• Opinion

  Predictions for energy and natural resources in 2025

  • 13 12月 2024

  The impact of Chinese EVs, ambitious NOCs, the Saudi storage boom and more, as Wood Mackenzie analysts look ahead to next year

• News Release

  The North Sea’s oil and gas future hangs in the balance and requires a new fiscal regime

  • 03 10月 2024

  After a history of ad hoc changes, the UK government must implement a more predictable tax regime that provides greater long-term stability to the North Sea oil and gas sector, as soon as possible, according to new analysis by Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  CCUS growth challenged by current economics

  • 10 10月 2024

  Speaking at Wood Mackenzie’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Conference in Houston, Peter Findlay, research director and head of CCUS economics for Wood Mackenzie, said that despite a growing market for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), economics remain challenging, and many potential projects are at risk.

• The Edge

  The complexity of capital allocation for oil and gas companies

  • 10 10月 2024

  The slower pace of the energy transition is influencing Big Oil’s capital allocation. What share of cash flow is the industry re-investing? How much will upstream spend rise in 2025? Why have NOCs become the biggest spenders on low carbon?

• The Edge

  Getting China back on track

  • 24 10月 2024

  Commodity markets are suffering from the impact of China's current economic difficulties on domestic energy demand. China’s government has just responded with an ambitious stimulus package aimed at shoring up its faltering manufacturing sector and boosting weak consumer confidence.

• Featured

  Upstream oil & gas: region-by-region predictions for 2025

  • 08 1月 2025

  Improving upstream sentiment comes at a time of high geopolitical tensions, and both supply and demand concerns. Near-term price weakness may belie longer-term market strength, setting 2025 up to be a year of mixed messages.

• Opinion

  What can we expect from energy in 2025?

  • 08 1月 2025

  The gang share their predictions for energy in 2025.

• Opinion

  Cushing 2024: key price insights and market trends

  • 07 1月 2025

  Due to ongoing volatility in the global oil markets, traders need prompt indication of changes in the market

• Opinion

  Climate Week NYC special: What is the role that the oil and gas industry should play in the energy transition? Does it have one?

  • 24 9月 2024

  Can the oil and gas industry really play a role in achieving net zero? Or do we need to rethink its place in the energy transition? Join the debate with Ed Crooks and guests Bjorn Otto Sverdrup and Gernot Wagner in this first Climate Week episode.

• Opinion

  ADNOC doubles net hydrogen production through stake in ExxonMobil’s Baytown project

  • 01 10月 2024

  The ExxonMobil Baytown Blue Hydrogen complex has announced major developments in recent months, rounded off by ADNOC taking a 35% stake in the project. The project – if developed – would become the world's largest blue hydrogen project, producing 0.9 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of blue hydrogen and 1 Mtpa of blue ammonia.

• Opinion

  Can America build new energy projects faster? Should it?

  • 20 8月 2024

  Proposed permitting reforms could accelerate both renewable energy projects and new fossil fuel infrastructure. Is that a good deal for the climate? Ed Crooks is joined by Melissa Lott and Emily Grubert to unpack what the proposal could mean for the future of energy in America.

• News Release

  CO2 utilisation potential as key global decarbonization tool limited by current economics

  • 26 8月 2024

  Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) is a crucial element in global decarbonisation, but current economics limit CO2 utilisation deployment as high costs and insufficient subsidies hinder the market, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

• Editorial

  A Major transition for Sub-Saharan Africa?

  • 09 9月 2020

  Sub-Saharan Africa has for decades been a cornerstone of the Majors' portfolios but that is changing as they position themselves for the energy transition. This means cutting back on oil investments and slimming down upstream portfolios to meet bold emissions targets.

• Featured

  How 2020 dealt tight oil another blow

  • 17 9月 2020

  In this special report about tight oil, Linda Htien, Senior Research Manager, US Lower 48 Upstream Research, and Ann-Louise Hittle, Vice President, Oils Research examine the forces slowing the growth of tight oil

• Content

  Natural Gas

  • 16 11月 2020

  Stay ahead of natural gas markets with our industry leading analysis based on the highest quality public and proprietary data sources.

• Opinion

  Australia’s upstream M&A market is hotting up

  • 13 10月 2020

  Deals are emerging across the sector, but finding the right buyer is a challenge. For the Majors, freeing up capital, bolstering balance sheets and clearing out assets which could be a drag on future cashflows is a priority. But it's a difficult time to sell.

• Editorial

  Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Bill scales new heights of fiscal complexity

  • 16 11月 2020

  Nigeria's latest attempt to reform its petroleum sector isn't just about finishing a job that started over 12 years ago. The government now seeks to make Nigeria's upstream, midstream and downstream competitive in the face of significant threats to oil demand, including the impacts of coronavirus and the energy transition.

• Featured

  The future of gas investment

  • 12 11月 2020

  Capital is the lifeblood of the global gas industry. But with investment criteria changing fast, companies must respond.

• Opinion

  In conversation with Asia Pacific’s CEOs

  • 04 11月 2020

  We hosted the CEOs of PETRONAS, Santos and Medco, the chairman of Indian Oil Corporation, and many other senior executives from a range of leading oil and gas companies, utilities and banks over two days at our APAC Energy & Commodities Summit last month.

• Opinion

  Harvest or grow: what’s the future of upstream oil & gas investment?

  • 27 11月 2020

  Resilience and sustainability will increasingly shape the upstream oil and gas industry’s investment decisions

• The Edge

  Exploration - where less can be more

  • 20 11月 2020

  How capital discipline led a return to value creation

• The Edge

  A Biden administration: implications for the energy industry

  • 09 11月 2020

  The energy sector faces a very different future under President-elect Biden. What are the implications for the oil market? How will key US geopolitical relationships change? And can a Biden administration push through its climate change goals?

• Opinion

  Biden, China and politics of energy

  • 11 11月 2020

  As the new administration looks to take the US back into the Paris climate agreement, will the US and China work together on tackling global warming?

• Featured

  Global upstream oil and gas: new challenges ahead in 2021

  • 19 1月 2021

  What does 2021 hold for the global upstream oil and gas industry? It will be a year of uncertainty and contingency – but resilience and recovery are also key themes.

• Opinion

  Will 2021 breathe life back into the Asia Pacific upstream M&A market?

  • 16 12月 2020

  The recovery in oil and gas prices should help bring buyers and sellers closer on price expectation, while ongoing consolidation among upstream producers in North America has driven a sharp uptick in global M&A in recent months, likely pushing more non-core APAC assets into the market.

• Featured

  What will oil and gas companies focus on in 2021?

  • 19 1月 2021

  It’s been an extraordinary year for oil and gas companies. What will 2021 bring? Get the predictions for the year ahead from our corporate analysis team.

• The Edge

  Big themes and risks for energy in 2021

  • 11 12月 2020

  After a tumultuous 2020, what will shape the energy world in 2021? We look at five themes to watch – economic boom, action on climate change, oil demand, industry finances and upstream investment.

• Opinion

  Three factors driving the upstream M&A market

  • 02 12月 2020

  Operators are under growing pressure to optimise portfolios. What are the forces having the biggest impact on decision-making?

• Opinion

  North Sea decommissioning: a turning point lies ahead

  • 09 12月 2020

  £16 billion will be spent on offshore decommissioning in the coming decade – how can costs be planned and managed effectively?

• The Edge

  The Euro Majors’ big bet on new energy

  • 04 12月 2020

  The Euro Majors are building new energy businesses as a key part of net carbon-neutral targets for 2050. How and when will they be able to demonstrate value from renewables investments?