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Welcome to Energy Bytes with John Kalfayan and Bobby Neelon. Your essential guide to the intersection of data and energy. This podcast dives deep into the world of energy, shedding light on how data, AI, and technology are revolutionizing this sector. Each episode equips listeners with insights into the most efficient tools and resources, paving the way for a data-driven future in energy. From technical nuances to broader industry trends, Energy Bytes offers an unparalleled perspective on the evolution of the energy industry. Join us as we decode the algorithms of energy, one byte at a time.2025 Digital Wildcatters, Inc Ciencia
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  • EP 83: Paul Brown from BDE Data

    EP 83: Paul Brown from BDE Data
    Apr 10 2026

    Paul Brown, Founder and Principal Engineer at BDE Data, joins John and Bobby all the way from Scotland for a conversation that covers a lot of ground. From his days as an international drilling engineer dodging pirates off the coast of West Africa to building WellSchematic.com and tackling the nightmare of digitizing 50-year-old multilingual well files, Paul is the rare person who speaks both languages fluently.

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    00:00 - Oil prices, energy costs, and life in Scotland vs Texas
    01:50 - Paul's background and path from drilling to data
    08:19 - WellSchematic.com and legacy well data as a service
    10:52 - Drilling war stories: West Africa and the Falklands
    15:00 - UK oil industry and energy policy
    34:41 - Legacy well file digitization
    38:06 - The PDF table extraction problem
    42:22 - Open source models vs foundational models
    44:31 - AI stack, data privacy, and cloud infrastructure
    51:54 - AI's role in the upstream industry
    56:04 - Getting tech adopted in the drilling world
    59:06 - Coding journey: from PHP and Laravel to Python
    1:02:22 - Advice for engineers getting into coding
    1:09:38 - Programming languages and AI-assisted development
    1:11:56 - Cursor and Claude Code
    1:13:55 - Speed round: Scotland, whiskey, and cloud platforms

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  • EP 82: John Ely, The Godfather of Frac

    EP 82: John Ely, The Godfather of Frac
    Mar 6 2026

    When you have 80 patents and a lifetime achievement award in hydraulic fracturing, you have seen some things. John William Ely, Founder of Ely and Associates Corp, and Jon Harper, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, talk frac history, pre-job diagnostics, the slick water revolution, geothermal, and why the industry keeps pumping the same thing and expecting different results.

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    0:00 - Intro and guest backgrounds
    3:25 - John William Ely's origin story
    7:45 - Offshore blowout and well control in the Middle East
    11:25 - How fracturing has evolved over 50 years
    19:30 - The slick water revolution and where we went wrong
    27:40 - Pre-job diagnostics and what operators overlook
    36:55 - Geothermal applications and completions challenges
    43:50 - Parent-child well interaction and offset communication
    47:00 - Refracing and diversion
    54:15 - Increasing recovery factor
    1:06:35 - Longer laterals, U-turn wells, and land-driven decisions
    1:12:35 - Knowledge gaps in the next generation of engineers
    1:25:20 - The untapped tight conventional opportunity
    1:30:02 - Advice for young engineers entering the industry

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  • EP 81: Deren, Dagen and Josh from Firm App

    EP 81: Deren, Dagen and Josh from Firm App
    Feb 27 2026

    Owner relations in oil and gas has been shoved in a corner forever, basically a "here's your check, don't call me" situation, and Deren Boyd, Dagen Boyd, and Josh Wright, co-founders of Firm App, are building the platform to fix that. These three started in oilfield safety software with iScout, got acquired by KPA, and now they're tackling the massive gap between operators and their surface and mineral owners with AI-powered multichannel communication. We're talking voice agents with adjustable accents, auto-responding emails, chat widgets that actually work, and an owner-facing app that puts payment info and well data in people's pockets. Plus the OKC crew gives their take on Devon and Expand relocating and what that means for the city.

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    0:00 Devon and Expand leaving OKC, what it means on the ground
    4:42 What is owner relations and why has it been ignored
    7:18 Timing and the generational shift driving tech adoption
    10:10 How operators have been duct-taping owner relations together
    12:05 The owner-facing app and multichannel approach
    14:38 AI voice agents, email auto-response, and chatbot workflows
    18:15 Building and rebuilding AI architecture every six months
    21:29 Under the hood on voice AI, latency, and conversation nuance
    26:37 School districts, 10,000 page websites, and unexpected use cases
    34:58 The iScout origin story and oilfield safety software
    42:17 Getting thrown in the penalty box and winning work back with data
    46:13 Revenue statements, vendor portals, and what owners actually ask about
    52:24 NAPE plans and the land community
    54:48 Business model and implementation timeline
    55:58 NIL, college athletics, and the dumpster fire
    1:04:36 Dev tools, Claude Code, and the future of SaaS

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