Industry: Natural gas & LNG

AMERICAS   Shintech to build new ethylene unit at Iberville Parish facility   Shintech, the largest PVC producer in North America, will invest USD 1.4 billion for a new ethane cracker installed at its facility in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, as well as infrastructures that connect ethylene output to VCM and PVC units. The new plant […]

Uday Turaga of ADI Analytics recently spoke at the annual Gas Processors Association’s meeting. He spoke about natural gas monetization in North America drawing on research from ADI Analytics’ Gas Monetization Advisory discussing a wide range of topics including power generation, GTL technology, LNG projects, and natural gas in transportation. His presentation was recapped in an article by […]

AMERICAS   Nova Chemicals evaluating new PE plant   Canada-headquartered Nova Chemicals is considering building a new PE plant and might have a final decision within 12-18 months. If this PE project realizes, the PE plant would benefit from its expansion project of cracker in Corunna, Canada which is due on stream in 2017. In […]

The Shell-BG merger enhances LNG project exposure in key global markets.

At the April 2015 DUG Bakken and Niobrara Conference in Denver, ADI Analytics CEO Uday Turaga spoke on a panel about the Bakken’s future. His presentation, “Can Innovation Help Reduce Flaring?”, explored how the Bakken’s rapid growth made gas flaring a major regulatory concern. Turaga’s presentation delved into solutions that faced commercial hurdles due to […]

MTG projects offer higher returns than GTL due to lower capital costs and infrastructure compatibility, making them attractive in North America’s shale gas market.

We are blogging regularly on various oil and gas, energy, and chemical industry topics. Read our recent views on North American methanol projects.

We shared thoughts on improving the execution of oil and gas capital projects at a recent conference.

AMERICAS   ExxonMobil launches new Vistamaxx grade   ExxonMobil has introduced a new propylene-based elastomers grade, Vistamaxx3588FL. The new material offers good heat seal properties with excellent processability in cPP and BOPP film applications. Comments: Snack, biscuit, and candy packaging in China and Southeast Asia are expected to be some of the highest growth areas […]

Despite its reduced environmental impact relative to other disposal methods, flaring represents a dissipation of economically viable energy resources.

AMERICAS Borealis to invest in PP compounding in Brazil Borealis has completed the expansion of its PP compounding facility in Itatiba, Brazil. The expansion was completed with an investment of about USD 48 million. The expansion project included the addition of two new lines; the output from the new lines will be sold to automotive […]

Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics was quoted in Bloomberg’s story on small-scale LNG projects in North America and an advantage that they hold over their large-scale counterparts. Drawing upon his industry experience and knowledge of the natural gas value chain, Turaga commented on small-scale LNG export projects: Now, with finances tight, smaller projects have an advantage […]