Nov Today - A Podcast From National Oilwell Varco

Picking up from our last episode, we continue to discover more about Will Dowell and Bob Bruce, and the inspiration behind one of NOV’s premier facilities. Come along in this Four Corners episode and listen in as we visit the Intervention and Stimulation (ISE) facility in Kintore, Scotland. Learn more about how human factors, technological innovation, and the people behind its inception make this such a unique facility.

Imagine taking the premier manufacturing best practices from every NOV facility, combining those with the automotive manufacturing experience of Toyota Corporation, and combining the two into one NOV facility. Sound too good to be true? Come along in this Four Corners episode and listen in as we visit the Intervention and Stimulation (ISE) facility in Kintore, Scotland and discover more about this experiment in human factors and technological innovation, as well as the people behind its inception.

We’re getting all mixed up in our industrial mixing technologies.  Listen in as we discuss the history of our mixing products and how they play a vital role as the heart of many industrial processes. Find more information at www.nov.com/industrial

Would you be surprised to know that NOV sells products into markets outside of oil and gas? Join us as we discuss our progressing cavity pump technologies in various industrial markets. Special thanks to Vice President of Industrial Markets, Dib Dib and Director of Global Applications, Ian Horton for taking us through the world of industrial pumping solutions and its fascinating history in NOV. Stay tuned! Our next podcast explores the world of industrial mixing.

On this episode, we talk about NOV's Research and Development Test Center (RDTC) in Navasota, Texas. Listen in to find out more about this purpose-built facility that allows us to integrate and test all of our technolgies together, and also hear from some of the people who help make it all happen. 

The Fiberglass Systems facility in Plymouth, England – formerly Pipex px- has produced imaginative solutions for a broad range of industries over the last 43 years. It is here where virtually any kind of answer to customer problems can be engineered. Listen in as we kick off the first episode in a new ongoing series called Four Corners that will explore what NOV is doing around the world.

Big Data. Two small words that have an enormous impact on businesses in almost every major industry. Listen in on this initial episode of our ongoing Big Data series, as we talk with NOV’s VP of Engineering Technology, Carl Fehres, and take a visit to Grant Prideco in Navasota, Texas, to begin our discussion on how different parts of our company are effectively and efficiently leveraging this powerful tool.

Mexico has undertaken a major shift in the opening up of their Oil and Gas market. Join NOV Today host Michael Gaines as he travels to Mexico to learn more about this vibrant region of the world.

NOV’s Chief Marketing Officer David Reid sits down with host Michael Gaines to discuss NOV’s new podcast series NOV Today, inspirational leadership, and how failure can propel individuals and companies to achieve greater heights of future success.

The NOV Today podcast is – in its simplest and most basic form – a place where we’ll come to discuss the people, ideas, and technology that make up the oil and gas industry. Join us on this journey!