Episodes

The Energy Question Episode 59 Stanley Ridgley, Author of the Best Seller, "Brutal Minds" In Episode 59 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Dr. Stanley Ridgley about his best-selling book, "Brutal Minds." "Brutal Minds" is a devastating critique of leftwing brainwashing of students taking place on our university campuses today. The book describes how an entire class of unqualified non-faculty administrators running Student Affairs departments on most college campuses in the U.S. ...

The Energy Question Episode #58: Josh Young, CEO Of Bison Interests In Episode #58 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon gets the low down on the current investment environment in energy markets, Josh Young, founder, and CEO of Bison Interests Enjoy. Thank you to USOGA for Sponsoring the Energy Question! Highlights of the Podcast 00:00 - Intro 02:36 - Josh summarizes the goals and objectives of his company, Bison Interests. 03:53 - Josh's opinions about recent news stories indicating Warre...

The Energy Question Episode 56 Andrew Dittmar, Director at Enverus Enjoy. Thank you to USOGA for Sponsoring the Energy Question! Highlights of the Podcast 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Andrew, just remind our viewers what your role is and Enverus and Talk about your background a little bit 02:12 - Talk about what happened in the Second Quarter here in the upstream sector 03:40 - What are the factors beyond that? Is it just the attractiveness of the assets or is there more at play there? 06:28 - I ...

The Energy Question Episode 57: Innovative Decarbonization Solutions for FPSOs In Episode 57 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Matt Mohajer with SLB and Greg Trostel with Rockwell about efforts by their companies and two other technology firms to develop innovative technologies designed to decarbonize Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSOs). FPSOs are massive and complex vessels used to facilitate to the development and production of oil and gas resources in ...

In Episode 55 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Christopher Messina, the dynamic CEO of Tanbreez, the company that owns the rights to develop the Tanbreez mine on the southern coast of Greenland.The Tanbreez mine was recently cited by Mining.com as the largest reserve of rare earth elements on the planet. In this interview, Mr. Messina details the promising status of the project and his efforts to secure both private and public funding to move the project forward. Tanbreez home ...

In Episode #55 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon talks with Texas Congressman August Pfluger about the proposed endangered species listing for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard.Cong. Pfluger recently introduced a bill that would prevent that listing, which could have a major detrimental impact to oil and gas activity in the Permian Basin, much of which is contained in his congressional district. Enjoy. Thank you to USOGA for Sponsoring the Energy Question! Run of Show Intro: 00:00 - Intro 00:23...

In Episode 54 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Michelle Bloodworth, the CEO of America's Power.America's Power is a Washington, DC-based trade association that represents the interests of the U.S. fleet of coal-fired power generation units.Enjoy. Thank you to USOGA for Sponsoring the Energy Question! Run of Show Intro: 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - Michelle talks about America's Power, its members, and its mission. 03:59 - Review of America's current coal fleet. 05:09 - Discussion ...

In Episode 51 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon spends 30 minutes with his podcasting partner for The Energy Transition Podcast, Irina Slav. Irina is one of the wittiest and most astute energy writers working today. She is a regular contributor at OilPrice.com and runs a must-read newsletter, Irina Slav on Energy, at Substack. Irina has that rare gift: She can make you laugh and make you think simultaneously. Enjoy. Irina Slav on Energy: www.irinaslav.substack.com Irina Slav at OilPrice: h...

In Episode 50 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon talks with Kip Eideberg, Senior VP at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) about issues impacting America's manufacturing sector. Run of Show Intro: Thank you to USOGA for Sponsoring the Energy Question! 01:00 - Kip Eideberg takes a few moments to talk about AEM and its mission. 04:40 - The heavy Texas footprint of AEM members. 05:50 - AEM's Midwestern origins, and how it has evolved. How has policy driven that? 08:30 - Recen...

In Episode 49 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Karr Ingham, EVP at the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, about his creation and maintenance of the Texas Petro Index. 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - Karr talks about his background and how he came up with the concept of the Texas Petro Index 05:29 - How the TPI is broken down by region 07:01 - Why the TPI is a good measure of the general health of the industry. Right. Historically? 10:50 - We had over 2000 rigs active at one point - ...

00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Talk about your background and the mission and the business objectives for, Sage Geo System 02:13 - Energy storage. What are the mechanics of that related to a geothermal project? 04:28 - The factors that have prevented geothermal from scaling up in a significant way over the past decade 06:06 - The mechanics of Geothermal - How deep underground heat is harvested and cost-effectively converted into electricity. 10:04 - Discussion about Infrastructure requirements a...

In Episode 47 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews his podcasting partner, Armando Cavahna, about the oil and gas situation in Brazil. 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Armando Cavanha's background and career 05:29 - President Lula's energy policies - how are they stacking up compared to Bolsonaro? 09:59 - Positive prospects for more development in Brazil 12:53 - BRICS - Brazil's involvement and possible expansion this year 19:27 - Petrobras developing the offshore; involvement by inte...

