• Webinar

  Webinar | Europe’s power market transition

  • 24 6月 2025

  Join Wood Mackenzie as as our experts share their insight into the evolving dynamics of markets, the outlook for wholesale, capacity market, ancillary and fair value PPA prices in major European markets, and batteries' role in unlocking the renewable transition.

• News Release

  Norway to earn over US$200 billion from oil and gas sector in 2023

  • 16 1月 2023

  Norway’s oil and gas operations in the North Sea will continue to churn out cash as the Scandinavian country maintains high production to help support Europe’s energy crisis according to a report by 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.

• News Release

  Global hydrogen pipeline plummets in Q4, with only 1Mtpa of new projects announced

  • 23 2月 2023

  The total global announced capacity for hydrogen projects reached 71.4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), but 2022 falls short of becoming a record year 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.

• Editorial

  How the bottom of the barrel became the top of refining margins

  • 29 4月 2019

  Despite the international phase-out for fuel oil, its crack spread hit 20-year highs

• Opinion

  A tantalising year for North Sea exploration

  • 06 6月 2019

  As we near the mid-point of 2019, we focus on three exciting North Sea exploration areas to discover how the industry is continuing the upward global trend.

• 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.

• Opinion

  North Sea exploration is making a comeback in 2019

  • 08 1月 2019

  What's in store for the North Sea industry in 2019? Neivan Boroujerdi, senior analyst for North Sea upstream, looks at five big themes in 2019, a year of increased exploration, some big transactions led by North American Majors and large caps, and a new wave of projects.

• Editorial

  Will the RPET market flourish with the UK's new deposit scheme?

  • 14 5月 2018

  It may come as a surprise to learn that 56% of PET bottles used in the UK each year are recovered for recycling. That figure is projected to rise to 59% by 2021, but could increase significantly with the introduction of the UK government’s proposed deposit return scheme. Elsewhere in Europe, similar schemes have achieved ~90% recovery rate.

• Editorial

  Decommissioning – will the time ever be right?

  • 12 12月 2017

  The North Sea faces a decommissioning bill of US$32 billion between 2018 and 2022, but does the supply chain have an appetite to make the investment needed?

• Editorial

  How private equity is revitalising offshore exploration and production

  • 01 10月 2018

  Private equity is revitalising offshore exploration and production, with smaller operators bringing new life to the US Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and Brazil. Get the latest analysis here.

• Editorial

  European PET market turmoil could see knock-on effects for brand owners

  • 10 6月 2018

  The European PET market is currently in a state of turmoil, which has principally been caused by a lack of PTA feedstock and reduced imports.

• Comment

  New opportunity in UK North Sea with Greater Buchan Area round

  • 31 1月 2019

  The Oil & Gas Authority's (OGA) decision to launch the 31st supplementary offshore licensing round, focusing on the Greater Buchan Area offers a material opportunity for players active in the UK North Sea

• News Release

  Exploration’s back in the black

  • 04 2月 2019

  After a difficult few years, the exploration sector is back in the black – and keen to stay there. New analysis from Wood Mackenzie shows that explorers’ success in 2018 reflects a disciplined approach that’s set to continue this year.

• Opinion

  Does Germany need LNG?

  • 19 3月 2019

  Proposals to build a German LNG import terminal have gathered momentum. Does the country need its own supply of LNG?

• 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).

• Comment

  Chrysaor snaps up ConocoPhillips' North Sea assets in US$2.7bn deal

  • 18 4月 2019

  Chrysaor on 18 April 2019 agreed to buy ConocoPhillips’ North Sea assets in a US$2.7 billion deal. The purchase will make Chrysaor the top producer in the UK in 2019 and keep it among the UK's largest producers for the next few years.

• Comment

  Delek in US$2bn swoop on Chevron’s North Sea assets

  • 30 5月 2019

  Israel’s Delek Group confirmed today that it will buy US major Chevron’s North Sea assets in a US$2 billion deal.

