• Webinar

  Webinar Replay

  • 05 5月 2020

  Brazil’s industrial gas demand had already started to decline in March, after coronavirus containment measures were put in place in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states. However, as lockdowns took effect across the country in the first two weeks of April, demand plunged. The oversupply has forced Petrobras to take action to mitigate the damage across the gas value chain and used its portfolio in an integrated and coordinated approach. • Covid-19 impact in the gas and power demand, and crisis management implemented by Petrobras • New power dispatch and gas market trends post Covid-19 • What to expect for LNG, Bolivian and domestic prices in the short term? • Lessons learned to gas marketing and infrastructure development players.

• Opinion

  Renewable energy shows its strength in the coronavirus crisis

  • 01 5月 2020

  Earnings announcements from oil majors and utility groups this week have demonstrated the superior resilience of electricity businesses.

• Opinion

  Negative prices reveal the crisis for US oil

  • 24 4月 2020

  The most-watched US crude futures fell below zero on Monday, in a sign of the extreme conditions facing the industry

• Editorial

  Perfect storm sees May WTI settle in negative territory

  • 21 4月 2020

  May WTI futures settled at -$37.63 on April 20. Get the latest analysis from Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils.

• Opinion

  The devastating impact of the great lockdown

  • 17 4月 2020

  There are signs that the coronavirus is gradually being brought under control in many countries, but any pick-up in activity will be tentative and uneven, and will face headwinds from the chaos in the global economy.

• Opinion

  ‘Life also, world also’ – India extends lockdown

  • 14 4月 2020

  The timing and phasing of India’s gradual release from lockdown, including the restart of selected manufacturing after 20 April, will be critical to the country’s economic stability and the shape of near-term energy demand. Multiple risks remain.

• Opinion

  Middle East oil & gas operators in a better position to weather the storm than global peers

  • 17 4月 2020

  Oil revenues have collapsed and country finances are looking bleak. How will the Middle East fare through the crisis?

• Editorial

  How coronavirus is affecting power demand in the Midwest

  • 08 4月 2020

  The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has derailed power demand patterns and expectations in the Midcontinent ISO (MISO).

• Editorial

  Coronavirus hits global gas and LNG markets at worst possible time

  • 07 4月 2020

  The coronavirus pandemic is a black swan event hitting global gas and LNG markets at the worst possible time. While the collapse of LNG prices towards US production breakevens was foreseeable, the rest of 2020 could not be more unpredictable.

• The Edge

  Coronavirus pushes oil towards the abyss

  • 06 4月 2020

  As demand collapses, how will the market deal with oversupply? Find out in this week's Edge.

• Featured

  How will the oil price crash hit the upstream sector?

  • 20 3月 2020

  How will the oil price crash hit upstream spending? What supply might be shut in? Where does this leave the upstream service sector? Our experts share their analysis.

• Opinion

  Five ways the coronavirus changed the world of energy this week

  • 20 3月 2020

  The US government is starting to buy crude and facing calls for it to manage the oil market, as demand continues to weaken. In this week's Energy Pulse by Ed Crooks.

• Featured

  What will 2020 look like for Mexico gas and power?

  • 18 12月 2019

  While political and regulatory uncertainty remains a major question going forward, what can we expect in the year ahead? Newer energy policy could potentially lower gas-to-power demand, pipeline debottlenecking could boost regional gas markets.

• Opinion

  Libya’s oil blockade – and the million b/d loss in exports

  • 03 2月 2020

  In this month's episode of the MENA in Brief podcast, Ian Thom and Toushar Chakrabarty discuss the impact of the blockade on Libyan oil exports.

• Opinion

  How will geopolitics influence global oil supply in 2020?

  • 10 2月 2020

  After a turbulent start to the year, geopolitical factors around the world could have a significant impact on the oil market outlook this year.

