I'm Jake Corley, and I'm Mark LaGour.

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Welcome back to another episode of oil and gas this week.

You're listening to Episode 108.

Now, this episode is giving me a little different than normal.

This past week, Mark and I went out to New Orleans and spoke to a group of students at Tulane University who were either going through the Freeman School of Business or, I guess, more specifically, getting their master's in management in energy. So this is the first of about a dozen talks will'll be doing at universities across the US and Canada this calendar year.

So this was my first time in New Orleans and I really wish I could have stayed longer than one night.

From what I could tell it was definitely a fascinating city. The campus was absolutely beautiful.

The architecture there was so much different

than what we're accustomed to here in Houston. And to top it off, the food was wonderful. So

really enjoyed that. Before we get to this week's show, we've got OTC coming up in a few weeks.

So we're going to be recording live from the Red Wing booth.

And then we're also going to be recording live from the NOV shrimp boil.

Okay.

Page will also be launching the oil and gas industry leaders podcast live from OTC.

Remember while at OTC, we've talked about it a few times.

The Rice Alliance is having their startup roundup event.

They're not paying me to say that.

I just think it's a wonderful thing to go to.

Go check it out and see some innovating startups in this space.

You can go to their website to find more information about that.

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