Nishadi Davis from Wood

Nishadi Davis went from wireline field engineer at Schlumberger to Director of Strategic Advisory, Americas at Wood, and she has watched plenty of energy projects live or die on the numbers. She explains what Wood actually does, why some hydrogen megaprojects never stood a chance, how community pushback can sink carbon capture, and why microbes turning old wells into cheap hydrogen has her excited. Plus real talk for founders trying to land their first big partner.Click here to watch a video of this episode.Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward.Apply today at collide.ioClick here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Intro01:14 What Wood does04:53 Wood's history05:52 From wireline to Wood09:43 Life as a woman in the field13:19 14 years at Wood15:02 The hydrogen hype17:16 Delivering bad news22:42 Community risk and permitting26:13 Why decarbonization28:23 Comparing carbon capture31:28 Eclipse Energy and microbial hydrogen38:57 How startups land partners43:10 What startups needhttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai