Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

Equipt on Oil and Gas Startups

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Can low-code, no-code change the way large O&G companies operate? Indrajit, the founder of Equipt, shares with us how they’ve built a solution f...

Iapetus Holdings on Oil and Gas Startups

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Danielides, a native New Yorker turned Texan, and Business Development Director of Iapetus Holdings, takes us on a journey through the evolu...

ScaleView Partners on Oil and Gas Startups

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Want to learn from people who have built and sold an oil and gas tech startup? This week’s episode has you covered with Gabe Wilcox and Jay Snodgras...

Kairos Energy Services on Oil and Gas Startups

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Lantz quit his job as a reservoir engineer and used his knowledge to start a chemical solutions company, Kairos Energy Services. Michael gradu...

FireFly Energy Services on Oil and Gas Startups

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

During winter storm Yuri, millions of Texans were without power for a few days, some even weeks. Firefly Energy Services has developed and patented Ga...

RedShift Energy on Oil and Gas Startups

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Redshift gives a masterclass on how they’re using plasma to dissociate H2S molecules to produce hydrogen—taking a waste product in refineries and ...

Zeno Technologies on Oil and Gas Startups

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Zeno is building an operating system for oil and gas that gives finance and engineering teams the ability to quickly analyze assets. CEO, Sealy Laidla...

Parasanti on Oil and Gas Startups

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There has been a heavy push to the cloud in recent years when it comes to data and internet use, but industrial applications frequently require real-t...

Quorum Software on Oil and Gas Startups

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Quorum Software offers a full suite of essential cloud-based technology to oil and gas companies solving for accounting, compliance, pipeline manageme...

LandGate on Oil and Gas Startups

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Coming hot off their $10mm Series B led by NextEra, LandGate co-founder, Craig Kaiser talks about how they’re changing the game for minerals and lan...

Pure World Sustainability on Oil and Gas Startups

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ESG has become a high priority in the oil and gas sector. There’s talk about many solutions to reduce emissions, but at what cost? Combining solutio...

Salesforce and Ensign Natural Resources on Oil and Gas Startups

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After listening to our episode with Jason Olbekson, Ensign Natural Resources reached out to Salesforce to help them build and deploy a Field Data Capt...

Well Information Technologies on Oil and Gas Startups

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Legacy oil & gas software is usually extremely robust how it’s not always the easiest to use. Well Information Technologies is simplifying well ...

Validere on Oil and Gas Startups

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the biggest opportunities that exist in our industry today still involve replacing spreadsheets with smarter software that gives organizations...

Novi Labs on Oil and Gas Startups

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Third times a charm. Jon Ludwig of Novi Labs has been on the show twice before, now he’s back to talk about a new feature they just released, Novi M...

Crypto Yield Capital on Oil and Gas Startups

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto Yield Capital is a hedge fund founded by Jake Boaz that invests in digital assets. Listen in to see how he got started, and what he's currently...

Mesa Solutions on Oil and Gas Startups

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mesa is a leading power solutions company specializing in the manufacturing, sales, leasing and operations of natural gas and liquid propane-powered m...

Davies Public Affairs on Oil and Gas Startups

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You've got regular PR firms and then you've got Davies Public Affairs. John Davies has reinvented what a PR firm can look like with his "Pixar" approa...

CryptoEQ on Oil and Gas Startups

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For every legit cryptocurrency there are a thousand shit-coins. CryptoEQ separates the legit from the shit through research and market insights. Jake ...

Maze Environmental on Oil and Gas Startup

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Maze Environmental has a real, practical solution to reduce greenhouse emissions. Matt Flanagan joins us to talk about how they are reducing flare emi...

Veerum on Oil and Gas Startups

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Veerum is bringing the oil & gas industry into the metaverse - sorta. These guys create digital twins of sites to compare what was designed with r...

Criterion on Oil and Gas Startups

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What does the future of Geothermal look like? The team over at Criterion gave us some insight on how they are approaching the industry and leveraging ...

Project Canary on Oil and Gas Startups

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is certified natural gas going to be a thing? Dr. Anna Scott, cofounder of Project Canary dives into their vision of certified natural gas and addres...

Applied Impact Robotics on Oil and Gas Startups

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robots are taking over the oilfield! Inspecting crude tanks is probably one of the least glamorous, most tedious and time consuming tasks there is. Ap...

Rivitt on Oil and Gas Startups

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The completions tech space has been getting hot for a while with players like Corva, Cold Bore & Restream making big moves over the past few years...

