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You Can’t Run Full Speed Without Trust
Do You Want to Work for the Business — or Have the Business Work for You?The Question That Reframes Growth, Burnout, and Control in Oil & GasAt some point in every founder’s journey, the business they built begins to feel like a cage.It starts with excitement — the first deal, the first hire, the first […]
How to Build an Oil & Gas Team from Scratch in 60 Days
How to Build an Oil & Gas Team from Scratch in 60 DaysWhat Claude Thorpe Learned While Standing Up a 400-Well OperationWhen a private equity group handed Claude Thorpe the keys to a 400-well acquisition, he didn’t get a six-month runway.He got a handshake… and a deadline.The operation had to be stood up in 60 […]
If You Don’t Understand the Financials, You’re Already Behind.
If You Don’t Understand the Financials, You’re Already BehindWhy Technical Talent Needs to Learn the Language of MoneyWalk into any oil and gas operation and you’ll find engineers who can model a reservoir down to the last frac stage. You’ll find geologists who can read rock like a book. You’ll find production managers who know […]
The Energy Leader Who Never Wrote a Resume — Until He Had To!
The Energy Leader Who Never Wrote a Resume — Until He Had To!Legacy, Trust, and What It Really Means to Build a Career in Oil & GasThere was a time when trust moved faster than technology. When the next job came not through an application — but a phone call.Claude Thorpe never needed a resume […]
The Unseen Edge: Why Small Operators Win with the Right Partners
The Unseen Edge: Why Small Operators Win with the Right PartnersHow Strategic Partnerships Help Lean Oilfield Teams Outperform the GiantsIn oil and gas, scale often gets the headlines — but it’s leverage that wins the day.Claude Thorpe has seen it up close: smaller operators, sometimes with fewer than 20 full-time employees, outperforming competitors 10 times […]
Vision vs. Execution: What Claude Thorpe Tells Founders About the 5-Year Plan.
Vision vs. Execution: What Claude Thorpe Tells Founders About the 5-Year PlanWhy Your Strategy Doesn’t Need to Be Perfect — But It Does Need to ExistClaude Thorpe has seen plenty of pitch decks.Most start the same way: vision statements, growth curves, capital projections. Big talk. Big numbers.But when Claude sits down with a founder or […]
Do You Want to Work for the Business — or Have the Business Work for You?
Do You Want to Work for the Business — or Have the Business Work for You?The Question That Reframes Growth, Burnout, and Control in Oil & GasAt some point in every founder’s journey, the business they built begins to feel like a cage.It starts with excitement — the first deal, the first hire, the first […]
Maximizing Production with Intelligent Gas Lift Optimization: A Success Story from an Asian NOC
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The Thing about Integration….
The Thing about Integration.... The downturn in oil and gas is the worst in 30 years, and oil companies are pressured to be more focused in every detail. Data collected from drilling and production has doubled in the last four years, and the internal struggle to bring all of this information together is a major […]
Cut Costs & Increase Production (Creating a Well Life Cycle Framework)
Cut Costs & Increase Production (Creating a Well Life Cycle Framework)When Oil Prices are high ($90 and above), the activity conducted on wells is priority above efficiency, or overall effectiveness. But when prices come falling down as they have over the past year, there is a big push for cost-cutting measures and a scramble to […]
Small Oil and Gas Companies Need Data Management Strategies
Small Oil and Gas Companies Need Data Management Strategies Many small oil and gas companies (fewer than 500 wells) struggle along with little or no strategy to the manage the multiple points of data that come with operating oil and gas assets. Spreadsheets abound, and individual points of information come through scattered approaches. While this […]