This episode is packed with big-picture energy talk and some seriously nerdy (but fun) data breakdowns. John Kalfayan from collide. and Chuck start with what’s really happening in oil and gas today before shifting into the challenges of putting AI to work in the field. From there, things get deep: contract dedications, what RAG actually means, how data chunking works, and the never-ending battle with duplicate info. We also weigh the costs of storage, querying, and running models, plus the tradeoffs between RAG and foundational models. If you’ve ever wondered about vector databases, data strategy, or just why we have a rant about sand, it’s all here. By the end, we hit on the human side too: education, privacy, and making sure the right people can access the right data.

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