• Webinar

  Webinars | North America Power Market Winter 2024 Outlooks

  • 18 11月 2024

  Join Wood Mackenzie’s experts in this upcoming series of short-term power webinars, as they take a look at how US RTOs have been performing and present their expectations for the upcoming season.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Gridlock

  • 01 11月 2024

  The US is on the brink of electricity demand growth not seen in decades. And it is not ready. Our panel explored the demand dilemma on this month's Horizons Live.

• Opinion

  RE+ 2024: Our 7 biggest takeaways

  • 04 10月 2024

  Insights on domestic manufacturing, distributed solar and large loads from one of North America’s largest clean energy events

• News Release

  Five consequences of a Biden administration for US energy

  • 07 11月 2020

  Joe Biden offered American voters a radically different vision of energy policy from President Donald Trump, focused on addressing the threat of climate change. He will enter the White House with a goal of setting the US on course for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and will take the US back into the Paris climate agreement.

• Comment

  Gulf of Mexico lease sale 256 – business as usual despite upcoming change in administration

  • 19 11月 2020

  On Wednesday, 18 November, the United States held its region-wide Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Lease Sale 256 and received 105 bids from 23 participating companies, with high bids totalling US$121 million.

• News Release

  Global energy storage capacity to grow at CAGR of 31% to 2030

  • 30 9月 2020

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest report shows global energy storage capacity could grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31%, recording 741 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of cumulative capacity by 2030.

• Comment

  Devon seals WPX merger

  • 28 9月 2020

  Speaking after the merger of Devon Energy and WPX Energy was announced this morning, Alex Beeker, principal analyst, corporate upstream, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “Tight oil consolidation has been underway for years, but extreme market volatility has slowed the process considerably. WTI has essentially hovered around US$40/bbl since June, with the stability likely closing the bid-ask spread. “We’ve expected Devon to make a move for some time. With US$1.5 billion in cash on its balance sheet (albeit earmarked for debt reduction), Devon is on a relatively strong financial footing. But Devon has been shrinking fast since its disposal program started in earnest about two years ago. The company’s net production is down 40% since 2018.”

• Comment

  Hess sells Shenzi stake to BHP in US$505m deal

  • 05 10月 2020

  Hess is selling its 28% working interest in the Shenzi field in US Gulf of Mexico to operator BHP.

• News Release

  What could a Biden win mean for electric vehicle adoption in the US?

  • 08 9月 2020

  The Biden campaign has previously underlined the important role electric vehicles (EV) will play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. To encourage EV adoption, the campaign has three key targets: deploying 500,000 new public EV charging outlets, restoring the full EV tax credit, and developing a new fuel economy target.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Unpacking PJM’s extended Minimum Offer Price Rule

  • 24 9月 2020

  In this webinar, Wood Mackenzie research analysts will present key findings from their analysis of PJM’s extended Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR), with a focus on its impact on capacity price forecasting and clearing technologies.

• News Release

  Utilities drive Q2 growth in US as pandemic causes drop in rooftop solar installations

  • 10 9月 2020

  The US solar market installed 3.5 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Q2 2020, a drop of 6% from Q1 installations. At the same time, utility-scale solar remained resilient despite the Covid-19 pandemic, representing 71% of all new solar capacity brought online in Q2.

• News Release

  US electric truck sales set to increase exponentially by 2025

  • 10 8月 2020

  There were just over 2,000 electric trucks on US roads at the end of 2019. This stock is expected to grow to over 54,000 by 2025, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

• Comment

  Chevron swoops on Noble in US$13bn deal

  • 20 7月 2020

  Chevron is set to buy Noble Energy in a US$13 billion all-stock transaction, including US$5 billion in equity. This is the first large-scale corporate acquisition of this downturn.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Nigeria's Marginal Fields Round

  • 16 7月 2020

  On 1 June 2020, Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) launched its first marginal fields round in nearly 20 years. Join Gail Anderson, Director of Wood Mackenzie's Sub-Saharan Africa Upstream Research, and Mansur Mohammed, Head of West Africa Content, who will provide insight on: • Available resources and fiscal terms • The infrastructure question: stand-alone developments or third party access? • What is the potential for gas monetisation? • Where are the best opportunities for investors? A 30-minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with our experts. To facilitate the discussion, please take two minutes to complete our short survey. Responses will be anonymous and will provide insights on the round from the perspective of industry stakeholders.

• News Release

  US offshore wind powers up

  • 23 6月 2020

  The US offshore wind industry is set to power up over the coming decade. New research from Wood Mackenzie shows that as the sector ramps up from near-zero today, it could deliver as much as 25 gigawatts (GW) in 2029, capturing almost half of the US market for new wind power installations.

