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June 29, 2026
How One Mapping Tool Powers Oil Rigs, Armies, and Starbucks
<p>Maps quietly run the entire oil and gas world, you just never noticed. This one breaks down GIS without the jargon, from Google Earth doodles to the software that decides exactly where to drill. Richard Webb and Zach Harlan of Exprodat explain how mapping tech places wells, dodges the neighbor's boundary, and powers everything from Zillow to the military. Plus drilling on Mars, conspiracy toll roads, and why there are no dumb questions when the whole planet is your dataset. </p><p>Click here to watch a video of this episode.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.<br></strong>Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward.<br><strong>Apply today at </strong><a href="http://collide.io/"><strong>collide.io</strong></a></p><br>00:00 What URTeC is and why mapping matters<br>03:40 Life as a map and rock guy<br>06:42 What GIS means and the old guesswork days<br>08:40 The pro software behind the maps<br>10:29 Who uses these tools and how they learn<br>14:40 Placing wells and the horizontal revolution<br>19:11 Customizing every answer for the customer<br>24:19 Data overload and the days before GIS<br>29:45 Famous drilling mistakes and how basins differ<br>34:20 Finding things in an ocean of blue<br>38:26 AI, Collide, and toll road conspiracies<br>42:44 GIS everywhere, from the military to Starbucks<br>44:53 Mapping the sky and outer space<br>48:21 Breaking into GIS and drilling on Mars<p>https://twitter.com/collide_ai</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/collide.io</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/collide.io</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io</p><p>https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai</p>
June 15, 2026
The Tiny Material That Could Replace Sand In Fracking
<p>Those giant pyramids of sand at every frac site exist for one reason, and it turns out the industry might be quietly running short on the good stuff. Curtis Wilie and Josh Johnson of Superior Energy Services break down how a coal byproduct called fly ash is shaking up the proppant game, why something three times finer than sand outperforms it, and how pulling forgotten barrels from legacy wells could matter more than drilling new ones. Plenty of analogies, zero shame about the dumb questions.</p><p><a href="https://app.collide.io/content/4o6hUML">Click here to watch a video of this episode.<br></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.<br></strong>Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward.<br><strong>Apply today at </strong><a href="http://collide.io/"><strong>collide.io</strong></a></p><br><a href="https://share.transistor.fm/s/08b5f694/transcript" title="Click here to view the episode transcript.">Click here to view the episode transcript.</a><br> <br>00:00 Why there's sand everywhere on a frac site<br>01:00 How hydraulic fracturing actually works<br>04:00 River frac in the 1930s and the search for the right proppant<br>06:00 The sand economy and a looming supply squeeze<br>09:00 Where sand comes from and the Permian conveyor belt<br>16:00 Meet EcoReach: fly ash instead of sand<br>19:00 Lighter, stronger, finer, and how it travels farther<br>21:00 Unlocking micro fractures and trillions of trapped barrels<br>25:00 Sourcing ash from coal plants worldwide<br>29:00 Walnut shells, steel balls, and other proppant experiments<br>30:00 Skipping the blender and pumping at six barrels a minute<br>33:00 Flowing like water and getting 90 percent of fluid back<br>35:00 The floor jack analogy for frac initiation<br>37:00 The godfather story and balancing the proppant triangle<br>43:00 Who's adopting it and the case for refracs<p>https://twitter.com/collide_ai</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/collide.io</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/collide.io</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io</p><p>https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai</p>
June 5, 2026
The NASA Technology Now Tracking Oilfield Methane
<p>Methane is invisible, odorless, and far more potent than CO2 in the short term, so how do you actually catch it leaking? Brendan Smith, CEO of SeekOps Inc., explains how technology built for the Mars Curiosity rover ended up flying on drones over oil and gas sites here on Earth. We get into spectrometers versus satellites, why offshore detection is so tricky, what EU methane rules mean for US operators in 2027, and how SeekOps turns an invisible gas into something you can finally see.</p><p><a href="https://app.collide.io/content/aBoGQYm">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.<br></strong>Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward.<br><strong>Apply today at </strong><a href="http://collide.io/"><strong>collide.io</strong></a></p><br><a href="https://share.transistor.fm/s/401cfb14/transcript" title="Click here to view the episode transcript.">Click here to view the episode transcript.</a><br> <br>00:00 Setup and the Power Hour combo<br>02:24 Crossing paths back in 2019<br>04:14 From PhD dropout to CEO<br>05:24 JPL, the first patent, and Mars rover tech<br>12:34 How a drone measures a methane plume<br>13:49 Ground, drones, planes, and satellites<br>19:00 Spinning out of JPL and the Equinor bet<br>24:55 What methane is and why it matters<br>29:01 Net zero and EU methane regulation<br>32:00 LNG, coal, and offshore detection<br>42:10 Lidar, photogrammetry, and 3D models<br>45:36 What's overhyped and the road ahead<br>49:24 Why Austin, and the Houston debate<br>53:16 Wrap up<p>https://twitter.com/collide_ai</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/collide.io</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/collide.io</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io</p><p>https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai</p>
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