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API.org. Welcome back, listeners. Since you heard my predictions for 2024 just recently,

today we're featuring a blast from the past episode where we gaze into our crystal ball and

did our predictions for 2023. This episode aired last year, and it's both interesting and funny on what we got

wrong, what we got right, and what that teaches me about the futility of fortune

telling.

Enjoy.

You're listening to the oil and gas this Week podcast with Mark LaCore and Paige Wilson.

This is the show for busy oil pros who quickly want to keep their finger on the pulse of the industry.

You're listening to the Oil and Gas This Week podcast brought to you by IBM. This is a show for busy oil pros who want to quickly keep their finger on the pulse of the industry. Thanks for joining us for episode 287. What's up, Mark? What's up? It's in between Christmas and New Year's, although by the time people hear this, it'll be, 2023, it'll be a new year. So, happy new year to all of our new listeners. Happy new year to all of our old listeners. And just hoping that, you know, 20203 is a bit more of a normal year. Don't say anything. Do not jinx it. Before we get into reviews and everything else, just real quick, we have a new show launching this year. Actually, we launched as soon. It's our Ongas Geopolitical podcast, which was a bit of a struggle page to find a sponsor for, even though it's been our most requested new show for years. Right. Because you're going to have one side versus another. Well, guess what? We finally found the company, an organization that not only wants to sponsor that show, but is happy to sponsor a show. And the reason they want to sponsor a geopolitical podcast is they want to disconnect politics from energy, which is something that you and I have been saying for years. Right. So audience in the show notes will be the empowering alliance. Click the link sign up they're doing some wonderful

stuff they're just getting their games started and they're also our new sponsor for jordan's

all i guess geopolitical show so stay tuned for a bunch of wonderfulness for that yay jordan oh well this is kind of

a great segue so the reviews the first one we have is a three star and it says stop listening

pretty good show i used to enjoy it more I stopped listening because they became too politicize. Well, Mark Mitchell, 74 from United States, guess what? We're going to try to back off on the politics. But if it's something that involves the only gas industry business, we have to talk about it. And we have a new show that you probably don't want to listen to since you don't want to listen to. Let's talk in politics. But for everybody else that wants to understand the geopolitical world in oil and gas, which is super complicated, stay tuned. We got some, like I said, some wonderfulness coming. All right. Well, here's another review. It's a five-star title is, as new investors, thank you. Hi, Mark and Paige page i worked as a rough neck out of high school

in rock springs wyoming in 1980 i was young and stupid and i left a great career too early my biggest regret

fast word 42 years my wife and i have invested in a great small company in texas that is going after

natural gas we We love listening

to you and Mark on our travels and at home. Thank you so much for the education and news without any

spend. You both rock. Scott from Sarasota, Florida. Hey, Scott from Sarasota. If you want to reach out to me,

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