Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

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 for companies that gives them the flexibility to build solutions internally that increase transparency and communication across all functions.Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - Intro00:40 - What is AQUIT04:35 - Management Challenges09:05 - How AQUIT Works11:58 - Overview of Automations.io13:17 - Specific Use Cases for Automations.io19:49 - Industries Utilizing Automations.io26:14 - Technology Development Journey28:30 - Future Plans for C-Drone32:05 - Contacting Equippedhttps://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters

Alexander Danielides, a native New Yorker turned Texan, and Business Development Director of Iapetus Holdings, takes us on a journey through the evolution of the company and how a group of like-minded entrepreneurs grew the business to become a portfolio of companies solving energy industry needs in sustainability, efficiency and safety.Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - Intro00:20 - What is Iapetus Holdings01:40 - Atlas Commodities Overview03:20 - Atlas Energy Insights05:00 - Atlas Field Services Explained06:40 - Business Involvement and Management08:20 - Organized Chaos in Business08:40 - Atlas Retail Energy Overview12:18 - Starting a Drone Business Guide16:31 - Identifying New Business Opportunities17:38 - Common Thread Across Businesses21:16 - Rapid Fire: Bull or Bear Market27:44 - Houston’s Evolution in Energy29:01 - Innovation in the Energy Industry32:14 - Understanding Gas Prices34:05 - Causes of High Gas Prices37:00 - Economic Recession Predictions39:34 - Oil Companies and Price Gouging41:40 - Next Recession Impact Analysis44:10 - Duration of High Gas Prices46:20 - Positive Outcomes from COVID-19https://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters

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 Snodgrass, former founders of Mineralsoft and now ScaleView Partners. They walk us through how they built Mineralsoft and the acquisition process by Enverus, now they’re helping founders achieve the same results through their investment bank, ScaleView Partners. This is one of our best episodes yet, hope you enjoy it!Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - Intro01:24 - What is ScaleView Partners04:31 - Why You Started ScaleView Partners09:44 - Background Before MineralSoft17:30 - Idea Generation for MineralSoft19:50 - Grandfather’s Stripper Well Deals31:19 - Problem Solving in the Industry34:25 - Pivot to Current Business Model37:20 - Luck and Opportunity in Business40:50 - Balancing Optimism and Risk Aversion43:10 - Determining the Right Amount to Raise49:05 - Acquisition Process Overview51:18 - Steps in the Acquisition Process53:57 - How Drillinginfo Acquired MineralSoft57:30 - Multiple Exits in the Industry1:00:55 - Understanding the Acquisition Process1:04:36 - Cash vs Stock in Acquisitions1:08:18 - Supporting Your Team During Acquisition1:12:28 - Round 2 Insights1:13:10 - Final Thoughts on the Process1:14:10 - Mental Toll of M&A Process1:15:25 - Importance of a Good Process Manager1:16:30 - Leverage in M&A Transactions1:17:50 - Personal Life Changes After Exit1:21:18 - Who Should Contact ScaleView1:24:58 - Wrapping Up1:25:35 - Moving to a Cooler Roomhttps://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters

Michael Lantz quit his job as a reservoir engineer and used his knowledge to start a chemical solutions company, Kairos Energy Services. Michael graduated from the School of Mines as a chemical engineer and went straight into reservoir engineering. After 12 years in corporate world he quit his job to pursue his own company with two other co-founders.Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - Guest Intro00:30 - What is Kairos02:10 - Growing Market for Chemical Solutions05:20 - How Kairos Started07:45 - Particulate Diverters11:18 - Secret Sauce of Kairos13:18 - Starting Your Business Journey19:38 - Leaving Your Job for Entrepreneurship21:15 - Starting a Business in a Downturn23:35 - Operating in Six Different Basins25:55 - Product Management Cadence28:00 - Future of Asset Heavy Operations32:05 - What's Next for Kairos33:53 - Where to Find Mikehttps://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters

During winter storm Yuri, millions of Texans were without power for a few days, some even weeks. Firefly Energy Services has developed and patented GasLoop, storage technology that is essentially solving part of the problem of energy loss during peak demand by storing natural gas onsite. https://fireflyenergyservices.com/Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - Intro01:25 - Firefly Energy Services Overview07:42 - Founder Background & Idea Origin13:17 - GasLoop in Distributed Energy Systems18:15 - GasLoop Modifications & Mobility19:56 - GasLoop Applications for Hydrogen23:29 - R&D vs Commercialization Strategies24:34 - Funding Insights for Startups29:02 - Vision & Future of GasLoop30:44 - Managing Burn Rate Effectively32:45 - Outro37:25 - How to Find Firefly Energy Serviceshttps://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters

