• Webinar

  Webinar | Regional vs. Northern Sands: is the Permian proppant debate over?(2)

  • 27 8月 2019

  Please join our premier US Lower 48 research team's webinar to hear our take on this long-standing industry debate on Regional vs. Northern Sands. Our latest analysis will put the Permian proppant debate to a standing still.

• News Release

  US wind to peak in 2020 with 14.6 GW as Production Tax Credit expires

  • 12 9月 2019

  Highlights from Wood Mackenzie's 2019 North America wind power outlook

• News Release

  Project delays and cancellations to dampen US microgrid growth through 2021

  • 16 12月 2019

  Project cancellations and delays connecting planned projects to the electric grid will lead the US microgrid market to contract 17% from its 2018 peak by the end of this year, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Anchor's aweigh as Chevron gives nod to US Gulf of Mexico development

  • 12 12月 2019

  Chevron has given the green light to the Anchor development in deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. This is Chevron’s first greenfield final investment decision as an operator since its sanction of Big Foot and Jack/St Malo in 2010.

• Comment

  Talos shells out US$640m for Gulf of Mexico assets

  • 12 12月 2019

  Talos Energy, in its pursuit of growth in the US Gulf of Mexico, has announced a series of purchases, worth $640 million assets in the region

• Comment

  What does the US-China trade deal mean for refiners - and for the market?

  • 20 1月 2020

  After over a year of trade tensions, the US and China signed a “phase one” trade deal on 16 January. As part of the deal, China has agreed to increase the value of energy imports by US$52.4 billion above 2017 levels over the next two years. What could it mean for the oil 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.

• Comment

  US$210bn of new spend in firing line as players target cost cuts

  • 02 4月 2020

  The oil price crash has hit the upstream sector hard. Deep cuts are being made across the board, but it will have a dramatic impact on the industry’s project pipeline. Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes almost all pre-FID projects will be deferred. Of the 50+ projects we identified with potential to go ahead this year, only 10 have a chance of proceeding, but all are at risk.

• Webinar

  Webinar: Oil price crash: navigating the impact on activity, supply chains and cost

  • 08 4月 2020

  In this webinar we bring together experts from Wood Mackenzie’s Lower 48, upstream and upstream supply chain teams as well as our sister company, Power Advocate, to discuss the impact of the oil price crash on activity levels, the service sector industry and costs.

• Comment

  Equinor carves Gulf of Mexico niche with Monument discovery

  • 06 4月 2020

  Norwegian operator Equinor today announced it struck 200 feet of oil pay at the Monument exploration well, in the US Gulf of Mexico.

• Webinar

  Webinar | North American Offshore Wind Market Outlook

  • 28 4月 2020

  The United States offshore wind energy market remains poised for explosive growth, with over 23 GW of new installations expected to come online by 2029. Demand is supported by robust state level offshore wind initiatives across seven states and is further enabled by federal auctions of Offshore Wind Area (OWA) leases on the part of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The former will support over 29 GW of installations through 2035. During this webinar, Wood Mackenzie head of wind research Dan Shreve will provide an overview of: 1) The impact of the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) extension on near-term market demand 2) Near-term scheduling delays due to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Environmental Impact Statement process 3) Investment opportunities for port infrastructure improvement and deployment of Jones Act compliant installation vessels Transmission infrastructure and other power market challenges.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Coronavirus and oil price collapse: will it make or break EV adoption

  • 29 4月 2020

  The pandemic caused by the coronavirus has wreaked havoc on global automotive demand and more so on electric vehicle sales. National lockdowns have kept customers away from car dealerships and stopped production lines. Fear and uncertainly has swayed people away from adopting new technology including electric cars. Join Ram Chandrasekaran, Principal Analyst Global Mobility & Transportation and Prakash Sharma, Director, Energy Transition Practice at Wood Mackenzie as they discuss the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic on the electric vehicles market.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Sub-Saharan Africa's response to low prices and coronavirus

  • 13 5月 2020

  Join Wood Mackenzie's Sub-Saharan African upstream team for its analysis on the fall-out from the oil price crash and the coronavirus pandemic. We will cover: • Not out of the woods yet: the impact of coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa • Before and after 9 March: Sub-Saharan Africa investment and production outlook • Cut, cut, cut: which projects are delayed in 2020/21? • What does it mean for the majors in Sub-Saharan Africa? • What can governments do to fight capital flight? A 20-minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with our expert panelists.

