About Us

Romana Adamcikova

Senior Research Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Romana is a senior research analyst with nearly a decade of experience across the North Sea upstream oil and gas sector.

Latest articles by Romana

• Opinion 8 September 2020

  UK's 32nd Offshore Licensing Round

• Opinion 24 February 2020

  UK North Sea decommissioning: the £17 billion challenge

Vicky Adijanto

Analyst, Oils and Refining

Vicky covers supply and demand fundamentals, key events and commercial developments in oils and refining.

Farid Ahmed

Principal Analyst, Lead Markets

Farid is an experienced metallurgist and technologist with extensive commercial, production and R&D exposure.

Latest articles by Farid

• Opinion 16 June 2020

  Lead is not dead

Greig Aitken

Director, M&A Research

With over 12 years of experience, Greig brings a holistic view of corporate activity to the upstream M&A research team.

Latest articles by Greig

• Featured 25 January 2021

  How far will upstream M&A activity rebound in 2021? | 2021 Outlook

Nnenna Amobi

Research Analyst, EMEARC Gas and LNG

Nnenna focuses on gas market dynamics across North Africa, the East Mediterranean and Italy.

Bruna Angel

Principal Analyst, Fibres

Latest articles by Bruna

• Opinion 1 July 2020

  Has Covid-19 left the apparel industry hanging by a thread?

Benjamin Attia

Research Analyst, Solar

Benjamin leads Wood Mackenzie’s coverage off-grid energy, solar PV markets in Africa, and solar PV in the Middle East.

Guy Bailey

Head of Intermediates and Applications

Guy leads a team of analysts focused on plastics, fibres and sustainability in the chemicals value chain.

Latest articles by Guy

• Opinion 12 October 2020

  What can the materials transition learn from the energy transition?

Shashi Barla

Principal Analyst, Global wind supply chain and technology (Onshore and Offshore)

Shashi has over 11 years of experience in the global wind industry worked within the industry and as external consultant

Latest articles by Shashi

• Opinion 14 April 2021

  Global wind turbine market: state of play

• Editorial 2 April 2020

  Global wind turbine supply chain trends 2020

• Editorial 17 January 2020

  Wind turbine industry apes automotive industry and makes a paradigm shift towards modularisation and standardisation to lower LCOE

Kristina Beadle

Research Analyst, Carbon Research

Kristina focuses on carbon and emissions related research and analysis.

Alex Beeker

Principal Analyst, Corporate Research

Alex is a principal analyst on our Corporate Research team, focused on US tight oil.

Latest articles by Alex

• Opinion 3 June 2020

  Lower 48 midstream not immune to oil price volatility

Natalie Biggs

Thermal Coal Research Lead, Americas

With nearly 15 years of coal and energy industry experience, Natalie leads our thermal coal research in the Americas.

Latest articles by Natalie

• Opinion 26 March 2021

  Is there light at the end of a dark tunnel for US coal markets?

Brett Blankenship

Research Director

Brett Blankenship is a Research Director focused on power and renewables.

Neivan Boroujerdi

Principal Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Neivan is a principal analyst with expertise in North Sea upstream oil and gas.

Latest articles by Neivan

• Opinion 27 November 2020

  North Sea Financial Flexibility Index: surviving – and thriving – in a volatile environment

• Opinion 23 March 2020

  Can the North Sea oil and gas industry survive the downturn?

• Opinion 15 July 2019

  How to create value through oil and gas acquisitions in the North Sea

• Opinion 8 January 2019

  North Sea exploration is making a comeback in 2019

Amy Bowe

Head of Carbon Research

Amy has nearly two decades of energy industry experience, with a strong focus on climate risk and strategy.

Latest articles by Amy

• Opinion 13 April 2021

  Counting carbon: how to set oil and gas industry emissions targets

• Editorial 20 September 2017

  Beyond Paris: strategies for tackling carbon risk

Jessica Brewer

Principal Analyst, North Sea Upstream Oil and Gas

Jessica brings experience in both field and research roles to her analysis of the North Sea upstream industry.

Latest articles by Jessica

• Opinion 15 April 2019

  Middle East leads the pack in 2018 FID bonanza

• Opinion 21 January 2019

  5 things you need to know about MENA upstream oil and gas

Andrew Brown

Senior Analyst, Polymer Demand

Andrew is a senior analyst focused on polymer demand across multiple value chains.

David Brown

Head of Markets and Transitions, Americas

David is based in Houston and manages our gas, power and coal markets teams; he leads the Energy Markets Service.

Latest articles by David

• Opinion 29 August 2019

  What factors could influence the pace of the energy transition?

• Featured 26 November 2018

  A zero-carbon world: how fast will we get there?

• Featured 26 November 2018

  A zero-carbon world: how fast will we get there?

• Opinion 15 June 2017

  Energy view to 2035 in five charts

Matthew Campbell

Research Associate, European Power Markets

Matthew is a research associate with our Energy Transition Practice, focused on power market trends across Europe.

Leandro Caputo

Director, Gas & Power, Latin America

Leandro is a skilled leader with extensive professional experience across the Latin American energy space.

Ixchel Castro

Americas Market Lead - Downstream

Ixchel leads our research on downstream markets in North and Latin America.

Matthew Chadwick

Vice President, Global Head of Petrochemicals

Matthew is an expert in analysing strategic and commercial issues for petchems and related businesses.

Ram Chandrasekaran

Principal Analyst – Transportation & Mobility

Ram is the global lead for transportation and mobility, based in Houston.

Latest articles by Ram

• Opinion 11 February 2021

  Electric vehicle sales are in the fast lane

• Opinion 18 November 2020

  Electric vehicles can help save the environment, but can they save the owner money?

• Opinion 26 August 2020

  Electric vehicles market to get back on track post-Covid-19

• Featured 28 February 2020

  Merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot

• Opinion 13 February 2020

  Electric vehicle growth set to accelerate through the 2020s

• Featured 10 February 2020

  Will Volkswagen become the world's largest EV manufacturer?

Steve Chappell

Head of Global Exploration

With more than 30 years' of global experience, Steve leads the delivery of world-class exploration research.

Akif Chaudhry

Senior Research Analyst

Akif is a member of our Gas and LNG research team. His focus is predominantly on European markets.

Latest articles by Akif

• Opinion 24 July 2020

  Natural gas: friend or foe in Europe’s 2030 emissions target?

• Opinion 5 December 2019

  Could the Majors take a fast-track route to lower emissions intensity?

• Editorial 21 November 2017

  Upstream 'value at risk'

• Opinion 26 October 2017

  How great a financial risk do carbon costs pose to upstream oil and gas companies?