Redshift gives a masterclass on how they’re using plasma to dissociate H2S molecules to produce hydrogen—taking a waste product in refineries and turning it into a useful product!https://www.rsenrg.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-nelson-3964161/https://www.linkedin.com/in/trey-anthony-1823424/Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - RedShift Energy01:30 - What is Plasma?06:01 - Howard’s Background in Energy11:18 - How RedShift Got Started: Founding Story19:00 - Understanding the RedShift Process24:34 - Value of H2S Processing30:18 - Economics of Green Energy Solutions30:48 - Capital Intensive Business Strategies32:40 - Technological Innovations in Energy37:05 - Starting with Refineries: A Strategic Choice41:24 - How to Reach RedShift: Contact Informationhttps://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters

Zeno is building an operating system for oil and gas that gives finance and engineering teams the ability to quickly analyze assets. CEO, Sealy Laidlaw, tells her story of moving from California to Texas to help solve the challenges the industry faces.Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - Intro01:42 - Zeno Technologies Overview02:54 - Celie's Professional Background07:45 - Hiring Strategies in Competitive Job Market10:22 - Cultural Dynamics in Oil & Gas Transition12:52 - Founding Story of Zeno Technologies16:48 - Closing Remarks17:44 - Origins of Xeno Technologies20:45 - Xeno: New Energy Operating System Explained24:17 - Challenges with Financial Institutions26:44 - Petro.ai Founding Journey29:24 - Capital Raising During COVID-1933:39 - Enverus and Other Energy Assets35:23 - Future Prospects of Enverus36:45 - Achieving Product Market Fit38:55 - Final Thoughtshttps://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters

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-time information. As a result, it can take too long to push information to the cloud, run analytics, and then push the results back. Edge computing solves this dilemma, and Parasanti takes it one step further and delivers data to the field despite harsh weather conditions, power outages, and other difficulties. Listen to how they have been able to tame the cloud and bring it down to earth to power the world's edge infrastructure.Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at https://collide.ioEngage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.00:00 - Intro00:54 - What is Parasanti05:51 - Is Parasanti Hardware or Software?09:01 - Parasanti's Military Applications09:42 - Military Influence on Technology15:04 - Cloud Computing vs Edge Computing17:50 - On-Premises vs Cloud Solutions20:54 - What Does Parasanti Do?26:50 - Parasanti: Bootstrapped and Profitable27:45 - Parasanti's Move to Austin28:37 - Importance of Austin-Houston Connection30:22 - Overlapping Problems in Industries32:22 - Evolve Energy Insights34:17 - Where to Find Parasanti35:52 - Origin of the Name Parasantihttps://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.

Quorum Software offers a full suite of essential cloud-based technology to oil and gas companies solving for accounting, compliance, pipeline management, operations, land management and more. Vice President of Upstream Sales Soroosh Seyhoon and Director Michael Foderetti at Quorum Software take us through their history as a company from the late 1990s to how they have evolved into the cutting-edge software provider of today.Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - Intro01:02 - Who is Quorum04:28 - Roles at Quorum: Shroosh and Michael06:11 - Changes at Quorum in 10 Years08:44 - Michael’s Background and Experience11:02 - Quorum Today: Current Overview11:36 - Quorum’s History and Evolution16:52 - Quorum’s Private Equity Journey Explained21:36 - Major Acquisitions Before CERNA Merger24:10 - Future of Quorum: Vision and Plans27:21 - Quorum On Demand Suite Overview29:31 - Excitement Around Quorum Innovations31:03 - Evolve or Die: Importance of Adaptation33:44 - Long-Term Commitment to Quorum36:40 - Acquirers in the Industry Landscape40:34 - Closing Remarks42:00 - OGGN’s Annual Conference Sign-Uphttps://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters

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 land data. This market has often been very opaque with land owners not having access to information about how much their assets are worth and operators not having great benchmarks to evaluate deals as well. The amount of data LandGate has across renewable assets as well as oil and gas is pretty insane, listen in to hear their story of building the leading land platform!Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io. Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - Intro02:34 - LandGate Overview07:45 - Energy Challenges09:33 - LandGate’s Mission Explained11:47 - LandGate’s Innovative Platform18:09 - Understanding the Network Effect21:04 - LandGate’s Business Model Insights21:57 - Series B Funding Round23:35 - Financial Markets Overview26:56 - Comparing LandGate to Google and Airbnb28:03 - LandGate: The Uber of Energy30:53 - Digital Wildcatters in the Energy Sector33:05 - Challenges with Landowners38:55 - LandGate’s Origin Story42:59 - Expansion into Renewables44:00 - Bootstrapping Strategies46:30 - Series A and B Funding Insights50:40 - The Winner's Curse in Auctions53:32 - Future Plans for LandGate55:50 - How to Access LandGatehttps://www.instagram.com/digitalwildcattershttps://www.tiktok.com/@digitalwildcattershttps://www.facebook.com/digitalwildcattershttps://twitter.com/DWildcatters