• Comment

  Companies pass on the US Gulf of Mexico lease sale

  • 18 3月 2020

  Today’s region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 254 saw 84 bids received from 22 participating companies, with high bids totalling US$93 million. That amounts to roughly half of the previous lease sale, held in August 2019.

• Comment

  Industry slashes spending as price rout deepens: Can companies cope?

  • 19 3月 2020

  Survival mode has returned to the oil and gas sector as the oil price rout deepens. Corporate financials are in better shape than during the 2014/2015 crash, but room for manoeuvre is limited. Can companies cope with prices this low?

• Webinar

  Webinar: Oil price crash - deep cuts in upstream investment

  • 26 3月 2020

  The upstream oil and gas sector faces unprecedented uncertainty. It is clear oil companies must act quickly. Cuts to discretionary investment will be immediate and deep. While there are parallels to 2015-16, many things have moved on since the last downturn.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Japan's E&Ps: structural change and the road ahead

  • 27 3月 2020

  They are a material, often unheralded, part of the upstream industry, producing 1.6 million boe/d. But, the energy transition and declining domestic demand has forced Japan’s upstream companies to review their strategies. Japanese explorers and producers face a tough choice: to grow or to exit the sector entirely? Join Asia Pacific Research Director Angus Rodger and Upstream Research Associate Zixin Goh as they examine the road ahead for Japanese E&Ps.

• Comment

  Can the North Sea survive the price rout?

  • 23 3月 2020

  The North Sea has weathered several storms in its 50-year existence. But the events of the past few weeks mean the sector is entering uncharted waters. The coronavirus pandemic and collapse in OPEC+ production restraint has seen Brent reach its lowest point since 2003.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Collapsing demand sets the terms in the battle for market share

  • 07 4月 2020

  The global oil market has been hit hard with collapsing demand while OPEC+ abandoned its production restraint and supply began rising. Topics will include: • The outlook for global oil demand in 2020 – how low can it go? • China demand is stabilizing – Will US and Europe follow that path? • The impact of low oil prices on US Lower 48 • OPEC and non-OPEC supply: What is up and what is down • Implications for 2020-2021 oil prices

• Webinar

  Webinar: The Majors' playbook for low prices

  • 03 4月 2020

  The Majors have reacted swiftly to the oil price collapse. What are the levers they can pull if oil prices remain low? • Have they cut enough? • Have the cuts been to the bone? • Can M&A save the day? • Are dividends at risk?

• News Release

  African upstream capex ‘may be slashed by 33%’

  • 31 3月 2020

  Faced with the double whammy of the oil price crash and the coronavirus pandemic, Africa’s upstream sector looks set to slash capital spending by around 33% in 2020. Similar cuts to operating costs are also targeted by producers to stay cash-flow neutral. Unlike the 2015-16 price crash, this time nothing is sacrosanct: some operators will even wield the axe on committed spend, as well as the discretionary expenditure.

• News Release

  Oil price crash dents timeline of Australia’s second wave of FIDs

  • 26 3月 2020

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis reveals that Australia’s next wave of LNG projects are likely to be delayed.

• News Release

  Oil price rout: which supply is most at risk of shut-in?

  • 27 3月 2020

  The coronavirus pandemic is reducing oil demand. The OPEC+ production restraint agreement fell apart on 6 March and Saudi Arabia is rapidly increasing supply. The result: Brent crude has plunged to less than US$30/bbl. This will have a significant impact on currently producing fields and future supply. How low can the price go before different sources of production become uneconomic? Where are production shut-ins most likely? Can governments influence the result?

• News Release

  Offshore CCS projects could breathe new life into Gulf of Mexico

  • 04 11月 2022

  As the US looks for innovative ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, offshore carbon capture storage (CCS) projects in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) could play an influential role in meeting future goals, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Bolivian gas production to decline faster than expected, exports to Brazil and Argentina to cease by 2030

  • 18 1月 2023

  Bolivian gas production will decline more rapidly than expected, falling from 1,400 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) in 2022 to as low as 400 mmcfd by 2030, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business.

• News Release

  Emissions crackdown could fast-track Australian CCS projects

  • 06 4月 2023

  A revision to the Safeguard Mechanism, legislation that requires Australia’s largest emitters to cut direct emissions (known as Scope 1 emissions,) could trigger a spike in carbon, capture and storage (CCS) projects in the region, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  US Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 259 shows optimism for the region

  • 29 3月 2023

  The US Gulf of Mexico region-wide Lease Sale 259 held today attracted 353 bids from 32 companies, with high bids totalling US $264 million. The amount of activity surpassed the previous lease sale spend in 2021, demonstrating optimism for the region, according to Wood Mackenzie analysts.

