Oil and Gas Upstream

Oil and Gas Upstream


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Phil Cruver, Co-Founder and CEO and Bill Bartling, Co-Founder and Director of Regulatory Affairs at Geo2Watts | Ep 275
November 15, 2024

Host, Elena Melchert talks with Phil Cruver and Bill Bartling about the work they are doing at Geo2Watts to recycle idle or unplugged oil well bores to store thermal energy that can later be converted

Kevin Silla, Director, Pristine Energy talks about using hydrogen discoveries around the world as a potential energy source. Recorded at the USA Hydrogen Alliance Conference on May 29, 2024 | Ep 274
November 13, 2024

Host, Elena talks with Kevin Silla, Director, Pristine Energy, about exploring for geologic hydrogen. Kevin began his oil and gas career in coventional oil and gas as Petroleum Landman and learned ab

Andy Wang, Prescient Devices and Russell Whitney, Precision Drilling at the SPE/ATCE 2024 conference on drilling operations data and data management | Ep 273
October 30, 2024

Host, Elena Melchert, talks with both Andy Wang and Russell Whitney about the large amounts of data coming from equipment on drilling rigs and using it to further improve drilling operations both surf

Mr. Simon Seaton, CEO, Society of Petroleum Engineers recorded live at SPE 2024 ATCE, New Orleans | Ep 272
October 24, 2024

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks with Simon Seaton, new CEO for Society of Petroleum Engineers. Listen to Simon as he recounts his career experience, how he came to be the new CEO of SPE,

Chris Martin, Global Business Development of Wings Travel Group:  oil and gas unique travel needs | Ep 271
October 17, 2024

Host, Elena Melchert talks with Chris Martin, Sr. Vice President of Wings Travel Group, provides personalized custom travel for oil and gas personnel, from oversees air to transporting offshore crews

Travis Windholz, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Conduit, a total power solution for E&P and midstream companies | Ep 270
October 03, 2024

Elena Melchert talks with Travis Windholz, Managing Director of Conduit. Travis has 20+ years of experience in energy and power investing and leadership. Conduit was founded in 2022 as a total power s

Jane Stricker, Executive Director of Houston Energy Transition Inititiave. Recorded live at CERAWeek, March 2024 | Ep 269
September 27, 2024

Elena Melchert talks with Jane Stricker about the Houston Energy Transition Initiave (HETI) which in an initiative of the Greater Houston Partnership. Ms. Stricker discusses how the business environme

Dana Otillio, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Vice President of Marketing and Communication talks about all the communication tools SPE uses to broadcast content and information to both SPE members and non-members
September 19, 2024

Elena talks with Dana Otillio, SPE Vice President Marketing and Communication, about the publishing and multimedia content now available through SPE available for SPE members and non-members on the

Lee Hyson, with Gaia Earth Group, discusses wireline operations with Elena Melchert at the 2024 SPE/AAPG/SEG/CCUS conference | Ep 267
September 05, 2024

Lee Hyson is Operations Petrophysical Consultant with Gaia Earth Group, a formation evaluation services company. Lee Hyson began his oil and gas career with Schlumberger as a field wireline operator.

George Koperna, V.P. Advanced Resources International talks at the CCUS conference in March 2024 about the current state of Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS).  Recorded live at the SPE/AAPG/SEG CCUS Conference March 2024. Ep 266
August 28, 2024

In this episode, Elena Melchert talks with George Koperna, VP of Advanced Resources International, about the status of CCUS. Mr. Koperna is a Petroleum Engineer who became familiar with CO2 injection