{"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":"The Path to Autonomous Frac","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e7832f7d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3197,"description":"Building software inside a frac and wireline giant is a different beast than doing it at a startup. Ben Dickinson and Raleigh Bumpers from NexTier Completion Solutions get into life under the Patterson UTI umbrella, the EOS platform, the Vertex automated pump control system, the shift from diesel to natural gas powered fleets, agentic AI in the field, and why the world genuinely stops if oil and gas stops. Plus Pittsburgh shale stories and a Colorado School of Mines reality check.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n0:00 The NexTier 60-second pitch\n2:00 Why integrating every service on location wins\n4:30 Ben's path from Pittsburgh to wireline to digital\n11:15 Raleigh's jump from computer science to the Eagle Ford\n17:00 If oil and gas stops, the world stops\n19:30 Pittsburgh, the shale boom, and incoming data centers\n21:30 Completions 101\n23:30 The EOS platform and Vertex automated pump control\n27:00 Earning trust from veteran hands on new software\n32:00 Generative AI versus agentic AI in the field\n34:00 Diesel, natural gas, and electric frac fleets\n41:30 Colorado School of Mines and the next generation\n44:00 The road to a fully autonomous well site\n46:30 The 80 percent AI failure rule debate\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}