ADI Analytics hosted its first North America Natural Gas and NGL forum in Houston late February. The forum was well-attended with representatives from a wide range of companies including integrated oil and gas majors, refiners, E&P independents, industrial gas suppliers, equipment providers, technology licensors, investors, and media outlets. The forum featured several presentations by ADI […]
Monetizing North American Shale with Methanol
As shale-led natural gas production increases in North America, companies around the world are exploring different monetization options. Producing methanol from natural gas has emerged as a popular option for several reasons. Natural gas is a cheap and abundant feedstock in North America, methanol is easy to transport, methanol has numerous uses, methanol prices tend […]
Bloomberg Quotes ADI Analytics on Small-Scale LNG Projects
Uday Turaga of ADI Analytics was quoted in Bloomberg’s story on small-scale LNG projects in North America and an advantage that they hold over their large-scale counterparts. Drawing upon his industry experience and knowledge of the natural gas value chain, Turaga commented on small-scale LNG export projects: Now, with finances tight, smaller projects have an advantage […]
Summary of the LNG Export Regulatory Process
Liquefied natural gas export projects in the United States have many hurdles to jump over before they can commence operations. One of the largest hoops to jump is the regulatory hoop. In the United States there are two major agencies that handle regulatory approvals for LNG exporting projects. First, is the U.S. Department of Energy […]
Can Canadian LNG Truly Compete with U.S. LNG?
The shale gas boom in North America has drawn a lot of attention to LNG exporting projects in the United States, but there are several projects based in Canada that are also aiming to export the regional surplus of natural gas. These projects have the same aim as the projects in the United States but […]
U.S. as a Natural Gas Exporter?
It’s a far cry from the situation five years ago when oil and gas majors were scrambling to build LNG import terminals in the U.S. But a lot has changed in the past five years with the shale gas revolution. So today companies are exploring terminals to export gas from the U.S. Notwithstanding the promoters’ […]