• News Release

  US energy dominance faces long-term challenges

  • 17 4月 2025

  While the United States currently dominates global oil and gas production, it faces significant challenges to maintaining the same level of leadership in the coming decades, according to the latest Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Long-duration energy storage projects attract more than US $58 billion investment over last three years

  • 07 12月 2022

  Long-duration storage energy (LDES) projects around the world have attracted more than US $58 billion in commitments made by governments and companies since 2019. If all these projects went forward, it would lead to the installation of 57 gigawatts (GW) of LDES – the equivalent of three times the global energy-storage capacity deployed in 2022, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

• Opinion

  Debut of the first EU carbon border tax

  • 30 1月 2023

  In December, 2022, the EU reached a provisional agreement on a first-of-its-kind Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

• News Release

  Renewable power competitiveness in Asia Pacific worsened in 2022

  • 14 2月 2023

  The levelised costs of electricity (LCOE) for utility solar and onshore wind in Asia Pacific were up 16% and 12% respectively since 2020, as equipment, construction costs and interest rates rose in the region. The trend is expected to reverse in 2023, but volatility risks including geopolitical tensions, trade policy and financing remain according to latest analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Global wind energy to top 1 TW threshold by the end of 2023

  • 11 4月 2023

  The global wind energy market will pass the one terawatt (TW) threshold for installed capacity by the end of 2023, according to the latest market outlook from Wood Mackenzie.

• Opinion

  IMO 2020 and the rocky road to full compliance

  • 10 4月 2019

  Join our experts to tackle some of the industry's burning questions on IMO 2020 and the potential stumbling blocks.

• The Edge

  The automotive sector – twists on the road to transition

  • 02 4月 2019

  The future of light vehicles is electric; in time, perhaps autonomous. But the disruption won’t be quick, and the rise of the EV won’t be linear. Get our analysis here.

• Editorial

  Australia 2019: exploration and M&A activity abound

  • 22 3月 2019

  Listen to Asia Pacific Energy Brief, episode 14: Australia 2019: exploration and M&A activity abound

• Editorial

  Renewed confidence in Asia Pacific’s upstream sector

  • 22 3月 2019

  Listen to Asia Pacific Energy Brief, episode 12: 2019 oil and gas outlook for Asia-Pacific

• Opinion

  Teaming up with CWC for the LNG and Gas Summit

  • 12 3月 2018

  Reactions from the CWC LNG and Gas Summit held this year in Tokyo.

• The Edge

  Rising US oil exports, market disruption, Brent-WTI spread

  • 30 1月 2018

  What will US tight oil growth do to crude markets? The build-up in volumes early this decade led to a supply glut that undermined prices in 2014.

• Opinion

  Is the outlook for China's petrochemicals market hanging in the balance?

  • 09 1月 2018

  China's luckiest number is 8 – so we posed 8 questions to Steve Jenkins, Vice President Consulting - Chemicals, Polymers & Fibres about China's petrochemicals market.

• Editorial

  Can LNG save China from winter gas shortages?

  • 30 11月 2017

  With new restrictions on the use of coal for heating in ‘2+26’ cities and the industrial sector, China’s gas demand is set to hit record highs this winter — growing by 23 bcm.

• Editorial

  Reviving Asia Pacific exploration activity

  • 04 12月 2017

  Ashima Taneja discusses exploration results in Asia Pacific in 2017 and highlights the key wells to watch in 2018 with Angus Rodger, Research Director and Matthew Howell, Senior Analyst.

• Opinion

  How will China's waste plastic ban impact the global recycling chain?

  • 05 12月 2017

  The Chinese government's plans to ban waste imports, including plastics and RPET waste products by the end of 2017 could have significant repercussions; not only for the Chinese fibre industry but also for the global recycling chain.

• The Edge

  Asia upstream’s strategic challenges

  • 28 11月 2017

  Visiting Asia this month was an opportunity to gauge how oil and gas companies there are faring.

• Editorial

  PTT and PETRONAS search for LNG supply and demand balance

  • 11 8月 2017

  In this podcast, our Asia Pacific upstream research team discusses LNG demand in Southeast Asia, emerging buyers and the outlook for LNG backfill options in Australia.

