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What's going on, guys?

Welcome back to another episode of the Oil and Gas This Week podcast. I'm here with the man, the myth, the legend. Mark Lecore. What's up, buddy? What's up, Jake? So the funny thing about that is my 14-year-old son. The other day he told me, he goes, dad, he goes, you got maybe 20, 25 years left. He goes, when you die, I don't have to worry about your company

because your core team is all millennials and I've done to math and all be in their peak earning years. And I go, Ethan? Thank you. That's kind of, you're already making, like Jake said, a myth, like you're already making me a myth. I'm still alive. I'm still here. I don't know if that's morbid or if he's just highly intelligent?

It's a bit of both.

I think you could have chose better words. Ray, I'm still alive. I'm still here. I don't know if that's morbid or if he's just highly intelligent.

It's a bit of both. I think you could have chose better words, but I do like the fact that he's thinking things through. It is so funny. It is funny. He actually, he's already figured out he wants to go to the Air Force Academy. He wants to go to an officer. He's going to get a degree in business. and then he's going to work for another company for a couple years and he's step into place and run OGGN.

So we'll see if it works out for him. You know that I'll check. degree in business. And then he's going to work for another company for a couple years. And he's

step into place and run OGGN. So we'll see if it works out for him. You know that'll change about 25,000 times before. Oh, heck yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was going to play professional baseball, but then I'd realize I selected baseball. And then I was going to do stuff. I was going to go to art school. and then I was going to be a rock star.

Probably could have pulled that one off.

I wanted to be a war II fighter pilot. And when I was about eight years old, I thought. You see a World War II fighter pilot? You're really, World War II is over. Unless I invent a time machine, there's no way I could ever be a war to be fighter pilot. And speaking of War II fire pilots, we got some reviews real quick. It's a great podcast by Montergo 23 from USA. You guys do a great job covered in all aspects of the oil and gas industry. I'm a safety coordinator, blah, blah, blah, for small contractors new to the industry. Your podcast is a great resource to me. Keep up the good work. Mark, Jake, Sarah Page, Colin, Justin, Patrick, and everybody else in the background. Thank you. That's awesome that he appreciates all of us and the

people in the background that gets all the hard work done, the Julie's and Emmons of the world.

And then we have great work guys by Quality Matters. Oh, that's Kyle. So Kyle just launched a new

podcast called Quality Matters. It's a lot about quality, not just an oil and gas, but in the industry as a whole. So if you get a chance, go check down out. It's a really great show, but he gave us a review. Love the podcast and everyone with everything that OGG does. Keep it up, which we will do, Kyle. I wouldn't have to put a link to Kyle's podcast in the show notes here. But speaking of show notes, it's time to jump into the stories. What's first, Jake? OPEC is threatening

to kill U.S. Shell, but it's kind of our own fault. So obviously, OPEC is the organized

organization of petroleum exporting countries, which we all know, is looking to kind of just put

an end to the new NOPEC bill that Congress is looking to pass, which is the no oil producing

and exporting cartels

act. So that is essentially, I don't, I think it's saying that we're not going to work with

OPEC, right? Yes, exactly what it is. The odds of this legislation get passed are slim,

but that's what they're trying to do. Yeah. So what I'm trying to talk about on this article is

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