Mauro Chavez

Head of South America Gas & LNG Markets

Mauro has more than 12 years of experience in Latin American energy markets, with a focus on natural gas and LNG.

Ashish Chitalia

Research Director, Head of Global Polyolefins

Ashish leads polyolefins research at Wood Mackenzie Chemicals

Latest articles by Ashish

• Opinion 7 October 2020

  Why polyolefins are the polymers to watch

• Opinion 6 October 2020

  为什么说聚烯烃是值得关注的聚合物

• Opinion 15 December 2018

  The four changing priorities in the polyolefins industry

• Editorial 12 March 2018

  Scrapping the scrap: China's Waste Bans

• Editorial 1 March 2018

  Global polyethylene: 6 key things for 2018 (Part 2)

• Editorial 28 February 2018

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

Valery Chow

Vice President, Head of APAC Gas & LNG Research

Val draws on over 15 years' experience of strategy, market analysis, business transformation, and programme leadership.

Ben Chu

Head of Trading Analytics and Proprietary Data – Natural Gas, Short-term Analytics

Ben supports our gas forecasting and monitoring offering, including gas production, LNG and proprietary storage.

Hun Hao Chuah

Senior Research Analyst, Copper Mine Costs

Hun Hao has over 8 years experience in the metals and mining sector across operations, planning and research.

Robert Clarke

Vice President, Upstream Research

Robert leads our US onshore research, with a particular focus on the evolution of the tight oil sector.

Latest articles by Robert

• Opinion 22 March 2021

  What a 40-year-old shale well can tell us about the future of the Lower 48

• Editorial 15 July 2019

  Tight oil M&A: after Anadarko, remember small deals too

• Opinion 21 February 2017

  Will deals walk the optimistic talk of NAPE?

Preston Cody

Head of Analytics Solutions

Preston leads a team performing groundbreaking work on data, analytics and consortium environments.

Latest articles by Preston

• Featured 7 August 2019

  How to unlock value from data in upstream oil and gas

• Featured 7 August 2019

  6 success factors for an oil and gas data consortium

• Featured 7 August 2019

  Unlocking value from data: lessons from data-savvy industries

John Coleman

Principal Analyst, North American Crude Markets

John leads our North American Crude Markets Service, delivering regular market outlooks and analysis

Hadrien Collineau

Senior Research Analyst, Europe Gas

Hadrien focuses on short-term analysis for our European Energy Service (EES).

Latest articles by Hadrien

• Opinion 12 December 2018

  Can Russia continue to keep pace with Europe's LNG demand?

Leslie Cook

Principal Analyst, Upstream Supply Chain

Leslie is a principal analyst and project manager for Wood Mackenzie's portfolio of drilling and rig products.

Maria Cortez

Senior Research Manager

Maria is a senior research manager focused on Latin America's upstream sector.

Molly Cox

Analyst, Solar PV Technology Systems & Operations

Molly's analysis focuses on PV Technology Systems & Operations

Latest articles by Molly

• Editorial 5 November 2020

  What’s the future of solar development in Latin America?

• Editorial 19 September 2019

  Floating solar update: Bigger projects and climbing capacity

Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair, Americas

Ed examines the forces shaping the energy industry globally

Latest articles by Ed

• Opinion 16 April 2021

  Electric vans on the brink of a commercial breakthrough

• Opinion 9 April 2021

  Pressures from investors and governments change the shape of the US tight oil industry

• Opinion 1 April 2021

  President Biden aims for higher employment and lower emissions

• Opinion 26 March 2021

  US E&Ps on a capital-raising spree

• Opinion 19 March 2021

  Vaccinations point the way to energy demand recovery

• Opinion 12 March 2021

  Drone strikes attempt to disrupt Saudi oil exports

Kelly Cui

Principal Analyst, Petrochemicals

Kelly is an expert in the coal-to-olefins (CTO) and methanol-to-olefins (MTO) sector.

Latest articles by Kelly

• Opinion 27 April 2020

  Why crude-to-chemicals is the obvious way forward

• Opinion 20 February 2020

  Coronavirus to disrupt China’s chemicals sector more than SARS

• Opinion 6 September 2019

  Can China’s CTO and MTO industries survive the threat of massive steam cracker investment?

• Editorial 14 November 2017

  Why is China the early adopter of CTO/MTO

• Editorial 7 November 2017

  The opportunities and challenges of CTO/MTO development

• Editorial 1 November 2017

  How are olefins made from CTO/MTO?

Lucy Cullen

Principal Analyst, APAC Gas & LNG Research

Lucy is primarily focused on supply, demand, contract and price analysis for the Northeast Asian markets

Latest articles by Lucy

• Editorial 29 July 2019

  Japan is the world’s largest LNG importer

• Editorial 16 July 2019

  Power sector drives LNG demand in Asia's mature economies

• Opinion 24 June 2019

  What does the US-China trade war mean for US LNG projects?

• Editorial 6 April 2017

  Europe, heart of the global gas market

Mark Cunningham

Vice President – Group Finance

With more than a decade of experience in corporate finance, Mark heads our financial planning and analysis team.

Chris DaCosta

Research Manager, CAISO Desk, Short-term Analytics

Chris is a power industry expert with a focus on the dynamic western US region.

Michelle Davis

Principal Analyst, Solar

Michelle Davis is a principal analyst with a focus on the downstream US distributed solar market

Latest articles by Michelle

• Opinion 16 March 2021

  Four ways US solar broke records in 2020

• Editorial 15 October 2020

  Solar tax equity is more competitive than ever

• Editorial 17 August 2020

  Commercial solar could be huge – what’s holding it back?

Brandon Davis

Director, Head of Americas Corporate

Brandon leads our Americas Corporate team, with a primary focus on the US Lower 48 corporate environment. 

Latest articles by Brandon

• Opinion 6 May 2020

  Distressed lower 48 operators face a credit crisis

Andrew Day

Research Head EMEARC, EO/EG

Andrew leads our research into ethylene oxide (EO), ethylene glycol (EG) and other EO derivative industries.

Quentin De Carvalho

Head of Nylon / Polyamide

Quentin has over 30 years’ experience in the chemical industry with a focus on polyamide nylon.

Latest articles by Quentin

• Opinion 17 December 2018

  The calm before the storm for the nylon industry?

Simeng Deng

Consultant, China Power

Simeng is a consultant for the China power market

Xiaogeng (Arebise) Deng

Power Analyst

Arebise covers power markets out of Mexico City.

McGara DeWan

Associate, Short-Term Analytics

McGara specialises in creating customised price forecasts and monitoring emerging market trends in the US Midwest

Latest articles by McGara

• Editorial 10 March 2021

  MISO's generation overhaul and transition towards renewables

• Editorial 8 April 2020

  How coronavirus is affecting power demand in the Midwest

Massimo Di Odoardo

Vice President, Gas and LNG Research

Massimo brings extensive knowledge of the entire gas industry value chain to his role leading gas and LNG consulting.

