innovation
04 Apr Digital and Energy Geopolitics
The world is getting a stark lesson on energy geopolitics and energy security in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. How do various digital innovations play into, and help reframe, the geopolitical landscape of energy?
28 Mar Tracing Fuel Has Never Been More Important Or Solvable Until Now
It has never been more important for fuel companies to track the provenance of their products, and the excuses why it can’t be done look increasingly hollow.
07 Mar SpaceX and Its Odd New Interest in Fossil Fuel
SpaceX’s odd new interest in traditional fossil fuel energy could underlie its interplanetary ambitions. Earthly energy suppliers should take note.
24 Jan Changing The Conversation About Energy Innovations
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10 Jan Finding Budget To Fuel Innovation In The Energy Sector
With all the pressures on energy businesses today, you can often find the technology budget you need to fund innovation hidden in plain view.
13 Dec Holiday Wish List for Oil and Gas Executives
It’s that time of the year when oil industry executives pin their stockings by the gas fireplace and drift off to sleep dreaming of Santa. Here’s their secret holiday wish list.
06 Dec The MetaVerse and Digital Energy
There’s been lots of chatter about the metaverse and its impacts on society, but what about the real world of digital energy? What’s the angle for merchants in electrons and molecules?
30 Aug How To Write The Killer Pitch
If you’re submitting a funding request to a competitive call for investment proposals, here’s some tips to help you make the killer pitch.
16 Aug The Rise of the Platform Solution
Platform solutions save time and money and improve business decision quality. And now there are even specific platforms for oil and gas....
09 Aug Eliminating Black Powder Contaminants—Interview with Black Powder Solutions
You might think that black powder is gun powder, but you’d be wrong. It’s a nasty industrial contaminant that slowly destroys your industrial equipment. You can remove it through magnetic filtration.
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.
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.
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.
08 Feb Digital ESG — How Digital Accelerates Your ESG Agenda (Part 2)
ESG and digital transformation pressures are hammering the fortunes of oil and gas, but digital can also help accelerate the ESG agenda. I call it Digital ESG. (part 2)