• News Release

  COP28: Middle East could play a key role in decarbonising global economy

  • 23 11月 2023

  Large oil and gas reserves in the Middle East have resulted in especially low domestic energy prices and provide little incentive to transition to low carbon alternatives, according to Wood Mackenzie’s Middle East Energy Transition Outlook report.

• Webinar

  Latin America’s upstream market: 2023 in review and key outlooks for 2024

  • 06 2月 2024

  Join Wood Mackenzie's industry experts on February 6th, 2024 at 2:00 PM CST, as they explore why Latin America's upstream sector might continue to grow despite the lack of recent discoveries in key basins.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Middle East and North Africa Upstream

  • 20 2月 2024

  2023 was a year in which the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region consolidated 2022’s gains. 2024 heralds much uncertainty: an expansion of OPEC quotas will impact short term oil production across the region while capacity expansion continues apace.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Sub-Saharan Africa Upstream

  • 14 2月 2024

  After three years of decline, oil and gas production is growing again across Sub-Saharan Africa. Traditional oil producers Nigeria and Angola are increasing investment and activity. Angola's exit from OPEC is a statement of its ambition. Elsewhere, growth projects are progressing in Senegal/Mauritania, Cote d'Ivoire, Namibia and Mozambique. Join our experts on Wednesday 14th February where they will discuss two recent reports - 'Sub-Saharan Africa upstream: 2023 in review' and '5 things to look for in 2024'. A main presentation will be followed by Q&A.

• Webinar

  North Sea Oil and Gas Outlook

  • 29 2月 2024

  Join our upcoming webinar on the 29th February, focusing on the 2024 outlook for North Sea oil and gas.

• Webinar

  Beyond ESG: Measuring Corporate sustainability in an uncertain world

  • 26 3月 2024

  Join our upcoming webinar on the 26th March.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Call of duties

  • 23 4月 2024

  In this month's Horizons Live, our panel discuss how we assess the carbon intensity of LNG projects around the world and the effects of LNG emission tax scenarios.

• Webinar

  Europe and the North Sea: energy security, cost inflation and fiscal disruption

  • 06 9月 2022

  With energy security in the spotlight, upstream activity is increasing. But there are headwinds from corporate discipline, inflation and development uncertainties, which include supply chain bottlenecks. Join our webinar as our experts discuss Upstream Europe and the North Sea.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Energy Super Basins

  • 11 8月 2022

  Watch on demand as we answer your questions about the global energy super basins and what they could mean for the oil, gas and renewables industries.

• News Release

  The Australian energy crisis highlights the need for new gas supply

  • 29 8月 2022

  With prices soaring 400%, government is challenged to find the delicate balance of energy security and net zero goals

• News Release

  CCUS planned capacity nearing 1 billion tonnes per annum

  • 26 8月 2022

  US Inflation Reduction Act bill set to boost CCUS uptake but more is needed to meet net zero goals by 2050

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie predicts European gas demand will continue to fall, helping gas storage outlook for this winter and the following

  • 01 9月 2022

  High natural gas prices will continue to drive down European demand to seven percent below the five-year average through March, leaving a best-case scenario of storage levels at 31% at winter’s end, in line with the five-year average, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).

• The Edge

  Is the world sleepwalking into an oil supply crunch?

  • 16 7月 2021

  Where new oil supply to 2030 will come from and what it costs

• Opinion

  Three lessons the renewables boom can learn from the shale bust

  • 21 7月 2021

  What could the renewable energy industry and its investors learn from shale's experience? A few interesting points of comparison are starting to emerge.

• Opinion

  US oil producers live up to their promises on spending restraint

  • 16 7月 2021

  The recovery in crude prices, taking WTI to over $70 a barrel, has meant that the cash flows coming in to US E&Ps have been soaring. But the industry’s response to these price signals, in terms of increased activity and production, has been much more cautious than has been typical over the past decade. Management teams have talked about strengthening balance sheets and returning cash to shareholders, and now they are delivering on those commitments.

• The Edge

  How to scale up carbon capture and storage

  • 09 7月 2021

  Industrialising a nascent technology that’s critical for net zero targets

• Opinion

  What lies beneath: why Middle East upstream resources are so advantaged

  • 05 7月 2021

  With future oil and gas demand highly uncertain, advantaged resources with the lowest costs, lowest carbon emissions and best economics stand the greatest chance of being commercialised. The Middle East won the geological lottery, but how does it fare on other fronts?

• Opinion

  Can the Caspian region still compete for upstream capital?

  • 28 6月 2021

  The Caspian region risks facing an upstream investment crisis in the 2020s that could shape the strength of hydrocarbon-dependent economies like Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan for decades to come.

• Opinion

  Asia’s frozen upstream M&A sector begins to thaw

  • 10 6月 2021

  Global upstream M&A is bouncing back. The recent increase in asset acquisitions saw North American deal flow hit its highest level since 2019, while across the rest of the world M&A activity is showing signs of a gradual – if uneven - recovery from the abyss of 2020.

• Opinion

  Eni and bp get up close and personal in Angola

  • 09 6月 2021

  Using our Lens platform, we've analysed the potential joint venture between Eni and bp in Angola

• Opinion

  Myanmar’s woes increase

  • 15 4月 2021

  Less than six years after the National League for Democracy won a landslide election victory after more than half a century of military rule, the country’s generals are once again in control. Already hundreds of civilians have been killed protesting the February 1 coup, leading to international condemnation and the imposition of economic sanctions by many western governments.

• Opinion

  Could restricting oil production in the US Gulf of Mexico lead to carbon leakage?

  • 12 4月 2021

  Federal actions have put the comparative emissions performance of the prolific US Gulf of Mexico under the spotlight.

• Opinion

  Australia-China relations continue to sour

  • 13 5月 2021

  With China buying around a third of everything Australia exports on a value basis, the downward spiral in Sino-Australian diplomatic relations is clearly of concern.

• Opinion

  Connect four: key findings from the first four editions of Horizons

  • 12 5月 2021

  Will falling costs secure solar’s dominance in power? Can Europe slash its emissions by 2030? Will China win the clean energy race? What would an accelerated energy transition mean for oil and gas prices? Find out in our Horizons recap.

• Opinion

  UK North Sea Transition Deal: a net zero basin by 2050?

  • 06 5月 2021

  In March the UK’s government and oil and gas sector agreed a new deal that aims to leverage upstream industry capabilities and accelerate the energy transition. But are its targets achievable – and indeed, do they go far enough?

• The Edge

  The rising hurdles for investment in upstream

  • 30 4月 2021

  A healthy crop of oil and gas projects are up for FID in 2021. If they go ahead, the spend could reverse the downward trend in upstream investment. But sanctioning new projects is getting harder.

• The Edge

  Did the oil and gas industry change forever last week?

  • 04 6月 2021

  Last week's big announcements for ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell show that stakeholders are intensifying the pressure on Big Oil to speed up action on climate. What are the implications for the wider industry?

• The Edge

  Why oil and gas exploration is still important

  • 27 5月 2021

  As the energy transition gains pace, questions are being asked about exploration's continued relevance. Does the industry still need to find new barrels? How committed are the Majors to exploration?

• Opinion

  Continental off the shelf with Permian Basin purchase from Pioneer

  • 08 11月 2021

  Continental Resources has entered the Permian Basin by buying Pioneer Natural Resources’ Delaware Basin assets for US$3.25 billion in cash.

• The Edge

  Africa’s energy challenge

  • 12 11月 2021

  African nations see oil, gas and coal as the fast-track way to improve energy access. But there is uncertainty about future demand, ESG and net zero ambitions.