EP 71: Mathias Lia Carlsen from whitson

Mathias has a knack for shaking up an industry that doesn’t exactly love change, and he’s doing it from the inside. As CEO of Whitson, he’s bringing petroleum engineering software into the cloud era, building tools that work in real time instead of waiting on clunky desktop updates. We talked about what it takes to get a traditional industry to embrace modern platforms, why seamless data integration is the real game-changer, and how Whitson Plus is helping make it happen. Somewhere along the way, we compared life in Norway to Houston, swapped taco recommendations, and even found a few similarities between fjords and tech. It’s a mix of innovation, culture, and just enough humor to remind you that oil and gas tech can actually be fun.

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00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Norway Geography Overview
04:26 - Understanding WITSML Standards
05:55 - Introduction to WITS Protocol
12:45 - Data Sovereignty Explained
17:15 - SOC 2 Compliance for Software
17:37 - International Market Entry Advice
19:58 - Software Portability Across Clouds
22:06 - Strategies for Reducing Cloud Costs
23:20 - COVID-19 Impact on Cloud Adoption
24:10 - Cloud Provider Flexibility
25:15 - Whitson Product Overview
27:28 - Whitson PBT Features
29:10 - Whitson Spacing Solutions
34:51 - Well-by-Well Analysis
39:21 - Watson Plus Overview
43:37 - Data Integration Strategies
47:10 - Future of WITSML and RESQML
52:40 - Importance of Software Integrations
54:09 - Leveraging APIs for Growth
55:30 - Snowflake Data Solutions
59:23 - Speed Round Q&A
1:06:00 - Contacting Whitson
1:07:45 - Closing Remarks
1:09:33 - Unique Aspects of Collide Energy
1:13:14 - Outro

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