• News Release

  Australian operators need to collaborate to create super basins

  • 16 5月 2023

  Australia’s oil and gas industry needs to urgently fast-track the creation of energy “super basins” to provide a pathway to greater sustainability and cut emissions, according to Anne Forbes, Upstream Research Analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Latin America’s natural gas deficit to grow as new resource production remains a challenge

  • 03 5月 2023

  With several challenges facing new gas developments in Latin America, supply will be unable to keep up with demand, driving the need for expanded imports to the region over the next decade, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

• Webinar

  One last hurrah? Is Africa’s upstream sector on the rebound?

  • 31 5月 2023

  Please join our experts as they cover key themes in Africa Upstream on 31st May 2023

• Event

  Gas, LNG & The Future of Energy 2026

  • 02 6月 2026

  Wood Mackenzie's 4th annual Gas, LNG and the Future of Energy from 2-3 June 2026 is where the industry comes together in London to discuss the different market, investment and corporate dynamics shaping it, and the role of gas in supporting the energy transition. #WMGasLNGEvent

• News Release

  With $9B BM-C-33 FID in Brazil, Equinor to increase its deepwater production outside of Norway to 400,000 boe/d by end of the decade

  • 09 5月 2023

  Addressing Equinor’s announced final investment decision (FID) for Brazil’s $9 billion BM-C-33 project, Luiz Hayum, senior research analyst, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa Upstream Oil and Gas, said “The BM-C-33 is Equinor’s second FID in a long list of justified for development deepwater projects outside Norway. Once sanctioned, these projects will increase Equinor’s operated deepwater production outside Norway from near zero to 400,000 boe/d by the end of the decade.”

• News Release

  Woodside announces Trion field FID, Mexico’s first deepwater oilfield development

  • 22 6月 2023

  Addressing Woodside’s announced final investment decision (FID) of Trion field, Diego Alviso Becerril, Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Research LATAM, said “This will be Woodside’s first incursion into Mexican waters and Mexico’s first deepwater oil field development. With first oil scheduled for 2028, the development concept considers a US$7.2 billion investment to recover 479 million barrels of equivalent (mmboe).”

• News Release

  TotalEnergies discovery in shallow water Nigeria largest in a decade

  • 16 6月 2023

  Addressing TotalEnergies discovery at Ntokon in the shallow water Niger Delta, Gail Anderson, director of upstream research at Wood Mackenzie, said “Ntokon is likely to be Nigeria's biggest shallow water discovery in a decade. Despite the lack of exploration in recent times, this discovery shows that there is still plenty of running room in the shallow water Niger Delta.”

• News Release

  North American gas market to expand by 25 percent over the next decade, despite headwinds

  • 17 5月 2023

  Near-term gas market expansion continues to be driven by global demand for US LNG exports, which will largely be supplied through continued growth in Permian associated gas and Haynesville production, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  A revitalised oil and gas sector can play a key role in Indonesia’s energy transition

  • 27 7月 2023

  Indonesia’s oil and gas sector must undergo a major overhaul in the way it operates if it is to realise the full potential of the country’s natural resources and support a successful energy transition, according to a new white paper by Wood Mackenzie, a global insight business for renewables, energy and natural resources.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Doing more with less

  • 01 8月 2023

  On this month's Horizons Live, our panel discusses debunking the myth of upstream underinvestment.

• News Release

  Oil and gas exploration spending to recover from historic lows, average $22B per annum through 2027

  • 16 8月 2023

  Exploration spend (excluding appraisal) will recover from historic lows to average US$22 billion per annum in real terms over the next five years, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  New offshore oil and gas developments in Colombia face challenges to deliver on nation’s long-term energy security

  • 28 9月 2023

  Offshore development of new gas assets has been identified as a key piece to Colombia’s long-term energy security, but significant challenges remain. The size, production capability and required infrastructure investments all make the situation uncertain, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie launches Lens Carbon

  • 13 10月 2023

  Wood Mackenzie, the global insight business for renewables, energy and natural resources, has launched Lens Carbon, a unique end-to-end solution that enables users to screen, analyse and value carbon management projects on a global scale.

• News Release

  7 Btpa of carbon capture needed to meet net zero by 2050

  • 16 10月 2023

  Speaking at Wood Mackenzie’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Conference in Houston, Mhairidh Evans, head of CCUS research for Wood Mackenzie, said that urgency is needed to meet the seven billion tonnes carbon capture (Btpa) required to meet net zero goals in 2050.

• News Release

  Fast output recovery of oil and gas still challenging with easing of US sanctions on Venezuela

  • 20 10月 2023

  Addressing the US Treasury Department’s partially lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector, Adrian Lara, principal research analyst, Latin America Upstream Oil and Gas for Wood Mackenzie said, “Although still conditioned by a subsequent renewal, this new easing of sanctions can certainly be considered a positive move towards the recovery of the Venezuelan oil and gas sector. However, it does not guarantee a rapid or permanent recovery of production, given the required investment needed to deal with current infrastructure repairs and bottlenecks.”

• Webinar

  Nigerian oil production: where do we go from here?

  • 09 11月 2023

  Please join our experts as they cover key themes in Nigeria Upstream on 9th November 2023