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A healthy workforce and environment is key to our nation's success. The Mission Zero Podcast is a deep dive with the industry's top experts into the health, safety, and environmental aspects of todays workplace. Our Mission is to be a platform for new ideas and strategies, that when implemented, will improve our safety, our environment, and how we govern our businesses. We're making the world safer, and we're having fun doing it.
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Join us as we visit with our fellow colleagues, customers, and friends in the oil & gas industry. Personal conversations, real life issues, notable opinions, all perspectives… We’re focusing on the person behind the position as we engage in unscripted conversations with professionals from every end of the energy industry. Round the Rotary with JP Warren (https://www.capitalpetroleumconsultants.com/)
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Nina Spencer is the Vice President of Onward INC. Onward is an offshore services company that excells in HSE and Regulatory Compliance, Material Coordination, Inspections, Logistics, and Training. Born in and raised in Scotland, Nina has worked in nearly every possible segment of the offshore energy. Her experience in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexi…
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Until recently, there was a glaring absence of individuals making the intellectual case for fossil fuels. No one was discussing the true facts, the real science, and the very real repercussions of a life without oil. Chris Wright has lead the way in this discussion for years, and continues to be the most vocal Oil & Gas supporter in the country.…
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"Disruption" is a popular buzzword in business. Like most buzzwords, they are often overused and don't apply. That's not the case with Patrick Blake, CEO of Lonestar Industrial Materials. Patrick is an engineering genius and has taken something we've all heard of, and made it into incredible and environmentally friendly products. Hemp is long overd…
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Katherine Givens is an Author, Advocate, Public Speaker, and absolute warrior against Human Traffikking. Kathy is a Survivor herself, and tells her story with an amazing elegance and aptitude that will ease the tension of the subject and allow a better learning and understanding. Kathy has been featured in PEOPLE Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Vo…
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Safety is profitable, and my guest today Gavin Coyle "They Safety CEO", can you show you how. Gavin is the CEO of the Coyle Group, An Irish based safety and consulting group. Through years of experience and method development, Gavin can demonstrate how your company can significantly increase safety and save money.....at the same time. Yes, you read…
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In continuing our series on Human Trafficking, I sat down with Arlington, TX Child Sex Crimes Sergeant Grant Gildon, who is the detective on the Amber Hagerman case that inspired the Amber Alert System. I've known Grant for over 20 years and couldn't possibly admire him more or be more proud of him. Also joining us was Tarik Muslimovic, Sergeant in…
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Nakia Vestal is the American success story. She wasn't born rich, had no silver spoon, and zero advantages afforded to others. She is however, a very successful entrepreneur despite of that. But its one thing to not have advantages, and quite another to have overwhelming disadvantages. Nakia was a victim of sex trafficking, and she's on a mission t…
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Two years ago I threw a hail Mary and sent an email to David Reid, the VP of NOV, to be a guest on my brand new podcast. I asked him to come on to talk about a new technology at his company. To my surprise and gratitude, he obliged and was my 3rd interview ever. During the meeting, he discussed something near and dear to his heart, and where he and…
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Dominique McGee may the most remarkable person I have ever met. Meeting her in person was the reason I felt the need to do this series on Human Trafficking and Slavery. Her fortitude, character, and spirit in the face of unspeakable hardships is nearly impossible to believer. Listening to Dominique's story is not easy to hear, and its not meant to …
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Not long ago Hydraulic Fracturing was a curse word in most of America. It was an amazing process to extract energy from the earth that was impossible only decades before. The industry needed to get more efficient, more environmentally friendly, and safer. Seth Moore and his team at Catalyst Energy have done just that. Their new pump system, the Vor…
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Keith Stelter has spent nearly his entire career in the Oil & Gas industry, in a variety of positions. A Canadian native, and now US Citizen, Keith has re-made himself into a renaissance man who specializes in social media. But most importantly, Keith helps people, in an unbelievable way. The world needs more Keith Stelters, and he offers a lot of …
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The renewable energy revolution is being led by an unlikely source, the Oil & Gas Industry. Ed Whitnell is the VP of Renewables at NOV, one of the world's largest and most important Energy Companies. Ed discusses the many advancements in technology NOV has achieved recently, as well the myriad of non-fossil fuel energy sources that the company is c…
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Host Jeff Peeples never had the pleasure of working and learning from Joy Taylor, and he will tell you he's worse off because of it. Joy learned from the absolute best, including Yankee Owner George Steinbrenner and GE CEO Jack Welch, and took that wealth of knowledge to develop her own team and company. She found her business calling in consulting…
