June 2018- The 27th World Gas Conference was held in Washington, DC from June 25-29, 2018. This was the first time the conference was held in a country that not only is the world’s largest gas consumer and producer but also the country that data showed to be breaking the record for the size of its gas […]
May 2019: Shale in 2030? CISTAR
May 2019- ADI Analytics presented a 46-page report at CISTAR CISTAR – Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources assessing the current state of shale oil and gas and providing an outlook through 2030. The report also evaluated drilling and completion costs and economics, threats and opportunities, and technological innovation. The presentation expressed the repositioning of […]
Natural Gas Liquids: Returning to Good Times?
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 […]
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 […]
MTG: Too Much Risk to be Commercially Viable?
Earlier, we wrote about how methanol produced from natural gas can be used in many different processes. One of the processes in the methanol value chain is the methanol to gasoline (MTG) process. ExxonMobil and Haldor Topso are the only two companies who own the licensing rights to this technology. Mobil started the first commercial […]
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 […]
Spurring natural gas demand with technology
Just within a few years of its founding, the ARPA-E has done an incredible job of identifying critical innovation gaps and funding a number of creative ideas with the potential of delivering disruptive breakthroughs. We can now add speed and timeliness to the organization’s credit. The continued slump in natural gas prices underlines the commodity’s […]
No fracking way?
I’ve always loved a good debate especially when it is conducted in the classical sense with two podiums, open microphones, relevant topics, and informed advocates. National Public Radio recently aired such a debate on hydraulic fracturing, which is the core operation behind the shale gas revolution in North America. Fracking is what industry hands call […]
Replicating the shale gas story globally
The North American success story has motivated a number of foreign countries and companies to initiate efforts toward developing their local shale gas resources. The potential is very promising: a study commissioned by the EIA concluded that nearly 6,000 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas reserves are available in 32 countries — far more than […]
Coal’s future
A client meeting yesterday on shale gas monetization began interestingly with questions on coal’s future. Cheap natural gas and sluggish economic recovery are making it difficult for coal to be a competitive fuel for power in North America. Overseas, Europe continues to suffer from economic weakness and uncertainty, while emerging economies such as China and […]