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In this inaugural episode of the Energy Focus Podcast, EIC CEO Stuart Broadley sits down with Mike Pettigrew, CEO of ASCO Group, to discuss the opportunities and obstacles shaping international trade and export in today’s global energy supply chain. From ASCO’s remarkable turnaround story to its bold expansion into frontier markets like Namibia and Cote d’Ivoire, Mike offers candid insights on leadership, sustainability, and navigating the uncertainties of geopolitics and the energy transition.

What is Energy Focus?

Energy Focus is the EIC’s flagship quarterly magazine, delivering in-depth features, regional market insights, and expert commentary on the global energy industry. The Energy Focus Podcast builds on this trusted content by offering a fresh, conversational perspective from the magazine’s contributors and energy leaders.

Liked this episode? Don’t miss the magazine! Read Energy Focus to hear more from leading operators, contractors, industry bodies, and academic institutions across oil and gas, power, nuclear, and renewable sectors.

What is the EIC?

The Energy Industries Council (EIC) is one of the world’s largest energy trade associations. As a not-for-profit organisation, it supports more than 950 member companies involved in the global energy value chain. EIC operatesinternationally, with offices in London, Kuala Lumpur, Rio de Janeiro, Houston, Dubai, and soon, Berlin.

It is energy agnostic, supporting all parts of the energy sector. From mature renewable onshore and offshore sectors like wind, solar and hydropower; to grid infrastructure and large nuclear; to hydrocarbon sectors like oil & gas, LNG, FPSO, decommissioning, upstream, midstream and downstream; to emerging low-carbon sectors like hydrogen, carbon capture, CCUS, energy storage, BESS, biofuels, SAF (sustainable aviation fuels), and geothermal.

EIC provides a wide range of services, including access to global market intelligence, CAPEX and OPEX project data, consulting support, events, business development opportunities, and advocacy. It also facilitates connections with key decision-makers and policymakers in the energy sector worldwide.

Stay Connected with EIC

· Learn more about the EIC: www.the-eic.com

· Read the Energy Focus Magazine: https://www.the-eic.com/MediaCentre/Publications/EnergyFocusExplore EIC membership: www.the-eic.com/Membership

· Follow the EIC on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/energy-industries-council-the-eic-

In This Episode

In the latest episode of Survive and Thrive, our host Stuart Broadley, CEO of the Energy Industries Council (EIC), sits down with Dean Rossiter, Managing Director of Transcar Projects. They explore the company’s remarkable transformation journey, overcoming the twin shocks of the pandemic and an oil price collapse. Dean shares how his background in IT enabled him to lead an in-house development team in creating and refining TRANSFREIGHT, a cloud-based logistics operating platform tailored to meet client needs. By focusing on usability, real-time reporting, and seamless integration, the team delivered a system that set them apart in the market, while reinforcing long-term client relationships and enabling significant growth.

What Is the EIC? What Are the World Energy Supply Chain Awards?

The Energy Industries Council (EIC) is one of the world’s largest energy trade associations. As a not-for-profit organisation, it supports more than 950 member companies involved in the global energy value chain. EIC operatesinternationally, with offices in London, Kuala Lumpur, Rio de Janeiro, Houston, Dubai, and soon, Berlin.

It is energy agnostic, supporting all parts of the energy sector. From mature renewable onshore and offshore sectors like wind, solar and hydropower; to grid infrastructure and large nuclear; to hydrocarbon sectors like oil & gas, LNG, FPSO, decommissioning, upstream, midstream and downstream; to emerging low-carbon sectors like hydrogen, carbon capture, CCUS, energy storage, BESS, biofuels, SAF (sustainable aviation fuels), and geothermal.

EIC provides a wide range of services, including access to global market intelligence, CAPEX and OPEX project data, consulting support, events, business development opportunities, and advocacy. It also facilitates connections with key decision-makers and policymakers in the energy sector worldwide.

