{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energy Bytes","title":"EP 71: Mathias Lia Carlsen from whitson","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/cf4f4564\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4417,"description":"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, building tools that work in real time instead of waiting on clunky desktop updates. We talked about what it takes to get a traditional industry to embrace modern platforms, why seamless data integration is the real game-changer, and how Whitson Plus is helping make it happen. Somewhere along the way, we compared life in Norway to Houston, swapped taco recommendations, and even found a few similarities between fjords and tech. It’s a mix of innovation, culture, and just enough humor to remind you that oil and gas tech can actually be fun.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n00:00 - Intro\n01:05 - Norway Geography Overview\n04:26 - Understanding WITSML Standards\n05:55 - Introduction to WITS Protocol\n12:45 - Data Sovereignty Explained\n17:15 - SOC 2 Compliance for Software\n17:37 - International Market Entry Advice\n19:58 - Software Portability Across Clouds\n22:06 - Strategies for Reducing Cloud Costs\n23:20 - COVID-19 Impact on Cloud Adoption\n24:10 - Cloud Provider Flexibility\n25:15 - Whitson Product Overview\n27:28 - Whitson PBT Features\n29:10 - Whitson Spacing Solutions\n34:51 - Well-by-Well Analysis\n39:21 - Watson Plus Overview\n43:37 - Data Integration Strategies\n47:10 - Future of WITSML and RESQML\n52:40 - Importance of Software Integrations\n54:09 - Leveraging APIs for Growth\n55:30 - Snowflake Data Solutions\n59:23 - Speed Round Q&A\n1:06:00 - Contacting Whitson\n1:07:45 - Closing Remarks\n1:09:33 - Unique Aspects of Collide Energy\n1:13:14 - Outro\nhttps://twitter.com/collide_iohttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KU-rritAkNfd5EDWr8dy4miPzznveey9CXz1zVQDRXc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZGMz/NDQxNzEwNTFjZDU3/NmQ4ZmI3ZDU1ZTQ2/Y2U4Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}