• News Release

  Geology vs. technology: How sustainable is Permian tight oil growth?

  • 20 9月 2017

  Technology has played a huge role in the rapid rise of production in the Permian. Operators are bullish on the region's long-term potential and poised to exploit the Permian at an unparalleled pace over the next few years. However, according to a report by Wood Mackenzie, Geology vs. technology: how sustainable is Permian tight oil growth?, geological constraints that may arise as the play is aggressively developed could lead to production shortfalls, and in turn, higher prices early next decade.

• Comment

  BHP Shale Asset Divesture

  • 20 9月 2017

  Commenting on BHP Billiton's plans to divest its U.S shale unit, Jon Weintraub, research analyst at Wood Mackenzie, said: "BHP's announced divesture of its onshore U.S. business is a pretty momentous step-change in its corporate strategy and marks the culmination of its push to be a major shale player. We expect to see all options being considered with a substantial amount of interest from multiple pools of buyers."

• Comment

  Mexico's Energy Reform pays off with Zama

  • 26 9月 2017

  Following the announcement this morning that Talos energy and its partners Premier Oil and Sierra Oil & Gas have made a discovery at Zama-1, drilled in Block 7 offshore Mexico, please find below initial comment from Pablo Medina, Wood Mackenzie's senior analyst, Latin America Upstream.

• News Release

  Return of Asian investment in US tight oil

  • 08 5月 2017

  If Asia's largest upstream players want to grow production, Wood Mackenzie expects them to diversify into the US tight oil market.

• News Release

  Surge in oil hedging could worsen US supply glut

  • 27 3月 2017

  Those hoping that recent oil-price weakness will prompt US producers to pull back drilling activity and ease the glut of oil supply may need to keep waiting.

• Comment

  Mexico's new president: Energy future at a crossroads

  • 02 7月 2018

  After a contentious campaign, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has won the presidency. Now, the energy industry is trying to determine the incoming administration’s strategic priorities and the implications for Mexico’s energy reforms and its upstream, downstream, gas and power markets.

• Comment

  BP seals asset swap with ConocoPhillips

  • 04 7月 2018

  BP agrees to increase its stake in the Clair field, offshore West of Shetland, and divest its interest in Greater Kuparuk, in Alaska, via an asset swap with ConocoPhillips

• News Release

  US and Canada continue to see positive growth in flexible packaging but uncertainty slows Mexican market

  • 12 7月 2018

  PCI Wood Mackenzie's latest review of the North American marketplace, 'Flexible Packaging North America Supply Demand Report', reveals North America’s $24 billion flexible packaging industry remains the largest regional market in the world, accounting for around 28% of global flexible packaging demand in 2017.

• Comment

  Bidding down but sums higher in US Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 251

  • 15 8月 2018

  On Wednesday, 15 August 2018, the US held its region-wide Lease Sale 251, attracting 171 bids from 29 participating companies, with high bids totalling US$178.1 million. An increase of about $53 million from the last region wide lease sale in March.

• Comment

  Ensco beefs up fleet with Rowan deal

  • 08 10月 2018

  Offshore driller Ensco is poised to buy smaller rival Rowan in an all-stock deal valued at $2.38 billion.

• News Release

  How do the Majors stack up in the Lower 48?

  • 16 10月 2018

  The Major oil and gas companies have made big strategic bets on the US Lower 48's unconventional plays. The scale, returns and investment flexibility offered by tight oil and gas has made it an essential part of most major players’ portfolios. But how do the players compare to each other?

• News Release

  What do the US mid-term election results mean for renewable energy?

  • 21 11月 2018

  The results of this year's U.S. mid-term elections may open a path for higher renewable portfolio standards and gigawatts of solar and wind deployments, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

• Comment

  Will Trump's Beijing trip win some LNG deals for the US?

  • 08 11月 2017

  The Trump administration has been championing US energy exports as its preferred instrument for narrowing its trade deficit in the wake of the US shale boom. A combination of rising export capacity in the US, LNG import demand growth in China, and political cheerleading has underpinned an uptick in LNG exports to China this year via third party, spot trades. Will Trump's trip to Beijing seal the deal for some major LNG deals?

• News Release

  TransCanada receives approval for Keystone XL pipeline

  • 21 11月 2017

  TransCanada receives regulatory approval from the Nebraska Public Service Commission to proceed with building its Keystone XL pipeline after almost a decade of environmental and regulatory hurdles.

• News Release

  Producers double down on hedging in Q3 2017

  • 29 11月 2017

  Hedging activity surged in Q3 2017 as oil producers rushed to lock in rising prices for future production, according to Wood Mackenzie's latest analysis of oil and gas hedging activity.