The midstream sector is the critical artery of the oil and gas industry. It manages the transportation and processing of hydrocarbons through gas gathering, NGL fractionation, and extensive pipeline networks. This infrastructure is essential for feeding power plants, refineries, and global export terminals for LNG, crude oil, and ethane.
ADI Analytics provides expert consulting and data-driven insights to help midstream stakeholders succeed in this dynamic environment, offering support across the entire value chain—from gathering and processing to regional and global distribution.
Navigating the evolving midstream infrastructure landscape
The midstream and NGL industries are undergoing a significant transformation driven by maturing shale plays, decarbonization, and large-scale energy transition initiatives. To thrive, companies must navigate shifting commodity flows, regulatory complexities, and the push for operational efficiency.
Overcoming regulatory and market headwinds
Operators face mounting challenges, including expiring contracts, lower volumes, and tariff changes. Expanding networks is increasingly difficult due to regulatory obstacles and environmental concerns. Furthermore, the energy transition is driving a shift toward cleaner operations, necessitating investments in CCUS, renewable natural gas, and hydrogen.
Driving efficiency through strategic consolidation
To ensure long-term viability, midstream companies are pursuing consolidation and mergers to enhance competitiveness. Optimizing existing assets and adopting new technologies for dehydration, compression, and emissions management are vital steps in maintaining a competitive edge in an evolving market.
How ADI helps
At ADI Analytics, we provide expert consulting services supported by robust databases, analytics, and models across midstream and NGL value chains. Explore our core service offerings:
- Asset valuation for midstream assets (pipelines, processing, storage) using methods like DCF and precedent transactions along with rigorous due diligence for M&A, covering technical, commercial, and financial aspects.
- Commercial strategy and optimization by development of transportation service (TSA), terminal use (TUA), and sales and purchase (SPA) agreements, transportation tariffs, and NGL marketing strategies coupled with risk assessment for gathering, fractionation, storage, and other midstream infrastructure.
- Midstream capacity and services procurement via fuel hedging strategies, management of RFPs for pipeline capacity and processing deals, analysis of basis differentials, and benchmarking of commercial terms.
- Market entry and business development, including assessment of greenfield/brownfield opportunities in gathering, processing, and storage; development of market entry strategies and business models; and performance of due diligence on potential joint venture partners.
- Market assessment and forecasting covering regional analysis of natural gas and NGL markets (supply basins, demand centers), price forecasts at key hubs (Henry Hub, Mont Belvieu), takeaway capacity evaluations, and flow analysis.
- Project and infrastructure development with support for navigating midstream regulations (FERC, state), feasibility studies for compression, dehydration, and other infrastructure, development of project economics and financial models (rate cases), and handling of technology evaluation/vendor selection (amine treating, cryogenic processing).
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