• 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

  Climate Week NYC special: Entrepreneurs in cleantech tell their stories

  • 26 9月 2024

  In this latest special edition of the Energy Gang for Climate Week NYC, Ed Crooks and Amy Myers-Jaffe host a live taping of the show in front of an audience of Amy’s students at NYU.

• Opinion

  Climate Week NYC special:The key takeaways from NY Climate Week, with Climate Group CEO Helen Clarkson

  • 01 10月 2024

  The key takeaways from NY Climate Week are here. The Energy Gang dives into the key moments with Helen Clarkson, CEO of Climate Group. What’s next for climate action?

• Opinion

  Infographic | The future of the copper market

  • 28 10月 2024

  Rapid adoption of copper-intensive technologies will drive high future demand

• Opinion

  Plastic demand could reduce by up to 30% in an accelerated energy transition scenario

  • 19 8月 2024

  As chemical producers face increasing pressure to decarbonise, technology investment could see plastic demand loss supported through elimination, substitution, and reuse/refill mechanisms.

• 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.

• Opinion

  Is the industry taking the wrong approach to Scope 3 emissions reporting?

  • 27 8月 2024

  We are joined by Jenny Ahlen, Managing Director at the We Mean Business Coalition. Jenny directs the strategy, coordination, and execution of their net zero programs and campaigns; these include a focus on improving the way scope 3 emissions are approached.

• Opinion

  Paper or plastic: what’s the most sustainable flexible packaging?

  • 25 8月 2020

  Paper is often lauded as a far more environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic – but but comparing green credentials is a complex issue.

• Opinion

  Refinery-chemicals integration: how to benchmark success

  • 17 9月 2020

  The growing trend of integrated refinery-chemical facilities is intensifying. Standalone oil refineries, focused only on fuel, are looking increasingly outdated as the energy transition takes hold.

• Featured

  What the coronavirus means for the energy transition

  • 29 9月 2020

  Wood Mackenzie’s new Energy Transition Outlook shows the world is heading for 3° C of warming. Changing that course will take policy commitment, accelerated innovation, and massive investment. Ed Crooks, Vice-Chair Americas, gives his view of the key findings from this year's outlook.

• 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.

• The Edge

  New LNG projects – all dressed up and no place to go

  • 25 9月 2020

  LNG demand is set to grow strongly out of the downturn, driven by Asia. A plethora of new projects is lining up to meet a sizeable supply gap that emerges by the end of the decade. What are the risks to our bullish demand scenario? How will new investment in supply be affected by rising ESG concerns? And which pre-FID projects are best placed to fill the supply gap?

• Opinion

  Can bioplastics make the chemicals industry greener?

  • 15 10月 2020

  Biosourced, biodegradable polymers are a low-carbon alternative – but they’re yet to break into the mainstream.

• Opinion

  Metals and mining: an industry at a crossroads

  • 14 10月 2020

  How has a year of unprecedented challenges affected mined commodities? Julian Kettle shares his view on the impact of a global pandemic, and the opportunities and risks posed by the energy transition.

• Opinion

  How much value does refinery-chemicals integration add for Total and Shell?

  • 13 10月 2020

  Integration has become a strategic imperative, but measuring value is notoriously difficult. Our experts crunched the numbers for Total’s integrated portfolio and looked at how that compared to Shell.

• Opinion

  Green metals: the journey to decarbonisation

  • 07 10月 2020

  What does the path to becoming greener look like for steel and aluminium, two carbon-intensive industries?

• Opinion

  Why polyolefins are the polymers to watch

  • 07 10月 2020

  Polyolefins dominate global plastics production, and offer useful insights into the overall health of the petrochemicals industry. So what are the drivers of demand? How has coronavirus altered the picture? And what really sets polyolefins apart in a chemicals portfolio?

• Opinion

  No silos allowed in the pursuit of a greener economy

  • 21 10月 2020

  The move towards a circular economy is one of many initiatives being pursued as society seeks to reduce its environmental impact. Within the refining and chemical industries, there is an increasing focus on how technology and research can be applied to support the re-engineering of many product value chains, thereby reducing the environmental impact of specific products throughout their entire lifecycle.

• 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

  Choppy waters ahead for global olefins

  • 28 10月 2020

  2020 has been characterised by a pandemic-driven collapse in demand and turbulent feedstock prices. How will the industry navigate the challenging times ahead?

• The Edge

  The energy transition will be built with metals

  • 30 10月 2020

  The energy transition will see demand for some metals reach unimagined levels in coming years. Which metals are critical to the transition? How much will we need and what will it cost to develop the supply? And can the mining sector deliver?

• 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

• Webinar

  Webinar | Closing the Gap: Technology for a Net Zero North Sea

  • 17 11月 2020

  The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is evolving to harness the full power of the offshore environment. A new study from Wood Mackenzie and the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) explores the economic opportunity and lays out the technology roadmap to a carbon neutral future. Please join Malcolm Forbes-Cable, VP Upstream Consulting, for an overview of the key findings of the report “Closing the Gap – Technology for a Net Zero North Sea”. The Webinar outlines how accelerating the development of new energy technologies can dramatically reduce emissions. It also shows how adopting new technologies will harness the full potential of the UK’s world-class natural resources from renewable power sources and oil and gas, to hydrogen and long-term carbon storage.

• Opinion

  Electric vehicles can help save the environment, but can they save the owner money?

  • 18 11月 2020

  Using Wood Mackenzie's Total Cost of Ownership (TCOO) Model to compare the potential cost of owning an EV against an ICE vehicle over 10 years, it's clear that three variables - incentives, fuel cost and depreciation - really make the difference.

• Featured

  Will we need to mine metals in the future?

  • 26 11月 2020

  We recycle a fraction of the metal that we extract – despite the fact that most can be reused infinitely. Is that set to change? How much scrap could be recovered? And is it possible to eliminate the need for mining and processing primary metal?

• Opinion

  How decarbonisation will drive mining supply-side adjustments

  • 09 11月 2020

  Governments, consumers and producers will push and pull metals and mining to reduce emissions – and it's going to mean big adjustments for the supply side.

• Opinion

  The ecommerce revolution: friend or foe to sustainability?

  • 11 11月 2020

  Covid-19 has accelerated the adoption of ecommerce, which typically uses more packaging than traditional retail. The pressure is on for brands, and the packaging industry, to deliver sustainable solutions.

• 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.