Industry: Natural gas & LNG

AMERICAS Dow Chemical expansion projects on track Construction of Dow Chemical’s US Gulf Coast and Latin America expansion projects are on-track and on a plan for a start-up. In Freeport, TX construction for the on-purpose propylene PDH project is over 50% complete; the project is expected to start in mid-2015. The construction for Dow’s ethylene […]

To mitigate volatile LNG market risks, buyers should diversify suppliers and regions, while sellers should diversify customers and optimize costs.

Floating LNG technology offers potentially faster and more economical deployment compared to onshore facilities, which, if cost efficiencies are realized, could enhance LNG market competitiveness and affordability.

Multiple companies have ventures aiming to utilize FLNG for North American natural gas exports.

U.S. natural gas surplus fosters niche LNG supply to Caribbean/Latin America via novel logistics, reflecting broader market impacts.

At the 2014 Natural Gas Utilization Conference, ADI Analytics provided insights on natural gas utilization, specifically focusing on small-scale methanol technologies. They highlighted that converting natural gas to methanol presents a significant opportunity due to current commodity prices and the mature nature of large-scale conversion processes. Companies are actively responding to this opportunity, announcing several […]

Uday Turaga of ADI Analytics was quoted in Bloomberg’s story on Apache’s exit from the proposed LNG export terminal in western Canada.  Based on deep expertise gained through numerous consulting engagements across various aspects of the LNG market, Turaga commented on Chevron – the other partner in Kitimat LNG – and its ability to find […]

Ben Franklin’s Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center has announced the selection of ADI Analytics to study natural gas monetization via methanol, in particular the technical and economic viability of small to medium-sized plants in northeastern United States. In a press release issued by Ben Franklin’s SGICC, ADI Analytics’ Uday Turaga was quoted as below: […]

AMERICAS   CPChem begins construction of PE plants   Chevron Phillips Chemical has broken ground for the construction of 500 KTA PE plant in Old Ocean, TX. This is a part of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s USD 6 billion US Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project which includes a 1,500 KTA ethane cracker at Cedar Bayou, Baytown, TX. […]

The North American shale gas revolution is a real and sustainable game changer. Unconventional resources exist globally, but their development will challenge and proceed more slowly than in North America. Innovation birthed the technologies that enabled North American shale gas and unconventional oil, though it has mostly focused on operational improvements. Finally, we will need […]

ADI Analytics’ 2014 Shale Gas Innovation Report offers critical insights into unconventional oil and gas innovation. This presentation , which they originally presented at the Shale Gas Innovation Contest, details how technology and innovation fueled the rapid development of North American shale plays. The report highlights how these advancements promote sustainability. They achieve this by […]

March 26, 2014 – The Australian Financial Review quoted ADI Analytics in its story on the Jordan Cove LNG project approval by the U.S. Department of Energy.  In addition to citing ADI Analytics’ estimates of LNG shipping costs, the Australian Financial Review also quoted our firm’s senior consultant and CEO, Uday Turaga, to provide expert […]