Latest articles by Massimo

• Featured 14 January 2021

  Gas and LNG – why 2021 will be a defining year | 2021 Outlook

• Opinion 13 August 2020

  What forces will shape global gas markets over the next two decades?

• Editorial 7 January 2019

  Is 2019 the year of the much-talked-about LNG oversupply?

• Editorial 6 September 2018

  Global LNG supply gap from 2022

Chenyuan Diao

Senior Consultant, Power and Renewables Research

Chenyuan is an expert in wind data analysis covering Asia Pacific excluding China

Malcolm Dickson

Research Director, Europe Upstream Oil and Gas

Malcolm leads our research coverage of the European Upstream sector.

Latest articles by Malcolm

• Editorial 2 April 2019

  10 investment plays to watch

• Opinion 12 January 2017

  Norway’s upstream sector will prosper — but can the UK rally?

Linda Doku

Senior Vice President, Head of Metals and Mining

Industry expert with 23 years' experience in commodity marketing, trading, market analysis and corporate strategy.

Murray Douglas

Research Director, Europe Gas

Latest articles by Murray

• Opinion 20 May 2020

  Coronavirus pushes UK gas market to deadlock

• Opinion 28 April 2020

  European gas markets feel the pressure – but there are signs of recovery

• Featured 18 December 2019

  What’s ahead for European gas? | Foresight 2020

• Opinion 3 September 2019

  Do European utilities still have an appetite for LNG?

• Opinion 19 March 2019

  Does Germany need LNG?

Gabriel Dufflis

Power Analyst – South America

Gabriel leads the power markets research at Wood Mackenzie’s Southern Cone Gas & Power Service.

Ryan Duman

Principal Analyst, Lower 48 Upstream

Ryan specialises in basin characterisation, decline curve analysis, economic modelling, and competitor intelligence.

Angela Durrant

Principal Analyst, Nickel

Angela is a principal analyst with almost 20 years' experience in metals research.

Latest articles by Angela

• Opinion 10 December 2019

  Indonesian nickel ore ban: who will fill the supply gap?

Tom Ellacott

Senior Vice President, Corporate Research

Tom leads our corporate thought leadership, drawing on more than 20 years' industry knowledge.

Latest articles by Tom

• Opinion 25 February 2021

  Could oil Majors and Independents generate record free cash flow this year?

• Featured 19 January 2021

  What will oil and gas companies focus on in 2021? | 2021 Outlook

• Opinion 6 August 2020

  What’s the strategic and economic rationale behind Chevron’s US$13-billion acquisition of Noble?

• Opinion 7 October 2019

  ExxonMobil kicks off its US$15 billion disposals programme

• Opinion 17 June 2019

  ExxonMobil plays catch up in race to high-grade

• Opinion 17 June 2019

  What’s next for Chevron?

Merve Ergez

Senior Research Analyst, Global Oil Supply

Merve is a senior research analyst focused on North America and West Africa oil supply.

Mhairidh Evans

Principal Analyst, Upstream Supply Chain

Mhairidh’s understanding of both the contractor and operator perspective informs her analysis of upstream supply chain.

Latest articles by Mhairidh

• Featured 25 January 2021

  Tough calls for the upstream supply chain in 2021 | 2021 outlook

• Opinion 16 April 2019

  Simple complexity – the future of the upstream supply chain?

• Opinion 6 February 2019

  Signs of renewed optimism in the global offshore upstream supply chain

Amanda Fairfax

Senior Analyst, Downstream Oil, Short-term Analytics

Giles Farrer

Head of Gas and LNG Asset Research

Giles leads our LNG and gas asset research and manages our market-leading LNG Service & Tool and LNG Corporate Service.

Latest articles by Giles

• Opinion 8 September 2020

  LNG regasification: why there’s still plenty of gas in the tank

• Opinion 22 April 2020

  How coronavirus is driving down LNG demand in Asia and Europe – and hitting supply

• Opinion 6 March 2020

  Market oversupply and new LNG FID progress

• Featured 10 February 2020

  How will global gas and LNG markets respond to oversupply in 2020? | Foresight 2020

• Opinion 13 December 2019

  LNG’s short-term blues

• Opinion 11 November 2019

  Can LNG improve its green credentials?

Kateryna Filippenko

Principal Analyst, Global Gas Supply

Principal gas analyst responsible for our gas supply view with a specific focus on Russia, Central Asia and Europe

Latest articles by Kateryna

• Editorial 20 December 2019

  A timeline of major events in Ukraine-Russia gas relations

• Opinion 22 July 2019

  How will Russia respond to Europe's changing gas market?

Daniel Finn-Foley

Head of Energy Storage

Dan is head of energy storage at Wood Mackenzie.

Joshua Firestone

Principal Petroleum Economist

Joshua is a principal economist with our Fiscal Service.

Carl Firman

Principal Analyst, EMEARC Aluminium Costs

Carl leads our research into bauxite and alumina.

Latest articles by Carl

• Opinion 21 June 2019

  Three reasons why bauxite seaborne trade is set to grow sharply over the next decade

Simon Flowers

Chairman, Chief Analyst and author of The Edge

Simon is our Chief Analyst; he provides thought leadership on the trends and innovations shaping the energy industry.

Latest articles by Simon

• The Edge 23 April 2021

  The prize for China from decarbonisation

• The Edge 16 April 2021

  How the oil market would deal with the return of Iranian exports

• The Edge 9 April 2021

  Getting serious about tackling global warming

• The Edge 26 March 2021

  How innovation and carbon are shaping future LNG supply

• Featured 23 March 2021

  Wood Mackenzie 2020 Research Excellence Awards

• The Edge 19 March 2021

  How solar is central to the energy transition

Graham Freedman

Principal Analyst, European Gas

As a principal analyst, Graham develops our view on natural gas supply, demand and pricing across Europe.

Enrique Galindo

Research Associate – Americas Olefins

Enrique Galindo is a research associate focused on short and long term olefins trends and outlooks.

Latest articles by Enrique

• Opinion 29 May 2020

  How are chemicals companies responding to the coronavirus blow?

• Opinion 8 November 2019

  Enterprise targets a second PDH unit in the US

Ben Gallagher

SME, Carbon & Emerging Technology

Ben's focus includes the hydrogen economy, carbon capture and storage, and direct air capture.

Leila Garcia da Fonseca

Senior Manager, Wind and Solar O&M

Leila is responsible for our wind and solar Operations & Maintenance market research for the Americas region.

