The Path to Autonomous Frac

Building software inside a frac and wireline giant is a different beast than doing it at a startup. Ben Dickinson and Raleigh Bumpers from NexTier Completion Solutions get into life under the Patterson UTI umbrella, the EOS platform, the Vertex automated pump control system, the shift from diesel to natural gas powered fleets, agentic AI in the field, and why the world genuinely stops if oil and gas stops. Plus Pittsburgh shale stories and a Colorado School of Mines reality check.

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 The NexTier 60-second pitch

2:00 Why integrating every service on location wins

4:30 Ben's path from Pittsburgh to wireline to digital

11:15 Raleigh's jump from computer science to the Eagle Ford

17:00 If oil and gas stops, the world stops

19:30 Pittsburgh, the shale boom, and incoming data centers