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Case Study LifesAIver Initiative with John Argo (Continental Resources) & Chuck Yates (Collide)
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- Chuck Yates Got A Job
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- Nov 25, 2025
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Summary
John Argo, asset manager at Continental Resources, breaks down the groundbreaking LifesAIver initiative, a multi-company effort to use AI for preventing workover rig fatalities. He walks through how six operators and service companies pooled data to create AI tools that give crews personalized safety insights before they hit the rig. Argo also shares Continental's perspective on recovery factors, why the U.S. is getting less than 20% of known oil out of the ground, and how AI could unlock massive reserves everyone's leaving behind. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward. Apply today at collide.io Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 - John's background and path to Continental Resources 5:12 - What sparked the LifesAIver safety initiative 11:47 - How six competitors agreed to share data 16:23 - The AI competition structure and selection process 22:58 - What version one of the tool will actually do 28:41 - Field crew feedback that surprised everyone 31:15 - U.S. energy production versus 2003 predictions 38:02 - Why recovery factors in oil and gas are so low 44:36 - Open source collaboration versus competitive advantage 51:18 - Harold Hamm's origin story at Continental https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters