In this episode of Uncapped with Executive Roustabouts, Jon Krome sits down with Dennis Creech, a seasoned executive with over thirty-eight years of experience in upstream oil and gas, including leadership roles at Shell, Aera Energy, and Hess. Creech's career has taken him across the globe, from North America to West Africa, giving him a uniquely broad perspective on global supply chain management, contractor relations, and Lean business improvement. Now serving as the president and CEO of Modumetal, a metals manufacturing startup, he brings a wealth of practical insight into how operational rigor, financial discipline, and cross-cultural leadership intersect in one of the world's most complex industries.

The conversation ranges widely across the strategic and operational challenges facing energy leaders today. Creech challenges conventional procurement thinking, arguing that true cost efficiency comes from rethinking the quantity of work rather than simply negotiating lower prices. He shares powerful stories from the field, including a lesson on aligning contractor objectives that reveals how executive assumptions can disconnect from frontline reality. The discussion also explores the evolving role of AI and robotics in upstream operations, the importance of resilient and nearshored supply chains in a geopolitically uncertain world, and how leaders must cultivate both technical expertise and emotional intelligence to drive organizational performance.

Listen to the full conversation for a thoughtful and practical look at leadership, operational excellence, and the future of energy from an executive who has spent nearly four decades navigating the industry's toughest challenges.

In this episode of Uncapped with Executive Roustabouts, Jon Krome sits down with Greg Hill, former President and Chief Operating Officer of Hess Corporation, for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, global energy, operational excellence, and the future of oil and gas.

Greg reflects on his Wyoming roots, the leadership lessons he carried from rodeo culture into the boardroom, and the importance of humility, resilience, trust, and servant leadership. He also shares perspective from a career spanning more than 40 years and 56 countries, including lessons learned from leading across cultures, building high-performance teams, and creating long-term supplier partnerships rooted in trust rather than price alone.

The conversation also dives into lean manufacturing in oil and gas, the role of reliability and waste reduction in operational performance, America’s strategic energy advantage, LNG, AI, material science, fusion, and why Greg believes the industry may be entering a new exploration renaissance.

This is a thoughtful and candid conversation with one of the industry’s most experienced leaders on what it takes to lead well, innovate responsibly, and keep oil and gas competitive in a changing world.

In Episode 5 of Uncapped with Executive Roustabouts, Jon Krome sits down with longtime drilling and completions executive David Bert for a wide-ranging conversation on offshore operations, shale development, LNG, leadership, and the future of oil & gas.

Dave reflects on his career journey from Mobil and Amoco to BP, Chesapeake, and Southwestern Energy, sharing stories from the North Sea, Thunder Horse, Haynesville, and some of the industry’s most technically challenging drilling environments. The conversation explores lessons learned from Deepwater Horizon, leadership in high-pressure operations, and why collaboration and communication matter more than ever in modern energy development.

Jon and Dave also dive into the technologies shaping the future of drilling and completions, including AI, real-time operations centers, rotary steerable systems, managed pressure drilling, and the growing role of automation in engineering workflows. They discuss LNG demand growth, AI data centers competing for natural gas feedstock, the long-term outlook for Haynesville gas, and what the future may hold for the next generation of oil & gas professionals.

Along the way, the episode mixes technical insight with stories from the field, practical jokes from the early Mobil days, thoughts on LANDMAN and Deepwater Horizon, and candid perspectives on what truly creates value inside an upstream organization.