Adrian Gardner

Principal Analyst, Nickel Markets

Adrian is a principal research analyst with our Nickel Metal Service, providing a global view of the industry.

Latest articles by Adrian

• Opinion 29 September 2020

  How long can nickel prices defy market fundamentals?

Alan Gelder

VP Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets

Alan is responsible for formulating our research outlook and cross-sector perspectives on the global downstream sector.

Latest articles by Alan

• Opinion 8 April 2021

  Refinery-petrochemicals integration: your questions answered

• Opinion 3 March 2021

  Oil demand interview with Harry Tchilinguirian

• Opinion 16 February 2021

  Why refinery-petrochemical integration is the downstream trend to watch

• Opinion 16 February 2021

  为什么说炼化一体化是值得关注的下游趋势

• Opinion 13 October 2020

  How much value does refinery-chemicals integration add for Total and Shell?

• Featured 7 April 2020

  Why Covid-19 is the ultimate energy transition stress test for refiners

Edgardo Gelsomino

Head of Aluminium Research

Wood Mackenzie's head of aluminium research has over 23 years' experience along the value chain.

Latest articles by Edgardo

• Featured 13 November 2018

  Investment in new aluminium capacity needed to avoid supply crunch

Rob Gilfillan

Head of Applications – Fibres, Films & Flexible Packaging

Rob leads our research into regional and global markets for fibres, films and flexible packaging.

Latest articles by Rob

• Opinion 22 May 2020

  PPE is giving the fibres industry some protection from coronavirus

• Opinion 16 April 2020

  Flexible packaging sees demand boost as coronavirus changes consumer patterns

• Editorial 23 January 2018

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

Edward Gomersall

Research Manager, Gas & LNG

Edward brings a deep understanding of the LNG value chain, including project development and trade flows.

Latest articles by Edward

• Opinion 24 September 2018

  Spot market not a reliable pricing mechanism, says GECF leader

Manjia Gong

Consultant, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables Research

Manjia supports our power and renewables research team in Asia Pacific

Lindsay Grant

Research Director, Europe, Russia and Caspian Upstream Oil & Gas

Lindsay has deep expertise in Upstream Oil & Gas and has covered the sector since joining us in 2008.

Paul Gray

Research Director, Iron Ore Markets

Paul is responsible for the delivery and development of our iron ore market service.

Latest articles by Paul

• Opinion 25 March 2020

  Iron ore: how low can the price go?

Robin Griffin

Head of Metallurgical Coal

Robin has undertaken global mine cost estimation and supply analysis for both coal and base metals.

Latest articles by Robin

• Opinion 28 February 2020

  Coronavirus: a wildcard for bulks demand

• Opinion 15 October 2019

  What’s behind the metallurgical coal price plunge – and what lies ahead?

Alex Griffiths

Principal Analyst

Alex draws on his experience as a Resource Geologist to analyse and forecast global steel and iron ore markets.

Latest articles by Alex

• Opinion 3 August 2020

  Green steel gets a boost from European economic recovery plans

• Opinion 21 May 2018

  Tighter at the top: taking a look at the premium end of iron ore's two-tier market

Joyce Grigorey

Principal Analyst, Chemicals

Joyce covers the aromatics chain with a particular focus on paraxylene and PTA.

Latest articles by Joyce

• Opinion 28 July 2020

  Can PTA producers survive plummeting polyester demand?

Mitalee Gupta

Research Analyst, Energy Storage

Mitalee's research covers energy storage systems, technologies and supply-chain analysis.

Sushant Gupta

Research Director – Asia Pacific, Refining and oils market

Sushant has over 15 years of experience with strong focus on refining, crude oil and chemicals industry.

Zheng Han

Consultant, Power & Renewables Research

Zheng provides analysis covering China’s wind market

Ashwin Haridas

Senior Petroleum Economist

Ashwin is a petroleum economist specialising in the analysis of global fiscal systems and economic modelling.

Hugh Hartzog

Research Analyst, Aromatics

Hugh is principally focused on paraxylene in North American markets.

Andrew Harwood

Research Director, Asia Pacific Upstream Oil & Gas

Andrew leads our upstream research coverage in Asia Pacific.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 19 March 2020

  How hard will the oil price crash hit APAC upstream investment?

• Editorial 14 January 2019

  Will Asia-Pacific's O&G sector join the global recovery in 2019?

Luiz Hayum

Upstream Research Senior Analyst, Latin America

Luiz's expertise lies in valuing upstream assets in Latin America.

Latest articles by Luiz

• Opinion 16 April 2019

  Deepwater's Latin America comeback

Dale Hazelton

Head of Thermal Coal

Dale leads our Thermal Coal team, focusing on the impact of the rapidly-changing energy landscape.

Latest articles by Dale

• Opinion 6 May 2020

  Coronavirus puts more than a third of seaborne coal supply at risk

Tom Heggarty

Principal Analyst, Energy Transition Practice

Latest articles by Tom

• Opinion 5 November 2019

  Chasing the sun: Spain’s solar PV boom

Alastair Heggie

Senior Analyst, European Gas Markets

Alastair specialises in the design, build and delivery of modelling solutions.

Nimmi Henderson

Director of Global Operations, Global Olefins & Derivatives

Richard Hewston

Global Content Lead, Environment and Climate Change, Verisk Maplecroft

Richard leads the development of Verisk Maplecroft’s environment and climate change research.

Ann-Louise Hittle

Vice President, Oils Research

Ann-Louise directs our Macro Oils Service and is a frequent contributor to numerous industry publications.

Latest articles by Ann-Louise

• Opinion 21 September 2020

  US tight oil and the global oil market

• Opinion 3 December 2018

  December '18 OPEC meeting: production cuts expected

Chloe Holden

Analyst, Energy Storage

Chloe's analysis focuses on behind-the-meter energy storage

Rui Hou

Consultant, Asia Pacific Refining

Rui Hou specialises in oil products supply for Asia Pacific region.

Latest articles by Rui

• Opinion 15 March 2019

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

Linda Htein

Senior Research Manager, US Lower 48 Upstream Research

Linda's work focuses on forecasting and analysing Lower 48 oil and gas supply.

Miaoru Huang

Research Director, APAC Gas & LNG

Miaoru Huang heads up Wood Mackenzie’s China Gas and LNG research in Beijing.

Latest articles by Miaoru

• Editorial 19 September 2019

  China’s growing role in the LNG industry

• Editorial 26 June 2019

  China’s evolving gas market

Cameron Jack

Head of Platform Transformation

Cameron works with the consulting leadership team, supports collaboration and manages the group's internal reporting.

Eleni Joannides

Principal Analyst, Copper

Eleni brings more than 25 years' experience in the metals and mining sector to her role on our copper team.

