• Webinar

  Webinar | Start RECording: Price outlook for renewable energy certificates in Asia Pacific

  • 29 10月 2024

  Start RECording: Price outlook for renewable energy certificates in Asia Pacific

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: No country for old fields

  • 09 12月 2024

  Following the aligned Horizons report, this session replay examines the potential for high-impact exploration to lower the cost of oil and gas to consumers, cut carbon intensity, and add value for both resource holders and explorers.

• News Release

  Decarbonisation key to future of Asia Pacific’s upstream industry

  • 15 12月 2020

  Wood Mackenzie’s Asia Pacific upstream 2021 outlook report shows that the development of regional decarbonisation roadmaps is crucial to the future of the upstream industry.

• Comment

  South Korea announces carbon neutrality pledge

  • 29 10月 2020

  South Korea becomes the latest Asian economy to announce its net-zero carbon emissions pledge.

• News Release

  India to overtake China as world’s largest LPG residential market by 2030

  • 06 10月 2020

  India is expected to overtake China as the world’s largest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) residential sector market by 2030.

• News Release

  China’s carbon neutrality bill could hit over US$5 trillion

  • 08 10月 2020

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis shows over US$5 trillion of investments would be needed for China to reach its pathway for carbon-neutrality by 2060.

• News Release

  Global regas capacity under construction hits 10-year high at 144 mmtpa

  • 02 9月 2020

  Global regasification (regas) capacity under construction is expected to hit a 10-year high at 144 million tonnes per annum (mmtpa) in 2020, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Asia Pacific power generation could attract US$1.5 trillion investments this decade

  • 08 9月 2020

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest report shows that the power generation sector in Asia Pacific could attract US$1.5 trillion worth of investments over the decade ending 2030.

• News Release

  China’s gas power plants bleed under pressure from lower tariffs and trade war

  • 15 9月 2020

  China’s gas power plants are struggling to stay afloat as they face mounting pressure from lower tariffs and the ongoing trade war, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Renewable energy could reduce Asia Pacific LNG plant emissions by 8%

  • 17 8月 2020

  Using renewable energy to power liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Asia Pacific could reduce emissions by about 8%, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  China’s PTA producers look to futures to weather market volatility

  • 16 7月 2020

  China’s purified terephthalic acid (PTA) producers have been using the futures market to price PTA in the spot market, hedge against risks and manage inventory. This has allowed many to stay profitable, despite market uncertainty and disruption brought by the coronavirus pandemic, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Indonesia’s LNG demand continue to rise despite economic downturn

  • 30 6月 2020

  Indonesia’s LNG demand is expected to be resilient against the coronavirus-led global economic downturn, says Wood Mackenzie. The country’s H2 2020 LNG demand could hit 3.1 million tonnes (Mt), a 1.2 Mt or 63% increase year-on-year.

• Comment

  Wood Mackenzie commentary on India CERA Week

  • 09 10月 2017

  To mark the start of the India Energy Forum by CERA week, Wood Mackenzie analysts weigh in on the country's oil and gas outlook and production prospects.

• Comment

  Chinese aluminium: next set of reforms for the industry?

  • 06 9月 2017

  Many market observers were sceptical about China's ability to deal with aluminium overcapacity. But cuts at Weiqiao, the world's largest smelter, shows China's determination to deliver supply-side reforms. The market is now divided into two camps – one that believes China will cut output significantly. The other one reasons that smelters will ramp up quickly and nothing much will really change.

• News Release

  US-China agreement connects the fastest-growing LNG supplier with the largest LNG growth market

  • 12 5月 2017

  Chinese companies can now negotiate long-term contracts to source liquefied natural gas from US suppliers, the US Commerce Department said.

• Comment

  Market implications of Chinese tariffs on US LNG

  • 03 8月 2018

  Today China announced retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of American imports, in response to the Trump administration's latest trade threats. The list included a 25% tariff on LNG.

• Comment

  More oil discovered in Carnavon Petroleum's Dorado-1 well

  • 08 8月 2018

  A sizeable discovery is significant for Quadrant, whose private equity backers are looking to exit, and Carnarvon, which is a pure-play explorer. A standalone oil discovery is easier to monetise than gas, as it does not require LNG contracts or gas infrastructure.

