Podcast
I Didn't Think I'd Get the Job: Starting an Expro Oil & Gas Division Alone
Peter and Wade talk with Dale Poserow, who is wrapping up his first year building a new division for X-Pro as a team of one.
Show Notes
Notes and write-ups from Local Energy episodes.
Podcast
How Dan Doyle Built a Frac Company in 2008 — Knife Fights, $147 Oil, and the Roughneck Mindset
Dan Doyle, author of the upcoming book Roughnecks and Riches, describes starting the frac company Reliance after oil hit $147 in July 2008, just before a global financial meltdown.
Podcast
Oil & Gas Data, Memes, and Conspiracies
Peter Brecht and Wade Spear talk with Zac about forecast, software that helps people evaluate oil and gas properties by automating the engineering workflow.
Podcast
Wade vs Peter: Music, Movies & Oil & Gas Year-End Special
Peter and Wade close out 2025 by reviewing eight months of recording and comparing their top Spotify artists, led by Zach Bryan for Wade and Mark Knopfler for Peter.
Podcast
Zombie Wells Are Waking Up
Peter and Wade talk with Hawk Dunlap and Les Skinner about zombie wells, previously plugged wells that start flowing again.
Podcast
Why Your Electricity Only Goes Up (While Reliability Goes Down)
Peter Brecht talks with Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid, while Wade is away for the holidays.
Podcast
Why Power Plants Are Already Mining Bitcoin (And It's Genius)
Joe Dillon moved from the American Bureau of Shipping to Honeywell, then founded his own industrial development firm about five years ago.
Podcast
Why Drilling Rigs Will Never Hit 1,000 Count Again (But Production Keeps Rising)
Peter talks with Brandon Vidrine, who served in the Navy as an interior communications electrician before starting in wireline offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Podcast
Building Independent Oil & Gas In Texas with Reed Goodman
Peter and Wade talk with Reed Goodman, a small operator and consultant who grew up around his family's compression companies.
