Industry: Refining & fuels

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.

Major aviation stakeholders are actively pursuing biofuels, projected to mitigate the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

The world is buzzing about biofuels – from conventional options to groundbreaking advanced technologies. Why the growing interest? Nations everywhere are increasing their biofuel mandates to achieve crucial goals: boosting agriculture, strengthening energy security, and most critically, dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Our comprehensive report is your essential resource for navigating this dynamic landscape. We […]

Uday Turaga of ADI Analytics was recently quoted in Downstream Business where he shared thoughts from research the firm has recently completed on the outlook for octane values in North American fuel and refining markets. The value of an octane barrel has risen significantly in recent years going from $2.10 in 2010 to $3.99 in 2015. […]

Chemical industry summary  With the Q2 earnings season in sight, financial analysts are forecasting flat year-on-year earnings results from any chemical companies, with a relative balance of puts and takes from last year’s performance. However, it is likely that industry leaders will note some encouraging signs on the horizon, with several industries seeing modest improvement […]

Despite increasing ethanol blending, the value of octane has significantly risen from 2010 to 2015. This unexpected trend is attributed to various factors affecting the refining industry.

Chemical industry summary  As witnessed by record inventory, the global oversupply of crude oil continues to weigh on expectations for a price recovery in the near term. This is both a supply and a demand-driven problem with consensus expectations indicating that 2016 is highly unlikely to show significant improvement in energy pricing. Companies in the […]

Modularization and standardization, though separate, improve oil and gas capital project efficiency.

Chemical industry summary  Heading into Q2 earnings season, chemical margins generally look positive for most chemical sectors with olefins/polyolefins leading and the chlor-alkali chain less profitable.  Macroeconomics and geopolitics The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports Q1 global GDP growth at 2.2%, 0.8% below the April forecast. The year 2015 now looks to be at 3.3% […]