Blog
24 Aug Stop Buying Digital. Start Being Digital
There is a difference between buying digital (the default position in oil and gas) and being digital (the default position of young people). Oil and gas must be digital to have any hope of attracting top talent in the future.
06 Jul Are Gasoline Stations Doomed?
Have you ever wondered about the impact of digital technologies on gas stations? What’s to become of the thousands and thousands of gas stations in the low carbon future?
29 Jun Happy Canada Day 2020
Happy Canada Day! Here’s my top 10 most admired features of this great country. Have a safe holiday, whatever you’re up to.
22 Jun Transforming Capital Projects Using Digital
The oil and gas industry spends hundreds of billions each year on new capital projects. An effort by a group of international producers should eventually improve the efficiency of that spend.
15 Jun Digital Track and Trace Comes to Pipelines
Sometimes it takes a shock to a system to accelerate a change already underway. Such a shock brought the concept of track and trace to the infrastructure sector. We should all be grateful.
08 Jun Clear Out Your Hedgehogs
The collapse of oil prices and the ravages and the possibilities of the pandemic are becoming clear. Management in oil and gas should be going after those cute but problematic hedgehogs guarding the status quo.
01 Jun How Refinery Mergers Create Value Through Digital
If in these challenging times you’re able to acquire a struggling competitor, digital innovations are a compelling means to capture value.
25 May Memorial Day 2020
Wishing you an extra safe Memorial Day for May 25, 2020.
11 May Only The Low Cost Survive
I’ve been through many oil market cycles, and there is but one truth. Only the low cost survive.
04 May What Digital Feels Like to an Oil and Gas Professional
Oil, gas and services companies intent on adopting digital (and that means all of you), should be helping their employees deal with some uncomfortable truths and deeply unsettling feelings.
27 Apr The Time of the Digital Ecosystem is Nigh
Successful industries have successful ecosystems. Now is the time for the digital ecosystem to help reshape and reform oil and gas, and capitalize on the opportunity.
20 Apr A Post Pandemic Oil and Gas Industry Comes Into View
The outlines of a future oil and gas industry, shaped by the global pandemic, are starting to emerge.
11 Apr Happy Easter and Passover!
Spring is a time for renewal, and this year is abundant with good reasons for change. COVID-19 is knocking at the door, a global recession is in full throat, and oil markets are in shocking turmoil....
06 Apr Dance the (Con)Tango — Making Money With Cheap Oil
I was recently contacted by a friend in Germany seeking some insights into the current oil market. What happens when the supply of oil overshoots the demand for oil? This post explores the curious world of contango oil markets.
30 Mar Interview With Mark Fiala of ProductionAR
This is a transcript from a podcast I recorded with Mark Fiala, Founder and CEO of ProductionAR, about the use of augmented reality in industrial settings to improve the productivity and safety of workers.
23 Mar Improve Business COVID19 Resilience Using Digital Technology
It looks like we’re all confined to quarters until further notice. But that doesn’t mean industry comes to a halt. Digital tools can help keep business moving.
16 Mar How Boards Exercise Their Accountabilities for Digital in Oil and Gas
It is the Board’s responsibility to hold management’s feet to the fire in addressing digital impacts on the industry, but how exactly is that to be done? What should the board be monitoring?
09 Mar How COVID-19 Is A Lot Like a Digital Virus
The novel corona virus number 19 is laying waste to people, industries and economies, but what lessons does this human viral scourge have to teach those of us embracing digital in oil and gas?