In this episode of the Hydrocarbon Engineering Podcast, Brandon Stambaugh, Owens Corning Director for Technical Services, joins us to discuss engineers’ demand for education and training to support the critical phases that affect the performance and longevity of insulating systems.

Brandon explains how projects typically happen in three phases: design and specification, construction, and post-construction, and considers what kind of training is available to support engineers and their teams throughout each phase.

We discuss the types of education that Owens Corning offers, and explore the capabilities of the company’s dedicated training sites in Pasadena, Texas, US, and Tessenderlo, Belgium.

Brandon also explains how industry demand is influencing the types of training that Owens Corning provides.

This episode of the Hydrocarbon Engineering Podcast is sponsored by Owens Corning FOAMGLAS® cellular glass insulation — an impermeable insulation trusted in high-performing hydrocarbon processing facilities around the globe. Learn more at https://www.owenscorning.com/en-us/insulation/foamglas

In this special episode of the Hydrocarbon Engineering Podcast, we sit down with a panel of experts to consider the economics of e-fuels.

We’re joined by Zinovia Skoufa, Managing Director, Methanol, Johnson Matthey; Tommy Lykke Wind, Senior Future Fuels Manager, A.P. Moller-Maersk; Leigh Abrams, Senior Business Leader, Emerging Renewable Fuels, Honeywell; Clara Bowman, COO, HIF Global; and Lawrence Navin; Vice President, Methanol Institute.

This episode provides an introduction to e-fuels, and discusses the factors influencing e-fuel pricing, the economic challenges, market dynamics, and strategies for cost reduction.

This episode is an excerpt from a recent Insight Seminar that Hydrocarbon Engineering hosted. To access the full recording, visit: www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/webinars/johnson-matthey/travelling-towards-sustainability-exploring-the-economics-of-e-fuels/

This episode of the Hydrocarbon Engineering Podcast is sponsored by Owens Corning FOAMGLAS® cellular glass insulation — an impermeable insulation trusted in high-performing hydrocarbon processing facilities around the globe. Learn more at https://www.owenscorning.com/en-us/insulation/foamglas

In this episode, we sit down with Susan Bell, Senior Vice President within Commodity Markets – Oil, Rystad Energy, to consider the impact that trade wars have on global oil demand and oil prices.

We discuss the immediate aftermath of President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcements, and the impact that these tariffs continue to have on the global oil market.

Susan offers her opinion on the impact that the tariffs will have on the refining, petrochemical and LNG sectors, as well as what all of this means for new projects.

This episode of the Hydrocarbon Engineering Podcast is sponsored by Owens Corning FOAMGLAS® cellular glass insulation — an impermeable insulation trusted in high-performing hydrocarbon processing facilities around the globe. Learn more at https://www.owenscorning.com/en-us/insulation/foamglas