Oil and Gas Upstream

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Latest Episodes

Meet Roxana Bekemohammadi at the March 2024 Second Annual Hydrogen Policy Leaders Convention | Ep 261
July 25, 2024

In this episode, U.S. Hydrogen Alliance Founder and Executive Director, Roxana Bekemohammadi, discusses hydrogen as the “Swiss Army Knife” of energy because of its various applications and the commona

Dr. Autumn Haagsma, Assistant Director of the Michigan Geological Survey and Director of the Michigan Repository for Research and Education, recorded live at the 2024 SPE-AAPG-SEC CCUS Conference | Ep 260
July 11, 2024

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, recording from the Exhibit Hall, discusses with Dr. Autumn Haagsma, the founding of the SPE-AAPG-SEC Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) annual confe

John Durand, Vice Chairman at XRI water – Current trends in Recycling Produced Water | Ep 259
July 03, 2024

In this episode, Elena Melchert talks with John Durand about XRI Waters efforts in managing produced water. John previously worked at Pioneer Resources before joining XRI Water. XRI Water, establishe

Chuck McConnell, Center for Carbon Management at University of Houston: current state and future of CCUS | Ep 258
June 26, 2024

In this episode, the host, Elena Melchert, talks Chuck McConnell, Executive Director of the Center for Carbon Management at the University of Houston. Chuck McConnell was formally Assistant Secretary

Chris Fair, President of Oilfield Data Services discusses surveillance of reservoir and production | Ep 257
June 19, 2024

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks withChris Fair, President of Oilfield Data Services. Oilfield Data Services. Founded in 2005,ODSI provides a real-time, integrated well-completion-reserv

Dr. Douglas Wicks, Program Director, ARPA‑E, DOE | Ep 256
April 24, 2024

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks with Dr. Douglas Wicks who currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPAE) at DOE. His focus at ARPA-E is

Dr. Nathan Meehan, Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M | Ep 255
April 17, 2024

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert, talks with Dr. Nathan Meehan, Professor at the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research includes energy transition

From upstream produced water producer to commercial produced water management | Ep 254
April 10, 2024

In this episode, host, Elena Melchert interviews John Durand, John Durand, Vice Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer, XRI Water. From a time when oil and gas operations depended on freshwater -es

Update on Orphaned Wells with Susan Nash of AAPG | Ep 253
April 03, 2024

Elena talks with Dr. Susan Nash at the 2024 NAPE Summit about the latest on the Department of the Interiors work with the States regarding orphaned wells. NAPE hosted a panel dedicated to discussion

Lonnie Smith, co-founder of Turnco | Ep 252
March 27, 2024

Elena talks with Lonnie Smith, Co-Founder of Turnco and creator of the B.R.I.T.E and D90 processes. Lonnie and Turnco are leading technical authorities in solving BHA (Bottom Hole Assembly) data analy