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From Siberia to Shale: Inside Global Oil, Gas, and Leadership with Vladimir Ingerman
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In this eye-opening episode of Leaders and Their Stories, Richard Lowe—The Writing King and Ghostwriting Guru—sits down with Vladimir Ingerman, a Soviet-born oil and gas expert whose 35-year career has spanned Siberian oil fields to the heart of America’s shale revolution. Vladimir shares how he helped modernize Soviet drilling operations, brought Western tech to Russia through Halliburton, and developed breakthrough methods to reduce shale drilling costs and pollution in the U.S.
Discover what it was like to manage high-stakes energy projects across two superpowers, how leadership shaped his career, and why he believes love and teamwork matter just as much as technical brilliance. We also explore how AI is and isn’t impacting energy—and what future innovators need to know.
📌 Topics covered:
- Soviet vs. American oil industry practices
- What it’s really like working in Siberia
- Halliburton, Dick Cheney, and $700M mistakes
- Creating software that processed 1 million wells
- The shale revolution & cutting development costs
- Leadership lessons from building elite technical teams
- Why innovation in oil still takes 15–20 years
🎙️ Don’t miss this global perspective on energy, technology, and leadership from a man who’s shaped them all.
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