Adam Jordan

Product Director – Power Analytics, Short-term Analytics

Adam is product director for PowerIQ and PowerBuyer Analytics, delivering daily insight and analysis.

Graham Kellas

Senior Vice President, Global Fiscal Research

Over 30 years, Graham has advised on taxation matters and supported complex fiscal negotiations.

Latest articles by Graham

• Opinion 31 March 2021

  How carbon pricing could reshape upstream oil and gas economics

• Featured 20 January 2021

  Should upstream investors prepare for bolder fiscal policies in 2021? | 2021 outlook

• Featured 27 January 2020

  Tight oil vs. deepwater: comparing fiscal terms

• Featured 23 July 2019

  Tight oil or deepwater: which is more valuable?

• Opinion 26 June 2019

  Stepping on the gas: are Asia Pacific governments doing enough?

• Editorial 23 August 2017

  How can governments introduce more competitive fiscal terms?

Liam Kelleher

Gas and LNG Analyst

Liam combines his expertise in engineering, economics and finance in his role as gas and LNG analyst.

Latest articles by Liam

• Editorial 30 January 2019

  Change of course as FLNG players take second look at financials

Ben Kellison

Director of Grid Edge Research

Ben is an expert on grid edge policy evolution, technology innovation, competition and project economics.

Latest articles by Ben

• Editorial 23 June 2020

  The next five years will see massive distributed energy resource growth

• Opinion 7 November 2019

  Electric vehicles: is workplace charging good for business?

• Opinion 18 September 2019

  China is driving e-bus demand – will the US and EU get on board?

Martin Kelly

Global Head, Curated Service, Energy & Natural Resources Research

Martin oversees our Curated Service offering, working across our energy and natural resource coverage

Latest articles by Martin

• Opinion 17 June 2020

  What investors want to know about energy and natural resources

• Featured 28 October 2019

  Digitalisation: upstream's silver bullet?

• Opinion 12 April 2018

  What is the current state of the upstream industry?

Rohan Kendall

Head of Iron Ore

Rohan is our head of iron ore,

Latest articles by Rohan

• Opinion 6 March 2020

  Coronavirus: demand downgrades for bulk commodities

• Opinion 3 June 2019

  Iron ore: who will fill the emerging supply gap?

Julian Kettle

Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining

Latest articles by Julian

• Featured 20 April 2021

  Tin – the forgotten foot soldier of the energy transition

• Featured 6 April 2021

  Build or buy: are the copper Majors rising to the growth challenge?

• Featured 23 March 2021

  Will a lack of supply growth come back to bite the copper industry?

• Featured 9 March 2021

  A new mining super-cycle: can supply rise to the challenge?

• Featured 23 February 2021

  Are we on the cusp of another mining super-cycle?

• Featured 3 February 2021

  Metals & mining: what to look out for in 2021 | 2021 outlook

Eugene Kim

Research Director, Americas Gas

Eugene Kim is a Research Director on Wood Mackenzie’s Americas Gas Research team.

Latest articles by Eugene

• Opinion 1 July 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 1 July 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 1 July 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 1 July 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 8 August 2019

  How low-cost US natural gas spurs global LNG opportunities

• Editorial 9 July 2019

  Permian basin GOR: recalibrating US gas production models

Lucy King

Research Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Lucy is an analyst in our North Sea Upstream Research team, focused on the UK upstream sector.

Chloe Kinner

Research Associate, RPET

Chloe covers recycled PET in the EMEARC region, focusing on short- and long-term European market dynamics and outlooks.

Patrick Kirby

Principal Analyst, EMEARC Olefins

Patrick joined Wood Mackenzie in 2013 as an olefins analyst in the EMEARC region.

Latest articles by Patrick

• Opinion 5 May 2020

  Global olefins: 10 trends to watch as coronavirus reshapes the industry

• Opinion 17 March 2020

  How will the oil price crash affect the ethylene cost curve?

• Opinion 17 December 2019

  2019 in review: 5 trends that shook the petrochemical markets

• Editorial 14 May 2018

  Qatar Petroleum plans new world-scale ethane cracker

• Editorial 19 April 2018

  From Russia with love: the olefins chain

Anthony Knutson

Principal Analyst, Coal

Anthony is a principal analyst with more than 20 years of experience across coal and power generation industries.

Latest articles by Anthony

• Opinion 11 May 2020

  Is green hydrogen metallurgical coal’s kryptonite?

Dr Elta Kolo

Content Lead, Grid Edge

Elta is Grid Edge Content Lead specializing in utility digitization and flexibility in U.S. electricity markets.

Latest articles by Dr Elta

• Editorial 9 September 2020

  How electric utilities can leverage DERMS

• Opinion 14 May 2020

  It's time for residential demand response to shine

• Opinion 30 April 2020

  How coronavirus could affect the grid edge in 2020

Dimitris Kotsias

Research Analyst, EMEARC, Refining and Oil Product Markets

Dimitris is a research analyst focused on refining and oil products across the EMEARC region.

Kristy Kramer

Head of Markets, Gas & LNG Research

Kristy leads our gas market research team, delivering fundamental supply, demand and pricing analysis.

Latest articles by Kristy

• Opinion 6 September 2019

  Who will make money on the second wave of US LNG?

Valentina Kretzschmar

Vice President, Corporate Research

Valentina is part of our corporate research team, advising senior managers on strategy and financial analysis.

Latest articles by Valentina

• Opinion 10 December 2020

  The Majors’ energy transition: Corporate New Energy Series

• Opinion 10 December 2020

  The Majors’ energy transition: Corporate New Energy Series

• Opinion 24 March 2020

  Could clean energy be the winner in the oil price war?

• Featured 10 October 2019

  Can women speed up the energy transition?

Søren Lassen

Head of Offshore Wind Research

Søren tracks, analyses and forecasts value chain dynamics, technological advancements and the market outlook.

Latest articles by Søren

• Opinion 4 February 2021

  Offshore wind: long-term promise after short-term decline

Andrew Latham

Vice President, Global Exploration

With his extensive exploration expertise Andrew shapes portfolio development for international oil and gas companies.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Featured 12 January 2021

  Proceed with caution: exploration’s watchword for 2021

• Featured 1 September 2019

  What happens to returns when explorers move to gas?

• Editorial 1 July 2019

  How oil and gas explorers are preparing for a low-carbon future

• Featured 17 June 2019

  Why explorers are in the grip of an existential crisis

• Opinion 19 December 2018

  Can exploration stay profitable in 2019?

• Opinion 12 June 2018

  Four themes for your future exploration strategy

Chris Leckie

Head of User Experience (UX)

Christopher is head of UX design and leads the development of user experience for Lens.

