jacks into Robots with Edge Computing from 2019-07-24T13:00

Oil and gas companies have so many assets running far far away from civilization. Finding highly skilled talent in places like this is a stretch, but that oil equipment still needs to be supervised...

105 - Interview with Alastair Caithness, CEO of Ziyen Inc from 2019-07-17T13:00

In today's episode, I have a chat with Alastair Caithness of Ziyen Inc. Ziyen is an oil and gas outfit in Illinois that has been investing in blockchain technology. They have recently tokenised the...

104 - Turning off the Taps is a Fraught Endeavor from 2019-07-10T15:00

During the recent Alberta provincial election campaign, I heard this rallying cry to “shut off the taps” — to cut the flow of oil through the pipeline that supplies British Columbia. I don’t believ...

103 - Closing the Digital Leadership Gap from 2019-06-26T15:00

With all the buzz about digital’s impact on the oil and gas industry, the demand for digital leadership should be strong. Oil companies benefit by maintaining a healthy pool of leadership talent fr...

102 - Interview with Ian Burgess, CTO of Validere (Pt2) from 2019-06-19T15:00

In this week's podcast, I am interviewing Ian Burgess, CTO of Validere. Validere is based in Toronto, and handles logistics, trading, and midstream operations through AI and IIoT platforms. In Toda...

101 - Interview with Ian Burgess, CTO of Validere (Pt1) from 2019-06-12T15:00

In this week's podcast, I am interviewing Ian Burgess, CTO of Validere. An AI-based optimization company, Validere provides services to both Midstream and E&P oil and gas companies. Validere is bas...

100 - The Drones Have It: Robots in Oil and Gas from 2019-06-05T15:00

Drones (or autonomous equipment) are finding a receptive market in the oil and gas sector. Of all the digital technologies drones deliver superior, triple bottom line benefits. Moreover, it is in m...

99 - A Panel Discussion on Digital Oil and Gas from 2019-05-29T15:00

I've recently chaired a panel discussion about the impacts that digital innovation are having on the oil and gas industry.  I am invited to speak at many events, but I am particularly intrigued abo...

98 - How Digital can Resolve the Carbon Conundrum from 2019-05-22T15:00

I accept the science of climate change and that human activity is having an effect on the climate. I also observe that the fossil fuel industry has been instrumental in bringing prosperity to much ...

97 - 8 Ways that Analytics could Transform Oil and Gas from 2019-05-15T15:00

Analytics are now de rigeur in many industries. Alberta’s oil and gas sector has all the characteristics to make it an ideal place to apply analytics to its key problems. In my view, there are eigh...

96 - How to Give Railcars Robotic Smarts from 2019-05-08T15:00

With the Canadian pipeline industry struggling to gain speedy approval for new infrastructure, the oil industry is turning to rail transportation. The rail network is very extensive, with lines rea...

95 - How we can Start Trusting Machines from 2019-05-01T15:00

We don’t trust machines…and we will need to change that.

Kevin Frankowski, a specialist in helping companies with innovation, and I are exploring the evolving world of work. We see the ear...

94 - How Will Alberta's Business Model be Disrupted Through Digital? from 2019-04-17T15:00

How susceptible is the Alberta business model to disruption from digital innovation? Much of my professional career has been spent toiling in Alberta’s oil sector, and the sector is facing a compou...

93 - Data Will be the New Battleground for Oil and Gas from 2019-04-10T15:00

Data is emerging as the new unspoken battleground for oil and gas supremacy.  The oil and gas industry is exceptionally data rich, and generates terabytes by the minute. Why is this happening and s...