A techno-economic analysis (TEA) is a very useful tool to evaluate the economic performance of an industrial process or product. The TEA can be used to study the impacts of implementing a new technology into a current process, optimize existing processes, or to evaluate the economic feasibility of a process before an investment is made. […]

Energy transition is driving new interest in biofuels. Hydrothermal liquefaction is an interesting pathway although it needs further development.

The global shipping industry is one of the hard-to-abate industries when it comes to decarbonization. While it constitutes a small share of global CO2 emissions today, it may see astronomical amount of growth if left unchecked. Global shipping industry demand is expected to see a 275% increase by 2050 compared to 2020 levels. To address […]

Direct extraction is a newer, more sustainable method of extracting lithium.

Amid the global shift away from coal-fired power, the coal industry is attempting to find its place in a new ESG-focused world.

Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Chemical Market Resources, sat down for a fireside chat with David Hatrick, VP of Innovation at Huntsman, during FlexPO+ 2022 (now incorporated into the ADI Forum)—ADI Chemical Market Resources’s annual plastics and polymers conference. How did a physics major end up shaping the future of the chemical industry? In this […]

Eagle Ford natural gas production is increasing, but what is driving the growth? Also, a look at what top operators are doing to reduce GHG emissions.

With carbon capture becoming more prevalent in today’s world, CO2 conversion is becoming one of the popular utilization methods for the captured emissions.

Given the IMO’s ambitious goals to halve the shipping industry’s 2050 GHG emissions from 2008 GHG emission levels, shipowners and ship engine manufacturers must carefully consider a broader range of marine fuels for the world’s future fleet, such as ammonia and methanol.

Since 2019, midstream companies have been lowering their capital spending annually. For example, Kinder Morgan expects to spend roughly $390 million less in capex in 2022 than they did in 2019, as seen in Exhibit 1. This trend for companies in the industry is due to a multitude of factors which were covered in depth […]

Companies are buying carbon offsets to become “net-zero.” What are the risks and challenges with carbon offsets and do they mitigate climate change?

Growing ESG pressure from investors, rise in public awareness towards climate change, and countries setting ambitious net-zero emission targets have motivated upstream operators to invest in technologies that can reduce their carbon footprint. What are the operators doing to reduce flaring?