Welcome to the Hydrocarbon Engineering podcast: a podcast series for professionals in the downstream refining, petrochemical and gas processing industries.
Susan Bell, Senior Vice President within Commodity Markets – Oil, Rystad Energy, discusses the impact of trade wars on global oil demand and oil prices, in light of President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs.
Leakhena Swett, President of the International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA), and Jay Cruz, Senior Director of Government Affairs and Communications, join us to consider the key role that industry associations have to play in the sectors that they serve.
Mike Logue, Owens Corning Global Business Director – Mechanical Insulation, delves into factors that can support the performance, safety and longevity of insulating systems installed in hydrocarbon processing environments, including cryogenic facilities.
Rasmus Rubycz, Market Manager for New Energy at Atlas Copco Gas and Process, considers how heat pumps as an industrial technology are gaining greater attention as a result of the increased drive for sustainability and the challenges and opportunities of electrification of process heat.
Peter Davidson, CEO of the Tank Storage Association (TSA), joins us to discuss the essential role that the tank storage sector has to play in ensuring supply security and resilience, as well as in facilitating the energy transition.
Dr Klaus Brun, Global Director of Research & Development, Ebara Elliott Energy, joins us to discuss the progress that is being made towards adapting centrifugal compressors for high-speed hydrogen compression.
In this episode, Alan Gelder, Senior Vice President of Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets at Wood Mackenzie, provides a review of downstream markets in 2024 and looks ahead to what 2025 may hold for the sector.