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Is shale performance hitting a plateau?

During the upstream panel at the 2020 ADI Forum, moderated by Utkarsh Gupta, Senior Analyst, ADI Analytics, Jonathan Crane, Vice President of Wells Digital Deployment, Shell, shared insights on shale performance. He highlighted the challenge for shale operators in stabilizing well flow rates while navigating economic and technical limitations, emphasizing the crucial role of well […]

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Are older rigs keeping up with modern drilling?

During the 2020 ADI Forum, ADI Analytics’ annual oil and gas conference, Helen Currie, Chief Economist, ConocoPhillips, discussed the changing significance of drilling rigs in shaping production outlooks. She noted that modern rigs possessed far greater efficiency, with a single rig often equaling the output of multiple rigs from 15 years prior, a trend especially […]

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Cost-Effective pathways for gas-to-liquids production

During the 2020 ADI Forum, Gregory Dolan, CEO, Methanol Institute, discussed the comparative cost efficiency of methanol and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) processes for gas-to-liquids production. While large FT projects in regions like Qatar are significantly larger than methanol plants, methanol production offers greater adaptability to various gas feedstocks. The investment for a mega methanol plant producing […]

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Methanol’s rising role: Growth, innovation, and future demand

During the 2020 ADI Forum, Gregory Dolan, CEO, Methanol Institute, discussed the growing significance of methanol in the global energy landscape. Despite historical concerns about toxicity and handling, innovations, such as Li Shufu’s methanol-powered taxis in China, demonstrate its safe integration into transportation. With 20,000 such taxis operating in China, methanol is emerging as a […]

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Big vs. Small: the evolving landscape of methanol production

During the 2020 ADI Forum, Gregory Dolan, CEO, Methanol Institute, highlighted the thriving U.S. methanol industry, fueled by significant investments that are creating jobs and stimulating economic growth. A single large-scale methanol plant, capable of producing 4,000 tons daily, can lead to a $1.1 billion investment, thousands of jobs, and billions more in economic impact. […]

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Regulations to drive up U.S renewable diesel capacity through 2025

In 2019, U.S. renewable diesel capacity was around 26,000 barrels per day (Exhibit 1) but U.S. refiners are growing this capacity by more than twice with several new renewable diesel capital project announcements. U.S. renewable diesel capacity is expected to grow to 171,000 barrels per day over the next five years with several announced plants […]

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ADI Forum 2020

ADI Analytics host its fourth annual conference, the ADI Forum. The ADI Forum is focused on oil & gas, energy, and chemicals. Combining panel discussions and presentations, the entire oil & gas value chain, plus LNG, petrochemicals, power and energy transition were discussed by over 20 speakers, including many heavy hitters from the majors. Chris […]

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2020 ADI Forum

ADI Analytics hosted its fourth annual conference, the ADI Forum. The ADI Forum is focused on oil & gas, energy, and chemicals. Combining panel discussions and presentations, the entire oil & gas value chain, plus LNG, petrochemicals, power and energy transition were discussed by over 20 speakers, including the many heavy hitters from the majors. […]

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Discover how the ADI forum has evolved

Since its launch in 2017, the ADI Forum—ADI Analytics’ annual oil & gas, energy, and chemicals conference—has grown into a premier platform for industry leaders. Designed to facilitate strategic conversations across the entire oil & gas value chain, the forum brings together experts from upstream, oilfield services, midstream, LNG, refining, and petrochemicals. At its core, […]

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Empowering EPCs for success in the LNG market

At the 2020 ADI Forum, Scott Chrisman, Former CCO of Sempra LNG, and Lisa Leland, Senior Vice President of Gas Supply at Annova LNG, shared insights on how EPC companies could thrive in the evolving LNG market during the LNG Markets panel moderated by Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Analytics. LNG project development had undergone […]