Blog
12 Jul An Interview with Analise Thompson of Datagration
How do you build complex solutions for oil and gas that are so easy to use that training is almost unnecessary? That’s the question I posed to the Knowledge Manager at Datagration.
05 Jul Reacting To A Ban On Petroleum-based Mobility
Yet another more aggressive target for ending the sale of new petroleum vehicles was announced last week. What are the implications for companies merchandising in petroleum?
28 Jun Happy Canada Day 2021
To all my dear Canadian friends, please have a safe and happy Canada Day this week on July 1.
21 Jun Better Filtration Helps Prolong Engines And Reduce Emissions
Really tiny particles of contaminants are ruining your engines, causing emissions, and costing you a lot of money. Filtration using magnets is the answer.
14 Jun Your Next CoWorker Is Probably a Bot
Are you wondering what a bot is and whether the bots are gunning for your job? Stop worrying, they’re already here.
07 Jun Oil and Gas Runs on Data and Now We Need Data People
The oil and gas industry runs on data. Today, our industry is in desperate need of smart people who understand data and how to put data to work.
31 May The Battle For Data Is Hotting Up
The battle for access to data in oil and gas is seriously hotting up. It’s not too late to get in the fray.
17 May We Need Energy Assets To Be Built Better
The world is at the start of a golden age of energy infrastructure development. It is time bring all aspects of the energy asset build life cycle into the digital era by adopting the digital tools that have transformed so many other sectors.
10 May Renewed Cyber Worries in Oil and Gas
A fresh ransomware attack on an energy company reminds Boards that cyber threats are still real, and that energy infrastructure remains vulnerable.
03 May Recasting Energy System Resilience for the Digital Age Part 2
We need resilient energy systems. Our energy systems need to be tough and elastic to recover quickly from events and mishaps. But we now need them to be a bit more adaptive and agile (Part 2).
26 Apr Recasting Energy System Resilience for the Digital Age Part 1
We need resilient energy systems. Our energy systems need to be tough and elastic to recover quickly from events and mishaps. But we now need them to be a bit more adaptive and agile.
19 Apr A Digital Twin is More than Just a Clone
A digital twin of an operating facility is more than just a clone. It’s a unique and valuable asset in its own right.
12 Apr Fixing A Bad Fuel Tax Through Digital
A fossil fuel-producing jurisdiction has decided to tax electric cars because they exist. What does this mean for the future of transportation?
29 Mar NFTs And The Oil And Gas Industry
A non fungible token or NFT for a digital work of art sold recently for several million in crypto currency, which raises the question of how NFTs might apply to oil and gas.
22 Mar Digital and The Roadmap to Carbon Zero
Companies working in the energy sector are, or soon will be, on their own self-defined pathways to achieve carbon zero or carbon neutral business profiles. What does this even mean?
15 Mar In Conversation with Kenton Gray CTO Datagration
How can upstream oil and gas overcome its siloed processes and unconnected data to free up time for engineers, accelerate decision making, and improve decision quality, but without replacing everything? Through a platform approach to knowledge automation.
08 Mar Four Unexplained Things About Energy Transition
For all the talk about energy transition, many things remain unexplained. Here are four that puzzle me about how transition will work. At least they keep me amused.
01 Mar Ethically Driven Digital in Oil and Gas
For those interested in pursuing digital innovations in oil and gas, beware the ethical questions that lie just beneath the surface. Ethically driven digital is real.