VECKTA is a company pursuing the services needed to optimize your energy needs anywhere in the world. Depending on your location and the energy you have access to, VECKTA will ensure you are optimized with low-cost reliable energy. How do they do that? Check out the show and meet the CEO of the company Gareth Evans. With a unique upbringing and the experience of getting through the highs and lows of business, he’s equipped with a world-class team and ready to make a difference in the very dynamic space of the energy transition.
Read MoreNathan Zenero from WellDrive dropped by the studio while they sponsored the South Texas Geological Happy Hour - It was lights out, and the whole day was super fun. Podcast straight to Happy hour with the STGS crew and professionals working to keep the energy high in South Texas. WellDrive is a service that allows you to store and organize your data while drilling or doing workovers. Nathan has a serious track record of analyzing risk, taking risks, and making great things from it. WellDrive is a company to watch!
Read MoreGary Gonzenbach has helped billions of dollars to transact between operators and investors… How? He wrote the code for PhDWIN!! This episode is all about 1 major focus, are you getting up and excited to do what you’re doing? If not, start working towards doing something you love before life passes you by. Gary is a drummer, petroleum engineer, coder, data analytics guru, and much more. LETS GOOOO!
Read MoreDr. Swapan Sahoo is from India, a master’s degree geologist who then moved to America to pursue a Ph.D. in geology, but found himself and a friend stranded in America after Hurricane Katrina… With a backpack and a set of clothes, he made it 4 years down the road to UNLV where he would become a doctor in Geology! He has recently published a paper on nature and is establishing a foundation for paleogeography and taking data from old rocks in order to best make sense of them today. He works for Equinor as a geologist now, a company striving for a sustainable future! He is an inspirational, wise, and humble man.
Read MoreAre you in the Trunkline? Trunkline is an online platform that allows you to communicate your company’s services and brand to the world. Build a portfolio of your work and win more bids, it’s that simple! Join Trunkline today. We also talk about boy scout and girl scout benefits, wild geology questions, and key functionality ideas around how Trunkline can work for you.
Read MoreMakayla is a geologist working at TGS as a product manager, her role is integrating data and making sure you get the most reliable data possible. She talks about the well and data products side of TGS in this show, it’s just amazing to meet the team players TGS has working on such an important product for the industry. Sign up with TGS today!
Read MoreAlex Fick is a geologist at TGS working with the CCUS team. He’s in search of helping reduce carbon from the atmosphere and trying to put it back into the rocks for sequestration and utilization. A fascinating conversation that leads to understanding what the best rock for sequestration might be… Serpentinite!
Read MoreIf you are looking to invest in Energy, we found your team! Reach out today to learn more about how you can invest your hard-earned money and how it can make you more. The main dropout from this show is that you must be able to translate what you do in finding hydrocarbons, and how that can make everyone money.
Read MoreAndrew Stearns is a geologist working for TGS. TGS is a world leader in subsurface information that you can trust. He studies these data in order to develop useful products to help you find more energy! His story about the DST data in the Permian Basin is one to seriously watch
Read MoreDr. Sternbach is a long-time member of the AAPG and a geoscientist working in the energy industry for Shell and then ran an exploration office after 14 years with Shell. GeoGulf 2023 is coming up and you can still register today to participate. GeoGulf is expected to have over 500 geoscientists, 100 talks celebrating 100 years!
Read MoreMatt “The Skips” Scipione from the outback in episode 3 of a PhD with PBE! We talk 2023, discoveries he’s already helped make, and the tall task of reading and understanding the Magma-Metal Series rock classification by MagmaChem Research Institute. There is a lot going on in the world of Geology, but Matt’s PhD needs to be watched carefully by the community. The approach is 100% unique and he has the drive to accomplish major discoveries! Here we go!!
Read MoreAndrew Douglass is a 10+ year petroleum landman. He started in the banking venture capital world before landman, traveling Europe and Russia looking for businesses to deploy capital to. He was at ground zero during the 9/11 attacks, he was there during the 2008 economic crisis and through it all, he has a great attitude and is super smart. He is now helping operators with lease work for mineral rights. We learned all about the leases!!
Read MoreTadd Walace is working on a solution for enhanced oil recovery in depleted reservoirs. Specifically but not limited to shale reservoirs that have seen better days! One of the most needed tech in the industry is developing a way to mitigate the decline curve, aka the company killer. Tadd is mixing butane and propane with some surfactants and really changing the game! Your wells can come back on with high IP’s and a flatter decline curve than you currently have, extending the life of the wells and increasing your economics. Call Tadd today, contact him through LinkedIn
Read MoreGeary Schindel is a legend in geology, he helped lead the largest cave rescue in the history of the United States! He talks about his time mapping the Mammoth caves of Western Kentucky, to becoming an expert in identifying hypogenic cave systems across the US. As a recently retired hydrologist last working the Edwards aquifer, he tells his story and speaks a great deal about his time reading the rocks! Fascinating career and discoveries.
Read MoreDeWitt Smith is an Oil Man, who started out as a Land Man in 1977 and quickly moved up the ranks to develop his own leases, legal, geology, and drilling prospects! He hasn’t slowed down either, Eureka! is the latest prospect located in the Permian basin and he is available with more information any time! What a story in the making, contact DeWitt at dewitt@petro-rio.com
Read MoreThe amount of work and details that went into this 4th edition of the Mineralogy of Arizona is insane! This is the blueprint for every state to follow and better deliver the reality of geology to the public! Buy a copy today from the University of Arizona today!
Read MoreEpisode 2 of our ongoing series of a Ph.D. with PBE is in the books. Skip’s traversing geology in the outback with the MagmaChem perspective and the belief to make a difference. We discuss one of the wildest rocks found in outcrop, a sandstone that’s been transformed into an iron-saturated masterpiece. That’s not even for his Ph.D. just outcropping adventures! What is his dissertation going to be on? He will unravel the history of the planet from the northern Bowen Basin to Tasmania. Answering the questions, how did these rocks form, when did they form, and of course, when and how did the valuable elements and minerals emplace themselves in the system? We’re on one hell of a ride with this guy! A massive undertaking, a journey into chaos, and the destination is unknown at this time.
Read MoreMark E. Thompson has been a professional geologist for 45 years. From the trees of Wisconsin to the plains of Texas, the mining and oil and gas geology stories did not disappoint! This man has spent a career drilling the serpentine mounds around South Texas and we believe there are more discoveries to be made! We’re just starting to understand the geology of serpentinization and we’re now applying it to the real world. Let the elephant hunting begin for the new era of energy! What a show this was to start off our new journey of PBE podcasts from the famous river of San Antonio.
Read MoreThis is an introduction to the Ultra-Deep Hydrothermal model brought to you by MagmaChem Research Institute. These are not just ideas, they have been tested and proven, and we believe will be a foundation for the next generation of resource exploration. From kids to retired individuals, let’s think about the Earth in a whole new way!!
Our co-host of the podcast Matt “The Skips” Scipione is getting a Ph.D. in Australia and we’re bringing in the new Earth model to help make discoveries. LETS GOOOOOOOO
Read MoreThere is no end without a beginning, and there is no celebration without winning! Skips is in Australia and we’re going to document every step of the way on his journey of truth and discovery pursuing a Ph.D. in Geology. LETS GOOOOOOOOO!! Our advisers during this journey will be the legends themselves, Monte Swan and Stain Keith from the MagmaChem Research institute. The geology will never be the same down under!
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