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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Ricardo Estrada, VP, Plastilene Group and Jan Kalfus, Director, Braskem joined moderator Panuswee Dwivedi, Project Manager, for polyolefins panel. They explore polyolefins market challenges like low operating rates and overcapacity amidst rising demand for sustainable solutions. The discussion highlights the economic viability of bio-based and recycled polyolefins and the role […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Sachin Sakhalkar, SVP, Teknor Apex, and Kristian Gubsch, Co-Founder, Mars Materials joined the engineered materials panel, moderated by Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics. Key themes during the panel included how the chemical industry is driving high-performance polymer innovation for autos, especially EVs, leading to polyamide adoption and a manufacturing shift […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Rajeev Agnihotri, Advisor, Technical Scouting, Innovation, ExxonMobil, and Carol Conomos, Advisor, Mainspring Energy, joined Panuswee Dwivedi, Project Manager, ADI Analytics for the innovation panel on chemicals day. Key themes during the panel included how the chemical industry is rapidly transforming, driven by AI and generative AI for accelerated material design […]
ADI Forum
At the 2025 ADI Forum, Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Analytics, shares his 2025 chemical industry outlook. Key challenges include low margins, overcapacity from China, and U.S. feedstock dynamics. He emphasizes the urgent need for restructuring, innovation, and new business models. U.S. innovation faces challenges, and virgin plastics remain cheaper. These and other issues are […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Martina Sittler, VP, Engineering & Construction, Targa Resources, and Cody Johnson, CEO, SCS Technologies, joined moderator Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics for the midstream & NGLs panel. Key themes during the panel include how North America’s midstream sector faces natural gas infrastructure deficits, negative pricing, and power/permitting hurdles for electrification […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Dave Marchese, CEO, Caliche Development Partners; Charles McConnell, Executive Director, CCME, University of Houston; and Victor Lara, Manager, Customer Success & Consulting, CMG joined moderator Maria Lopes, Senior Analyst, ADI Analytics for the CCUS & DAC panel. Key topics include accelerating CCUS growth driven by increased permits, state primacy, and […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics, presents the energy transition outlook. Key topics include energy transition challenges and bright spots in solar and storage. Low-carbon molecules like SAF and hydrogen face hurdles, while electrification gains traction. Policy, economics, and supply chain overcapacity are critical factors impacting the grid’s declining carbon intensity.
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, James Seaba, Program Director, ARPA-E, and Matthew Seabaugh, Founder, HeatPath Solutions, joined moderator Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics for the energy transition infrastructure panel. Key topics include the fragmentation of energy value chains due to diverse clean energy investments. The future of refining infrastructure faces challenges from declining fuel demand, […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Marcos Gomez, Director, Renewable Energy, BASF, and Justin Courtney, VP & CIO, Priority Power, joined moderator Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics in participating on the panel on renewable power and utilities. Key topics include the surging electricity demand from data centers, the evolving economics and expanding role of renewable power […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, John Metcalf, SVP, Hoerbiger, and Nigel McMullen, COO, Utility Global, join moderator Panuswee Dwivedi, Project Manager, ADI Analytics for the hydrogen panel. Key topics include hydrogen’s expansion into new sectors like mobility, challenged by high costs, policy uncertainty, and inadequate infrastructure for green hydrogen. High-pressure compression and distribution for heavy-duty […]
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The 2025 Forum spanned three days and opened with keynotes from Brad Childers, CEO of Archrock, Charles Cherington, Founder and Managing Partner of Ara Partners, and Mariane Maximous, VP at LyondellBasell. With nearly 20 panels and speakers from ExxonMobil, BASF, SM Energy, Targa Resources, Monroe Energy, Priority Power, Hoerbiger, KeyBanc, and Black Bay Capital, the […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Jeff Warmann, CEO and President of Monroe Energy, and Daniel Carson, VP of Strategy and Development at Montana Renewables, joined moderator Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Analytics, for the Fuels & Refining Panel. The discussion focused on key themes such as the evolving demand for refined products, which is slowing […]
ADI Chemical Market Resources (ADI CMR) conducted a strategic study of the global polyolefin foams market, covering polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) foams, including next-generation metallocene-based resins. These foams, which could be crosslinked or non-crosslinked, were used in protective packaging, automotive components, sporting goods, and medical applications. The development of high-melt strength […]
Part of ADI Analytics’ ongoing coverage of the implications of the Iran conflict across oil & gas, LNG, refined products, and chemicals. Jet fuel markets experienced a sharp and localized dislocation following recent geopolitical disruptions, with price movements far exceeding changes in crude benchmarks. The episode has highlighted how exposed aviation fuel economics remain to refining capacity, logistics, […]
