• WPC 2024
  • March 18-22, 2024

Debnil Chowdhury

S&P Global Commodity Insights

Head of Americas and European Fuels and Refining

Debnil Chowdhury joined S&P Global (formerly known as IHS Markit) in 2012 and currently holds the position of Vice President where he leads the Americas and European refining research team. Prior to joining S&P, he was a Senior Market Analyst for Valero where he provided strategic planning and market analysis support for downstream, renewable, and retail assets globally. Debnil performed short and long-term planning for downstream and midstream assets, refinery economics evaluations, and supported new expansion and supply optimization efforts. Prior to joining Valero, Debnil worked in Technology Development for Halliburton-KBR as a Process Engineer where he worked with clients globally to develop new refining technologies.

Since joining S&P, Mr. Chowdhury has been involved in a number of refined product market, pricing, and new market entry strategy studies for clients in the U.S Gulf Coast, Eastern U.S., Atlantic Basin, Caribbean, Latin American, and Asian markets. Additionally, Debnil has worked closely with private equity and upstream clients to perform project feasibility studies for various oil and gas assets. Mr. Chowdhury has evaluated potential merger, acquisition, and divestiture opportunities. His work included screening of potential assets, specific facility evaluations, and due diligence activities.

Debnil is also the primary creator of S&P’s proprietary long-term ethane analytics price forecast model. The model can be utilized to quantitatively link and provide insight on ethane supply/demand to long-term pricing.

Debnil holds a BS in Chemical Engineering and Certificate in International Affairs from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a MS in Predictive Analytics and Data Science from Northwestern University, and an MBA from Rice University.

Sessions With Debnil Chowdhury

Friday, 22 March

  • 10:00am - 12:00pm (CST) / 22/mar/2024 03:00 pm - 22/mar/2024 05:00 pm

    Navigating Energy Transition Opportunities Down the Value Chain

    10:00 AM: Session Introduction - Lisa Wood, Executive Director, Specialty Chemical Consulting, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    10:05 AM: Turning Energy into Food - Marcos Sabelli, CEO, Profertil Agro
    10:25 AM: How Orbia’s Global Sustainable Business Model is driving the transition - Tania Rabasa Kovacs, Corporate Vice President Sustainability and Corporate Affairs, Orbia
    10:45 AM: Braskem’s journey in Carbon Neutral Circular Economy - Fabiana Quiroga, Circular Economy Director, South America, Braskem
    11:05 AM: Panel Discussion and Q&A - Moderator: Guilherme Baida, Team Lead, Latin American Chemicals, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    11:25 AM: Short Break    
    11:30 AM: Panel - Energy Transition and Feedstock Selection - Felipe Perez, Latin America Downstream Strategist, S&P Global Commodity Insights; Debnil Chowdhury, Head of Americas Fuels and Refining, S&P Global Commodity Insights and Walt Hart, Olefins Americas Lead, S&P Global Commodity Insights
    The Atlantic Basin is experience a new wave of refinery capacity additions at the same time fuels demand in Europe and The United States are rapidly declining. In parallel, NGLs availability continue growing in the area. What does this flood of feedstock availability mean for Latin America?
    11:55 AM: Closing remarks - Lisa Wood, Executive Director, Specialty Chemical Consulting, S&P Global Commodity Insights