National Energy Talk Episode 20: Podcast Anniversary Review
Mark recaps where the podcast has been so far and what lies ahead.

Mark A. Stansberry, energy advisor and corporate development strategist, has been a columnist and contributor for Energies Media since 2014. He is the author of America Needs America’s Energy: Creating Together the People’s Energy Plan and the host of the National Energy Talk podcast. Stansberry served as U.S. Senator Bartlett’s intern/staff member from 1975-76, and led Senators Bellmon and Bartlett’s State Youth Conference in 1976. Stansberry can be contacted through his website.
Mark recaps where the podcast has been so far and what lies ahead.
Phil Rice, CEO, Dallas, Texas, and Ashley Nichols, COO, Oklahoma City, lead Align Energy Solutions. The company provides strategic alignment for corporate solutions and results. Align…
Mark visits with David Guest, vice president of Guest Petroleum, Inc. Websites mentioned in the interview: OEPA: okenergyproducers.org NARO: naru-us.org Oil Expo: okoilexpo.com
When it comes to technology, research, innovation and development, it’s important to have a spokesperson, just as I had Matt Carter, president and CEO of Carter…
Stacey Huddleston serves as Vice President, Business Development Officer at Seacoast Business Funding. Mr. Huddleston is based in the Midwest and will focus on expanding the…
Intentional consequences? “No more subsidies for [the] fossil fuel industry. No more drilling on federal lands. No more drilling, including offshore. No ability for [the] oil…
Matt Carter is the President & CEO of Carter Wind Energy As an industry leader with more than 50 years of wind energy experience, Carter has…
Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining…
Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining…
Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, strongly credited the American oil industry’s cooperation with the U.K. oil industry for victory in World War II. The oil industry is…
Align Strategies helps companies attract amazing talent and outstanding clients through holistic alignment at the convergence of talent, client, and industry. Phil Rice, CEO and Discovery…
Owen Plowman is vice president for business development at Actenum. Owen has spearheaded Actenum’s business development and marketing activities since 2006 and is now focused on…
Jason Spiess is a multi-award-winning journalist, entrepreneur and content consultant. Spiess has over 30 years of media experience in broadcasting, journalism, reporting and principal ownership in…
Gray Frederickson is an Academy Award-winning producer who won an Oscar as Co-Producer of The Godfather Part II and received an Academy Award nomination for his…
Strategic Optimization 1440 (the number of minutes in a day) is an initiative that I have designed for companies in the process of corporate development. The…
Mark reviews events in the energy industry and in his work from 2021, and he gives a preview of what’s ahead in 2022.
This episode is an excerpt of Mark’s recent talk entitled “America’s Energy Pathways: Natural Gas, Infrastructure & Digital Transformation” at the 2021 NARO (National Association of…
The effectiveness and efficiency of an energy corporation depend strongly on the board, officers and, ultimately, on a team effort from all levels. In 2018, I…
Mark LaCour has lived and worked in the oil and gas industry for over 25 years. Later he started his own market research company and has…
Mark answers some questions from listeners.
José Beceiro is the founder and CEO of Beceiro Strategies. He has worked in the cleantech and high-tech industries for 15 years. His background and areas…
Robert W. Jordan is Diplomat in Residence and adjunct professor of political science in the John G. Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University.…
Mark answers some questions from listeners.
America’s energy reliability is essential for both the power generation and transportation needed for our country. As the last two articles on America’s energy reliability have…
Rebecca Ponton is a career journalist. Her work has always focused on women and their achievements. She lived abroad for 14 years and, while most of that…
Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. is the President of Keener Oil and served as the 39th Mayor of Tulsa, OK. Bartlett graduated from Regis College in Denver…
Oil and gas pipelines are essential to our energy reliability, energy security and economic prosperity. When the Colonial Pipeline was shut down recently, America experienced the…
In 2007 I chaired four energy events for the centennial celebration of Oklahoma’s statehood. The events were a salute to the past, present, future, and women…
“Creating Together the People’s Energy Plan” was the sub-theme of my book entitled, America Needs America’s Energy. A dependable energy plan is necessary for all of…
In a 2012 film documentary entitled The Grand Energy Transition (GET) on which I served as a producer, the transition, which included oil and gas renewables,…
The year 2020 was truly a time of uncertainty and challenges, to say the least. The future of regulations, executive orders, tax issues, fiscal and monetary…
America’s energy challenges will be before us for many years ahead. As I wrote in my book, America Needs America’s Energy, “Future generations are depending on…
A recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) entitled “Gas 2020: Analyzing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Natural Gas Markets” was published…
On October 21, 2019, I had the honor of serving as a keynote speaker at the Oklahoma Academy’s Town Hall Meeting at the WinStar Convention Center.…
At the 2004 International Energy Policy Conference in Tulsa, OK, the main focus was on the subject of geopolitics. Fourteen years later, the focus is on…
Since the beginning of March of this year, I have spoken at several events, including The Pipeline & Energy Expo in Tulsa, OK, the 25th Annual…
“The elements of our strengths are many. They include our democratic government, our economic system, our great natural resources,” stated Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick in the 80s…
In 1992, I founded and chaired the first International Energy Policy Conference (IEPC) now known as National Energy Talk (NET). IEPC/NET is now in its twenty-fifth…
During August of 1992, I was a member of a 20 member delegation on a visit to Russia under the auspices of People to People International…
In 2001, I teamed up with Academy Award winning producer Gray Frederickson (Godfather II) to begin a film production company. Since that time, I have heard…