TCU Sent College Kids Into the Permian Basin. Here's What Happened.

TCU's energy internship program is back for round two and the results are kind of wild. What started as a summer experiment with business students who knew zero about oil and gas turned into kids giving no-notes presentations on legacy well economics in just ten weeks. Nikki Morris, Executive Director of TCU's Ralph Lowe Energy Institute, and Ryan Haggerty, Owner at RHR Oil and Gas, break down the field trips from Diamondback frac sites to 70 year old vertical wells, how AI is changing the game for young talent but still can't replace the crusty old timer making the final call, and why the industry's biggest problem with 150,000 orphan wells in Texas might need a proactive solution before Washington forces one.

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0:00 Intro and field trip recap from Riot's bitcoin mining site to Corsicana

2:45 First impressions of the oilfield and the stiletto boots story

5:22 How students connected the dots seeing wells in person

8:21 Why basic energy education is missing from schools

10:30 Overview of TCU's energy programs and student workers

13:00 How Ryan and Nikki connected through the Fort Worth chamber