Industry: Upstream and E&P

Declining oil prices have diminished the profitability of previously viable FLNG projects.

In April 2016, ADI’s CEO, Uday Turaga, spoke at the Oil & Gas Supply Chain Forum in Houston. He discussed evolving supply chains for operator pain points. The two-day event featured 20 experts. They covered supply chain issues, technology gaps, and operator needs. The oil and gas production facilities market dropped 20-30% in 2015. Further […]

ADI Analytics launched a multi-client study on Benchmarking Shale Gas Monetization Options, assessing how new demand drivers—such as gas-fired power, LNG exports, gas-to-liquids, chemicals, and transportation—can offset growing shale gas supply and impact investor returns. Specific objectives include the following: We welcome you to join this study. As a subscriber, you’ll have multiple options to […]

New methane regulations will require producers to retrofit or replace existing equipment. While green completion offers a relatively short payback period through captured methane, prior oil and gas price declines may affect the implementation and adoption of these regulations.

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 […]

Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Analytics was quoted in Marketplace on the issue where some see energy in the abandoned wells. Drawing from ADI Analytics’ research and deep expertise gained through numerous consulting engagements across oil and gas value chains, Turaga commented: “Oil and gas project developers are saying why should not I go and […]

Was the debate about fracking defended correctly?

DuPont starts up $500-Million Kevlar plant DuPont has started up a $500-million Kevlar para-aramid fiber plant in Cooper River, SC, the company says. The plant will begin supply customers at the end of the year. The plant, combined with a $50 million expansion at an existing Richmond, VA facility, increases global Kevlar capacity by 25%. […]

ConocoPhillips splitting in two, fate of plastics operations undecided ConocoPhillips Co. is splitting itself into two independent companies, but just which one will oversee its plastics joint venture may not be decided for “several months.” The Houston-based company announced its plan July 14 to spin off its downstream operations to create one firm overseeing refining […]

Asahi Kasei to build S-SBR plant in Singapore Asahi Kasei Chemicals held a groundbreaking ceremony in Jurong Island, Singapore, for the first phase of construction of a new plant to produce solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR). Asahi Kasei Chemicals is expanding S-SBR operations as a world-leading business, with the new plant in Singapore representing a major […]

Shin-Etsu’s PVC plant in Kashima starts operating at full capacity Shin-Etsu Chemical says that its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant at Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan has started operating at full capacity since May 31. Operations at the PVC plant, where production was suspended since the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, were partially […]