Return-Path: Delivered-To: alvarochf@traceseis.com Received: from cs510.bluehost.com by cs510.bluehost.com with LMTP id mOa+IRXX7GmmBw4AWiBQxw (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:00:37 -0600 Return-path: Envelope-to: alvarochf@traceseis.com Delivery-date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:00:37 -0600 Received: from v5115.v5c4dda55.use4.send.mailgun.net ([159.112.241.115]:54698) by cs510.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wGeUm-00000003rDg-2El5 for alvarochf@traceseis.com; Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:00:37 -0600 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cio103922.collide.io; q=dns/txt; s=krs; t=1777129220; x=1777136420; h=Message-Id: List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe: To: To: From: From: Subject: Subject: Content-Type: Mime-Version: Date: Sender; bh=lfqQCjQn7wIHIgudMU2GkCVyfQuRqu3W7ur7utMM0bw=; b=c0NpyFT3A+mai/rshdtLcUoVg6R2jLmlNLS43UXIfTiKo8eVmTNil4xreq7iF4KBVvD0PLDgDaezuYvAOsvzLNRsmsAFZF982IdRqazAcm3vyxP6Qn9/YeENjb97y1mjLzrXZubqoNcwQ+Dv85T1A3x9Gi2iKMHZy/GiwhyeFlU= X-Mailgun-Sid: WyIzNDJiMyIsImFsdmFyb2NoZkB0cmFjZXNlaXMuY29tIiwiMGVkMjBjYSJd Received: by 42f6bceeab1ebb542e997278e5f5de246eb3bb7a48807942bc6c6fab100e16e5 with HTTP id 69ecd7043cad8a93d65ab4de; Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:00:20 GMT X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 159.112.241.115 Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:00:20 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="fac5a481c9c7421c36eee5296f1844797eb74c0f4b4c9d4a9e03f0c1b424" Subject: this week in collide: drill baby pretty please, rig automation, and closed-loop frac From: Collide To: alvarochf@traceseis.com X-Mailgun-Track-Opens: false X-Mailgun-Dkim: true X-Mailgun-Native-Send: true X-Mailgun-Track-Clicks: false X-Mailer: Customer.io (dgS51wkDAIb7AoX7AgGdxSewK0ozqrQZla71KAQ=; +https://whatis.customeriomail.com) X-Report-Abuse-To: badactor@customer.io List-Unsubscribe: , List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click X-Mailgun-Variables: {"email_id": "dgS51wkDAIb7AoX7AgGdxSewK0ozqrQZla71KAQ="} Message-Id: <20260425150020.394c8954df7b1bd3@cio103922.collide.io> X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 X-Spam-Score: 5 X-Spam-Bar: / X-Spam-Flag: NO --fac5a481c9c7421c36eee5296f1844797eb74c0f4b4c9d4a9e03f0c1b424 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Collide , Weekly Content Recap Collide // weekly content recap ***************************************** what the community was watching this week ***************************************** hey Alvaro , here's everything that dropped in Collide this week. drill bab= y pretty please, rig automation, closed-loop frac, AI defensibility, and mo= re. drop a comment on anything that catches your eye. BDE 042426 Drill Baby Pretty Please Strait Chokes Heathrow Perrys Ibogaine = Win ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-april-24-= 2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_con= tent=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_a= ction&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) BDE BDE 04.24.26 | Drill Baby Pretty Please, Strait Chokes Heathrow & Perry's I= bogaine Win ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-a= pril-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026= &utm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium= =3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) Chuck and Mark break down the White House's "drill baby pretty please" summ= it with oil execs, Trump's energy executive order, EOG locking up Madison C= ounty's Buda play, Paul Sankey on Heathrow jet fuel and Australia's refinin= g collapse, and Rick Perry's push to legitimize ibogaine for addiction and = PTSD. Energy 101 Why Oil Companies Are Finally Automating the Most Dangerous Job = ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-april-24-2026= ?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content= =3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_actio= n&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) energy 101 Energy 101 | Why Oil Companies Are Finally Automating the Most Dangerous Jo= b ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-april-24-20= 26?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_conte= nt=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_act= ion&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) Andrew Richard, CEO of Automated Rig Technologies, flies in from Calgary to= explain why oilfield spent 70 years optimizing brute force instead of reth= inking the process. He breaks down the jointed pipe injector that strips 97= % of operator input, the "barbecue basket," why everyone wants to be first = to be second, and more. Power Hour Closed-Loop Fracturing How Automation is Changing Unconventional= Development ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-= april-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+202= 6&utm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium= =3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) power hour Power Hour | Closed-Loop Fracturing: How Automation is Changing Unconventio= nal Development ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-round= up-april-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+= 2026&utm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medi= um=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) Halliburton's Eric Holley, VP of Production Enhancement, joins us for a dee= p dive on fracture stimulation's shift toward intelligent automation. We co= ver advanced diagnostics, closed-loop control, machine learning and physics= -based modeling for real-time optimization, and the future of unconventiona= l development. AI After Dark Hunter Honnessy from Unlimitedai ( https://app.collide.io/pos= ts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-april-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+conte= nt+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%= 80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) ai after dark AI After Dark | Hunter Honnessy from Unlimited.ai ( https://app.collide.io/= posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-april-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+co= ntent+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%= E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.i= o ) Hunter Honnessy, CTO and Co-Founder of Unlimited.ai, digs into defensibilit= y when anyone can vibe code SaaS over a weekend. Covers data + intelligence= moats, why finance software doesn't have to suck, forward deployed enginee= ring, where vibe coding leaves junior devs, AI fear mongering, and 2026 as = the year agentic workflows mature. The Massiel Diez Show He Chased One Dream and Found Another - Episode 6 ( h= ttps://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-april-24-2026?ut= m_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content=3D= weekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_action&u= tm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) external The Massiel Diez Show | He Chased One Dream and Found Another - Episode 6 (= https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-april-24-2026?= utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content= =3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_actio= n&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) From country musician to building a $40M company, unplanned. At 13, Will Ca= rter lost his father, his home, and his path. He chased music, worked the f= ield, took risks most wouldn't. Small jobs turned into $1M in a year and ke= pt growing. The real story behind the numbers. Local Energy This Cambridge Engineer Says Were Solving the Easy Problem Las= t James Macnaghten Caldera CEO ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekl= y-content-roundup-april-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%= 94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2= C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) external Local Energy | This Cambridge Engineer Says We're Solving the Easy Problem = Last | James Macnaghten, Caldera CEO ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide= -weekly-content-roundup-april-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%= E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+apri= l+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) Industrial heat =3D 20% of global emissions, and nobody talks about it. Cam= bridge engineer James Macnaghten, CEO of Caldera, joins Peter Brecht and Wa= de Spear to discuss his electric Storage Boiler using recycled aluminum and= volcanic rock, hybridization over 100% clean, and why oil demand may crash= =2E Flipping The Barrel Nick Johnson CFA CFP - President Chief Investment Offic= er at WJA ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-apr= il-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&u= tm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3De= mail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) external Flipping The Barrel | Nick Johnson, CFA, CFP , President & Chief Investment= Officer at WJA ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-round= up-april-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+= 2026&utm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medi= um=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) Nick Johnson, CFA, CFP and President at Willis Johnson & Associates, joins = Flipping the Barrel to talk wealth management for corporate energy professi= onals. From a dual finance/drama degree at Trinity to leading WJA's Investm= ent Committee, Nick shares how he helps Houston execs maximize hard-earned = money. Big Swing Turning Ambiguity into Impact with Hari Dutt Episode 7 ( https://= app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-april-24-2026?utm_campa= ign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content=3Dweekly+= content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_sour= ce=3Dcustomer.io ) external Big Swing | Turning Ambiguity into Impact with Hari Dutt | Episode 7 ( http= s://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-roundup-april-24-2026?utm_c= ampaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content=3Dwee= kly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_= source=3Dcustomer.io ) Hari Dutt joins Jeremy Funk and Corey Scott on Big Swing for a conversation= on career pivots and building in ambiguity. From Schlumberger engineering = to MIT Sloan to scaling Seven Lakes, Hari shares lessons on work ethic and = uncertainty, plus his new AI venture Turing Pilgrim. // blogs * I Finally Slept Through the Night (And It Only Took Two Years of Panic) (= https://collide.io/old-man-coffee/we-didnt-set-out-to-build-a-platform?utm= _campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content=3Dw= eekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_action&ut= m_source=3Dcustomer.io ) * Beyond Static Snapshots: A Grounded Evaluation Framework for Language Mod= els at the Agentic Frontier ( https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17573?utm_campaign= =3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_content=3Dweekly+con= tent+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source= =3Dcustomer.io ) see the full roundup ( https://app.collide.io/posts/collide-weekly-content-= roundup-april-24-2026?utm_campaign=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+2= 4%2C+2026&utm_content=3Dweekly+content+recap+%E2%80%94+april+24%2C+2026&utm= _medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io ) drop a comment on anything that catches your eye , best discussions happen = in the thread. 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3D"Collide"
// weekly content recap