In Episode 46 of the Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Meredith Angwin, Author of "Shorting the Grid," about issues impacting the New England, Texas and national power grids. 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Where you can Find Meredith Angwin 03:46 - Burning a lot of oil 6:27 - lawsuit against New York State saying that by refusing to build pipelines a.)Jones Act 11:18 - Offshore Projects 20:04 -dichotomy is among the federal regulatory agencies 23:34 - Talks about the power generation 27:...

In Episode 45 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Dr. Tammy Nemeth, who co-hosts The Energy Transition Podcast along with David, Armando Cavanha and Irina Slav. In this 33 minute discussion, David and Tammy cover the landscape of energy-related issues impacting Canada and the UK. Run of Show: 00:00 -Intro 02:05 - LNG exports in Canada 07:45 - Efforts by the Trudeau government to displace coal-fired power plants in Canada without using natural gas to do it - why it's a pipe d...

In Episode 19 of the Texas Legislative Podcast, David Blackmon and Texas Alliance of Energy Producers President Jason Modglin review the final days of the 2023 Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, along with the first few days of the special session that began immediately after. [Follow us on Twitter at @JasonModglin, @TexasAllianceEP and @EnergyAbsurdity] Run of Show: Episode 19: Session Review/Special Session Preview - Standoff on property tax cuts – special session to resolve it unde...

In Episode 18 of the Texas Legislative Podcast, David Blackmon and Texas Alliance of Energy Producers President Jason Modglin cover the events of the week ending May 26 for the 2023 Session of the Texas Legislature. Run of Show: Episode 18: Week ended 5.26.2023 Only 3 days remaining in the 2023 legislative session - We appear to have a budget deal – $321.3 billion over 2 years, including a $17.6 billion cut in property taxes and many billions in new spending - Big movement on grid reliabili...

In Episode 44 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon engages in a somewhat prescient discussion about upstream mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity during the first quarter of the year with Andrew Dittmar, Director at Enverus. Andrew talks about the business, policy and market factors impacting the M&A space during 2023, and ends up identifying Chevron as one of the big potential buyers just weeks before Chevron announced its $7.6 billion buyout of PDC Energy on May 22. Run of Show: 0:00 - ...

In Episode 43 of The Energy Question, Host David Blackmon interviews Chuck McConnell, Executive Director at the University of Houston's Center for Carbon Management in Energy, about the huge potential for hydrogen hub development along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. Run of Show: 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - Chuck talks about his work at UH and the opportunity for carbon reduction projects like carbon capture and hydrogen development in Texas and Louisiana. 06:04 - What do we even mean when we ...

In Episode 17 of the Texas Legislative Podcast, David Blackmon and Jason Modglin, President of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers recap the progress made by the 2023 session of the Texas Legislature for the week ended May 19, 2023. [Follow us on Twitter at @JasonModglin @TexasAlliance EP @EnergyAbsurdity] Run of Show: Episode 17: Week ended 5.19.2023 Only 10 days remaining in the 2023 legislative session. - Property taxes – House agrees to homestead exemption expansion. But the bill wou...

In Episode 16 of the Texas Legislative Update, David Blackmon and Jason Modglin review the energy-related events for the week ended May 12, 2023. Run of Show: - This is Episode 16: Week ended 5.12.2023 - Just 19 days remain in the 2023 legislative session. It’s crunch time. - Non-Austin update: Voters in El Paso soundly rejected Proposition K, a terrible proposal that would have saddled the city with enormous debt and destabilized its power generation, all in the name of climate alarmism. Th...

In Episode 41 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Genevieve Collins, State Director for the Texas Chapter of Americans for Prosperity. 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Genevieve discusses her background and the mission of AFP Texas 03:02 - Talks about Americans for Prosperity and how it started 04:51 - Discussion of AFP's legislative agenda in Texas 06:01 - The importance of property tax cuts 09:18 - AFP's efforts related to charter schools 11:47 - Discussion on Education savings accou...

00:00 - Intro 01:11 - Take a few moments and tell us how Kayrros came about and the reasons why you went down the road of creating this company 06:24 - Kayrros method for obtaining the satellite information? 08:20 - Insights on what's going to happen in the future. How does that part of your business work? 11:17 - You mentioned ERCOT. Do you also do or are you also engaged in some of the other regional grids around the United States? Are you in other countries now or are you strictly in the ...

In Episode 15 of the Texas Legislative Update, David Blackmon and Texas Alliance of Energy Producers President Jason Modglin cover energy-related events in Austin for the Week ended May 5, 2023. [Follow us on Twitter at @JasonModglin @TexasAllianceEP and @EnergyAbsurdity] Run of Show: Happy Cinco de Mayo, Texas! Just 26 days remain in the legislative session for 2023 Ted Cruz attracted another formal challenger, congressman Colin Allred, who represents the 32nd district, where I live. Allre...

In Episode 39 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Tom Pyle, the President of the American Energy Alliance. Tom is one of the smartest advocates for real energy in the nation's capital, and brings an extensive knowledge of any and all related topics to the table. In this episode, David and Tom discuss the state of federal public policy in DC, and all the damage to our energy future being done by the Biden administration. Run of Show: 01:00 Tom gives a download about the AEA and w...