Episode
The Unsolved Problem Hiding Inside Every Oil and Gas Deal
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- Chuck Yates Got A Job
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- Mar 11, 2026
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- 1110
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Most energy companies buying billion dollar assets get handed a stack of hard drives and have zero clue what's on them. Clay Branch, Technical Staff at Collide, joins Chuck to break down the unglamorous but absolutely critical work of document categorization, data extraction, and why clean reliable data is the real foundation of any AI strategy in oil and gas. 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 Clay's background and how he ended up at Collide 1:34 The reality of energy data: hard drives, banker's boxes, and chaos 4:47 Building document categorization tools from scratch 8:52 Handling duplicates and the shared drive problem 13:57 Why data reliability is the foundation of AI 17:21 The last mile: getting from 80% to 100% accuracy https://twitter.com/collide_ai 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/collide-ai.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai