Episodes
Recorded on October 30, 2024 Episode 119 of the PetroNerds podcast is a US election PetroNerdy special focussed on the impacts to US energy from this consequential Presidential election. Trisha Curtis, CEO of PetroNerds, is joined by Jason Issac from the American Energy Institute and former Texas representative. This fun election special tries to get into the politics and policies while keeping it relatively entertaining. This podcast is politically focussed but it is not light on...
Published 11/01/24
Published 11/01/24
Recorded on October 23, 2024 and October 2, 2024 Episode 118 of the PetroNerds podcast is part two of the politics, ESG, and climate special with Paul Tice, NYU Stern Professor, investor, and fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics. Trisha Curtis starts this podcast with a complete rip of the current volatility in US and global markets, oil prices, the US election, comments by Paul Tudor Jones on CNBC on debt and economic crises, the Harris team's comments on not enabling...
Published 10/26/24
Recorded on October 2, 2024 Episode 117 of the PetroNerds podcast is part one of a two-part PetroNerds special on the state of ESG policies and climate politics with Paul Tice. Trisha Curtis, CEO of PetroNerds, is joined by guest Paul Tice, author, NYU Stern Professor, and Fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics. If you have been looking for a substantive podcast that gets into the politics of ESG and the current election, this is it. Trisha and Paul cover the gauntlet of issues...
Published 10/11/24
Recorded on September 18, 2024 Episode 116 of the PetroNerds podcast is a compact heavy hitting PetroNerds special focussed on explaining the role of traditional fuels in the economy and the reality of power generation and CO2 emissions in the US and China. This is Trisha Curtis' talk at the Dry Fork power plant in Gillette, Wyoming on September 18th, 2024 to state legislators from across the US who were visiting Wyoming's energy facilities on behalf of the Wyoming Energy Authority. ...
Published 09/30/24
Recorded on September 11, 2024 and July 12, 2024 Episode 115 of the PetroNerds podcast is another jam-packed PetroNerds special you are going to listen to, relisten to, and share. This is the keynote address that Trisha Curtis gave to IPANM, the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 12th, 2024. This podcast is front-loaded with an energy-dense PetroNerdy market update covering everything from the softness and deterioration in oil prices,...
Published 09/13/24
Recorded August 16 2024 In episode 114 of the PetroNerds podcast, Trisha Curtis, CEO of PetroNerds, is joined by Chris Brown, VP of Policy and Research at the Common Sense Institute, to discuss the recent report Trisha co-authored on Colorado's declining energy competitiveness. Energy is not just a sector of the economy; it is the sector upon which all businesses rely. Colorado, along with the rest of the US, has witnessed a dramatic escalation in electricity and natural gas prices,...
Published 08/30/24
Recorded on August 14, 2024 Episode 113 of the PetroNerds podcast is a must listen to episode to get you caught up on everything happening in the economy, oil prices, geopolitics, and escalation globally in hot wars. Trying to figure out why oil prices seem to want to go down even when wars in the Middle East and Europe continue to escalate? Saw the sell-off a couple of weeks ago when oil prices dropped to $72? Trisha Curtis has you covered. Trisha walks listeners through current oil...
Published 08/16/24
Recorded on July 31, 2024 and June 21, 2024 Episode 112 of the PetroNerds podcast is the keynote address Trisha Curtis gave to AAPL, the American Association of Professional Landmen (Trisha still calls it Petroleum). This is an absolutely jam-packed energy-dense podcast filled with intel to get you up to speed on oil prices, the economy, geopolitics, and war. Trisha dives into the push and pull on oil prices, what is driving prices up or holding prices up, what is pressuring prices...
Published 08/02/24
Episode 111 of the PetroNerds podcast is a true PetroNerds special. This is a recorded webinar with the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association (LEPA) hosted by Andy Black, President of LEPA and Tad True, VP of Bridger Pipeline, part of True Companies. Andy Black and Tad True ask Trisha Curtis a series of market related questions ranging from the macro and oil prices to price differentials and the blowouts seen in the early days of the Bakken shale boom. Tad talks about when he met Trisha,...
Published 07/20/24
Recorded on June 19, 2024 Episode 110 of the PetroNerds podcast is a heavy hitting intel dense podcast on everything you need to know about the health of the US economy, the health of the US consumer, inflation, the Federal reserve, interest rates, and how it is all impacting oil prices. Trisha Curtis walks listeners through the US economy and explains how the consumer is being tapped out by high prices and how inflation, not interest rates, are actually driving down inflation to a...
Published 06/21/24
Recorded on May 16, 2024 Episode 109 of the PetroNerds podcast is a discussion on energy and energy policy with former Texas representative Jason Isaac. He joins Trisha Curtis in discussing the state of energy and energy policy in the US and the world. They talk about US electricity prices and natural gas prices, the US economy and inflation, energy transition, US oil and gas production, and China. They also discuss the new think tank led by Mark Mills, the National Center for Energy...
Published 06/10/24
Recorded on April 30, 2024 Episode 108 of the PetroNerds podcast is another PetroNerds special. Trisha Curtis, CEO of PetroNerds, is joined by guest Sam Shiverick, CEO of Buckhorn Production. Buckhorn is a production company that purchased unconventional horizontal wells from an operator in New Mexico in the Permian Basin in 2020. This is an incredible conversation that highlights the longevity and future of US shale. Buckhorn is literally breathing new life into older unconventional...
Published 05/18/24
Recorded on May 1, 2024 Episode 107 of the PetroNerds podcast is a complete rip and review of the US economy, inflation, a weakening consumer, the Federal Reserve and interest rates, the Chinese economy, and oil prices and oil demand. Trisha Curtis, host of the PetroNerds podcast and CEO of PetroNerds, walks listeners through Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell's speech on May 1st and the reality of inflation not being appreciated by the dovish Fed. She goes through the...
Published 05/03/24
Recorded on April 18, 2024 Episode 106 of the PetroNerds podcast is your complete market update and round the world tour on what is happening in the oil market, energy, the global economy, and geopolitics. Trisha Curtis, CEO of PetroNerds and host of the PetroNerds podcast, takes listeners from natural gas prices in the US to the Middle East and back again. This podcast dives into the drivers for oil prices, the war in the Middle East and the Iranian strikes on Israel, Russia's energy...
Published 04/19/24
Recorded on April 5, 2024 Episode 105 of the PetroNerds podcast is a must listen to show stopper that you are going to want to share and listen to again. This PetroNerds podcast is a fresh market recap and dive on everything driving oil prices higher, including geopolitical tensions, the war in the Middle East, the Fed and rate volatility, inflation and concerns over sticky inflation, and China, Iran, and the less than ESG friendly energy transition. Trisha Curtis, CEO of PetroNerds...
Published 04/06/24
Recorded on March 15, 2024 Episode 104 of the PetroNerds podcast is a PetroNerds special focussing on the proposed bill and ban on oil and gas permits in Colorado by 2030, an effective ban on all new oil and gas drilling. Trisha Curtis is joined by guest Chris Brown, VP of Policy and Research at the Common Sense Institute (CSI). Trisha just joined CSI as an Energy Fellow and helped contribute to a very recent and timely report authored by Chris on Senate Bill 24-159 in Colorado. ...
Published 03/20/24
Recorded on March 6, 2024 Episode 103 of the PetroNerds podcast is another heavy hitting PetroNerds special. This is Trisha Curtis’ talk and presentation on US shale production and activity at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies’ Oil Day in Oxford, England on December 1st, 2023. Trisha front loads this episode with everything timely in the oil and gas market and global economy including Colorado’s potential ban on oil and gas drilling by 2030, Xcel’s proposed rate increase on...
Published 03/09/24
Episode 102 of the PetroNerds podcast is a jam packed deep dive on the geopolitical landscape, China, and US shale. Trisha Curtis takes listeners on a tour around the world, covering the Biden Xi meetings, the escalating war in the Middle East, and the ongoing war in Ukraine. She puts this in context of oil and gas, and broader energy market. This talk and presentation was the keynote speech Trisha gave to the Rocky Mountain GPA conference in Denver, Colorado on November 16. 2023. The...
Published 02/17/24
Recorded on February 2, 2024 Episode 101 of the PetroNerds podcast is your complete market recap of everything that has taken place in oil and the global economy in the past two weeks. Trisha Curtis dives into the Biden Administration's pause on LNG export permit approvals and what that means for global natural gas markets, oil price volatility, and Jerome Powell's speech and the Fed rate decision. Trisha walks listeners through the rise and fall in oil prices and why the market is...
Published 02/02/24
Recorded on January 17, 2024 and November 9, 2023 Episode 100 of the PetroNerds podcast is your heavy hitting one stop shop for everything you need to know in energy and the economy in 2024. Trisha Curtis, CEO of PetroNerds, front loads this episode with a complete recap of oil prices, China's economy, and the state of geopolitics in 2024. This podcast is the panel discussion Trisha Curtis did with Daniel Seaver, VP of Midstream at Fundare Resources, Chris Atherton, CEO of EnergyNet,...
Published 01/20/24
Recorded on October 16, 2023 Episode 99 of the PetroNerds podcast is your second Rocky Mountain special with upstream operator Anschutz Exploration. Trisha Curtis is joined by guest Joe DeDominic, President of Anschutz Exploration in Denver, Colorado. Anschutz is private E&P primarily focused on the Powder River Basin in Wyoming with experience in Colorado, Utah, and North Dakota. Trisha and Joe cover the market and a range of topics including the evolution of the Powder River, the...
Published 12/15/23
Recorded on Oct 6. 2023 Episode 98 of the PetroNerds podcast is a true PetroNerds special. Trisha Curtis is joined by Tad True of True Companies. He is a Casper, Wyoming local and the COO of Bridger Pipeline. Trisha and Tad discuss everything from the oil market and oil prices to covid and negative oil prices. They dive into the Bakken and the Powder River Basin. Tad gives exceptional color and perspective on what it was like to be a private company and midstream player in the...
Published 12/02/23