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  Shell's write-down of Australian assets not a surprise

  • 01 7月 2020

  It’s no surprise to see Shell writing down the value of its assets, in line with the new post-pandemic energy demand outlook. In fact, we’ve revised the value of oil and gas assets in Asia Pacific by US$200 billion as a result of a lower oil price outlook.

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  ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Strikes Oil in Guyana with the Turbot-1 well

  • 06 10月 2017

  Following ExxonMobil's (NYSE: XOM) announcement this morning of its fifth new oil discovery after drilling the Turbot-1 well offshore Guyana, Pablo Medina, Wood Mackenzie's senior analyst, Latin America Upstream has the following comments.

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  Brazil and ExxonMobil win big at oilfield auction

  • 05 10月 2017

  Following Brazil's record oil field auction yesterday, where ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) vastly expanded its presence in the country with winning stakes in ten blocks, including eight deepwater blocks in the Campos basin, Horacio Cuenca, Research Director, Upstream Latin America at Wood Mackenzie offers the following commentary.

• News Release

  What's behind Libya's production boost?

  • 20 10月 2017

  Libya's oil production has increased steeply from August 2016’s low point of below 300,000 barrels per day (b/d) to around 850,000 b/d at present, passing the 1 million b/d barrier in July. But Wood Mackenzie believes Libya may now be reaching its near-term production limits and future growth will be gradual.

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  Shenhua and Guodian merger will create world's largest power utility company

  • 06 9月 2017

  On Thursday 3 August China Shenhua and China Guodian Corporation submitted a merger proposal to the State Council. If approved the new company, National Energy Investment Corporation (NEIC), will become the world's largest power utility company (power capacity wise) ahead of EDF and Enel.

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  Cambodia's first oil development takes major step forward with signed agreement with KrisEnergy

  • 07 9月 2017

  Singapore –listed E&P company KrisEnergy today signed fiscal and technical agreements with the Royal Government of Cambodia for the Block A Apsara oil development.

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  North Korea's military operations could impact 58% of Chinese oil production

  • 06 9月 2017

  Any further tension or missile launches from North Korea could potentially impact its neighbours who are the world's largest energy importers.

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  Eni sanctions Coral FLNG

  • 20 9月 2017

  Italian major Eni announced today it has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Coral floating liquefied natural gas development (FLNG), offshore Mozambique.

• News Release

  Majors start shaping strategies to capture a piece of the renewables action

  • 26 9月 2017

  Renewable energy sources are set to radically reshape global energy markets. For the Majors, this poses a threat to legacy oil and gas operations, but is also an opportunity to diversify and future-proof portfolios.

• 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.

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  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."

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  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.

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  US$500 billion worth of investments needed to meet burgeoning power demand

  • 20 9月 2017

  In celebration of ASEAN's 50th anniversary, our APAC gas and power senior analyst, Edi Saputra, reflects on ASEAN's energy developments and what to look out for in the coming years

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  Non-OPEC decline rates to remain stable until 2020

  • 27 9月 2017

  Through operational excellence programmes and smart spending, operators have managed to maximise production and improve efficiencies, bucking expectations of an increase in decline rates. In fact, non-OPEC decline rates have remained stable since 2015. A new report by Wood Mackenzie, Non-OPEC Decline Rates: Lower for Longer, looks at the factors influencing this stability, how long it can be maintained and the impact future shifting decline rates may have on the oil market.

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  Upstream players grapple with uncertainty

  • 15 5月 2017

  To gauge the state of the sector, Wood Mackenzie asked its client base to share their thoughts on a number of key themes, and the responses were analysed to give a comprehensive view of how the sector’s key players view the future.

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  Production from Argentina's Vaca Muerta to reach 113 kboed by 2018

  • 04 5月 2017

  The seven most advanced developments are expected to see production increases of 43% in 2017.

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  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.

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  Power & Renewables

  • 23 6月 2017

  Overcome challenges and grasp opportunities in a transformative era for the power sector.

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  Energy Transition

  • 23 6月 2017

  Quantify the impact of new and emerging low/no carbon technologies and benchmark demand, supply, and net import opportunities across the globe out to 2040.

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  Revival of deepwater industry: best projects closing gap

  • 30 3月 2017

  The deepwater industry has emerged from the downturn leaner and more competitive with US tight oil

• 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.

• News Release

  New projects in the upstream oil and gas industry to double in 2017 predicts Wood Mackenzie

  • 11 1月 2017

  Confidence will return to the sector in 2017, with exploration and production spend to rise by 3% to US$450 billion.

• News Release

  IMO 2020 regulation could cost shippers extra US$60 billion a year

  • 28 2月 2017

  The 0.5 wt% sulphur cap for bunker fuels could have far-reaching repercussions

• News Release

  US$40 billion worth of opportunities in Asia-Pacific upstream M&A in 2017

  • 18 1月 2017

  According to research by Wood Mackenzie, the APAC upstream sector holds considerable value as the majors divest mature and mid-life assets in the region.

• News Release

  Global upstream FIDs on track to double in 2017

  • 17 7月 2017

  In the first half of the year, the industry has already witnessed 15 project sanctions, almost comparable to project sanctions in the whole of 2016.

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  Batteries & renewables to start displacing gas

  • 26 7月 2017

  A joint research report conducted by Wood Mackenzie and GTM Research assessing generation economics concludes that declining renewables and energy storage costs will increasingly squeeze out gas-fired generation in South Australia as early as 2025.

• News Release

  UK car ban will have "massive impact on markets"

  • 26 7月 2017

  We took a closer look at the impact of the UK government’s proposal to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040.

• Comment

  China tariffs on US chemicals adds uncertainty to capital investment

  • 03 8月 2018

  Commenting on the news that China is planning to place tariffs on chemicals from the US, Senior Vice President Chemicals, Stephen Zinger, said:

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  Potential gas shortfall in Australia's East Coast starting between 2023 and 2025

  • 22 6月 2018

  In contrast to the 2018 GSOO released today by the AEMO, Wood Mackenzie’s East Coast Gas report identifies a potential gas shortfall between 2023 and 2025, significantly earlier to the GSOO’s estimate of 2030.

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  OPEC+ deal balances consumer pressure with need for stable prices

  • 23 6月 2018

  The OPEC+ meeting, held in Vienna on 23 June 2018, confirmed Saudi Arabia and Russia’s high-level commitment to co-operate to manage the oil market.