• Editorial

  New licensing rounds, upstream reform and the investment outlook

  • 30 6月 2017

  Our Asia Pacific upstream research team discusses the latest regional oil and gas developments, focusing on recent exploration licensing round announcements and the outlook for pre-FID projects in Asia.

• Editorial

  India’s flexible packaging enjoys continuing growth despite a stuttering economy

  • 23 1月 2018

  Our latest study of the Indian flexible packaging market place ‘Flexible Packaging Supply Demand Study – India’ shows that despite the current uncertainty in the Indian economy, demand for flexible packaging continues to grow at a pace, reaching an estimated $5.6 billion in 2017. India now has the fourth largest flexible packaging market, representing around 6% of the global market, behind the US, China and Japan.

• Editorial

  Meeting gas demand in China - the role of LNG trucking

  • 21 6月 2018

  We're seeing phenomenal growth in China's LNG demand, driven by government-mandated coal-to-gas switching. Serious air pollution issues have led to new environmental policies prompting a reduction in coal in favour of cleaner fuels, including gas. How can China ensure local gas demand is met, without the price hikes seen last winter?

• News Release

  China's LNG trucking capacity to double in medium term

  • 18 6月 2018

  Wood Mackenzie estimates LNG trucking capacity in China to double to 38 million tonnes (mt) by 2025. China is the world's largest LNG trucking market. In 2017, 19 mt of LNG was transported via tanker truck from domestic liquefaction plants and LNG import terminals to downstream markets. This volume accounts for 12% of total gas consumption.

• Editorial

  Australasia - Five themes to look out for in 2019

  • 19 12月 2018

  As 2018 draws to a close, Wood Mackenzie's experts discusses five key themes to look out for in Australasia's oil and gas industry in 2019.

• Comment

  Chevron loses second major production asset in South East Asia

  • 13 12月 2018

  Following today's announcement by Thailand's Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF) that PTTEP has won the auction round for both G1/61 (Erawan) and G2/61 (Bongkot) PSCs after putting an aggressive bid on the gas price and the profit share, Wood Mackenzie's research analyst Jean-Baptiste Berchoteau shares some insights.

• Opinion

  How Chinese PTA and MEG futures impact the polyester industry?

  • 30 1月 2019

  The two polyester feedstocks – purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and monoethylene glycol (MEG) – in the world's most important polyester market China, have recently moved towards a total paper business.

• Comment

  Repsol-led consortium makes significant gas discovery in Indonesia

  • 18 2月 2019

  Following the announcement by Indonesia's upstream regulator SKK Migas on a gas discovery in the country, Wood Mackenzie's research director Andrew Harwood provides a commentary.

• Opinion

  Commodity slowdown in China could be different this time

  • 05 3月 2019

  In today's meeting of the National People’s Congress, China announced slower growth this year, with its gross domestic product (GDP) growth targeted at a range of 6 to 6.5% in 2019.

• Opinion

  China's refining sector to slowdown and reconfigure for energy transition

  • 15 3月 2019

  Refinery capacity is expected to continue growing in the medium term, but the pace of growth is expected to slow down considerably. Capacity additions are mainly from crude-to-chemicals projects, which aim to maximise naphtha production to meet the increasing petrochemical feedstock demand.

• Opinion

  China's thermal coal import restriction could mean a game of musical chairs for producers

  • 26 3月 2019

  Rumours of a ban on Australian thermal coal to China swept through the thermal coal market early March while in late February five north-eastern ports in China implemented changes to clearance procedures for Australian thermal coal. One thing appears certain - Chinese demand for Australian thermal coal has been significantly impacted, at least in the short-term. Even if an outright ban is not implemented, a three-month customs clearance time will significantly increase the cost and increase the risk associated with Australian thermal cargoes.

• Comment

  BP to exit China shale gas

  • 12 4月 2019

  In the same week that Shell agreed to explore for shale oil in China, BP is reported to be exiting its two Sichuan basin shale gas blocks.

• Editorial

  Automotive sales trends suggest higher oil demand in medium term

  • 04 4月 2019

  The vehicle industry’s shift towards cleaner technology is poised to throw a wrench in the oil market – but likely not for another decade. Demand growth from light vehicles and two-wheelers, a key sector which accounts for roughly 30% of the near 100 million b/d in global crude consumption, are expected to slow down over the next 10 years, and eventually begin to decline after 2030, with the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).