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Tonya Polydoroff is the Director, Publicity/Field Marketing at Allied Global Marketing. Her career in Publicity and Promotion is to be envied as an absolute leader in these fields. When the idea came up to support International Women's Month, Justin Overstreet immediately knew who he was going to ask to be on. Please enjoy Justin's interview with T…
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A few years ago, Jared Hiett took over as Director of HSE for Doggett Industries, one of our country's leading providers of heavy machinery rental and equipment. Jared looked at the substantial risks their field people are exposed to and said "not on my watch" He then began to develop a company safety culture that his entire team is all in for. I c…
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Col Terry Virts is one of the most interesting and accomplished people in the world. Terry is an Air Force COL, Commander of the International Space Station, Author, Photographer, Director, and Entrepreneur. In addition to all of those things, Terry managers to give his time freely to people, which makes him the very best of what a Renaissance Man …
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The Texas Railroad Commission is one of the most important positions in the State of Texas. The Commission serves as a regulatory authority for nearly everything involving the extraction of carbon-based fuels. Sarah Stogner is running for Commissioner and believes the organization could greatly improve on its responsibilities to regulate and ensure…
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John Lewis brought his principles and proven leadership in the Army, where he lead infantry troops into battle, then implemented them into the oilfield. John loves his work and loves keeping his people safe by building a relentless culture of safety. You are going to love what this Veteran and QHSE leader has to say!…
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There are people "in safety" and there are people "advancing safety". Subena Colligan is certainly the latter. Safety professionals often do the job of 3 people or more and suffer burnout at a high rate. Subena recognized and made it her mission to help the people who are keeping us and our families safe. Her wise words, positive energy, and mindfu…
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During tight budget cuts, often safety personnel are the first on the chopping block. With limited staff, HSE professionals are forced to do many jobs, and they are jobs that must be done well. No one has worn more hats, and worn them as well as Laura Weiss of Premium Oilfield Technologies. In addition to her skill with her work, Laura is a masterf…
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There is no hotter topic in the realm of politics than climate change. With the amount of uncertainty, falsehoods, and hysteria in the air surrounding the subject, the conversation requires a more sober voice. Chris Wright of Liberty Oilfield is that voice. We discussed the factual realities of Climate Change, Energy Poverty, and just how much of o…
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Kent Harrington is the VP of Tienovix, a company founded by NASA contractors in order to bring space age AR technology and machine learning into the modern workforce on planet Earth, and in the future, beyond Earth. In this episode we discuss the radical improvements made in AR by Tienovix in order to make it a functional reality for Oil & Gas comp…
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Cory Worden takes the title " Safety Professional" to a whole new level. Cory is a PHD, MS, CSHM, CSP, CHSP, ARM, REM and Cesco certificate holder. He is an Air Force Veteran, managed the safety of 28000 employees for Memorial Hermann, and is the Safety Advisor for the 3rd largest City in America. Disclaimer: The statements and opinions by Cory in …
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On this episode Jeff Peeples (Chief Development Officer - Tomahawk Safety & Host of Mission Zero Podcast) joins us and we have a great conversation that starts off with his upbringing in rural Georgia and how he got into the industry and specifically safety. We discuss him going from designing a revolutionary safety glove, all the way to the launch…
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On this episode we have John Daniel (Founder - Daniel Energy Partners) join us to discuss the origins and the execution of his successful market intelligence report. We discuss that he gathers his information from actually getting out of the office, putting boots on the ground during his in-basin field trips, and actually talks with various people …
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On this episode Jeff Allen (President YPA - Petroleum Club of Houston/Founder - Allen Energy Partners) and I meet up at the Petroleum Club to record this episode. We chatted about growing up in the industry with a O&G Wildcatter father, to him pursuing his fathers footsteps and starting his own company. We discussed the history of the Petroleum Clu…
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Tim & Adam lead a very interesting and fast forward company in Applied Cryo Technologies (ACT). They build incredibly advanced transport machinery to compress and store natural gas, hydrogen, oxygen and more. They are building the infrastructure to delivery more environmentally safe energy solutions. ACT is the premier company in this space. In thi…
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On this episode, we have Laura Pommer Fidler (CEO - Energyfunders) back on the show to discuss her new role at Energyfunders. We discussed how Energyfunders allows individuals to invest directly into oil and gas projects and make serious returns. We chatted about how this platform is disrupting the traditional Wall Street and private equity financi…