Automated Rig Technologies on Oil and Gas Startups

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Entrepreneurship is a lonely journey. We go down the rabbit hole of Andrew Richard’s successes, failures, mental health and the building of Automate...

IronIQ on Oil and Gas Startups

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The guys from IronIQ explain how they are the future of SCADA. IronIQ is a modern cloud-native SCADA platform allowing you to remotely monitor and con...

Integrity BioChem on Oil and Gas Startups

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jimmy Jett sounds like the name of a Heisman winning running back. While he may not be as fast as he sounds, Jimmy and IntegrityBiochem are quickly on...

Funk Futures on Oil and Gas Startups

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you're looking for the most badass energy tech sales guy, you call Jeremy Funk. Funk Futures was founded on decades of Jeremy's experience within e...

Unchained on Oil and Gas Startups

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Want to learn about bitcoin mining with natural gas? We had Unchained Capital and Limpia Creek Technologies come nerd out with us on the impact of Bit...

PipeSearch on Oil and Gas Startups

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marketplaces are hot! Why would the Pipe business be any different? Operators order more pipe than they need because they can't afford the opportunity...

Sabata Energy Consultants on Oil and Gas Startups

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you're looking for specific well logs, good luck. You'll probably find yourself looking for data in about 50 different locations - regulatory agenc...

EnergyFunders on Oil and Gas Startups

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

EnergyFunders is transforming the way energy investments happen with an online marketplace for energy projects. Laura Pommer, CEO of EnergyFunders, an...

EcoVapor on Oil and Gas Startups

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Environmental Defense fund did a study of the Permian basin that showed oil and gas can be produced with absolutely zero emissions. Yet as an indu...

Vintri Tech on Oil and Gas Startups

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Data management is one of the biggest challenges facing our industry today. It's hard to manage what we have when we're constantly generating more. Th...

Simetry on Oil and Gas Startups

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The amount of data we generate and capture compounds daily - especially in this industry. Thanks to improvements in data network coverage from the maj...

JAI Energy on Oil and Gas Startups

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Is Bitcoin mining the future of Oil and Gas? JAI Energy is on the forefront with their Bitcoin mining operation in Wyoming. Ryan and Justin share thei...

HULK on Oil and Gas Startups

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Quite often, the most profitable businesses are not the sexiest ones. Those businesses don’t win awards or get front page stories, but they are the ...

BlockApps on Oil and Gas Startups

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Reducing emissions seems to be a goal of most countries and major corporations. But how do we realistically and accurately track emissions in a way wh...

Presidio Petroleum on Oil and Gas Startups

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Presidio Petroleum is doing what many critics think is impossible these days - making money as an operator, consistently. Launched in 2017, Presidio w...

Geonote on Oil and Gas Startups

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Lincoln once said, “If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe” – meaning, prepar...

Part and Parcel on Oil and Gas Startups

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Landmen have arguably been hit the worst by the downturns of the last decade. Then E&P’s struggle to find good landmen when they actually need t...

Crusoe Energy Systems | Cully Cavness on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There’s no better way to build culture than to lead from the front. Cully Cavness joined us for a second time to chat ultra-marathons, building cult...

OspreyData | Ed Cowsar on Oil and Gas Startups

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There are a lot of things we simple humans can’t do as well as computers and algorithms – production optimization is one of those things. Hundreds...

Qube Technologies | Eric Wen on Oil and Gas Startups

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Contrary to popular belief, oil & gas can be produced with zero methane emissions. The problem is that most methane detection technologies are int...

WellDrive | Lindsey Ferrell on Oil and Gas Startups

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Even though Lindsey Ferrell isn't related to Will Ferrell - she's pretty much just as cool. After cutting her teeth working in accounting for some of ...

Sourcewater Part 2 | Josh Adler on Oil and Gas Startups

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Second time on the show. Pioneering Energy Intelligence.Do you sell your data as a subscription? That’s typically how I prefer to sell it.Also only ...

Applied Bolting | Rob Westover on Oil and Gas Startups

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s be honest – there’s nothing sexy about bolting. Sexy or not, you wouldn’t want to be on a bridge or a in a skyscraper where the bolts we...

Olifant Energy on Oil and Gas Startups

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Every week we have oil & gas tech founders on to walk us through their journey and their amazing technologies. Yet, E&P startup guys are still...

SPE-GCS | Nii Nunoo on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we officially squash the beef with SPE-GCS. The King of Shoutouts - Ni Nunoo - joined us to talk about founding SPE's IES and how that led t...

