Miguel Peña is an entrepreneur and President & CEO of TenEx Technologies, a full-service laboratory, logistics, and service company focused on developing innovative chemical technologies that improve oil recovery. In this episode, host Mark Hinaman chats with Miguel about the company and his views on the energy industry as a whole. Show Notes: 00:30 Miguel's introduction to the oil & gas field and the genesis of TenEx Technologies 03:10 Business opportunity in the chemical space vs. frac...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Matthew Wald is an independent energy analyst and journalist who has worked for the New York Times and the Nuclear Energy Institute. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, he sits down with hosts Mark and Carolyn to discuss the climate crisis, nuclear power's potential, and the "mythology" in the public perception of solar. Show Notes: 01:08 Matthew's background with journalism and energy 06:25 Filling an energy knowledge gap at the New York Times 08:20 The energy sector's challenges from climate c...
Nov 15, 2021•54 min
Kathleen Nelson Romans works to develop and commercialize electric vehicle charging technology, serving as a bridge between Eaton's research division and business units to ensure that time and research will actually lead to revenue. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, she sits down with hosts Mark and Jake to discuss the current state of electric vehicle infrastructure, barriers to EV adoption, and even lab-grown meat. Show Notes: 00:34 Kathleen's role as business innovation engineer & what ...
Nov 08, 2021•48 min
Julia and Allie both worked in the renewable energy department at Invenergy. We review with them how Invenergy thinks about developing wind and renewable projects, considerations when developing, and thoughts on wind in the future. Show Notes: 02:14 Allie's background 02:51 Development cycle of a typical wind project at Invenergy 04:11 Challenges of making sure sites are construction-ready; interaction with landowners 07:21 Recent wind turbine technology changes; impacts on wind farm layouts 11:...
Nov 02, 2021•38 min
Prachi Mehta from the YPE Bay Area chapter and Tyler Micheli from the YPE Denver chapter come together to interview Smriti Mishra. Smriti is Director of Business Development and Strategy at Weave Grid, which provides electrification software for the scalable deployment of electric vehicles on the electric grid. Smriti has expertise in energy innovation, aggregation, and building industry collaborations. Prior to WeaveGrid, she was a Director at National Grid, a large Northeast utility where she ...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Andrew Leach is an energy and environmental economist and is Associate Professor at the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Queen’s University, and a B.Sc (Environmental Sciences) and M.A. (Economics) from the University of Guelph and recently completed an L.L.M. from the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta which will be conferred in 2021. His research spans energy and environmental economics with a particular interest in climate chan...
Aug 17, 2021•53 min
Christina Bernet is a licensed professional engineer and an executive coach based out of Denver, CO. She has a great message to share for young professionals on the importance of recognizing and developing leadership skills and how it can affect your career and the bottom line of your company. She also has a great story to share about how and why she arrived in her current role as an educator in leadership practices after a 10-year journey through the oil & gas industry as a reservoir engine...
Aug 03, 2021•34 min
Todd Wolff is the VP of Operations for Bison Oil and Gas, a small private upstream operator with assets throughout the United States. He's a wealth of technical knowledge around what is mechanically required to drill oil and gas wells and has built a fantastic career for himself. In this episode, we discuss: • Todd's career progression and how he's been able to work all around the world • Deep dive and discussion on downhole motors - this was bound to happen as a discussion between two engineers...
Jun 16, 2021•58 min
Episode 11 featuring Tisha Schuller, Principal of Adamantine Energy and author of The Gamechanger’s Playbook: How Oil & Gas Leaders Thrive in an Era of Continuous Disruption Tisha is a forward thinking visionary, and we love her ideas. In our podcast we discuss the future of the oil and gas (O&G) industry. “…What is our entrepreneurial destiny to bring the next wave of energy to the public?” We also discussed: • The paradox of decarbonization for O&G • Why millennials are the future ...
Mar 10, 2021•46 min
Saxon walks us through his career as an Origination Specialist, Invenergy's business model, and a slew of other great topics. We discuss: • Saxon's a self-made businessman from Illinois who wanted to make a career for himself in the energy space • He Worked for retail energy supplier called Nordic Energy Services scheduling electrical load and making gas nominations before transitioning to Invenergy • Invenergy owns and operates many of the plants they install and develop • Invenergy's bread and...
Nov 19, 2020•43 min
Barb is a self-made woman who wasn't afraid to cold call, transform herself, and build herself a career many people aspire for. We discussed: • Barb is a 3rd generation oil and gas professional who grew up in Bakersfield, CA • She's lived through multiple downturns throughout her career • She's worked in the environmental space and worked on projects such as filtering poisonous gases from wells in the 1980's • Note: She references 128,000 - that's the concentration of H2S in the gas stream. Unit...
Jan 27, 2020•45 min
Episode 004 featuring George Sharpe, Investment Manager at Merrion Oil & Gas (https://merrion.bz/) George was a wealth of knowledge and fascinating to talk to. We loved his perspective shaped by a career of investments - some good, some not so good. We discussed: • George's background in the industry • History of Merrion Oil & Gas • Morrow gas well purchased in a Clearing House auction which eventually turned $360,000 into $10,000,000 • The outreach and advocacy George has done for the e...
Jan 06, 2020•40 min
Episode 3 featuring Garrett Peterson, VP of Project Development at Pivot Energy (https://www.pivotenergy.net/) Garrett's an absolute stud. His knowledge about the entire solar development process was vast, and I'm sure you'll find the episode entertaining regardless of your background. We discussed: • Overview of solar development • Different types of solar development projects • NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) decision making • Landowner rights • Economics of solar • Financial stack of what it takes...
Dec 16, 2019•45 min
Deb's always super energetic, and her passion about the energy space made this episode super fun to record. We discussed: • Overview of reservoir engineering • Logistics of making partner and running a small (and then global) consulting firm • Ethical dichotomies between energy production and consumption • Simultaneously being named CEO of their firm and taking the firm through a sale process • Talent transition in the upstream space and what skills we're missing • Books Mentioned: Green Illusio...
Dec 02, 2019•52 min
Episode 1 featuring Mark Ruth, Manager of the Industrial Systems and Fuels Group at NREL (https://www.nrel.gov/). Mark was incredibly high energy and just a fantastic selection for a first episode for us. We discuss: • Peaking cycles for utilities and nuance around curtailment • Hydrogen electrolysis and storage locations for large volumes of hydrogen • Developments in nuclear energy • Career advice for new professionals in the energy industry Mark Ruth's LinkedIn profiles can be found here: htt...
Nov 16, 2019•46 min
Introduction to YPE. We discuss our purpose for starting the podcast, describe what we want to accomplish, and outline our mission for YPE. Mark Hinaman's LinkedIn profile can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhinaman/ Ellen Scott's LinkedIn profile can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-scott/ Jake Adamson's LinkedIn profile can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-adamson-ei-git-a3bba4103/
Nov 16, 2019•24 min