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On this episode Tim Taylor (Founder - Midnight Marketing) joins us to discuss how his company operates and why it chooses to operate under the radar. For a marketing company that creates engaging marketing material, original content, and various oil and gas customers as clients, they choose not to market themselves and let their work speak for itse…
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We really enjoyed our conversation with our guest Brodie, as his path to the Oil & Gas business was a fascinating one. After growing up in Zimbabwe (you're going to love his accent), he attended college in England, then somehow ended up in the Baaken as a field engineer. Brodie's career trajectory continues up and has the great responsibility of Co…
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On this episode Cullen Cone (Operations/A&D - Tri-C Resources) joins us at the Petroleum Club of Houston where we dive into his background being 3rd generation oilfield and what life was like growing up. We discuss various internships he had throughout his college career, and how when an offer was pulled last minute, he was disappointed however loo…
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On this episode Celeste Shaffer (Operations Supervisor/Business Development Manager - Nabors Industries) joins us for a great conversation about her background and being first generation in the oil & gas industry. We chat about her decision after graduating UT in Petroleum Engineering, in going to work for a service company rather than an operator,…
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Great having Ryan Dawson (Founder/Chief Corvanaut - Corva) come on the show. As we were pressed for time (going to do a round two soon), we dove into his background and how he got into the Oil & Gas industry after being in Austin for 15 years working on other projects. He saw a need for a user friendly, cloud based, data analytics platform in the d…
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In this episode with have the coolest cats in the industry stop by to discuss a side passion project they started during the lockdowns of 2020. Seth Hill (Executive Account Manager - MS Directional) and Shayne Schurr (Regional Sales Manager - MS Directional) join us and talk to us all about snow cones! Not only have these two been friends since bef…
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On this episode which was recorded at The Petroleum Club of Houston, we sit down with Yousuf Chaudhary (EVP - Atlas Operating LLC), where we just get deep into a whole range of topics from: his podcast (Oil Money Podcast), disrupters in our industry, snakes, being an individual, the American Dream achieved by his father who came over here from Paki…
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On this episode Brett Chell (President/CEO at Cold Bore Technologies) joins us from his living room in Calgary with his dogs Frankenstein and Dracula. Brett has an extremely interesting story how he went from majoring in Art while in college to working on rigs for 8 years after college. From there he understood if he wanted to start any company in …
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On this episode Will Cauley (Region Service Delivery Technical Manager at Baker Hughes) joins us and we chat about his background and how he pursued a Mechanical Engineering degree at LSU and joined the oilfield working offshore in his first role. These days it's rare to see someone with such long tenure at a company, but Will has over 18 years at …
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On this episode Bryson Varner (Account Manager / Technical Sales - Cathedral Energy Services) joins us and we dive into his upbringing and various jobs had growing up, and seeing a buddies garage motivated him to get into the oil industry. We discussed his critter videos on LinkedIn and how they began as well as some hilarious stories on some outta…
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On this episode TJ Dostal (President/Founder- Tejas Completion Services) sits down with us and discusses his background and what lead him into the oil and gas business. After various roles, the entrepreneur spirit began to take over. During the pandemic when many companies were hesitant and anxious about the future, TJ looked at it as an opportunit…
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Field Safe Solutions CEO Cameron Barrett and VP of US Sales Jeff Boettiger, Join the podcast to discuss Field Safe's dynamic cloud based safety solutions. Never before have company's had the ability to complete real time documentation, give workers access to all reference documents on a mobile device, and accurately account for all lone workers. We…
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On this episode we have Ken Miller (CEO/Founder - Erdos Miller) join us where we discuss how he went from a high school internship at Texas Instruments to betting on himself and making the jump to pursue something he was passionate about and hoping into the oilfield. Through the advice of one of his earliest mentors: There is no such thing as job s…
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In our first Episode, we sat with Justin Overstreet, VP of Safety for Wildcat Oil Tool, and discussed ownership of safety with the individual. He shares his techniques and practices in implementing this culture at Wildcat, and how you can at your workplace. He also tells us what motivated him to become an advanced Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Martial Artist…
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On this episode David Reid (CTO/CMO - NOV & Founder redM Movement) joins us and gives us his unique pathway into the oil and gas industry from being an architect to challenging "the norm" O&G culture in his first role. We discuss how he builds and leads his teams, employment empowerment, what he looks for in people, and how he pursues new projects.…
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