Kyeongho (Ken) Lee

Senior Power Modelling Analyst, Power & Renewables Research

Ken has over seven years of experience in power and gas/LNG sectors in Asia Pacific.

Latest articles by Kyeongho (Ken)

• Opinion 8 March 2021

  South Korea’s 9th Basic Plan for electricity – a step closer to carbon neutrality?

Salmon Lee

Head of Polyesters

Salmon watches the Asian polyester chain from paraxylene to downstream markets in the Chinese- speaking world.

Latest articles by Salmon

• Opinion 9 December 2020

  Six trends that will shape the polyester industry to 2030

• Featured 21 January 2020

  What lies ahead for the polyester chain in 2020? | FORESIGHT 2020

• Opinion 30 January 2019

  How Chinese PTA and MEG futures impact the polyester industry?

• Editorial 30 September 2017

  Proposed closure of Jiangsu ports unnerves chemical markets in China

Jonathan Leng

Principal Analyst, Zinc Markets

Jonathan brings an in-depth perspective to his analysis of zinc markets.

Luke Lewandowski

Director, Power & Renewables – Americas

Luke manages our research practice in the Americas, across power, wind, solar, and the grid edge.

Xiaoyang Li

Senior Analyst, Power & Renewables Research

Xiaoyang focuses on analysis of China’s wind power market

Latest articles by Xiaoyang

• Opinion 20 November 2019

  Supply chain bottlenecks limit China’s offshore wind growth to 2021

Robert Liew

Principal Analyst, Power and Renewables Research

Wind markets specialist with over 10 years of power and renewables research experience.

Latest articles by Robert

• Opinion 20 November 2019

  Offshore wind pipeline in APAC excluding China exceeds 5 GW

Clay Lightfoot

Senior Manager, Americas Gas Research

Clay has more than a decade of energy industry experience and a particular expertise in political and regulatory issues.

Lynn-Yuqian Lin

Research Analyst, Asia Pacific Gas and LNG

Lynn is our Asia Pacific gas and LNG analyst, based in Beijing.

Daniel Liu

Principal Analyst, Power and Renewables

Daniel's knowledge of technical, operational, and financial aspects of wind and solar power informs his research.

Latest articles by Daniel

• Opinion 16 March 2021

  Six ways the onshore wind O&M market will transform this decade

Emma Liu

Senior Consultant and Research Analyst, Fibres

Emma focuses on the Asian fibres market, where she closely follows prices and dynamics. 

Latest articles by Emma

• Opinion 21 December 2020

  How the delayed Olympic Games disrupts Japan’s recycled fibre sector

Shijie Liu

Consultant, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables Research

He focuses on the energy storage supply chain across the Asia Pacific region.

Olivia Loa

Research Analyst, Global Chemicals

Olivia has experience across the energy value chain, from upstream oil and gas to chemicals and renewables.

Anthony Logan

Senior Wind Analyst

Anthony focuses on the wind power value chain in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Adele Long

Senior Research Manager, Australasia Upstream

Latest articles by Adele

• Opinion 13 June 2019

  Renewables, market intervention and exploration – three themes weighing on Australia upstream players' minds

Arthur Luo

Consultant, Chemicals

Arthur joined our Shanghai office in 2017 as an analyst covering the polyester chain in East Asia.

Derryn Maade

Global Head of Bulk Commodities

Derryn leads a team of analysts providing insight into steel, iron ore, metallurgical and thermal coal.

Cicero Machado

Principal Iron Ore & Steel Analyst

Cicero leads our research into the cost drivers of coal, iron ore and steel in the Americas.

Latest articles by Cicero

• Opinion 28 April 2017

  Royalty increases in Brazil: a renewed burden for iron ore miners or a threat to their international competitiveness?

Sohaib Malik

Market Analyst, EMEARC Power & Renewables

Latest articles by Sohaib

• Opinion 11 March 2019

  Russian onshore wind market reaches crossroads

Ravi Manghani

Head of Solar

Ravi is head of solar research at Wood Mackenzie.

Verisk Maplecroft

Maplecroft is a Verisk business

Latest articles by Verisk

• Editorial 14 October 2020

  Natural resource M&As: how enhanced ESG due diligence optimises value

• Opinion 23 September 2020

  Is conventional ESG data failing mining companies and investors?

• Opinion 20 May 2020

  Making sense of the TCFD recommendations

• Opinion 28 April 2020

  Seven challenges Covid-19 raises for the climate agenda

• Opinion 12 April 2020

  Where, when and how will lockdown end?

Peter Martin

Principal Economist, Macroeconomics

Peter is responsible for producing our macroeconomic outlook to 2040.

Latest articles by Peter

• Opinion 2 April 2020

  Three signs that a global recession is imminent

• Opinion 12 March 2020

  5 factors that will determine the economic impact of coronavirus

• Featured 4 November 2019

  Three forces weakening US dollar’s grip on commodity pricing

John Maselli

Senior Research Analyst, Americas Olefins

John is responsible for ethylene and propylene analyses in the Americas region.

Isaac Maze-Rothstein

Grid Edge Analyst

Isaac's research covers microgrids and other grid edge technologies.

Latest articles by Isaac

• Opinion 7 April 2021

  How bitcoin mining can support the energy transition

• Opinion 3 March 2021

  From federal spending to Texas blackouts: key themes shaping the US grid edge

• Opinion 3 September 2020

  Why the majors, electric utilities, and private equity firms all want to own US microgrids

• Opinion 2 April 2020

  Lessons from the first 100 percent battery-electric bus fleet in the US

• Opinion 9 January 2020

  How the top microgrid developers do business

Rory McCarthy

Senior Research Manager, European Power

Rory supports our research and consulting functions as a subject matter expert in energy storage and system flexibility.

Latest articles by Rory

• Opinion 24 March 2021

  Will renewable auctions underpin Europe’s net zero ambitions?

• Featured 7 January 2021

  Will 2021 be a record-breaking year for renewables auctions in Europe?

• Opinion 9 November 2020

  Three reasons why Europe is set to lose the energy storage race

• Opinion 18 June 2020

  Power system flexibility key to Europe's net zero targets

• Opinion 6 April 2020

  What’s behind the energy storage boom?

• Editorial 8 January 2020

  System Flexibility – Europe’s key to energy transition?

Kelly McCoy

Analyst, Grid Edge

Kelly focuses on the electric vehicle landscape with an emphasis on infrastructure and investment.

Latest articles by Kelly

• Editorial 30 October 2020

  Climate change, DERs, and other updates from the grid edge in Q3

• Opinion 11 May 2020

  Leading EV markets will install 30 million chargers total this decade

Fraser McKay

Vice President, Head of Upstream Analysis

As head of upstream research, Fraser maximises the quality and impact of our analysis of key global upstream themes.

