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Ron Gusek

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Liberty

Search every verified Ron Gusek interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ron Gusek, President and CEO of Liberty Energy, discussed the company's expansion beyond oilfield services into power generation and its use of artificial intelligence in a September 2026 interview with EnerCom. He stated that Liberty, previously focused solely on fracturing, entered power generation to capitalize on opportunities, and he highlighted the growth of Liberty Power Innovations amid rising power demand from data centers. Gusek also described AI applications in the company's operations, including logistics optimization for over a million annual sand truckloads and equipment oversight, noting that AI-driven monitoring has increased component longevity by 75 to 100 percent and reduced stage time by seven minutes. He mentioned plans for an agentic AI system to execute fracturing jobs with human augmentation. Gusek also addressed North American energy market conditions, noting a "meaningful disruption" in global oil and gas supply that has impacted other countries less shielded by the shale revolution. He expressed a cautious outlook for 2027, anticipating "flatish" production growth with similar lateral feet completed as in the current year, citing commodity price volatility and forward curves that do not signal meaningful growth. He attributed potential adjustments to private companies responding to prompt prices.

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