Chuck and Josh talk all things fundraising for energy investments - the role of content, connecting on an emotional level, ESG headwinds, and why Chuck’s girlfriend made him go clothes shopping before meeting her parents. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a vi...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 126
Chuck and Anne chat about a wide range of issues facing America’s largest independent oil and gas producers - educating politicians, guerrilla warfare tactics from the “other side”, Obama actually celebrating the Shale Revolution, and more. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click...
Jul 12, 2023•50 min•Ep. 125
Chuck and Campbell wonk out on the ERCOT grid. Do we hook to the rest of the US? Stay solo? It’s a complicated engineering, political and expensive proposition. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the episode transcrip...
Jun 28, 2023•59 min•Ep. 124
Your weekly dose of energy news with Chuck Yates, Collin McLelland, Mark Myer, and Kirk Coburn: we talked about Joe Rogan, Norway's energy sustainability, IEA energy predictions, Steve Nicks, and of course the finger of the week. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to wa...
Jun 21, 2023•45 min•Ep. 123
Chuck has a wide-ranging chat with Russell Gold, who before joining Texas Monthly covered energy for the Wall Street Journal for twenty years. They talk about Russell’s most recent article about the Craddick family (owning while regulating oil and gas interests and getting rich), Texas politics, the importance of storytelling, and the future of energy. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at c...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 122
While there’s much to criticize about ESG (environmental, social, governance), the simple truth is that investors are demanding it. So Chuck and Dan chat about what ESG is, what’s going to be required, strategies to energy companies can use to “get ahead” of it, and what is truly the case for energy. Learn more about Ironsight: https://bit.ly/3XkMj0W Learn more about Chronos Energy: https://bit.ly/43o0ILP Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge conte...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 121
Chuck and Ken chat about a lot of stuff - hanging out with Bono, building the premier private equity energy franchise, his new book The Fastest Tortoise, stripping at Richard Rainwater’s funeral, how to evaluate a deal, how to hire people and what’s the fine if you return a book late to the Bush Library. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your ca...
May 24, 2023•50 min•Ep. 120
Chuck chats with Deanna, head of the Commodities practice at DLA, one of the largest law firms on the planet. And the talk is all about carbon which is rapidly emerging as a tradable commodity. Who are the sellers? Buyers? How are these carbon deals getting done? Structured? Priced? Carbon is going to be a big freaking deal. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with expe...
May 17, 2023•46 min•Ep. 119
Chuck and midstream/natural gas storage industry veteran Dave Marchese of Caliche wonk out on current CO2 legislation before the Texas legislature. Basically, the rules for carbon capture are being debated, clarified, and set. Various bills are working through the pertinent issues: pore space, unitization, ownership, pollution credits, limiting liability for CO2 migration, franchise tax exemptions, etc. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content...
May 10, 2023•42 min•Ep. 118
Chuck chats with safety/compliance consultant Alma Cook who just happens to be an expert on the Bakken and a bad ass musician. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Alma Cook Intro 00:50 -...
Apr 26, 2023•49 min•Ep. 117
Chuck chats with longtime energy investor Sean Maher about what investors are thinking these days, what the energy business is working through on its transition path, and where to put your money. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click...
Apr 19, 2023•50 min•Ep. 116
Your weekly dose of energy news with Chuck, Mark, and Kirk. We riffed on the post-OPEC production cuts, ExxonMobil buying Pioneer Natural Resources Company (the annual rumor mill), Macron and Xi, a deep dive on French energy policy, and of course the Masters. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technic...
Apr 12, 2023•53 min•Ep. 115
Chuck drinks too much. The energy business drinks too much. We need to know why and what the fuck we do about it. So Chuck talks to Guy Yeadon the best addiction counselor on the planet. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to ...
Apr 05, 2023•53 min•Ep. 114
Chuck chats with Kelly, a former Green Peace activist, and current environmentalist journalist, about climate change, what “her people” are thinking vs what “Chuck’s people” are thinking, and how we can come together as opposed to killing each other. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questi...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 113
The solicitor general of Louisiana is running for AG so she and Chuck chat suing the state of California on their alligator skin ban (Louisiana is the biggest exporter of alligator skin), the Federal government is evil, they are tracking your carbon score and what she plans to do when in office. Chuck’s not sure exactly what her politics are but she’d be his first call if he ever needed a lawyer. She’s a pistol. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edg...
