Clay Parish, fractional production engineer with Corners, joins Reed fresh off babysitting a gas lift well that keeps flooding its fuel separator. From Bakken allocation puzzles and North Dakota flaring rules to a 4 a.m. visit from the sheriff, plunger lift tinkering, and rescuing an orphan well in Texas, they cover a lot of ground. Then it gets real with consultant insurance, oil taxes, and why building a career around your family beats the other way around.
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0:00:00 Hats and a Stubborn Gas Lift Well
0:06:16 Clay's Career Path
0:09:33 Gas Lift vs Rod Pumps
0:12:43 Production Allocation Puzzles
0:18:12 Fishing and Growing Up in North Texas
0:23:40 Going Out on His Own
0:33:17 Simple Living and Simple Automation
0:40:32 Company Culture at Grayson Mill
0:48:04 Meters and Measurement
0:56:28 Lithium and Who Owns Produced Water
1:02:37 Bitcoin Mining and Flaring Rules
1:05:01 Flowback in Watford City
1:10:38 When Midstream Runs Late
1:18:14 Long Laterals and Well Testing
1:29:56 Winter in North Dakota
1:35:21 Plunger Lift and Consulting Work
1:53:45 Learning From the Old Timers
2:05:27 Insurance as a Consultant
2:12:23 Oil and Gas Taxes
2:16:03 Taking On an Orphan Well
2:30:36 Teaching Entrepreneurship in School
2:37:31 Building a Career Around Family
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