Oil And Gas Onshore Podcast

In this episode of Oil and Gas Upstream, host Elena Melchert engages with Sam Norwood, a petroleum engineering student at Texas A&M University. They discuss the evolving landscape of the oil and gas industry, the importance of technology and collaboration, and the role of petroleum engineers in addressing global energy needs. Sam shares insights from […]

Host, Elena Melchert, talks with Dwayne Purvis, Founder and Principal Advisor, Purvis Energy Advisors about integrating petroleum engineering with sustainable energy.  Recorded in person at the SPE 2024 Annual Technology Conference and Exhibition. https://www.purvisenergyadvisors.com linkedin.com/in/dpurvispe  Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most listened-to podcast network for the oil and energy industry. Sign up for […]

In this episode of Oil and Gas Upstream, host Elena Melchert speaks with Deb Ryan, CEO and founder of Swan Mountain Advisory, about the evolving landscape of the oil and gas industry, particularly in relation to carbon management, emissions reduction, and the integration of AI. They discuss the importance of adapting to new technologies and […]

Elena talks with Pierre d’Huart at the SPE/ATCE 2024 conference in New Orleans about the oil and gas industry in Europe as well as SPE in Europe. Pierre is Director of Technology Development at SAIPEM and is the SPE Regional Director for Europe. He shares insights about Europe’s upside potential for producing gas, including Romania […]

Elena talks with Tracy Gray, Former Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Product Commercialization in Oil and Gas Automation. Tracy is a 2024 awardee of the Houston Business Journal’s “Women Who Mean Business in Energy” award. With 27 years’ experience in oil and gas leadership, Tracy discusses how a business strategy is the “fabric” that […]

Elena Melchert talks with geochemist Justin Mackey and Tom Tarka both at the at the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) about Critical Minerals.  Critical Minerals are those minerals used in many applications, from cell phones and appliances to electric vehicles and solar panels. Justin is currently studying the resource potential of […]

Ukrainian Petroleum Engineering students (student SPE members) from 5 student chapters of SPE across Ukraine talk with Elena Melchert about their goals and aspirations for careers in Petroleum Engineering and the future Ukrainian oil and gas industry. https://www.spe.org/en/section/250 Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most listened-to podcast network for the oil and energy industry. […]

Elena talks with Tomas Reyna, Intern with Niche Consultants and student at Albright College in Redding Pa, studying Political Science. Tomas does legislative research among other things at Niche Consultants and is interested in Political Science because he is learning about a lot of different areas. He discussed his 3 take aways from the conference: […]

Host, Elena Melchert, talks with Glen Davis, current Director of Energy for the Virginia Departmet of Energy. Mr. Davis talks about the “all of the above” energy policy in Virginia and  the fact that energy demand is growing in the US and even at a rate of 5% year over year in Virginia. He said […]

In this festive OGGN Christmas Special, the hosts and co-hosts engage in a fun-filled quiz that tests their holiday knowledge. The conversation flows from introductions to a series of light-hearted trivia questions, with plenty of laughter and banter along the way. The episode wraps up with warm holiday wishes and a humorous note about one […]

Host, Elena Melchert, talks with Carlos Torres at the SPE/ATCE 2024 conference in New Orleans about his 24-year career in oil and gas that includes experiences in Asia, Venezuela and the US with SLB before founding his own energy services company. Episode Link https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosatorres1 Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most listened-to podcast network […]

Host, Elena Melchert, talks with Dr. Jeremy Boak about his over 40 years’ experience as a geologist in various roles from ARCO to the Department of Energy, the Colorado School of Mines,  and currently as Consultant to Teverra where he is working on geothermal energy. Dr. Boak discusses produced water and its effects on the […]

Dr. Hamed Soroush talks with Host, Elena Melchert, about   In this episode of Oil and Gas Upstream, host Elena Melchert speaks with Dr. Hamed Soroush, founder and CEO of Tavera, about the company’s innovative approaches to subsurface technologies, including geothermal energy, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and energy storage solutions. They discuss the rebranding of […]

In this episode, Elena Melchert talks with Derrick Whiting and Yani Araujo of Intertek at the CCUS conference in March 2024. They discuss how CO2 is effectively injected for storage and how Intertek evaluates the rock formation and effects of CO2 injection.  They discuss the long-term effects of C02 injection that must be evaluated to […]

Chris Wright talks with Host, Elena Melchert, about his career in energy, especially oil and gas, and an important timeline of industry contributions to making the USA a net exporter of energy. The Bettering Human Lives report is available for download at www.libertyenergy.com. Requests for the printed report can be made at Liberty’s website, or please contact BHL@libertyenergy.com. Bettering Human […]

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 to electricity.  https://www.geo2watts.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-cruver-b24b845 Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most listened-to podcast network for the oil and energy […]

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 about discoveries of hydrogen in Africa while drilling for water and learned hydrogen is an abundant source around the world. Extracting H-hydrogen is similar […]

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 surface equipment and downhole equipment by using Artificial Intelligence (AI).  Episode Link https://www.precisiondrilling.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-whitney-pmp https://www.prescientdevices.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-wang-2005 Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and […]

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, and an overview of the ATCE Opening Panel session, and the future of SPE and the role of SPE […]

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 destined for offshore; facilitating moving tools and equipment also including during time of war and COVID, and for oil and gas travelers with specific country […]