The greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of plastics continues to find attention with a recent report published by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) in April 2024. In the past, this issue was looked at by McKinsey in July 2022 when they estimated life cycle GHG emissions of plastics. According to the LBNL report, in […]
Refineries improving margins through better utilization of off-gas streams
Hydrocarbon-rich off-gas streams from distillation, conversion, cracking, and other processes are collected to heat various processes throughout refineries and petrochemical plants. Examples of these off-gas streams include still gas, the top product from a refinery’s distillation column, and steam cracker tail gas, which is composed mostly of methane and hydrogen. Aggregation of these off-gas streams […]
Hydrothermal liquefaction for renewable fuels
Rapid growth in the adoption of alternatives to fossil fuels is driven by the lower lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of alternative fuels. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), pyrolysis, photocatalysis, and gasification are some of the technologies to produce biofuels at various stages of technology advancement and commercialization today. HTL is one of the more promising technologies […]
March 2011: How Expensive is the Cost to Operate? A Review of the Economics of Fuel Regulations- NPRA Annual Meeting
March 2011- The 2011 NPRA Annual Meeting was held on March 20-22, 2011, at Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, TX. CEO of ADI Analytics, Uday Turaga along with Subbaraman Viswanathan presented on “How Expensive is the Cost to Operate? A Review of the Economics of Fuel Regulations.” The overall goal of the report was to review the cost […]
February 2017: Oil & Gas, Energy, and Chemicals Outlook in 2017
February 2017- ADI Analytics conducted a webinar to speak on the outlook for oil & gas, energy, and chemicals for 2017. ADI’s CEO, Uday Turaga presented this outlook while keeping upcoming changes in mind such as the OPEC deal, Donald Trump’s election, Brexit, slowing emerging economics, electric vehicles, and new regulations. Each were included across five segments: […]
December 2018: U.S. Refining Market Overview- USTDA Egypt Refineries Modernization Reverse Trade Mission
December 2, 2018- The Egypt Refineries Modernization Reverse Trade Mission was held in both, Washington, D.C. and Houston, TX from December 2-13, 2018. This event was organized to help U.S. companies win the procurement contracts associated with Egypt’s plan to upgrade its oil refineries and modernizing its petroleum ports. ADI Analytics had the pleasure to take […]
The return of the refiner?
Refiners have seen cause for growing optimism in the past few months, especially those in the U.S. Gulf Coast, Rockies, and the Midwest. Three factors are driving prospects of a renewal after nearly five difficult years: 1. Supply rationalization: Nearly 4.5 million barrels per day of refining capacity has disappeared in the past five years. […]
Cars for the masses
Today the Wall Street Journal published a great piece on efforts by leading automakers such as Honda, Nissan, and General Motors to develop cheap cars for China’s millions. These auto industry leaders are all collaborating with local, often state-owned Chinese companies to develop and produce cheap, small cars costing anywhere from $4,000 to $14,000. While pessimists […]