The Energist | Micah Renfro on Oil and Gas Startups

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There are a lot of recruiters in the oil & gas industry, but not many that have built the technical teams of some of the most prominent operators ...

Evolve Collective on Oil and Gas Startups

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There are plenty of startup accelerators and incubators out there - however not many for energy startups. But I wouldn’t necessarily call Evolve Co...

Digital Oil & Gas Solutions | Mike Orr on Oil and Gas Startups

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s easy for oil and gas startups and even larger tech companies to focus building products for the super majors and larger players. The reality is...

Umbrage | Will Womble on Oil and Gas Startups

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t call them a Dev shop. Will Womble of Umbrage joined us this week to talk about how their dev ops process sets them apart when building beautif...

Hefner Energy | Robert Hefner on Oil and Gas Startups

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When you’ve got a V at the end of your name, it means you come from a long line of badasses. It also happens to mean he’s a fifth generation oilma...

Cumulus | Matthew Kleiman on Oil and Gas Startups

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Every time a refinery goes through a turnaround, thousands of bolted joint assemblies are disassembled and put back together. 20% of leaks in refineri...

John Arnold on Oil and Gas Startups

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When we started the Oil & Gas Startups Podcast in a closet a few years ago, we made a wish list of people we'd like to get on the show. On the top...

RigER | John Mark Cavitt on Oil and Gas Startups

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Field tickets are fun said no one ever. And unfortunately field tickets are just one part of the paperwork headache OFS companies have to deal. RigER ...

Downhole Well Solutions Part 2 | Taylor Janca on Oil and Gas Startups

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve listened to the show for a while, you might remember our last conversation with Taylor Janca from Downhole Well Solutions a few years ago....

Multiphase Energy Corp on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode was a pretty unique one because we've never had anyone on that does anything similar to what the guys at Multiphase Energy Corp do...

InerG on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A lot entrepreneurs don’t know how to stop hustling. Celestine Vettical is one of those guys. After selling his last startup, Performix, to Baker Hu...

Beachwood | Josh Robbins on Oil and Gas Startups

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The one and only Josh Robbins of Beachwood joins us again to talk about the launch of their Beachwood Cloud product which allows oil & gas asset s...

Schlumberger DELFI | Melissa Suman on Oil and Gas Startups

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is different - Schlumberger is very far from a startup. But we have a pretty interesting story of the genesis of their DELFI product, whi...

Hex Technology on Oil and Gas Startups

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we had the chance to sit down with Scott Hamilton, Founder & CEO, of Hex Technology. These guys guys realized early on that this entire...

Petronerds | Trisha Curtis on Oil and Gas Startups

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We've grown our lineup of podcasts recently and one of those is Petronerds hosted by Trisha Curtis and Ethan Bellamy. They're absolutely crushing it o...

Energy Domain | Ben Heinzelmann on Oil and Gas Startups

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we had Ben Heinzelmann from Energy Domain on the show. Now you may know Ben from another popular startup, MineralWare. He dives in to tell u...

Arbo | Chip Moldenhauer on Oil and Gas Startups

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We sat down with Chip Moldenhauer (our first DC guest), CEO of Arbo, to talk about his story and how he got started. Chip has a great story and like m...

Datagration | Peter Bernard on Oil and Gas Startups

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, the biggest Energy Tech acquisition, potentially of all time, happened when Enverus acquired RSEG for over $1b - solidifying their position...

Clean As New | Darrell Stang on Oil and Gas Startups

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the oil & Gas industry, we depend very heavily on our equipment. And the more you use your equipment, the dirtier it gets. So to extend the lif...

Panther Fluids | Chris Gallio & Tom Dougherty on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Oilfield Services have really gotten the short end of the stick over the last decade. As soon as commodity prices start to slip, E&P’s start ask...

Shell Ventures | Kirk Coburn on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we sat down with the OG of oil and gas investing, Kirk Coburn. He opens up about investing in more than 60 energy tech startups and the futu...

Data Gumbo and TAEP on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What a weird 24 hrs. Collin went from tweeting about Gamestop stock shooting to the moon, to making it on three different news shows in the last day. ...

Cathexis Ventures | Mark Friday on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Most VC's that we've had on the show typically only invest in Energy. Our buddy Mark Friday from Cathexis Ventures joined us on the show this week to ...

Intel on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A few months back we sat down with the largest computer chip manufacturer in the world, Nvidia. We had a great conversation about the impact they’re...

Liquid Frameworks on Oil and Gas Startups

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's amazing how many processes across the industry are still on paper — paper tickets, invoices, etc Liquid Frameworks was probaby the first compa...

