Round the Rotary guest Jacob Folz (VP - Drilling - Laredo Energy)

On this episode Jacob Folz (VP - Drilling at Laredo Energy) joins us and gives us his background of how he went from a football player/chemical engineer starting on the service side to setting his goals to be on the operator side of the business. This was done by him going to the field for long stretches, but most importantly: his mentorships throughout his career. Jacob took on several roles he didn't feel comfortable with, but that uncomfortableness helped push him to understand operations from a 30,000' view. To him relationships matter, often viewing service companies and personnel as friends and partners. He goes into how to "add value" to a drilling program with practical examples. We then dive into how the O&G industry can be proactive and self-regulate several of our industry "black eyes". It is up to us to be proactive in our efforts to "leave it better than we found it" as we compete for capital not just among our industry, but outside of it as well.