Industry: Industrials & Digital

ADI has released its 2026 ADI Global SAF Outlook, outlining the key regulatory, production, and market forces shaping the global sustainable aviation fuel landscape. The outlook highlights increasing fragmentation, constrained supply growth, and rising cost pressures as mandates expand worldwide. 1. Regulatory divergence fragments the global market. The U.S. undergoes a sharp policy reversal in […]

The global upstream sector is entering a massive supply overhang that could depress crude prices for much of the year. In this brief update, Panuswee Dwivedi, Project Manager at ADI Analytics, breaks down how operators are stress-testing budgets and why capital is rapidly shifting from US shale to high-margin international offshore projects. Key Highlights Watch […]

Geopolitical developments over the weekend have renewed interest in Venezuela’s oil industry and what they may mean for global oil markets. The long arc of the Venezuelan oil industry is visible in Exhibit 1, where production fell from ~3.5 MMb/d in the 1970s to ~1.1 MMb/d by 2025. Exhibit 1 also shows Venezuelan crude oil […]

The green hydrogen dream is currently facing a difficult reality: electrolysers are expensive to build and operate, and many projects are struggling to secure the high utilization required for a bankable business case, often due to a lack of immediate, large-scale hydrogen demand. These plants have high upfront capital costs, and if they sit idle, the financial […]

A severe shortage of critical power equipment has pushed grid infrastructure assets to historic, tech-like valuations. In this brief update, Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Analytics, breaks down how the AI power crunch is driving a massive structural premium across the electrification stack. Key Highlights Watch the full video below to see where grid bottlenecks […]

The November 2025 edition of the ADI Newsletter spotlights major shifts shaping the energy landscape. AI-driven data center expansion is triggering a grid infrastructure “gold rush,” with valuations soaring to 20× EBITDA amid transformer shortages and interconnection delays. Our outlook also shows carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) gaining global traction, with nearly 50 mtpa […]

Gold prices have increased by nearly 50% in the past year, but that’s not the only gold rush in town these days. The other gold rush is for a piece of the supply chain action that enables access to the grid for power generation assets, powering the upcoming AI-driven data centers. The grid infrastructure gold […]

The ADI team participated in multiple events across the city during the second annual Houston Energy and Climate Week in September 2025—which has now grown into a vibrant global event—hosting many of our clients who traveled from as far as Asia and Europe. Houston’s startup landscape feels vibrant and increasingly central to the energy transition; the ION and Greentown Labs have emerged […]

The October 2025 edition of the ADI Newsletter highlighted major trends shaping energy and industrials. At Gastech Milan, discussions with key leaders such as U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum underscored how natural gas and LNG are entering a new phase of sustained growth driven by energy security and rising […]

The industrial aftermarket, once considered a secondary business of spare parts and repairs, has evolved into a strategic growth engine for energy-focused industrial and manufacturing companies. This shift isn’t just an incremental change, but a critical business and strategic imperative driven by declining and increasingly volatile capital spending by oil & gas, energy, and chemical companies. […]

This was an exciting week as ADI Analytics was honored to host U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at our exhibit at Gastech 2025 in Milan. Secretary Wright showed keen interest when our conversation shifted from gas and LNG to produced water management—a topic likely close to his past life leading […]

Last week, the annual Digitalization in Oil & Gas conference rolled into Houston, and I was grateful for the opportunity to speak at this always-excellent event hosted by our friends at the Energy Conference Network. The panel was charged to talk about building a digital-ready workforce, and I prepared by summarizing ADI Analytics’ consulting and research […]