• News Release

  Total brings Culzean on stream, ahead of time and under budget

  • 11 6月 2019

  French major Total today brought the high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) Culzean field, in the UK central North Sea, on stream, ahead of schedule and under budget.

• News Release

  No-Deal Brexit won’t sound death knell for UK refiners

  • 23 8月 2019

  Despite speculation that a No-Deal Brexit would have a severe impact on the UK refining industry, Wood Mackenzie’s analysis indicates that while the sector’s dynamics would shift and margins will narrow, it would not be crippled.

• Comment

  Lift off as Sputnik partners hit oil

  • 20 8月 2019

  Commenting on Equinor, OMV and Petoro’s Sputnik discovery, Jamie Thompson, an analyst with Wood Mackenzie’s North Sea upstream team, said: “Despite being small and remote – it lies more than 300 kilometres from shore in the northern Hoop area of the Barents Sea - Sputnik has a high chance of commerciality. The aptly-named field could be a satellite of the pre-FID 440 million-barrel Wisting development, which is just 30 kilometres from Sputnik.

• Comment

  ExxonMobil farewells Norway with US$4.5bn Vår Energi deal

  • 27 9月 2019

  ExxonMobil is selling its Norwegian business to Eni/HitecVision-owned Vår Energi for US$4.5 billion, Norway’s biggest deal since the Statoil-Norsk Hydro merger in 2006.

• News Release

  US storage industry to build on strong third quarter with response to power shutoffs

  • 03 12月 2019

  Installers have already shared anecdotes about growing residential storage volumes in California, and Wood Mackenzie expects a large uptick early next year as marketing efforts for solar-plus-storage started earlier this year bear fruit.

• Comment

  European Investment Bank to cease funding fossil fuel projects

  • 15 11月 2019

  The EIB's new financing criteria will make lending to gas projects very difficult. It highlights that gas is also increasingly in the spotlight of the climate debate.

• News Release

  Can Europe cope if Russia shuts off Ukraine gas transit?

  • 19 12月 2019

  The gas transit and supply contracts between Russia and Ukraine expire at 10 am on 1 January 2020 (Moscow time) – the future of Ukraine transit remains the largest uncertainty for global gas markets in 2020. Murray Douglas, director, European gas at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said: “Ukraine remains the major transit route for Russian gas into Europe – over 76 billion cubic metres (cm) will be transported via Ukraine this year."

• Comment

  New CEO Looney rings changes at BP with ambitious climate plan

  • 12 2月 2020

  Speaking after BP’s new chief executive Bernard Looney unveiled the major’s ambitious climate commitments today, Luke Parker, vice president, corporate analysis, said: “BP joins Shell, Total, Equinor and Repsol in making a major commitment to reduce its net carbon footprint. “This marks a major turnaround in BP’s position. Just 12 months ago former CEO Bob Dudley said the company could not be held accountable for how people use its products. Looney is taking the company in a very different direction.” Parker added: “It’s an ambition, rather than a target, but the commitment appears to be unconditional. In terms of scale of commitment, this puts BP towards the top of the pack, along with Repsol and Equinor. “This will see BP’s business completely transformed over the coming decades: renewables and carbon abatement will get very big, legacy oil and gas will eventually get smaller. But the transition to 2050 is a multi-decade transition - not something that will happen in the next year or so.”

• Webinar

  Webinar | Offshore wind in the UK: exploring the merchant potential

  • 31 3月 2020

  Join Wood Mackenzie's Rolf Kragelund, Director, Global Offshore Wind and Peter Osbaldstone, Director, European Power Markets on March 31st at 11 AM BST to explore the merchant offshore wind potential of the UK market.

• News Release

  Gas sector impacted by triple whammy of coronavirus, oil price crash and LNG oversupply

  • 01 4月 2020

  In its latest short-term gas and LNG outlook report, Wood Mackenzie weighs the risks coronavirus, sustained low oil prices and LNG oversupply pose to the sector this year.