Crusoe Energy Systems on Oil and Gas Startups

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cully Cavness of Crusoe Energy Systems came to talk about how they offer a solution to flaring for upstream operators without access to pipeline. Thei...

Houston Mechatronics on Oil and Gas Startups

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In a quest to keep mixing it up and keeping it fresh - we decided we'd go where we haven't gone before - robotics. Nic Radford, Founder & CEO of H...

Petrocubic on Oil and Gas Startups

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

2020 has been rough for a variety of reasons including the tens of thousands of people across the industry that have been laid off. That’s why we th...

Triple Crown Resources on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Believe it or not, our episodes with E&P guys have always been the most popular - Yousuf Chaudhary's episode is solid in first place, DRW was righ...

Geosite Part 2 on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Olney - Founder of Geosite and just and all around badass - joined us again to catch us up to speed on everything they're working on. If you di...

Sensoleak on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What's up guys? If you didn't know by now - we now have 6 total podcasts in the family.   So we've had:   Tripping Over the Barrel  Risk Profi...

Nvidia | Marc Spieler on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What do you think of when you think of Nvidia? If you're into computers or gaming - you know they've been the leader in cutting edge graphics cards fo...

Texas Well Protected Energy Foundation on Oil and Gas Startups

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Orphan Wells are actually a much bigger problem than people think, they can pose some huge risks to the environment and even cost tax payers a lot of ...

Halliburton Labs on Oil and Gas Startups

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Whats up wildcatters? It's been a hell of a week for us. If you didn't know already - we launched another podcast with the one and only Chuck Yates - ...

Connectus Global | Mike Anderson on Oil and Gas Startups

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What's up wildcatter nation. Thanks for tuning in and joining us for another episode.   There's nothing more important than making sure all of your...

DeepcastAi on Oil and Gas Startups

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the father and son founding duo at DeepcastAi school us up on how they’re applying Ai to physics based modeling. Join the conversation sha...

Chai One on Oil and Gas Startups

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you've worked at one of the larger operators in the US, chances are ChaiOne has built your company at least one application. Their Founder & CE...

Jim Wright on Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What's up wildcatter nation. Thanks for tuning in and joining us for another episode.   You might remember that we had Railroad Commissioner, Ryan ...

Transect on Oil and Gas Startups

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

One thing we think is really unique about many of the guests we have on the show, is the problems they’re solving are problems you couldn’t necess...

Salesforce | Jason Olbekson on Oil and Gas Startups

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You may have seen the headlines recently that ExxonMobil was dropped from the S&P 500 and replaced by Salesforce. You probably know who Salesforce...

Power Sentry on Oil and Gas Startups

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What’s up wildcatter nation. If you didn’t know, all of these episodes are on youtube as well. Just go search digital wildcatters & make sure ...

Enovate Upstream on Oil and Gas Startups

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Camilo Mejia and Zane Foster from Enovate Upstream joined us this week for a great episode. These guys, like many in our industry, cut their teeth in ...

Capitalize Consulting | Brian Zahn on Oil and Gas Startups

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of you probably remember that we had Pete Waldroop on a while back to talk about W Energy. Well during that episode we talked for a second about...

USI Technology | Duc Lam on Oil and Gas Startups

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not every day that we have an E&P reach out to us with a recommendation of another company to have on the show but that’s exactly what ha...

Plug and Play | Payal Patel on Oil and Gas Startups

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you didn’t know, the hybrid startup accelerator/VC fund — Plug and Play, recently launched here in Houston with a focus on their energy and sus...

Nomad Proppant Services on Oil and Gas Startups

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve highlighted a bunch of digital technologies but haven’t had on near as many founders on the oilfield services side. These guys from Nomad Pr...

Engage | Rob Ratchinsky on Oil and Gas Startups

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Ratchinsky from Engage dropped by the studio this week for part 2. If you’ve been a long time listener, you’ll remember we had Rob on about a ...

Trivie | Leland Putterman on Oil and Gas Startups

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode was a first for us. Leland Putterman from Trivie stopped by to tell us about how they built a successful trivia app – then piv...

CSL Capital Management on Oil and Gas Startups

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What is going on Wildcatters. We wanted to take a second to thank each and every one of you for supporting us over the years and if you didn’t know ...

W Energy Software | Pete Waldroop on Oil and Gas Startups

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

From co-founding multiple successful software companies to hiring all the right people — Pete Waldroop of W Energy Software explains how he’s stil...