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?

ADI Analytics along with the U.S. Energy Association and Gas Technology Institute explored the opportunities for U.S.-based small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Central and Eastern Europe for the U.S. Department of Energy in 2020. While decarbonization, energy security, and supply diversification were identified as the key drivers of U.S.-based small-scale LNG adoption in the […]

Cheniere Energy’s SVP Christopher Smith opened the 2022 ADI Forum, which included 6 panels and over 25 speakers from Devon Energy, BP, Phillips 66, NextDecade, Huntsman, and Surge Energy. The agenda focused on upstream and midstream oil and gas, LNG, hydrogen, fuels, and innovation, with a strong emphasis on navigating the energy transition. FlexPO+ featured […]

At the 2022 ADI Forum, David Hatrick, VP of Innovation, Huntsman Advanced Materials, shared his experience working with ADI Analytics on a market assessment for a new oil and gas technology. The ADI team, led by Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics, had been highly responsive, fast to act, and patient, helping Huntsman navigate an unfamiliar […]

At the 2022 FlexPO+, (now incorporated into the ADI Forum), Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics, provided a comprehensive overview of the plastics and polymers market, providing an outlook of the market trends and insights for 2022. Key topics included the chemical industry’s underperformance despite long-term gains, driven by challenging feedstock costs and overcapacity from China. […]

At the 2022 FlexPO+ (now incorporated into the ADI Forum), Ron Smith, VP, Joint Venture Development, PureCycle Technologies joined the PE and PP markets panel, moderated by Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics. Key topics included the rapid formation of partnerships for both raw material sourcing and product sales. The conversation also touched on the thorough […]

At the 2022 FlexPO+ (now incorporated into the ADI Forum), Ron Smith, VP, Joint Venture Development, PureCycle Technologies, joined moderator Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics, for the PE and PP markets panel. Key topics included the crucial role of feedstock acquisition and the advanced purification technology used to process it. To optimize operations, the company […]

At the 2022 FlexPO+ (now incorporated into the ADI Forum), Raj Krishnaswamy, VP of Polymers R&D, CJ Bio, joined the bio‑based polymers and sustainable materials panel. Key topics included the inherent biodegradability of microbially produced, bio‑based polymers (aliphatic polyesters). These polymers served as a food source for microorganisms, ensuring their complete degradation. The trend was […]