The Wood Podcast

We explore the future skills needed in a rapidly evolving energy industry and how professionals and organisations can best prepare for changes to the industry and workplace. This episode features: • Yuriy Zhupikov, Wood’s Learning & Development Manager, based in Abu Dhabi • Dr. Steven Griffiths, Senior Vice President of Research & Development and Professor of Practice at the Khalifa University of Science & Technology in Abu Dhabi To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.

We discuss our collective ability to achieve a sustainable balance between the demands for energy security and the needs for energy transition. This episode features: Sean Evers, Founder & Managing Partner of Gulf Intelligence, based in Dubai Richard Spires, Wood’s Director Of Technology Development based in Reading, UK To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.

We’re halfway through ADIPEC 2022, and our CEO Ken Gilmartin has joined us from our live podcast studio in the heart of the exhibition to share his reflections on the strategic panel – maximizing energy and minimising emissions, the circular economy and what next, within the implementation phase. This episode features: Ken Gilmartin, Wood’s CEO Colin Ross, Wood’s Vice President Marketing & Communications To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.

We explore how we can meet the vital need for energy security through the delivery of mega projects. This episode features: Christopher M. Barton, Vice President, Growth & Development Conventional Energy Projects for Wood in Houston, Texas Dr. Imad Younes, Vice President Projects UAE, Conventional Energy, Projects for Wood in Abu Dhabi. To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.

Wood and its partners are delivering some of the world’s most challenging problems - in this case enabling technologies to deliver a circular economy for plastics. This episode features: • Dr. Stefan Pirker, Head of Technology and Innovation Management, Chemical Recycling with OMV, based in Austria • Richard Spires, Wood’s Technology Development Director, based in Reading, UK To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.

We discuss how the Middle East can become a global hydrogen player. We cover the key steps to maximise the regions hydrogen potential, the technology commercialisation required and the likely impact of COP27 on future strategy. This episode features: Daryl Wilson, Executive Director at the Hydrogen Council, based in Ontario, Canada Stuart Turl, Business Development Director - Energy Transition, based in London, UK To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.

We discuss Wood’s lifecycle approach to digital twin and how this helps to execute major projects, whilst outlining the importance of transforming businesses and maintain digital twins in order to create real lasting value. This episode features: · David Docherty, Wood’s Global Manager Autonomous Control and Optimisation, based in Staines, UK. · Dr Tobias Scheele, AVEVA’s SVP Engineering Business, based in the Orange County in California To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.

We discuss the regulations and policies required to accelerate decarbonisation solutions in the Middle East, how we integrate renewable solutions in existing infrastructure and the challenges faced in modifying assets, as well as the workforce and skill-sets required to undertake this transition. This episode features: Stuart Turl, Wood’s Business Development Director for Energy Transition, based in London, UK Chris Ryan, Wood’s Project Director for the Basrah Gas Company contract for flare capturing To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.

We will be exploring the unique relationship between the UK and the UAE and how the countries – with all of their expertise, heritage and ambition – can work together to lead the way on the global energy transition. This episode features: Mike Mair, Wood’s Vice President Growth & Development, in Abu Dhabi Ryan McPherson, Regional Director with the Energy Industries Council, in Abu Dhabi To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.

We discuss the methane detection challenges operators are facing around the world and how newly enacted regulation is changing the decarbonisation landscape across industrial assets. This episode features: Brian Chalmers, President, Growth & Development, at Wood in Houston, Texas. Dan Carter, Vice President, Decarbonisation & New Energies, at Wood in Reading, UK To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.