• Webinar

  Will aluminium supply respond as demand falters?

  • 24 6月 2020

  Will aluminium supply respond as demand falters?

• News Release

  US solar market sets Q1 record but pandemic mutes Q2 outlook

  • 11 6月 2020

  The U.S. solar market installed 3.6 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Q1 2020, representing its largest first quarter ever and 40% of all new electric generating capacity additions in the United States.

• News Release

  Mexico, Central America and Caribbean power up with record wind capacity

  • 18 6月 2020

  Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean saw a record 1,830 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity installed across the region in 2019 – a 126% year-on-year increase in additions, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

• Editorial

  Global polyethylene: 6 key things for 2018 (Part 1)

  • 28 2月 2018

  What should the global polyethylene industry brace themselves for in 2018?

• Editorial

  Boom times: American ethylene’s reversal of fortunes

  • 26 7月 2017

  Steve Zinger, Senior Vice President Chemicals, assesses changing investment patterns of US chemicals companies in a major article by the Wall Street Journal entitled The shale gas revolution in just one word: Plastics

• Editorial

  What is the impact of recent North American olefins investments on Europe?

  • 05 11月 2017

  The lower crude oil pricing environment that has been in place for almost the last three years has influenced the olefin cost curve around the World. The deviation between advantaged and disadvantaged regions has narrowed, levelling the playing field much more.

• Editorial

  The agility of US tight oil

  • 18 7月 2016

  Which US Lower 48 operators have the largest, low-cost tight oil inventory?

• Editorial

  Terminal decline and value benchmarking of mature US plays

  • 08 9月 2016

  We’ve modelled six mature gas plays to see which assets can offer the most upside to investors.

• Editorial

  Deepwater Gulf of Mexico is leaner, smaller and ready to compete

  • 27 7月 2017

  Smaller, simpler projects and infrastructure-led exploration are emerging as the right mix, with subsea tie-backs and infill drilling leading the way.

• Editorial

  How will regulatory changes affect fields in the Gulf of Mexico?

  • 19 6月 2017

  The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has changed an important aspect of the leasing terms in deepwater GoM, which is likely to affect fields that have been appraised or are being appraised, and where leases are past their primary term or close to expiring.

• Editorial

  Will pricing levels rebound in the Lower 48 service sector?

  • 09 5月 2017

  After a flurry of development activity in the first quarter of 2017, the US Lower 48 onshore sector is beginning to feel the squeeze of cost inflation.

• Editorial

  Deepwater vs tight oil: levelling the playing field

  • 20 4月 2017

  All eyes have been on US tight oil breakevens and the Permian boom during the past few years. But as deep water exploration has become leaner, this part of the industry has been quietly recovering and improving its own economics.

• Opinion

  Boom times: American ethylene's reversal of fortunes

  • 27 6月 2017

  Steve Zinger assesses changing investment patterns of US chemicals companies in a major article by the Wall Street Journal. He evaluates how global ethylene consumption is growing and explores the drivers for this from a low gas price to new and plentiful sources of supply in North America.

• Editorial

  Lower 48: Increasing costs push up breakevens

  • 05 5月 2017

  After a flurry of development activity in Q1 2017, the US Lower 48 onshore sector is beginning to feel the squeeze of cost inflation. Although this development was widely anticipated, impacts vary significantly depending on the source as well as project location.

• Featured

  When will tight oil make money?

  • 28 7月 2017

  Despite its superstardom in the upstream industry, tight oil remains the subject of debate: can it realise its potential as a profit engine, or will over-investment drive supply up and prices down?

• Editorial

  Can Asian investors afford to ignore US tight oil?

  • 07 5月 2017

  Although Asian upstream players have been absent over the last 12 months, we believe this might be set to change.

• Editorial

  Taking a closer look at Trump's blueprint for US energy

  • 27 1月 2017

  Our analysts take an early look at the expected resolution and implications of key policies spanning oils and refining, gas, and coal.