AI is shaking up oil and gas in all the best ways, and Todd Bush from Collide breaks it down like few can. He and Chuck dive into how automation is tackling tedious processes, think regulatory filings like W-10s and G-10s, and how AI is streamlining data extraction for mineral revenue statements. Todd shows off Collide’s enterprise AI system in action, revealing how it saves time, slashes costs, and helps operators make smarter, faster calls in the field. It’s a wild look at how machine learning is making oil and gas operations not just more efficient, but safer and a hell of a lot cooler.

00:00 - Intro

00:58 - How Todd and Chuck Met

05:04 - Lessons from Selling AI Software

09:42 - Selling Outcomes in AI

14:05 - Automation of G10s and W10s

17:00 - AI-Generated W10s Demo

20:55 - No Human Involvement Required

23:00 - Revenue Statement Extraction Demo

27:25 - Where Does AI Stop?

27:58 - Future of the AI Industry

32:18 - AI as an Enhancement Tool

32:50 - Automating Workflows for Strategic Time

33:07 - Outro

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Real-time frac data isn’t some future concept, it’s here, and it’s changing the way completions get done. Chuck Yates sat down with folks from ProFrac and Seismos to break down how AI, automation, and acoustic sensing are turning traditional fracking on its head. Matt Wilks and Panos Adamopoulos talk about ProPilot 2.0 and how closed-loop fracturing is giving operators instant feedback to fine-tune every stage. Then Larry Carroll and Steven Bourgoyne take it further, showing how machine learning and data-driven workflows are pushing completions toward adaptive, even autonomous, operations. From cutting costs to squeezing every drop of performance, this one’s a look at how the oilfield is starting to feel a lot more like sci-fi.

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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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