POSTED BY capSpire ON February 22, 2021 IN Blog
Before joining capSpire, I worked at a Fortune 50-sized oil and gas corporation, where I found myself eventually craving more exciting challenges from my work. I was fortunate to find a fit for my skills at capSpire. Working here over the past year has provided me with an ambitious, fast-paced, and immensely enjoyable work experience, …
POSTED BY capSpire ON February 10, 2021 IN Blog, Digital Transformation
Technology has historically impacted society in discrete waves. Digital has assumed such significance because this is the first time that a number of technology waves (cloud, IoT, AI, etc) have broken simultaneously and at a price point that makes enormous functionality and processing power available relatively cheaply. In commodity assets, many producers have been at …
POSTED BY capSpire ON January 29, 2021 IN Blog, Case Study
“We couldn’t be happier with the results. The capSpire team has done an absolutely superb job—their knowledge, expertise, demeanor, and professionalism made this project a success.” -Fred Catchpole, Supervisor at Eighty-Eight Oil
POSTED BY capSpire ON September 10, 2020 IN Blog
Here’s a fun fact: I don’t love running. I’ve competed in 13+ marathons, devote 5 or 6 days a week to running, and I average 6-10 miles per day. But I don’t actually enjoy it because the journey is grueling and some days it’s hard to push through. What I enjoy about running is the …
POSTED BY capSpire ON July 30, 2020 IN Uncategorized
As many people can relate, my days at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic were focused on adapting to unprecedented business disruptions, charting a path forward for employees, and making sure clients would be served well for the foreseeable future. My first thought was for the safety and well-being of our team. Ahead of formal …
POSTED BY capSpire ON July 22, 2020 IN Uncategorized
Renewables are at the forefront of electricity discussions in the current landscape of the Irish Single Electricity Market with Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS) 1 taking centre stage. In this blog I’ll outline what RESS 1 is (and isn’t) and the opportunities and challenges it brings RESS 1 is a government scheme to promote investment …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 23, 2020 IN Blog, E/CTRM, Featured
The energy and commodity industry isn’t static. After all, markets are dynamic. Regulations are continually updated. Businesses grow and evolve. Software vendors release new versions and patches. In response, support services for commodity trading and risk management systems need to be agile as well. Companies want to be sure they’re getting the best operations support …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 15, 2020 IN Blog, Featured
You wouldn’t take a Ferrari to any standard garage when it needs to be serviced, right? Of course not. You’d take it to a service center that, at minimum, specializes in high-end sports cars or luxury European automobiles. Why? It comes down to quality. Specialized technicians are more likely to know your vehicle make and …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 10, 2020 IN Blog
In recent months, it has been difficult to avoid exceptional events hitting the headlines, with conjecture rife around the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and the subsequent increase in volatility wreaking havoc within the commodity markets, the next headline-grabbing twist always seems just around the corner. Within the crude oil world, phrases such as “price war”, …
POSTED BY capSpire ON June 9, 2020 IN Blog, E/CTRM, Featured
In my more than 20 years of providing CTRM operations support, I’ve found trust to be the number-one factor that makes or breaks a client partnership. In many cases, trust simply isn’t there because a relationship ceases to exist, period. Often, a support person is merely a distant voice on the phone. A company’s team …