• Opinion

  North America's RNG market set for continued growth in 2025 after historic year

  • 20 6月 2025

  Expansion accelerates as policy support, feedstock diversification, and new project development drive North America's RNG momentum.

• Horizons

  Staying power: how new energy realities risk extending coal's sunset

  • 17 7月 2025

  In this Horizons, we explore a new global high thermal coal demand case, examining the drivers of a higher outlook for coal and what this means for investors, technologies and global climate goals.

• Event

  Wood Mackenzie at IMAGE 2025

  • 25 8月 2025

  Wood Mackenzie is hosting a Woodmac Strategic Panel on Global Upstream for the 2030’s at IMAGE 2025

• Horizons

  Trading cases: tariff scenarios for taxing times

  • 21 5月 2025

  In this edition of Horizons, we explore how the Trump administration's 'Liberation Day' tariffs marked a pivotal moment in global trade, potentially reversing the effects of China's 2001 WTO entry and accelerating deglobalization trends.

• The Edge

  Upstream’s mounting challenge to deliver future oil supply

  • 10 7月 2025

  The industry needs to look beyond short-term price volatility.

• 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

  US LNG exports slump

  • 25 6月 2020

  The plunge in European gas prices has led buyers to cancel cargoes from the US, and export plants are running well below full capacity

• Editorial

  European oil products market signposts: ships sitting in Southwold

  • 23 6月 2020

  Oil floating storage in Northwest Europe is a key signpost to watch for improvements in European oil demand. We take a closer look at diesel floating storage in the region and shipping flows that will change the supply/demand balance in the weeks ahead.

• Featured

  How the worst oil price crash in history changed the upstream industry

  • 24 6月 2020

  The oil price crash has wiped US$1.6 trillion off our valuation of the global upstream industry. This captures the impact of our downgraded long-term Brent price assumption – now US$50/bbl (2020 terms), previously US$60/bbl – and much more. Which regions and players have been hit hardest? What measures have been taken to survive?

• Opinion

  Capital is still flowing into the US oil and gas industry

  • 19 6月 2020

  The US oil and gas industry has been a challenging sector for investors for years, and the fall in oil prices in 2020 has added to its difficulties. But recent bond issues by US E&Ps have shown that debt markets are still open for some

• Featured

  Exploration’s future in a low-cost, low-carbon world

  • 01 7月 2020

  The world will rely on oil and gas for much of its energy needs until well beyond 2040. Exploration will be critical in meeting this future demand. Yet exploration is widely perceived as discretionary, even unwarranted. Read on to learn more about exploration’s surprising role in a low carbon future.

• Opinion

  Shell takes a hit from the coronavirus downturn

  • 02 7月 2020

  The company is taking a gloomier view of oil and gas prices over the next few years, prompting a writedown in asset values of up to $22 billion after tax

• Opinion

  What’s behind the BP and INEOS petrochemical deal?

  • 06 7月 2020

  While most oil majors and NOCs are focusing on strengthening their petrochemical integration, BP is divesting petrochemical assets to INEOS in a US$5 billion deal.

• Opinion

  The art of never letting a crisis go to waste

  • 15 7月 2020

  I asked our experts what they believe governments and companies should be doing to ensure that they emerge stronger from the crisis.

• The Edge

  Monetising the East Med’s giant gas finds

  • 10 7月 2020

  The discovery of huge gas resources has made the Eastern Mediterranean an industry hot spot. Majors, NOCs and independents see a growth opportunity that could last for decades. LNG exports might be the path to full commercialisation. But geopolitics stand in the way. How can the interested parties find a way forward?

• Opinion

  US pipelines blocked by the courts

  • 09 7月 2020

  Campaigners against pipelines scored three notable successes this week. Their victories show challenges are mounting for pipeline operators

• Editorial

  Pioneer plus Parsley: What’s our Permian prognosis?

  • 27 10月 2020

  News on Pioneer/Parsley broke less than 48 hours after ConocoPhillips announced its acquisition of Concho Resources. Tight oil consolidation is booming, and it's starting with the big, financially-strong producers. Find out some more important takeaways from the transaction that aren’t necessarily reflected in the publicized deal metrics?

• The Edge

  How Big Oil’s M&A targets have changed

  • 24 7月 2020

  It's no surprise that a downturn sparks oil and gas sector consolidation. What's interesting about Chevron's bid for Noble Energy is how Big Oil's strategy has changed. In the Edge this week, Simon Flowers takes a closer look.

• Opinion

  Natural gas: friend or foe in Europe’s 2030 emissions target?

  • 24 7月 2020

  Green hydrogen has grabbed the limelight in the drive to decarbonise. But is there a role for natural gas in a post-coronavirus Europe?

• The Edge

  Are exploration’s days numbered?

  • 17 7月 2020

  Exploration spend is heading south again as companies slash budgets to conserve cash. This downcycle though is different, with companies formulating decarbonisation strategies and peak oil demand on the horizon. Is exploration now facing an existential crisis?

• Opinion

  How would a second wave of lockdowns affect oil and gas markets?

  • 18 8月 2020

  The risk of a second wave of lockdowns is mounting, and with it the risk of an even deeper global recession. What would this mean for oil and gas market dynamics? And what are the implications for industry stakeholders?

• Opinion

  China unveils the extent of its gas ambitions

  • 05 8月 2020

  Make no mistake, China is the world’s most important gas market. Why? Because today, as demand stalls in so many parts of the world, China is the engine of global gas growth.

• Opinion

  What forces will shape global gas markets over the next two decades?

  • 13 8月 2020

  Global gas demand has proved resilient despite widespread coronavirus lockdowns - but supply dynamics are more challenging. Will gas and LNG demand continue to recover? And what forces will shape the market over the next two decades?

• The Edge

  Decarbonisation and peak gas demand

  • 31 7月 2020

  Gas is to be the bridging fuel of the transition, its lower carbon intensity supporting its position in the energy mix longer than coal and oil. Yet nothing can be taken for granted as decarbonisation policy tilts the playing field away from fossil fuels.

• Opinion

  LNG regasification: why there’s still plenty of gas in the tank

  • 08 9月 2020

  The regasification sector is in a strong position despite the short-term hit from Covid-19. Investment in further capacity is increasing, driven by the likelihood of robust long-term LNG demand growth.

• Opinion

  Re-inventing the North West Shelf

  • 08 9月 2020

  With declining production from the joint venture’s fields, the NWS may be forced to reduce exports unless new gas is secured.

• Opinion

  UK's 32nd Offshore Licensing Round

  • 08 9月 2020

  The UK's 32nd Offshore Licensing Round can be considered a success, but what is the future of licensing in the UK North Sea?

• Opinion

  Can biomethane decarbonise Europe’s gas market?

  • 23 9月 2020

  Europe is the leading global producer of the net-zero carbon renewable gas, but continued growth depends on policy support

• Opinion

  What a second wave of lockdowns would mean for Asia’s oil and gas markets

  • 18 8月 2020

  Bold assumptions, but not unrealistic. But what would happen with a second wave of prolonged, nationwide lockdowns? What would this mean for economic activity? How will oil and gas supply and prices be affected? Will Asia’s demand-led recovery be blown off course?

• Opinion

  Google sets a new challenge for renewable energy

  • 18 9月 2020

  Tech companies have been matching their electricity use with purchases of wind and solar power. Now Google wants to go further and run its operations on renewables 24/7