Episodes 86
Avg. Duration 1h 11m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.2 (5)
Since Jul 2023
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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26%
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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.

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EP 83: Paul Brown from BDE Data

Apr 10, 2026 1h 21m Transcript

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…

EP 82: John Ely, The Godfather of Frac

Mar 06, 2026 1h 35m Transcript

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…

EP 81: Deren, Dagen and Josh from Firm App

Feb 27, 2026 1h 10m Transcript

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…

EP 80: Kayla Ball from SensorUp

Feb 20, 2026 1h 25m Transcript

Bobby Neelon and John Kalfayan sit down with Kayla Ball to break down why the methane compliance space is stuck in the trough of disillusionment, how she ended up cleaning up Petra's flat file…

EP 79: Hussein Shel from AWS

Feb 13, 2026 1h 8m Transcript

Hussein Shel, CTO and head of business development for energy and utilities at Amazon Web Services, joins Bobby and John to talk about his journey from Chevron engineer to cloud technology leader.…

Collide AI 2025 Wrapped Part 1: Why Forward Deployed Engineers Ship When AI Pilots Fail

Dec 23, 2025 49m Transcript

Collide AI 2025 Wrapped Part 1 turns into a real talk on why forward deployed engineers win where AI pilots stall, with Michael Cortez, John, and Nick Smart swapping war stories from completions,…

EP 78: Bruce Holman & Corey Scott from Energy Payables

Dec 05, 2025 1h 10m Transcript

Bruce Holman and Corey Scott showed up ready to blow up the idea that accounts payable has to be slow, messy, and stuck in the past. They walked us through how Energy Payables is flipping the script…

EP 77: Justin McBroom, Operations Data Specialist

Nov 28, 2025 1h 13m Transcript

Justin has a way of making the oilfield and the data world feel like they’ve always belonged together. He walked us through how he’s helped teams untangle messy workflows, clean up data quality…

EP 76: Christy Hopkins & Philip Heggelund from PandoScape

Nov 07, 2025 1h 19m Transcript

PandoScape is on a mission to make data actually make sense. We sat down with Christy Hopkins and Philip Heggelund, the CEO and CTO duo behind the company, to talk about how they’re untangling the…

EP 75: Rudy Lacovara from PetroBricks

Sep 26, 2025 1h 5m Transcript

Rudy Lacovara is on a mission to untangle the messy data spaghetti that runs through oil and gas. He built PetroBricks to be the “Zapier for energy”, a way to connect clunky systems, automate the…

EP 74: Husam Rahman from aai agency

Sep 19, 2025 1h 8m Transcript

AI is shaking things up in oil and gas, and Hussam Rahman is right in the middle of it. He’s the founder of AAI Agency and the brains behind tools like Petri, a copilot built for engineers, and the…

EP 73: Steven Barrow from Patronus Energy

Sep 12, 2025 1h 2m Transcript

AI is no longer just a buzzword in oil and gas, it’s reshaping how the entire industry works. Steven Barrow grew up as a fourth-generation oilfield guy, but instead of sticking with tradition, he’s…

EP 72: Scott Casso from Casso Land

Sep 05, 2025 1h 3m Transcript

AI isn’t just creeping into oil and gas, it’s blowing the doors open. Scott Casso from Casso Land & Imaging Services walked us through how his team is dragging decades of dusty, “dark” data into…

EP 71: Mathias Lia Carlsen from whitson

Aug 15, 2025 1h 14m Transcript

Mathias has a knack for shaking up an industry that doesn’t exactly love change, and he’s doing it from the inside. As CEO of Whitson, he’s bringing petroleum engineering software into the cloud era,…

EP 70: Michael Egan from Bunting Labs

Aug 08, 2025 1h 9m Transcript

AI and GIS might not sound like the flashiest combo, until you hear what Bunting Labs is cooking up. Michael Egan breaks it down with John and Bobby: how they’re turning old-school geologic maps into…

EP 69: Bella Kelada-Khalil from Midnight Marketing

Jun 27, 2025 1h 21m Transcript

AI isn’t just showing up in oil and gas, it’s kicking the door down. We hung out with Bella Kelada-Khalil from Midnight Marketing, who’s diving headfirst into petroleum engineering and AI after…

EP 68: Cameron Snow from Danomics

Jun 20, 2025 1h 11m Transcript

Tired of clunky geoscience software that feels like it was built in the '90s? Same. That’s why we brought on Cameron Snow from Danomics to talk about how his team is shaking things up. He’s built a…

EP 67: Jeff Krimmel from Krimmel Strategy Group

Jun 13, 2025 1h 13m Transcript

If you've ever wrestled with messy datasets, legacy code, or trying to get executives to actually *use* data, you’ll get a kick out of this one. We sat down with Jeff Krimmel from Krimmel Strategy…

EP 66: Cam Sinclair from SmartChain

Jun 06, 2025 1h 3m Transcript

SmartChain is on a mission to kill off the chaos of clunky contracts in oil and gas and they might actually be pulling it off. We caught up with their co-founder Cameron Sinclair, who’s turning heads…

EP 65: Brandon Davis from AFE Leaks

May 23, 2025 1h 4m Transcript

We're lifting the curtain on the mysterious world of energy data transparency with the guy who's shaking things up at AFE Leaks. He's on a mission to break open the hidden details around oil and gas…

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