The organisation is behind the World Energy Supply Chain Awards (WESCA), which celebrates excellence and innovation across the energy supply chain. EIC also publishes the annual Survive & Thrive Insight Report, which explores the strategies member companies are using to grow in an increasingly complex and competitive global energy landscape.

EIC’s members bring exceptional capability across engineering, manufacturing, services, technology, innovation, digital solutions, and asset management. Collectively, they represent the future of the energy industry, driving the net zero agenda, enabling the energy transition, and advancing sustainability and a just transition.

Stay Connected with EIC

• Learn more about the EIC: ⁠⁠⁠www.the-eic.com⁠⁠⁠
• Explore EIC membership: ⁠⁠⁠www.the-eic.com/Membership⁠⁠
• Read the Survive & Thrive reports: ⁠⁠⁠the-eic.com/MediaCentre/Publications/SurviveandThrive⁠⁠⁠
• Follow the EIC on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠linkedin.com/company/energy-industries-council-the-eic-⁠⁠

• Learn more about Lloyd's Register: ⁠https://www.lr.org

In This Episode

This is the launch episode for the 2025 Survive & Thrive Insight Report, the ninth edition of EIC’s renowned annual research that showcases many of world’s most inspiring energy businesses.

This podcast is sponsored by Lloyd’s Register.

Featuring 140 energy supply chain businesses, representing all energy sectors, and from around the world, this research provides unique and often surprising findings about which growth strategies companies preferred for their growth and investment in 2024, and why.

In this episode of the Survive and Thrive podcast, Stuart Broadley, CEO of the Energy Industries Council (EIC), is joined by Rebecca Groundwater, EIC’s Global Head of External Affairs, to discuss the findings from the 2025 edition of the Survive and Thrive report.

Together, Stuart and Becca reflect on key industry trends, including the rise of service & solutions strategies, the cautious adoption of AI, the standout success of the Middle East region and the ongoing challenges associated with developing new export markets. This episode offers a comprehensive snapshot of a sector that is adapting, thriving, and preparing for what lies ahead.

What Is the EIC? What Are the World Energy Supply Chain Awards?

The Energy Industries Council (EIC) is one of the world’s largest energy trade associations. As a not-for-profit organisation, it supports more than 950 member companies involved in the global energy value chain. EIC operatesinternationally, with offices in London, Kuala Lumpur, Rio de Janeiro, Houston, Dubai, and soon, Berlin.

It is energy agnostic, supporting all parts of the energy sector. From mature renewable onshore and offshore sectors like wind, solar and hydropower; to grid infrastructure and large nuclear; to hydrocarbon sectors like oil & gas, LNG, FPSO, decommissioning, upstream, midstream and downstream; to emerging low-carbon sectors like hydrogen, carbon capture, CCUS, energy storage, BESS, biofuels, SAF (sustainable aviation fuels), and geothermal.

EIC provides a wide range of services, including access to global market intelligence, CAPEX and OPEX project data, consulting support, events, business development opportunities, and advocacy. It also facilitates connections with key decision-makers and policymakers in the energy sector worldwide.

The organisation is behind the World Energy Supply Chain Awards (WESCA), which celebrates excellence and innovation across the energy supply chain. EIC also publishes the annual Survive & Thrive Insight Report, which explores the strategies member companies are using to grow in an increasingly complex and competitive global energy landscape.

EIC’s members bring exceptional capability across engineering, manufacturing, services, technology, innovation, digital solutions, and asset management. Collectively, they represent the future of the energy industry, driving the net zero agenda, enabling the energy transition, and advancing sustainability and a just transition.

Stay Connected with EIC

• Learn more about the EIC: ⁠⁠⁠www.the-eic.com⁠⁠⁠
• Explore EIC membership: ⁠⁠⁠www.the-eic.com/Membership⁠⁠
• Read the Survive & Thrive reports: ⁠⁠⁠the-eic.com/MediaCentre/Publications/SurviveandThrive⁠⁠⁠
• Follow the EIC on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠linkedin.com/company/energy-industries-council-the-eic-⁠⁠

• Learn more about Lloyd's Register: ⁠https://www.lr.org