Round the Rotary with JP Warren

On this episode we have John Daniel (Founder - Daniel Energy Partners) join us to discuss the origins and the execution of his successful market intelligence report. We discuss that he gathers his information from actually getting out of the office, putting boots on the ground during his in-basin field trips, and actually talks with various people throughout our industry. We discuss the huge success of the "Thrive Energy Confe...

On this episode Jeff Allen (President YPA - Petroleum Club of Houston/Founder - Allen Energy Partners) and I meet up at the Petroleum Club to record this episode. We chatted about growing up in the industry with a O&G Wildcatter father, to him pursuing his fathers footsteps and starting his own company. We discussed the history of the Petroleum Club of Houston, how they have recruited new members, as well as the awesome network...

On this episode Tim Taylor (Founder - Midnight Marketing) joins us to discuss how his company operates and why it chooses to operate under the radar. For a marketing company that creates engaging marketing material, original content, and various oil and gas customers as clients, they choose not to market themselves and let their work speak for itself. We discuss creating content that people want to engage in and if it feels like an...

On this episode Cullen Cone (Operations/A&D - Tri-C Resources) joins us at the Petroleum Club of Houston where we dive into his background being 3rd generation oilfield and what life was like growing up. We discuss various internships he had throughout his college career, and how when an offer was pulled last minute, he was disappointed however looking back it was the best thing to happen to him.  We chatted about how pursuing ...

On this episode Celeste Shaffer (Operations Supervisor/Business Development Manager - Nabors Industries) joins us for a great conversation about her background and being first generation in the oil & gas industry. We chat about her decision after graduating UT in Petroleum Engineering, in going to work for a service company rather than an operator, as it was the people she would work with was a main motivator. We get into how t...

Great having Ryan Dawson (Founder/Chief Corvanaut - Corva) come on the show. As we were pressed for time (going to do a round two soon), we dove into his background and how he got into the Oil & Gas industry after being in Austin for 15 years working on other projects. He saw a need for a user friendly, cloud based, data analytics platform in the drilling side of the industry. We discussed the future of the industry, technology...

In this episode with have the coolest cats in the industry stop by to discuss a side passion project they started during the lockdowns of 2020. Seth Hill (Executive Account Manager - MS Directional) and Shayne Schurr (Regional Sales Manager - MS Directional) join us and talk to us all about snow cones! Not only have these two been friends since before their oilfield days, they also work together at MS Directional, as well as opened...

On this episode which was recorded at The Petroleum Club of Houston, we sit down with Yousuf Chaudhary (EVP - Atlas Operating LLC), where we just get deep into a whole range of topics from: his podcast (Oil Money Podcast), disrupters in our industry, snakes, being an individual, the American Dream achieved by his father who came over here from Pakistan not knowing English and $30 in his bank, his art of making deals, how he copes w...

On this episode Brett Chell (President/CEO at Cold Bore Technologies) joins us from his living room in Calgary with his dogs Frankenstein and Dracula. Brett has an extremely interesting story how he went from majoring in Art while in college to working on rigs for 8 years after college. From there he understood if he wanted to start any company in his future, he would have to learn about the financial side of the business. So he ho...

On this episode Will Cauley (Region Service Delivery Technical Manager at Baker Hughes) joins us and we chat about his background and how he pursued a Mechanical Engineering degree at LSU and joined the oilfield working offshore in his first role. These days it's rare to see someone with such long tenure at a company, but Will has over 18 years at Baker Hughes and we discuss his various roles he has taken throughout his career...

On this episode Bryson Varner (Account Manager / Technical Sales - Cathedral Energy Services) joins us and we dive into his upbringing and various jobs had growing up, and seeing a buddies garage motivated him to get into the oil industry. We discussed his critter videos on LinkedIn and how they began as well as some hilarious stories on some outtakes for them. Bryson then discusses what success means to him and how to measure it (...

On this episode TJ Dostal (President/Founder- Tejas Completion Services) sits down with us and discusses his background and what lead him into the oil and gas business. After various roles, the entrepreneur spirit began to take over. During the pandemic when many companies were hesitant and anxious about the future, TJ looked at it as an opportunity and began building a business plan. He viewed it as an opportunity to bet on himsel...

On this episode we have Ken Miller (CEO/Founder - Erdos Miller) join us where we discuss how he went from a high school internship at Texas Instruments to betting on himself and making the jump to pursue something he was passionate about and hoping into the oilfield. Through the advice of one of his earliest mentors: There is no such thing as job security" he made the leap to start his own company. Ken has a wonderful view on ...

On this episode David Reid (CTO/CMO - NOV & Founder redM Movement) joins us and gives us his unique pathway into the oil and gas industry from being an architect to challenging "the norm" O&G culture in his first role. We discuss how he builds and leads his teams, employment empowerment, what he looks for in people, and how he pursues new projects. We then dive into redM movement, which is a project he began 3 yea...

On this episode Chief Tauzin (VP - Sales at Ranger Energy Services) sits down with us and dives into his background and how he got into the oilfield, and how when he got into sales he was one of the youngest salespeople in Houston, as well as what he did to try and build relationships with a different demographic than his own. Building strong interpersonal relationships he attributes is a key to his success as well as active listen...

On this episode Alex Goodwin (Director - Sales & Marketing at Vertice Oil Tools) stops by and we dive into his background and how he got into the oil and gas industry (with some motivation from his twin brother who is also in the industry). We discuss his first several positions and what he learned by just going to location, then his drive to learn everything going on downhole helped propel him throughout his early career. From...

On Round the Rotary ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY we chat about something near and dear to my heart: Bourbon, more specifically, Texas Bourbon.  Emma Kahn (Bourbon Crusader) and the entire Garrison Brothers team/family for hosting us today at their distillery. We learned a ton about the process, people, and the pride of Texas Bourbon. We were able to learn more about Texas bourbon as well as sample some (a bunch) of their brown waters. For ...

On this episode Riley Norris (Technical Sales - Patriot Drilling Services / Brand Ambassador for Socorro Tequila / Founder of Bolt&Barrel Oil) joins us and we dive into his background in oil and gas and his first visit to the rig. We then dive into something that I find extremely interesting: hopping on opportunities for a secondary source of income. What's fascinating about Riley's story is that the products he repre...