Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

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 to subscribe to the channel. Also we have our weekly newsletter the roundup that recaps all content from the previous week along with commentary on what’s going on in the oil & gas world.While you might not have heard of Power Sentry, you might have heard of Raptor Lift – which is what they were formerly known as. They have a new investor, new name and now an almost entirely new team. Electricity at the well site has two main problems, it’s one of your biggest lease operating expenses and it’s not always reliable – which can cause issues as well. So these guys schooled us up on how they’re tackling those issues. 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.

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 the corporate world for nearly a decade each — before ultimately deciding that the corporate life wasn’t for them. We dive into the startup life and how their software platform is disrupting the drilling, completions, and production space. 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.

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 another company he cofounded – Capitalize Consulting. Which is headed up by his partner Brian Zahn, who was one of the first employees when Pete cofounded Quorum. It’s not always easy to figure out what tech your company needs or how to implement it. That’s where Brian and his team have Capitalized. 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.

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 happened this week. Endeavor Energy Resources out of Midland reached out and said they’ve been more than impressed with USI Technology headed up by Duc Lam. There are a ton of Type Curve Analytics out there but not many that combine physics to improve accuracy in instances where you might not have 6+ months of production data. So it was really cool to see how Duc and his team are approaching this problem. 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.

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 sustainability track. Fun fact they are the most active VC fund in the US — which means they write more checks than anyone. They also throw some pretty sweet events — some of which we’ve participated in. So we invited their boots on the ground here in Houston, Payal Patel, to come chat with us about what they’re currently doing and where they are headed. 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.

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 Proppant are pretty early on in their journey but they’re young and hungry. We hit on how raising early stage capital isn’t easy and it’s even harder when you’re pre-revenue & need $10m+ to start. 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.

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 year ago so it was good to have him back and catch up on what they’ve been up to. 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.

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 pivoted into gamifying corporate knowledge retention. We thought this was one of the coolest things we’ve seen in a while and hope you guys enjoy our chat. 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.

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 – over the past few months we’ve transitioned to devoting 100% of our time and energy into wildcatters. There’s a lot of great things in the works and without you guys none of this would have been possible.On that note – We’re about to start launching a ton of new shows and creating a lot more content. We’re also on Youtube. So go subscribe to the channel on there if you want to watch the video version of these episodes and a lot of other video content.Imran Kizilbash and Abhinav Jain (AJ) from CSL Capital Management dropped by the studio this week to chat about all things startup funding. CSL actually started off as a PE firm focused on oilfield services but they recently launched their Venture Capital arm lead by these two guys. We dive into how not all startups are software and talk about disrupting venture capital using their domain expertise. 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.

From co-founding multiple successful software companies to hiring all the right people — Pete Waldroop of W Energy Software explains how he’s still enjoying the startup life after 20 years.Reach out to Pete on LinkedIn and learn more about W Energy Software.  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.