{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To","title":"Why AI and Oil Are Fighting Over the Same Turbines","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/18fb2bab\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4110,"description":"Micro turbines hitting 83% efficiency could replace flares and turn stranded wells into tiny neighborhood power plants. Mark Ronkin of Grid Energy Solutions came down from Edmonton to talk with Jacob and guest host Britt Breaux about jumping from five years in the Canadian Army to wireline to running his own MWD shop, then stumbling into the tech at a gas show in Milan. Plus getting sick next to a flare, the oilfield marketing problem in eastern Canada, and why a 9 to 5 and entrepreneurship can coexist.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n\n0:00 Intro and the FDE model at Collide\n5:46 Mark's path through the Canadian Army\n9:25 Oil and gas as a polarizing industry across Canada\n13:19 Louisiana refineries, Cancer Alley, and Alberta boomtowns\n19:08 Living downstream of a flare\n21:18 Military to wireline to MWD\n25:09 Going independent and the entrepreneurship bug\n28:14 Peak oil and modern directional drilling\n32:44 Turning your day job into your business\n36:54 Career advice and finding the Collide community\n43:14 Imposter syndrome and the entrepreneur grind\n45:59 Stumbling into micro turbines at Gastech Milan\n52:46 Commercializing the tech in Canada\n1:00:02 Replacing flares with neighborhood power plants\n1:01:29 What the next 5 to 10 years look like\n1:06:18 Grid Energy Solutions and what's next\nhttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8F_7R-SE-nw_rUP_p1-vdDVWboJt_kcEhdbgrgTEL7E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYjY2/Yjk4MWJiZWFlYmVl/ZGIxYjkxYTdiYTdi/ZGUwMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}