• News Release

  Rise in new players in Southeast Asia's upstream sector

  • 28 6月 2018

  Since the fall in oil prices in 2014, oil majors and international oil companies (IOCs) have accelerated a shift towards resource themes and regions offering higher returns, lower complexity and shorter timeframes, away from the more challenging regions such as Southeast Asia. To date, close to 800 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of the region's resources have left the hands of majors and IOCs.

• Comment

  Energy storage market poised for a boom Down Under

  • 06 7月 2018

  Looking at behind-the-meter, Australia was the biggest residential storage market in the world in 2017, with a tripling of residential storage deployments over the previous year. High retail electricity rates and diminishing or expiring feed-in tariffs have encouraged residential solar customers to choose storage for self-consumption benefits. As a result, over the past few years, Australia has been the preferred testbed for new residential energy storage products, as several technology vendors have first introduced their residential product portfolios in the country.

• News Release

  OPEC producers key to world supply through to 2040

  • 16 7月 2018

  Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie sees OPEC maintaining its role as a key oil supplier through to 2040, although output from non-OPEC producers will help ensure adequate supply in the years to 2030.

• News Release

  China's mega crude-to-chemicals projects may deal knockout blow to regional PX exporters

  • 21 8月 2018

  Higher base chemicals demand and feedstock security for heavy naphtha are driving the development of a new wave of mega-integrated refinery and chemical sites in China. Private Chinese chemical producers, including Hengli and Rong Sheng, are back-integrating their chemical plants with refineries by building mega-integrated facilities. Wood Mackenzie expects these projects to come on stream in the next 12 to 24 months.

• News Release

  India to overtake China as world's largest oil demand growth centre by 2024

  • 03 9月 2018

  India's oil demand is expected to grow by 3.5 million barrels per day (b/d) from 2017 to 2035, accounting for one-third of global oil demand growth. India's demand is driven by rising income levels, an expanding middle class and a growing need for mobility.

• Comment

  China's retaliatory tariff on US LNG

  • 19 9月 2018

  In the 12 months up until June 2018, China was the second largest buyer of US LNG, accounting for approximately 3 mmtpa of US LNG, with Shell being the largest seller. However as the US-China trade dispute escalated, Chinese buyers have gradually reduced purchases of US LNG.

• Comment

  India's renewables to contribute 13% of power generation mix in five years, double the amount today

  • 15 10月 2018

  India’s renewables target of 175 GW capacity (100 GW of solar and 75 GW of wind) by 2022 is an ambitious endeavour. Even with significant cost declines, Wood Mackenzie expects about 76% of the target to be met by 2022 and this would still be a noteworthy achievement. Wood Mackenzie's solar analyst Rishab Shrestha explains why.

• Comment

  New wave of growth on the horizon for Asia-Pacific's oil and gas sector

  • 15 10月 2018

  Asia-Pacific's oil and gas sector looks set to rebound over the next 12 months as rising demand, stronger commodity prices and an uptick in M&A activity bring greater confidence to the region. Wood Mackenzie predicts rising Asian LNG demand, the return of China's NOCs to growth mode and new appetite for upstream investment to be key factors influencing the sector, not only Asia-Pacific, but also globally into 2019.

• News Release

  Asia-Pacific solar demand to decline first time this year

  • 24 10月 2018

  After a decade of stellar growth, Wood Mackenzie forecasts that solar demand in the Asia-Pacific will decline for the first time this year. Compared to 2017, the region's solar demand will dip 18% to 59 GW in 2018 due to declining installations in China, India and Japan.

• News Release

  Asia-Pacific offshore wind capacity to rise 20-fold in next decade

  • 24 10月 2018

  New research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie indicates Asia-Pacific's offshore wind capacity will rise 20-fold to 43 GW in 2027.

• News Release

  Upstream players need to boost spending to meet future demand

  • 24 10月 2018

  Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global oil and gas development spend needs to increase by around 20% to meet future demand growth and ensure companies sustain production next decade.

• News Release

  Is deepwater ready for cost inflation?

  • 27 11月 2018

  In a newly published report, Wood Mackenzie notes that the deepwater industry appears in good health, following a sustained cost reduction through the downturn. However this hard work is in danger of being undone, as impending cyclical cost inflation could raise break-even costs once again.

• News Release

  OPEC stays the course with production deal

  • 01 12月 2017

  OPEC and non-OPEC producers agree to extend production curbs through 2018