# The Insurance Industry That Quietly Runs Energy

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Podcast: [Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To](https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-101-we-ask-the-dumb-questions-so-you-don-t-have-to-5658842)
Published: 2025-12-29T21:58:04+00:00
Episode link: https://energy101.collide.io/episodes/d02c9d75-1140-42b8-8bd6-7400e75654c1
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## Resource

Growing up in New Zealand somehow turned into mud logging the Aussie desert, rigging up deepwater tech in the Gulf of Mexico, geosteering off Scotland, helping figure out nuclear waste storage in Swiss clay, and finally landing in subsurface risk and insurance where “nothing moves without coverage” starts to make way more sense. Jacob asks the dumb questions, Rodney Garrard from Arch Insurance International answers with real world stories, and the conversation ends on a pretty grounded idea: energy realism beats wishful thinking. 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 Zurich check in + quick disclaimer 01:10 Rodney’s origin story in New Zealand geology 03:55 Mud logging in the Cooper Basin desert days 08:00 Houston and early deepwater Gulf of Mexico work 10:30 UK offshore, Rosebank, and geosteering life 14:20 Rotations, family life, and Norway years 17:00 Switzerland nuclear waste storage in clay, granite, salt 24:00 Pivot into insurance and subsurface risk work 27:00 What “energy insurance” actually does, CCS examples 37:10 Europe’s energy realism and the grid wake up call 40:50 Writing, energy density, and “Energy Transition 2.0” 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

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