• Opinion

  US-China trade deal flatters to deceive

  • 21 1月 2020

  Beijing’s commitment to purchase an additional $52.4 billion of energy from the US creates a huge opportunity, but is it realistic and what could be the consequences?

• Featured

  What’s ahead for European gas?

  • 18 12月 2019

  2020 will prove to be the most pivotal year yet for European gas as the industry wrestles with transit arrangements against an increasingly oversupplied market. Meanwhile, the ambitions set out in the new European Green Deal cast considerable doubt over the long-term prospects for gas in Europe's energy mix.

• Featured

  A turbulent year ahead for oil?

  • 23 1月 2020

  What does 2020 have in store for oil markets? Expect turbulence as a host of factors come together: geopolitical risks persist, the hotly-anticipated IMO 2020 marine sulphur fuel regulations take effect, and US tight oil production growth is expected to slow.

• The Edge

  Private equity – big buyers of oil and gas in the downturn

  • 12 11月 2019

  Private equity firms have been among the big buyers of oil and gas assets in the last few years, taking advantage of portfolio restructuring among traditional players during the downturn. What’s the plan for success? And how are the exit options shaping up?

• The Edge

  The Edge: Asian NOCs, the energy transition and ESG

  • 19 11月 2019

  Where does Asia stand on the energy transition? What are energy companies in the region doing to adapt? Are some further down the road than others? Much of LNG’s strong growth outlook reflects Asian demand but are its credentials as a bridging fuel for the transition all that good? And what does the US-China trade dispute mean for the region?

• Editorial

  IMO 2020 is coming

  • 12 11月 2019

  How will the upcoming IMO 2020 bunker fuel regulations affect the US distillate supply/demand balance?

• Opinion

  Oil is 100 but there’s no party

  • 30 9月 2019

  In 2019, annual average global oil demand will exceed 100 million barrels per day (b/d). Alan Gelder reflects on the past, present and future of the global oil industry as it struggles to halt climate change.

• Opinion

  Kazakhstan gas stretched by commitments to China

  • 30 9月 2019

  Kazakhstan's gas sector is coming of age. But can it deliver on its export commitments to China?

• Opinion

  Is China’s gas market having a wobble?

  • 08 10月 2019

  There’s no doubt the global LNG market needs China; it’s that simple. With some 165 million tons per annum (Mtpa) of new supply expected to take final investment decision between 2018 and 2021 and US$240 billion of investment required to bring this online, much attention is focused on how much China can consume.

• Opinion

  What do the Saudi attacks mean for Asia?

  • 20 9月 2019

  September 14 drone strikes on Saudi Arabian oil and gas infrastructure at Abqaiq and Khurais highlighted the vulnerability of Asia's oil markets to an attack on facilities in the Middle East. Analysis from Gavin Thompson.

• Featured

  RETURN OF THE FID: Gastech 2019

  • 09 9月 2019

  Wood Mackenzie is the official knowledge partner of Gastech 2019. Join us as we give end-to-end insights on the Return of the FID. The next wave awakens...

• Editorial

  Global gas market dynamics: three key themes

  • 04 9月 2019

  Hot topics from our most popular reports: the LNG oversupply and the impact on prices, China’s growing gas demand and how Russia is retaining its position as the world's biggest net exporter of gas.

• Opinion

  The impact of the second wave of US LNG

  • 14 8月 2019

  The first wave of US LNG projects was a game-changer, putting it on a course to be the world's third largest LNG producer after Australia and Qatar by 2020.

• Opinion

  A call to action to the global energy industry

  • 02 8月 2019

  Wood Mackenzie President Neal Anderson introduces our 2019 Energy Transition Outlook and examines why the energy mix is not changing nearly as quickly as the world needs it to.

• Featured

  3 reasons why the Permian basin needs 1 more crude pipeline

  • 08 7月 2019

  Permian crude pipeline capacity isn't overbuilt longer term. Wood Mackenzie analysis shows one more takeaway pipeline will be needed in the 2030s.