I first met Doug Sandridge a year or so ago. He was giving a talk to the DAPL about the challenges to the energy transition. There are a lot of them and Doug did what Doug does, he researched them all. Our chat, his presentation and his work teaching at OU draw on that research and he carefully and meticulously investigates each challenge. This week, the HTOTDPodcast goes Joe Rogan style (2 hours and 30 minutes!) and we talk about...

In honor of Zoom falling 15% as a reminder “people do go on living despite the best wishes of politicians”, we are bringing back the 15 minute #hottakeoveryourcommute! Too bad all that oil from the SPR will just be sold to China and India since we don’t use the grade we are selling.

We had a lot of fun at the Hitachi Vantara Topgolf event in Houston tonight. Thank you to everyone who attended! As an aside, I have to say in an unpaid promotions, if you haven’t done Topgolf, even if you aren’t a golfer, you are really missing out! It’s a brilliant concept and as a golfer, the good news is when your colleagues tire of beating balls down the range, well… it’s the most practice I’ve done in a...

It had been a hot minute since we had Mark Rossano on to talk data and with unemployment at 5.9%, inflation being called transitory and the federal reserve meeting this week with the debt ceiling looming …. I thought it was time we get an update. As always, we cover a lot. Because data is good, interpretation is better. I hope you enjoy.

When I met Kendall Johnson 3 months ago, I was fascinated by the progression in the way “supply chain management” is looked at. Kendall works for a large independent oil and gas company in the US and has spent most of his career thinking about logistics, cost management and how to make things more efficient. As our usual “HTOTD” conversations go, we hit global supply chains, diversity and inclusion as a check box vs. it’s original intent and what comes...

For episode 125, we thought we would do something different. Jon Wolf and I don’t know each other, but we have exchanged lots of DMs debating data and statistics and nuance. Since Peter Zeihan, Bill Brandenburg and Stephen Vladeck are all very happy to share opinion pieces but not be debated on their positions, Jon stands in. It’s a fun discussion and the reason I think long form podcasts will replace mainstream media circa Joe Rogan who is already the most...

#hottakeoftheday podcast Episode 124 w/Alex Kuiper Mr. Alex Kuiper counsels a variety of energy industry clients in multiple legal facets. His legal practice focuses primarily on oil and gas law, employment law, and bankruptcy law. Kuiper routinely acts as outside counsel for private equity oil and gas companies as well as fortune 500 companies. Throughout his career, Kuiper has assisted hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth in corporate acquisitions, authored countless oil and gas title opinions, and participated in civil disputes...

In the third hard core energy podcast for this week, I’m excited about this repeat guest. For those who have heard me live, you know in all my speeches I reference Robert Bryce and his book ‘A Question of Power,’ his movie Juiced’ on Amazon Prime and his podcast ‘Power Hungry’. There are a lot of reasons that his is the podcast I listen to most, as the educational caliber on very energy specific issues is high. But I’ve...

Another day, another hard core oil and gas podcast with Chris Atherton, the CEO of EnergyNet. We talk M&A, market trends and the federal lease sale in September 2018 that coincided with the sale of OneEnergy Partners and the transition from the old “acquire and flip” to the “drill your returns” model for private equity back companies. Enjoy!