Power Play
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Power Play
Creative. Motivated. Ingenious. There’s only one group of people who have ever figured out how to deliver as much energy as the world wants. This is the show about how they did it. And how they keep doing it.
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Unlocking Oil and Gas Insights: The Sabata Story
This conversation explores the journey of Bryan McDowell, founder of Sabata Energy Consultants, who transformed a single library of oil and gas data i...
Digital Grit: How Saga Wisdom is Reinventing Energy Learning
In this episode, John Thompson, co-founder of Saga Wisdom, joins hosts Erin Fair and Ryan Rice for a sharp, story-driven dive into the future of techn...
The Alchemy of Adaptation: How Neptune & Nomad Took Shape with Jeremy Luth | EP 01
In this no-fluff conversation, Jeremy Luth unpacks what it really takes to survive—and thrive—in the chemical industry. With Erin Fair, and Ryan Rice...
A colorful rendition of the Seminole Boom | Ep 192
Seminole Chief of Police Jake Simms tells it like it is in 1927. Sign up for the OGGN Newsletter here. Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most li...
Some facts are bigger than others | Ep 191
The world is nuts and it’s hard to figure out what’s what. So what else is new? This one is about navigating. Sign up for the OGGN Newsletter here. Br...
Like x-ray vision, but not as fun | Ep 190
A hundred years ago we first made a way to see through the earth. And then we found a lot of oil. Now we’re making things that make things for us. I w...
Grandma’s anniversary clock | Ep 189
Enter geophysics. But first, thorns have roses. Just go with it. — Sign up for the OGGN Newsletter here. Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most...
The dumbest lawsuit ever (not counting that hot coffee thing) | Ep 188
The title pretty much says it all. Listen to this one while you pour a drink and raise your glass to all the great purveyors of fine fossil fuels. Sig...
Special Feature: A closer look at clean combustion with Darin Bohlmann of Caterpillar Oil and Gas
Clean combustion is here and it’s making a real impact on the oil and gas industry. Featuring Darin Bohlmann from the product team at Caterpillar Oil...
Humanity’s latest obsession | Ep 187
Thanks to four or five generations of abundant affordable energy, today’s humans have the luxury of worrying about tomorrow’s humans. But should we re...
Mohole at last | Ep 186
The much-awaited conclusion to the unplanned three-part series on the early days of offshore drilling. Just what was that Project Mohole all about? Si...
Further out and deeper down | Ep 185
Continuing the story from last week, this one is about people who were just crazy enough to venture into the Gulf. Brought to you on the Oil and Gas G...
Wouldst thou learn the secret of the sea? | Ep 184
A nod to one of my favorite industry journalists gets me thinking about offshore. This one is about how it all started – this business of drilling und...
Which horse is really in the lead? | Ep 183
If we’re racing toward affordable, abundant, reliable, *clean* energy — then who’s really closer to the finish line? Maybe it’s the oil and gas folks....
A pipe from here to there | Ep 182
You can get it out of the ground but can you move it around? Also a movie review of sorts. — Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most listened-to...
I boom, you boom, we all boom | Ep 181
This one is about how the oil booms do a lot more than just make a ruckus. — Brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network, the largest and most li...
What makes a roughneck run for cover? | Ep 180
Spindletop. That’s what. — Brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network, the largest and most listened-to podcast network for the oil and energy i...
I might be changing my mind | Ep 179
Sometimes, in light of certain evidence, or deeper thoughts, you have to change you position. Brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network, the la...
Stick to what you’re good at | Ep 178
It’s okay to be in the molecule business and let other people handle the electrons. This one is about how talent thwarts rhetoric. Brought to you on t...
Weird science | Ep 177
Engineering got us started, but science showed us the world. This one is about the beginnings of a thing called geology. Brought to you on the Oil and...
Fracking saves the world. Again. | Ep 176
Michael picks up the sidebar from last week about this lithium thing. Brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network, the largest and most listened-...
