Industry: Natural gas & LNG

Compressors are used in a wide range of applications in the oil and gas, energy, and petrochemical industries. The growing hydrogen, carbon capture, biofuels, and other energy transition markets present new opportunities for compressor companies. Many of these industries are being built from the ground up, offering years of growth for compressors and related equipment […]

Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, western countries have spent a lot of time cutting ties with Russia and enacting sanctions to financially pressure them, with a particular emphasis on their fossil fuel industry. With more than a year passing since the start of this war, in this blog, we take look […]

From the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, we have seen global interest fragment across both energy transition and energy security. With several countries being overly reliant on Russian oil and gas, we saw a return to energy sources that the world had been weaning off. For example, Exhibit 1 shows how coal, oil, and nuclear […]

AMERICAS Shintech seeks permit for ethylene plant Shintech has applied for a permit from the Louisiana Department of Environment Quality for the construction of a 500 KT ethylene plant. A site for the plant has not been chosen yet. Comments: Shintech, the U.S. subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical has recently focused on a strategy of backward […]

The Haynesville Basin is set to see three new pipeline projects in 2023. Two of them will be to enhance the capacity of preexisting pipelines, while the other one will be an entirely new pipeline. If everything goes as anticipated, these three projects will cumulatively increase the play’s gas takeaway capacity by 2.35 billion cubic […]

Following the pandemic-induced recession and drop in investments in 2020, global investments in energy have increased. Investments in both fossil fuels and renewables have steadily increased, with renewable energy gaining the most. In fact, investments in renewable energy (solar and wind) are set to surpass oil and gas for the first time ever, with $494 […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Blake Littauer, President of Puget LNG, shared insights on the future of LNG bunkering. As the shipping industry pushed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, LNG had become the leading solution. It offered an established infrastructure, a strong safety record, and immediate scalability. Littauer discussed LNG’s competitive […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Blake Littauer, President, Puget LNG, joined moderator Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics, to discuss the limited growth potential for an existing LNG project on the U.S. West Coast. While the facility had the capacity to add a second production unit, the speaker indicated that this expansion faced significant challenges. The […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Jeff Hammad, CCO of Golden Pass LNG, alongside other experts, examined LNG project development strategies, focusing on stick-built vs. modular construction. Golden Pass LNG had opted for a traditional stick-built approach, leveraging existing Qatar-based designs while prioritizing local job creation and community engagement. Despite the competitive costs and faster timelines […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Jeff Hammad, CCO of Golden Pass LNG, discussed technical innovations in LNG development, emphasizing the challenges of integrating new technologies due to regulatory constraints. Golden Pass LNG had faced permitting limitations that discouraged facility modifications, delaying carbon capture and storage (CCS) adoption until post-construction to avoid lengthy regulatory reviews. However, […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Jeff Hammad, Chief Commercial Officer, Golden Pass LNG, shared insights into the company’s journey of developing their LNG export project. Building an LNG facility is a long and challenging process, including commercial agreements and the permitting process. Hammad described the history of LNG developing in the U.S. as occurring in […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics, highlighted key trends shaping oil and gas, and energy. While oil faced supply constraints, U.S. natural gas growth was limited by infrastructure. This made permitting reforms crucial. Shale remained a cost-competitive player, and the Inflation Reduction Act was accelerating energy transition opportunities in hydrogen, electrification, […]