what the community was watching th= is week

hey Alvaro , here's everything that dropped in Collide this we= ek. drill baby pretty please, rig automation, closed-loop frac, AI defensib= ility, and more. drop a comment on anything that catches your eye.

3D"BDE
BDE

Chuck and Mark break down the White House's "drill baby pretty p= lease" summit with oil execs, Trump's energy executive order, EOG locki= ng up Madison County's Buda play, Paul Sankey on Heathrow jet fuel and Aust= ralia's refining collapse, and Rick Perry's push to legitimize ibogaine for= addiction and PTSD.

3D"Energy
energy 101
Energy 10= 1 | Why Oil Companies Are Finally Automating the Most Dangerous Job

Andrew Richard, CEO of Automated Rig Technologies, flies in from Cal= gary to explain why oilfield spent 70 years optimizing brute force instead = of rethinking the process. He breaks down the jointed pipe injector that st= rips 97% of operator input, the "barbecue basket," why everyone wan= ts to be first to be second, and more.

3D"Power
power hour

Halliburton's Eric Holley, VP of Production Enhancement, joins us fo= r a deep dive on fracture stimulation's shift toward intelligent automation= =2E We cover advanced diagnostics, clos= ed-loop control, machine learning and=20= physics-based modeling for real-time optimization, and the future of unconv= entional development.

3D"AI
ai after dark

Hunter Honnessy, CTO and Co-Founder of Unlimited.ai, digs into defen= sibility when anyone can vibe code SaaS over a weekend. Covers data + intel= ligence moats, why finance software doesn't have to suck, forward deployed = engineering, where vibe coding leaves junior devs, AI fear mongering, and 2= 026 as the year agentic workflows mature.

3D"The
external

From country musician to building a $40M company, unplanned. At 13, = Will Carter lost his father, his home, and his path. He chased music, worke= d the field, took risks most wouldn't. Small jobs turned into $1M in a year= and kept growing. The real story behind the numbers.

3D"Local
external

Industrial heat =3D 20% of global emissions, and nobody talks about = it. Cambridge engineer James Macnaghten, CEO of Caldera, joins Peter Brecht= and Wade Spear to discuss his electric Storage Boiler using recycled alumi= num and volcanic rock, hybridization over 100% clean, and why oil demand ma= y crash.

3D"Flipping
external

Nick Johnson, CFA, CFP and President at Willis Johnson & Associa= tes, joins Flipping the Barrel to talk wealth management for corporate ener= gy professionals. From a dual finance/drama degree at Trinity to leading WJ= A's Investment Committee, Nick shares how he helps Houston execs maximize h= ard-earned money.

3D"Big
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Hari Dutt joins Jeremy Funk and Corey Scott on Big Swing for a conve= rsation on career pivots and building in ambiguity. From Schlumberger engin= eering to MIT Sloan to scaling Seven Lakes, Hari shares lessons on work eth= ic and uncertainty, plus his new AI venture Turing Pilgrim.
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