Something happened in Baku | Ep 175
The year is 1848. The place is a tiny peninsula on the Caspian Sea. Brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network, the largest and most listened-to...
Every exciting idea starts from someone’s inventive mind | Ep 173
This one is about Memorial day, turning on renewables in Texas and the book that says it all … “From the earliest days, finding and producing oil and...
Can we make it any harder on the refiners? | Ep 172
This one is about how how refineries beat the odds no matter what we throw that them. Brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network, the largest an...
And then came commercial oil production | Ep 171
This one is about how the humans who figured out how to produce oil put civilization on the fast track. More from OGGN PodcastsApple Channel More from...
We’re back! Live from OTC Houston 2023 | Ep 170
The long awaited and much requested (at least in our heads) return of the Oil and Gas Tech podcast — but it comes back with a twist. Tune in to hear t...
#169 – Catching up, new happenings and a big prediction
In a break from the action, Michael returns to his trusty iPad Pro. Also who are the next winners in digital innovation and what’s the latest from OGG...
#168 – Kay Sutter and Nathan Amery on EDM (not the music)
Michael talks with S&P Global‘s Kay Sutter and Nathan Amery about enterprise data management. https://lovethepodcast.com/ogt Brought to you on the Oil...
#167 – On location at ATCE with the DeltaTek team
In this episode our host Michael O’Sullivan talks with Tristam Horn and Tyler Reynolds in the DeltaTek booth at the SPE ACTE 2022 conference. Surprise...
#166 – Ian Dickinson and the Nobel Prize-winning laser networks
Michael talks with LongPath Technologies‘ CEO Ian Dickinson about long-range laser systems for continuous methane emissions. Brought to you on the Oil...
#165 – Suzanne Lemieux on cybersecurity and API standard 1164
Michael talks with American Petroleum Institute OpSec specialist Suzanne Lemieux about cybersecurity for pipeline control systems. Brought to you on t...
#164 – David Haight on satellites and secret projects
In this episode Michael is on location at the Oil & Gas IoT conference talking with David Haight, Globalstar’s VP of IoT. This episode is made possibl...
#163 – Andrew Boyd on field operations and learning what you need by looking at your data
In this episode Michael is on location at the 8th annual IoT conference. Hanging out in the bar with Grail AI strategy leader Andrew Boyd. This episod...
#162 – Greg Leflar on career choices and different ways to keep the lights on
In this episode Michael catches up with old friend Greg Leflar, Engie VP of operations. Brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network, the largest...
#161 – Reishin Toolsi on innovation, right-thinking and actually making things better
In this episode our host Michael O’Sullivan brings back Reishin Toolsi for his latest thoughts on making the world better, what’s not helping, and how...
#160 – Fracking better and smarter with DeepData’s Mike Hogan and Laredo’s Jeremy Fontenot
In this episode our host Michael O’Sullivan talks with DeepData founder and CEO Mike Hogan and Laredo Energy VP of Completions and Production Jeremy F...
#159 – Kayla is back: We have the technology +VIDEO
[VIDEO HERE] Michael and Kayla Ball debate whether ESG is easy or hard. Brought to you on the Oil and Gas Global Network, the largest and most listene...
#158 – Completely off script with Ryan Sitton, Pinnacle CEO and former Texas Railroad Commissioner +VIDEO
[VIDEO HERE] Panel moderation, reflections on Rex, industry complexity, our image problem, educating the masses, what really is data science, predicti...
#157 – Did I say the wrong thing? Also the welcome persistence of fiscal discipline.
This one is a story about how Michael didn’t make friends at a recent roundtable event (but he wants your feedback on whether he got it right or not)....
#156 – Have some backbone (the digital kind) with Hexagon’s Dan Morrison & Michael Johnson +VIDEO
VIDEO VERSION HERE Long time industry veterans (and compadres) tell the story of modernizing industrial asset management. It’s about people actually d...