Mar 22, 2023•50 min•Ep. 112
Chuck and his partner in crime on the BDE Show deep dive into Deloitte's recent oil and gas M&A report. Lots of great facts on 2022 deals. Breakdown of predictions for 2023. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 - Intro 01:22 - D...
Mar 15, 2023•41 min•Ep. 111
The Rice Business School podcast hosted by Scott Gale of Halliburton Labs had Chuck on to talk life… Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - Rice University Overview 05:50 - Ri...
Mar 01, 2023•48 min•Ep. 110
Chuck, Collin, and Sydney chat about Digital Wildcatters' upcoming Empower Conference, March 8-9th at 713 Music Hall in Houston. This is a must-attend event. The only bitcoin mining conference designed specifically for energy industry participants. You don't have to become a Bitcoin Miner, but you damn sure need to understand what a powerful tool Bitcoin Mining can be for the energy industry. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and power...
Feb 22, 2023•25 min•Ep. 109
Chuck and Daniel chat about his career which is basically a walk through the energy business over the past twenty-five years. Banking at BOA; MLPs, E&Ps at Atlas Operating; today buying natty minerals. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this epis...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 108
Justin asked Chuck to come on his podcast Wicked Energy, so he did...and shit got real. They eventually got around to energy but started out on mental health in the industry. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the epi...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 107
Chuck and Dan chat about the political landscape in Washington D.C., what's happening with energy policy, what the IPAA want to get done, and how we can get things done. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the episode ...
Feb 02, 2023•53 min•Ep. 106
A PE Bro and a Hedge Fund Dude chat investing and the upcoming super cycles in uranium and oil. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - What is Praetorian Capital 02:45 - Life ...
Jan 25, 2023•47 min•Ep. 105
The author of "Out Here on Our Own: An Oral History of an American Boomtown", J.J. Anselmi joined Chuck and talked about Rock Springs, Wyoming - its boom and bust cycles that are unfortunately all too common in "extraction" communities. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click her...
Jan 18, 2023•53 min•Ep. 104
Veteran industry scout, Greg Kane is back. As a follow-up to our 12/2/20 where Greg laid out his Buda theory - that EOG was hiding a super-giant oilfield in East Texas, Greg unleashes. He doubles down on Budagate, details Jerry Jones burgeoning Deep Bossier play in Robertson and Leon counties, and tells a story of kidnap and drugging in an effort to silence him. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online comm...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 103
Chuck has the mic to himself this week…(this is your warning). Here’s what to expect: Happy New Year from Chuck The roller coaster of self-reflection Chuck had over the holidays And lastly: Chuck Yates Needs a Wife… wait what?! We promise the Chuck Wife theme song makes the seven minutes worth it! Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, a...
Jan 04, 2023•8 min•Ep. 102
Chuck chats with hedge fund manager, commodities trader, high-stakes poker player, film producer, and author, Bill Perkins. Chuck and Bill discuss how a commodity hedge fund can generate outsized returns in natural gas - a space where billions of dollars trade daily. Bill tells about buying Ernie Barnes' iconic painting "The Sugar Shack" for $15 million at an auction. Chuck said afterward "I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, and I knew he bought it!" Bill also shares his philosophy for ...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 101
Chuck chats with Jeremy and Ryan about their energy technology venture funds. How has Covid changed companies' approach to technology? How is energy transition changing their opportunity set? What are investors thinking, saying, and doing these days? Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at https://collide.io Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical ...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 100
Did you know the average kid in the foster system is approached by a human trafficker 24-36 hours after their 18th birthday? So Chuck and Sean talk about Covenant House Texas and how it helps homeless and runaway kids avoid the dangers of the street and become self-sufficient adults. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at https://collide.io Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask C...
Nov 23, 2022•39 min•Ep. 99
Chuck chats various details of the JFK assassination with Matt Crumpton, the creator, and host of the upcoming podcast Solving JFK. Topics covered the mystery of Ralph Yates and his encounter with "Oswald", where was Oswald immediately before and immediately after the shooting, why didn't Oswald take the easy shot, is the murder of Officer JD Tippit the Rosetta Stone of the assassination, Chuck's personal chat with Earl Rose who should have performed the autopsy on JFK, why was Nixon in Dallas, ...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 98
Chuck chats about the key issues facing the energy industry with noted investors Marshall Adkins, Stacey McDonald, Brad Olsen, and Ahmad Atwan. Why is Europe imploding, who blew up Nord Stream, the SPR drawdown, the Inflation Reduction Act, future trends, and where to put your money. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide...
Nov 09, 2022•45 min•Ep. 97
