Industry: Natural gas & LNG

Chemical industry summary  The Q4 earnings reporting season will be in full bloom by the final week in January. While Q4 results will likely represent a mixed bag of year-on-year financial performance, the consensus is for 2017 to show improvement in key economic drivers and industry prices and volumes. Earnings growth estimates for US companies […]

This report summarizes ADI Analytics’ 2017 outlook webinar for the oil & gas, energy, and chemicals sectors. Presented by ADI Analytics’ CEO, Uday Turaga, it considers major impending shifts such as the OPEC deal, the U.S. election, Brexit, slowing emerging economies, electric vehicles, and new regulations. The outlook covers five key segments: This overview provides […]

The oil, gas, energy, and chemical sectors face significant uncertainties in 2017, including OPEC agreements, geopolitical shifts, economic slowdowns, and evolving regulations, which ADI has analyzed in its outlook.

IMO regulations mandate sulfur content limits for vessel fuels, with stricter standards within Emission Control Areas (ECAs).

Chemical industry summary  The conclusion of OPEC’s annual meeting in Vienna on November 30th has touched off a rally in the global crude oil market that has multiple implications for chemicals and regional competitiveness. WTI crude pricing has moved up about US$4/Bbl. on the speculation that an announced OPEC production cut of 1.2 million barrels […]

LNG presents a favorable fuel alternative for cruise ships.

Chemical industry summary The US political election in November resulted in an outcome that was not predicted by most polls, with Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump winning a majority of the electoral college vote and becoming president elect. This election has widespread ramifications for the US chemical and energy industries, as important branches of […]

Operators are pursuing cost-effective, reliable, and efficient electricity generation through the implementation of novel strategies and technologies.

Access our team’s summary of the proposed energy policies of the two U.S. Presidential Election candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Abundant, low-cost natural gas has driven companies to pursue monetization strategies, primarily large-scale LNG liquefaction. However, smaller markets are also experiencing innovation and growth due to this gas surplus.

Chemical industry summary Global prices and trade for the major polyolefins reflect a reasonable balance of supply and demand that has been supported by a number of global outages, planned and unplanned, particularly in North America. Improved global growth will be required to maintain strong demand growth and chemical operating rates as new capacity in […]

Chemical industry summary Consolidation of the global agricultural chemicals sector is continuing as a brisk pace. On September 14, Monsanto accepted Bayer’s takeover bid, valued at US$66 billion. This included a stock price of $128 per share and the assumption of US$10 billion in debt. The final bid follows two previous bids, and reported talks […]