What are the options for refiners in a heavy oil-constrained world?

ADI has launched a monthly subscription service covering the North American downstream market, including insights on crude oil to chemicals. Our research service provides a monthly report comprising two parts. Our goal is to provide research, market intelligence, analytics, and insights to help subscribers build a strategic, forward-looking view of downstream markets, operations, assets, and […]

ADI Analytics is now 10!

In the August 2019 edition of the ADI Analytics newsletter, celebrating its 10th anniversary, ADI presented a collection of insights covering key trends in the oil and gas sector. These included shale play developments in the Permian and Bakken, the challenges of heavy oil constraints for refiners, and the future outlook for refining margins, fuel […]

Read our series of short posts summarizing key trends in shale plays. See what is happening in Permian and stay tuned for more play reports.

ADI has launched a monthly subscription service covering the North American downstream market, including insights on crude oil to chemicals. Our research service provides a monthly report comprising two parts. Our goal is to provide research, market intelligence, analytics, and insights to help subscribers build a strategic, forward-looking view of downstream markets, operations, assets, and […]

In the March 2019 edition of the ADI newsletter, we highlighted key insights from ADI’s CEO, Uday Turaga, who recently shared 10 key themes for the oil and gas industry in 2019. This piece garnered significant attention and was republished by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. We also provided a snapshot of the downstream sector, […]

James Steffes, EVP of Corporate Affairs at Direct Energy, delivered the keynote at the 2019 ADI Forum, which hosted 7 panels and over 20 speakers from Shell, Equinor, Saudi Aramco Ventures, and LyondellBasell. The event connected upstream, midstream, downstream, LNG, and new energy, highlighting North America’s growing role in global energy exports. Event Sponsors Your […]

At the 2019 ADI Forum, Austin Knight, COO, Large Industries, Air Liquide, USA joined Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics on the downstream panel. In terms of capital investments, the focus was on expanding industrial gas networks (oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen) along the Gulf Coast, particularly in Texas and Louisiana. These networks connect various assets and customers, […]

During the 2019 ADI Forum, Brad Wright, MD of M&A and Strategy, Plains All American, and Roger George, SVP of Global Engineering & Product Lines, Exterran, discussed the evolving MLP structure within the midstream sector. Their insights covered how companies are adapting to changing capital structures and the increasing shift toward self-funded projects, leading to […]

At the 2019 ADI Forum, Panuswee Dwivedi, Project Manager at ADI Analytics, spoke about how single‑use plastics continued to pose environmental challenges. While new technologies were making plastic recycling more economical, “enhanced producer responsibility” regulations were emerging. However, a critical challenge of securing enough waste plastic feedstock remained. This scarcity was so significant that major […]

Panuswee Dwivedi, Analyst, ADI Analytics, discussed the implications of slowing global methanol growth for the U.S. methanol industry at the 2019 ADI Forum. She pointed out that while the global olefins market continues to expand, its growth rate has decreased from 6% to 4%, largely due to the high costs associated with the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) […]