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, 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, 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, Heath DePriest, VP, Renewable Fuels, Phillips 66, presented the keynote address on renewable fuels. He shared insights on refining, fuels, and mobility. He also spoke with Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics, discussing the LPG industry’s decarbonization challenge, focusing on re-purposing excess fossil LPG for the growing chemical sector. It also […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Heath DePriest, VP of Renewable Fuels, Phillips 66, joined Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Analytics, to discuss the rapidly evolving renewable fuels industry. The competitive landscape in renewable fuels is currently a dynamic mix of consolidation and technological innovation. While the renewable fuels sector sees acquisitions of smaller entities by […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Dustin Stolz, Senior Analyst, ADI Analytics, shared key insights on carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and the decarbonization of oil and gas. He provided context on the global decarbonization landscape. Stolz highlighted the EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan as a response to the U.S. IRA. This plan was aimed […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Dustin Stolz, Senior Analyst, ADI Analytics, reviewed Upstream oil and gas trends, noting record profits and low reinvestment rates as operators prioritized debt reduction and shareholder returns. Windfall taxes in Europe had prompted investment cutbacks and legal challenges, with companies like ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies reassessing future projects. Despite concerns over […]

At the 2023 FlexPO+ (now incorporated into the ADI Forum), Victor Toffoli, Senior Analyst, ADI Analytics, presented an analysis of the polypropylene market. Key topics included robust polyolefin demand growth in HDPE, PP, and POE/POP, driven by solar encapsulants, infrastructure, and automotive sectors. Additionally, significant ethylene capacity expansion was expected in China and the Middle […]

At the 2023 FlexPO+ (now incorporated into the ADI Forum), Katy Boettcher, Principal, Ara Partners, and John Griffin, Director, The Sterling Group, joined the investor panel, moderated by Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics. The investors discussed plastics recycling investment challenges, such as feedstock, pricing, and market fragmentation, key factors when considering investing in plastics. They […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Diaco Aviki, EVP & COO, Crestwood Midstream Partners, explored how midstream companies were setting themselves apart in an evolving energy landscape. Crestwood’s first priority was to combine with other similar businesses. This merger created a larger operation. Being integrated meant controlling more steps in the process of getting oil and […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Chris Fraughton, Director of CCS and Heat Pumps, MAN ES, and KC Littlefield, GM of Technology Commercialization, CCUS, Chevron New Energies, joined moderator Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Analytics, on the decarbonizing oil and gas/CCUS panel. They shared insights on the booming carbon capture market. Fraughton noted a surge in […]

At the 2023 ADI Forum, Brandon Schwertner, President, Priority Power Management, discussed the challenges of electrifying remote areas and managing an aging grid. As oil and gas companies integrated low-carbon energy, rising costs posed a key hurdle. Solutions such as PPAs, demand response, and behind-the-meter solar would optimize reliability and costs were highlighted. In Texas, […]