For roughly two years, NGL fractionation capacity utilization rates have been over 90%. Roughly 820,000 barrels per day (bpd) of new fractionation capacity is coming online in the next two years. Will this amount be enough to relieve the constraints in the Mont Belvieu-Texas Gulf Coast? What other options are available? This blog will cover […]

President Joe Biden kicked off the decarbonization race by signing two monumental pieces of legislation: the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which designated $370 billion in new funding for green infrastructure. In response, the European Commission recently announced the Green Deal Industrial Plan (GDIP). The plan will divert […]

Global Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) adoption gained momentum in March 2023 through airline investments, production conversions, and feasibility studies, supported by ongoing technological and research initiatives. Finnair expanded its portfolio with a major SAF purchase from Neste, while Nacero began converting its Texas facility to produce SAF using methanol-to-jet technology. Collaborations also advanced across regions, […]

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) activity in March 2023 advanced through new flight operations, major investments, and technology collaborations. LATAM Group completed its first international flight using SAF, while Airbus Qantas launched a fund to boost local SAF production in Australia. Government and industry initiatives also expanded, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) allocating […]

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 […]

The transportation sector has the highest reliance on fossil fuels and accounted for 37% of CO2 emissions from end-use sectors in 2021. Various industries of the transportation sector have started researching hydrogen as an alternative fuel source, and in this blog, ADI will look at the technological progress that has been made and some of […]

At the 2023 FlexPO+ (now incorporated into the ADI Forum), Carlos Badiola, SVP of Engineering at Encina, discussed the company’s efforts to convert mixed plastic waste into basic chemical products, such as benzene, at its Pennsylvania facility. The discussion focused on Encina’s approach to advanced recycling, including its work in understanding different waste qualities and […]

At the 2023 FlexPO+ (now incorporated into the ADI Forum), Jose Sanchez Mendez, Director, Plastics and Polymers, Mathiesen USA, highlighted the company’s long-standing presence and diverse business model in the chemical industry, particularly in the area of specialty polymers. Mathiesen operates through distribution, representation, and production. Mendez said that with global reach, strong financial footing, […]

At FlexPO+ 2023 (now part of the ADI Forum), Richard Shaw, Director of Circular Economy & Sustainability at Americas Styrenics, discussed the company’s commitment to recycling and sustainability, as well as its perspective on the future of sustainable plastics. The discussion highlighted AmSty’s investment in polystyrene recycling, including the use of both dissolution and pyrolysis […]

Oil and gas prices were relatively high in 2022, although they have come down significantly from their highs reached last summer. Despite the drop, oil prices have remained higher than what we have seen for the last seven years, and natural gas was at level not seen in over a decade. Even with these prices, […]

One of the biggest challenges to renewable energy projects is the intermittency of these resources; the sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow. These challenges have been made apparent around the world from wind droughts in Europe to winter storms in Texas. One solution to this challenge is expanding grid-scale energy storage […]