
Oil and Gas Startups Podcast
The Oil and Gas Startups Podcast showcases emerging technologies and tells the stories of founders, investors and industry leaders.
Latest episodes

Feb 11, 2020 • 53min
EnCore Permian | J.D. Smith on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with J.D Smith, CEO of EnCore Permian, to talk about how they acquire leasehold and mineral interests throughout the Midland and Delaware basins focusing on the Wolfcamp Shale.
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Feb 3, 2020 • 56min
Blackbuck Resources | Justin Love on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Justin Love, CEO at Blackbuck Resources , to discuss his background and how he started his company. Blackbuck Resources designs, builds and operates water infrastructure and provides water-related services to the oil and gas industry.
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.

Jan 27, 2020 • 45min
Bellatorum Resources | Chris Bentley on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Chris Bentley, President and CEO of Bellatorum Resources, to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, how he started Bellatorum, and how they provide land and royalty acquisitions to the industry. Thank you to our sponsor Pumpjack Power. Pumpjack Power is an Option 2 Electric Provider offering wholesale electricity sales and services for Oil & Gas Operators and other related industry participants within the Texas ERCOT market. Reach out to them directly.
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.

Jan 21, 2020 • 37min
Crux OCM | Vicki Knott on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Vicki Knott, founder of Crux OCM, to discuss how they are using automation in control rooms which increases safety, efficiency, and volumetric throughput up to 10%. Thank you to our sponsor Pumpjack Power. Pumpjack Power is an Option 2 Electric Provider offering wholesale electricity sales and services for Oil & Gas Operators and other related industry participants within the Texas ERCOT market.
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.

Jan 13, 2020 • 54min
Deepwater Subsea | Mike Fry on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Mike Fry, founder of Deepwater Subsea. We discuss unconventional marketing, the entrepreneurial journey, and how Deepwater Subsea specializes in subsea operational support, compliance verification, and real-time monitoring.
Thank you to our sponsor Tasq.
Tasq is a holistic optimization platform that seeks to improve production operations in the oil and gas industry. Leveraging the power of machine learning, Tasq connects all failure types to the assignment of work across all roles. Reach out to them directly.
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.

Jan 6, 2020 • 48min
m1neral | Kyle Chapman and Jacob Avery on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with two of the co-founders of m1neral (pronouced: mineral), Kyle Chapman and Jacob Avery to discuss how they are building the next evolution of mineral acquisition. Their model is simple — collect data, apply AI, and enrich it to provide actionable intelligence to their clients.
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.

Dec 23, 2019 • 20min
Happy Holidays from Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
We’ve had a great year on the podcast. Jake and Collin talk about some of their favorite episodes, it was hard to just pick one!
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.

Dec 16, 2019 • 56min
Deloitte | Alex Fleming on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Alex Fleming, Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting, to discuss how the oilfield services sector has been and will continue to be impacted by the current state of the industry.
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.

Dec 2, 2019 • 39min
Pickering Energy Partners | Dan Pickering on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Dan Pickering, Founder, and CIO of Pickering Energy Partners, to discuss how they are using their expertise across energy subsectors and capital structure to deliver a diversified suite of energy investment capabilities and products.
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.

Nov 25, 2019 • 39min
Tasq | Wes Hamer on Oil & Gas Startups Podcast
In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Wes Hamer, Co-Founder of Tasq, to discuss how their platform seeks to improve production operations in the oil and gas industry.
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.