As we embark on 2017, the oil and gas, energy, and chemical industries must grapple with uncertainty that stems from various factors including the OPEC deal, Donald Trump’s election, Brexit, slowing emerging economies, electric vehicles, and new regulations. The ADI team has assessed these factors and uncertainties in our outlook for 2017. We welcome feedback […]
LNG: Poised to Fuel the Next Generation of Cruise Ships
The world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation, recently signed a memorandum of agreement with German and Finnish shipbuilders for three LNG fueled cruise ships. The ships are expected to be delivered in 2020, 2021, and 2022. This brings the total number of LNG fueled cruise ships on order by Carnival to seven. Additionally, Carnival’s first […]
Lighting Well Pads with Advances in Power Generation
Unconventional oil and gas production has taken operators into areas that lack accessibility to electricity from the grid. While most operators believe that they will be connected to the grid within two years of drilling, that is still two years where operators have to produce their own electricity. An average oil and gas well typically […]
Energy Policy Proposals of the U.S. Presidential Candidates
With the 2016 presidential election right around the corner, ADI Analytics has summarized the proposed energy policies of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Our summary is based on the candidates’ energy policies from their websites and comments on energy issues from interviews and speeches. To the extent possible, policy proposals have been summarized in the […]
A Slowing Dragon: China’s LNG Demand Declines for the First Time
In 2014, China’s LNG demand peaked at 2.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) making it the third-largest LNG importer in the world behind Japan and South Korea. However, as the Chinese economy has slowed LNG demand declined for the first time since China started importing LNG in 2006. Figure 1 highlights the revised LNG […]
Petronas Starts-Up While Other FLNG Projects Struggle
Earlier this year, Petronas launched the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel, PFLNG 1. The vessel is capable of producing 1.2 mtpa of LNG and is located offshore in the Kanowit field ~115 miles southwest of Malaysia. PFLNG 1 marks the first of what could be many FLNG projects worldwide. However, falling oil […]
ADI Analytics Quoted by Bloomberg on Cheniere
ADI Analytics was quoted Bloomberg’s story on Jim Chanos’s bearish view of Cheniere Energy Inc. ADI Analytics has been closely monitoring LNG export projects worldwide and was able to add insight into Cheniere’s position in the future LNG. “The LNG market is probably headed for some level of oversupply in the future but we don’t think […]
Natural Gas Utilization via Small-Scale Methanol Technologies
Low natural gas prices have helped in driving new attention and interest to natural gas monetization options, which will play an important role in spurring natural gas demand. One promising gas monetization option is the production of methanol using small-scale plants. Conceptually, small-scale methanol plants offer a number of advantages. The first advantage is that […]
Drivers for LNG Fueled Marine Vessels Vary by Region
Recently, we wrote about how Emission Control Areas (ECA) are one of two major drivers in adopting LNG as a marine fuel. The other driver being the price differential between LNG and diesel fuel. Looking at the number and the location of both planned and operational LNG vessels across the globe can help paint a […]
Will Expanded Emission Control Areas Lead to Faster Adoption of LNG by Marine Vessels?
Large volumes of cheap North American natural gas from unconventional plays are driving companies to monetize the new supply in several different ways. One is to use LNG as a marine fuel. We have briefly touched upon the benefits of using LNG as a marine fuel in a previous article. There are two main drivers […]
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