Latest articles by Fraser

• Featured 19 January 2021

  Global upstream oil and gas: new challenges ahead in 2021

Kyrah McKenzie

Research Analyst, Upstream Europe and Caspian

Kyrah is a research analyst with a focus on Central Asia and Southern Europe's upstream sector.

Mason McLean

Senior Research Analyst, North America Gas

Mason is a senior research analyst covering North America gas.

Latest articles by Mason

• Featured 18 December 2019

  What’s ahead for North America Gas? | Foresight 2020

• Opinion 13 September 2019

  How South Texas market shifts will create gas price divergence

Craig McMahon

Senior Vice President, Head of Americas Research

Craig's remit is to grow the Wood Mackenzie brand in the US and Canada and support clients across the region.

Gordon McManus

Research Director, EMEARC Oils and Refining

Gordon is responsible for leading our global coverage of the long term oil products markets.

Prachi Mehta

Senior Research Analyst, NGLs

Prachi leads our short-term and long-term NGL service.

Francesco Menonna

Grid Edge Research Analyst

Francesco covers distribution grid modernization and advanced metering infrastructure.

Latest articles by Francesco

• Editorial 27 August 2020

  US utilities are leaving non-wires alternatives on the table

Evgeniya Mezentseva

Research Analyst, EMEARC Gas & LNG

Evgeniya is an analyst for the Global Gas Model team and focuses on EMEARC gas demand, pipelines, supply and storage.

Joe Midgley

Executive Vice President, Research

Joe helps clients by bringing together Wood Mackenzie's deep industry knowledge and world class advice.

Erik Mielke

SVP Global Head of Corporate Research

Erik manages our corporate service, leading data-driven analysis and insight into strategies, performance and outlook.

Andrew Mitchell

Head of Nickel Costs

Specialising in nickel for over 20 years, Andrew has a deep understanding of the metals and mining industry.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 8 June 2020

  How electric vehicles are driving the nickel sulphate market

Gillian Moncur

Head of Copper Research

Gillian leads a team of analysts providing unique data and insight into the global copper industry.

Gavin Montgomery

Research Director, Battery Raw Materials

Gavin defines our research agenda and guides the analysis of raw materials markets.

Latest articles by Gavin

• Opinion 10 September 2020

  An Accelerated Energy Transition *batteries not included

• Featured 30 January 2020

  A better year ahead for battery raw materials?

• Featured 14 October 2019

  Frequently asked questions about the electric vehicle battery supply chain

• Opinion 19 August 2019

  Can metals supply keep up with electric vehicle demand?

• Opinion 26 June 2019

  Beyond bunkers: The surprising impact of IMO 2020

Mariana Santos Moreira

Senior Research Analyst, Films & Flexible Packaging

Mariana's research focuses on regional and global markets for films and flexible packaging.

Latest articles by Mariana Santos

• Opinion 8 February 2021

  How will the EU plastics levy change the flexible packaging market?

• Opinion 27 October 2020

  How flexible packaging demand has given BOPP film a boost

• Opinion 25 August 2020

  Paper or plastic: what’s the most sustainable flexible packaging?

Glenn Morrall

Research Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Glenn is research analyst in the North Sea upstream team.

Latest articles by Glenn

• Opinion 4 June 2019

  A tantalising year for North Sea exploration

Robert Morris

Senior Analyst, Caspian and Europe Upstream Oil and Gas

A senior upstream analysis who leads our coverage of the Caucasus and East Mediterranean

Latest articles by Robert

• Opinion 4 June 2019

  How should Cyprus' giant gas discoveries be commercialised?

Simon Morris

Head of Metals

Simon is our head of metals with a background in strategy, planning and risk management.

Iain Mowat

Principal Analyst, EMEARC Refining and Oil Product Markets

Iain brings extensive knowledge of global energy markets to his analysis of energy and petroleum demand.

Latest articles by Iain

• Opinion 26 February 2021

  Could alternative marine fuels decarbonise shipping?

Michael Moynihan

Research Director, Russia Upstream Oil and Gas

As a research director in our upstream team, Michael analyses developments in the upstream industry in Russia.

Sean Mulshaw

Research Director, Nickel Markets

Sean is an expert in global nickel, stainless steel and molybdenum markets.

Alex Munton

Principal Analyst, Americas LNG

Alex brings a global perspective to his role as principal analyst for Americas LNG research.

Latest articles by Alex

• Opinion 14 August 2019

  The impact of the second wave of US LNG

Brandon Myers

Senior Analyst – Lower 48 Upstream

Brandon is a senior analyst with our Lower 48 research team.

Nathan Nemeth

Senior Analyst – Global Unconventional Plays

Nathan is a senior analyst focused on Canadian and Lower 48 unconventional plays research.

Asti Nuraini Asra

Principal Analyst - APAC Gas & LNG Research

Asti provides commercial insight into market dynamics in the APAC region

Latest articles by Asti

• Editorial 15 July 2019

  Unlocking opportunities for small scale LNG in Indonesia

Mark Oberstoetter

Head of Americas (non-L48) Upstream Research

Mark has extensively covered the North Slope, deepwater, oil sands and unconventional sectors.

Peter Osbaldstone

Research Director, Europe Power and Renewables

Peter is a research director with more than a decade’s experience in European power and renewables markets.

Latest articles by Peter

• Opinion 18 March 2020

  How Italy’s lockdown is affecting power demand

Femi Oso

Research Director, Middle East & Africa Upstream

Femi leads a team of 30 analysts covering energy markets and corporate activity in Africa.

Luke Parker

Vice President, Corporate Research

Luke is Vice President of Corporate Research with a specific focus on the Supermajors.

Latest articles by Luke

• Featured 28 August 2019

  How can Big Oil stay investible through the energy transition?

Uday Patel

Senior Research Manager, Global Aluminium Markets

Uday is a senior research manager focused on global aluminium markets.

Latest articles by Uday

• Featured 3 September 2019

  Aluminium vs plastic: who’ll win the water bottle war?

Harry Paton

Senior Research Analyst, Oil Supply

Harry is a member of four oil supply research team. His focus is developing oil price models and benchmarking assets.

Latest articles by Harry

• Opinion 14 March 2018

  Can conventional oil projects compete with L48 oil?

Allyson Pellicci

Senior Research Manager, Global Gas Modelling

Allyson brings 15 years of industry experience to her role on our Global Gas Modelling team

Robert Polk

Principal Analyst – Corporate Research

Robert is a principal analyst with our US Corporate Research team, covering Lower 48 independents.

Matt Preston

Research Director, North America Coal Markets

Matt Preston leads our Coal Market Service – North America, covering coal and emissions demand and pricing.

