The Energy Pipeline

Reliable energy takes more than equipment. It takes people, planning, and infrastructure built to meet growing demand.
 
Sponsored by Cat Oil & Gas, Josh Lowrey hosts the Energy Pipeline Podcast live from Upright Digital Media Studios in Houston with Kathy Norris, VP of Enterprise Commercial Strategy and Strategic Accounts at Kodiak Gas Services.
 
Kathy discusses Kodiak’s people-first culture and the Kodiak Cares Foundation, her role supporting strategic customers through reliable natural gas infrastructure, and the importance of equipment performance, supply chain planning, and environmental readiness. The conversation also explores mentorship, career lessons, and natural gas's growing role in meeting rising power demands.
 
00:00 Podcast Welcome
00:55 Meet Kathy Norris
03:32 Kodiak Cares Story
06:49 Her Role Explained
09:58 ESG Meets Strategy
12:36 Career Path Power
16:52 Infrastructure Lifecycle
19:56 Supply Chain Deep Dive
23:08 Name Game Bosses
24:47 Lessons From Kathy
26:30 War Stories And Respect
28:49 Mentoring And Merit
30:44 Thinking Ten Steps
33:14 Future Of Natural Gas
34:40 Kodiak Growth Mindset
38:25 Personality And Persistence
40:03 AI And Supply Chain
43:56 Busy Culture At Kodiak
46:28 Wrap Up And Where To Connect

Offshore energy policy, global investment, and the Gulf’s economic impact are shaping the industry’s future.
 
On the Energy Pipeline Podcast, sponsored by Cat Oil & Gas, host Josh Lowrey is joined by a special co-host Mr. Stephen Preng of Preng & Associates. Together, they invited Erik Milito, president of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), to explore the policies and investments driving offshore energy.
 
Milito discusses Gulf of America production, the industry’s support for more than 400,000 jobs, and the importance of communicating offshore energy’s environmental progress and contributions to coastal communities.
 
00:00 Welcome and Co-Host
01:32 Introducing NOIA Guest
02:33 NOIA Mission and Community
04:07 Policy Uncertainty and COVID
05:48 Who NOIA Represents
08:42 Membership Growth and Competition
10:21 Deepwater Tech and Regulation
12:41 Durable Policy and Jobs
16:19 Telling the Industry Story
29:21 Tools for Better Messaging
33:09 Caterpillar Storytelling
34:16 Real HSE Commitment
36:01 Containment Readiness
37:30 Integrity and Collaboration
40:10 Aligning NOIA Members
42:52 Educating Policymakers
44:16 Workforce and TWIC Reform
46:17 AI Offshore Opportunities
51:20 Beyond the Gulf Leasing
01:01:54 Wrap Up and Thanks

In this special edition of the Energy Pipeline Podcast, sponsored by Cat Oil & Gas, recorded in Dubai, host Josh Lowrey interviews Keith Chometsky, Senior VP of Technology at Turnwell, about adapting the U.S. shale model to the UAE’s unconventional resources.

A joint venture between ADNOC Drilling, Patterson-UTI, and SLB. Turnwell has reduced drilling cycle times from 43 days to under 20 on average, while increasing fracturing efficiency from 1–2 to 8–10 stages per day. Keith also discusses supply chain challenges and the outlook for ADIPEC and the AIQ Global Energy Soirée.

00:00 Dubai Special Edition
00:49 Meet Keith Turnwell
01:23 Keith Career Journey
03:05 NOV Alumni Era
04:49 Caterpillar Show Setup
05:49 What Is Turnwell JV
06:46 Exporting Shale Playbook
07:35 Surprises In UAE
08:48 Scaling Unconventionals
10:44 Adapting And Training
12:44 Customer Culture Shift
13:54 Supply Chain Risk
14:38 Drilling Speed Breakthroughs
16:32 UAE Ambition Runway
18:08 What Success Looks Like
20:58 ADIPEC And Soiree Preview
23:47 Closing Thanks And Plug

The future of completions is being shaped by automation, AI, and machine learning.
 
On the Energy Pipeline Podcast, sponsored by Cat Oil & Gas, host Josh Lowrey welcomes Wayne Richards, President and CEO of GR Energy Services, to explore how technology is improving efficiency, reliability, and recovery across the oilfield.
 
Richards discusses robotic gun assembly, real-time machine learning, AI-enabled inspection, and the potential for more remote and autonomous wellsite operations.
 
00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro
00:54 Caterpillar Shoutout
01:52 Wayne Life Update
02:34 Oilfield Then vs Now
05:21 Rig Count and Completions Shift
06:06 Chasing Better Recovery
09:51 What Operators Want
12:16 GR Vertical Integration
15:08 Robotics and HSE Gains
18:49 Real Time Machine Learning
22:08 From 1981 to Today
27:09 Turning Data Into Value
27:43 Turning Data Into Action
28:43 Building Tools That Prevent Failures
30:20 Proving Value In The Field
32:14 Future Of Oilfield Services
35:22 Autonomous Wellsite Blueprint
38:07 AI Quality Control With X Ray
45:15 Entrepreneurial Culture And Safety
47:02 Mentorship And Giving Back
49:24 Closing Thoughts On Industry

At AIQ’s Media Day in Abu Dhabi, Josh Lowrey sits down with Dennis Jol, the Chief Executive Officer of AIQ, to talk about applied AI, agentic workflows, and how the company is expanding from its work with ADNOC into global markets.
They discuss how AIQ is tackling complex energy challenges, navigating sovereign data and cybersecurity requirements, expanding into North America, and building Genesis, its AI-native operating system for enterprise agents.

Sponsored by Cat Oil & Gas.

00:00 Welcome to Abu Dhabi
01:45 UAE Business Mindset
03:57 Inside AIQ Media Day
04:34 AIQ Origin Story
05:54 Where AIQ Fits in AI
09:54 Scaling AIQ Globally
10:19 Trust and Data Sovereignty
11:34 Applied AI Value Creation
16:00 North America Expansion
20:33 Genesis AI Operating System
24:32 ADIPEC Soirée Preview
27:10 ADIPEC Plans and Wrap