Latest articles by Matt

• Opinion 1 September 2017

  Trump administration declines to go all in for coal — for now

Pablo Prudencio

Senior Research Analyst, US Lower 48 Supply

Pablo is a senior research analyst with our US Lower 48 supply team, focused on oil and gas production forecasting.

Latest articles by Pablo

• Opinion 3 March 2021

  Federal leases and permits: how much could US tight oil shrink?

Jodi Quinnell

Manager, Crude Oil Analytics and Forecasting, Short-term Analytics

Jodi has over a decade of energy market experience and in-depth understanding of the North American crude oil market.

Greg Roddick

Petroleum Economist

Greg has almost 15 years of industry experience, focused on corporate strategy, fiscal modelling and economic analysis.

Angus Rodger

Research Director, Asia Pacific

Angus leads our benchmark analysis of global Pre-FID delays, and deep water developments.

Latest articles by Angus

• Opinion 16 September 2020

  Which Supermajors’ portfolios are most resilient?

• Opinion 13 April 2020

  Trump's art of the OPEC deal

• Opinion 12 March 2020

  Coronavirus, China and the big oil crash

• Featured 12 March 2020

  Are Japan’s E&Ps facing an existential crisis?

• Opinion 24 August 2019

  ONGC outlines 2040 strategic vision

• Featured 21 June 2019

  Why tight oil and deepwater are more similar than you think

Justin Rostant

Principal Analyst – US Gulf of Mexico Upstream

Justin is a principal analyst with more than 15 years of energy industry experience.

Latest articles by Justin

• Opinion 29 July 2020

  What would a Joe Biden win mean for oil and gas?

Ryan Saxton

Director, Head of Oil Data, Short-term Analytics

Ryan oversees a team dedicated to monitoring oil transportation, storage and refining.

Latest articles by Ryan

• Opinion 27 February 2020

  Wood Mackenzie begins monitoring Gray Oak Pipeline - downstream connectivity limits utilisation

• Opinion 12 February 2019

  Seminole-Red Crude Oil Pipeline Operational

• Opinion 29 January 2019

  Sunrise wakes up new Permian crude outlets

• Opinion 20 April 2016

  Saddlehorn-Grand Mesa pipeline to increase Cushing pipeline imbalance to record high

Stephanie Scollard

Product Analyst, Subsurface

Stephanie is a subsurface product analyst focused on Lower 48 well and production data.

Hazel Seftor

Senior Research Analyst, Global Oil Supply

Hazel is a senior research analyst with our oil supply team, covering the Middle East and North Africa.

Latest articles by Hazel

• Opinion 10 February 2020

  How will geopolitics influence global oil supply in 2020?

Prakash Sharma

Head of Markets & Transitions, Asia Pacific

Latest articles by Prakash

• Opinion 30 August 2019

  LNG gets a boost in its largest global market

• Featured 2 August 2019

  Can the energy industry rise to the challenge of climate change?

• Featured 15 April 2019

  China economic slowdown: 3 reasons why it's different this time

• Opinion 5 March 2019

  Commodity slowdown in China could be different this time

Jake Sharp

Lead Specialist, Customer Solutions

Jake is a lead specialist in the customer solutions team.

Benjamin Shattuck

Research Director, Americas Upstream Oil & Gas

Benjamin leads our US upstream analysis and specialises in the Lower 48.

Latest articles by Benjamin

• Editorial 27 October 2020

  Pioneer plus Parsley: What’s our Permian prognosis?

Caitlin Shaw

Research Director, Upstream Supply Chain

Caitlin Shaw is a research director of upstream supply chain.

Chris Shepley

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Commodity Analysis

Chris leads our consultancy team in refining, marketing and chemicals.

Ashley Sherman

Principal Research Analyst, Caspian & Europe Upstream

Ashley leads our analysis of the Caspian Upstream sector.

Latest articles by Ashley

• Opinion 30 September 2019

  Kazakhstan gas stretched by commitments to China

• Opinion 6 September 2019

  Revisiting the landmark Caspian Sea agreement

Scott Sherwood

Director of Engineering

Scott works closely with our product and engineering teams to deliver well designed, commercially relevant products.

Rishab Shrestha

Senior Research Analyst, APAC Power

Rishab analyses Asia-Pacific power markets, with a particular focus on renewable market dynamics.

Latest articles by Rishab

• Opinion 17 December 2019

  Sluggish solar installations seen in China throughout 2019

Dan Shreve

Head of Global Wind Energy Research

Dan heads Wood Mackenzie’s global wind research practice.

Latest articles by Dan

• Opinion 24 March 2020

  How the coronavirus crisis is driving a global wind market downgrade

• Featured 27 June 2019

  Deep decarbonisation: the multi-trillion-dollar question

Rory Simington

Principal Analyst, Asia Pacific Thermal Coal Research

Rory Simington is a research analyst with over twenty years' experience in the Australian mining industry.

Latest articles by Rory

• Opinion 4 March 2021

  Australian coal exports bounce back from China’s ban

• Opinion 26 March 2019

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

Robert Sims

Research Director, LNG Short Term

With a background in trading and analytics, Robert provides commercial insight into the short term gas and LNG market

Latest articles by Robert

• Featured 18 December 2019

  What will 2020 look like in Asia Pacific? | Foresight 2020

Lucas Stavole

Senior Analyst – North America Wind

Lucas is responsible for wind market research and analysis in North America

Hillary Stevenson

Director, Oil Market And Business Development, Short-term Analytics

Hillary’s work focuses on fundamental data trends in the North American crude oil supply chain.

Johnny Stewart

Principal Analyst, Downstream, Midstream and Chemicals

Johnny focuses on refinery supply, infrastructure and investments across the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

Mike Stinebaugh

Analyst, Corporate Research

Mike performs upstream natural gas asset valuations, with a focus on the Marcellus and Utica shales.

Jenny Sulak

Transformation Programme Manager, Chemicals

A leader in multiple cross-discipline working groups, Jenny brings a holistic perspective to her work in Chemicals.

Jonathan Sultoon

Head of Markets & Transitions, Energy Transition Practice

Jonathan has over 18 years’ experience leading analysis for global energy markets

Latest articles by Jonathan

• Featured 4 March 2021

  What would it take to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees?

Xiaojing Sun

Senior Research Analyst, Global Solar

Xiaojing is an expert in global solar PV supply chain and technology development

Latest articles by Xiaojing

• Opinion 20 July 2020

  Why US solar tariffs (almost) worked – and why they don’t now

• Opinion 18 December 2019

  Solar technology got cheaper and better in the 2010s. Now what?

• Editorial 24 September 2019

  Bifacial market to grow tenfold by 2024

• Editorial 24 September 2019

  Bifacial market to grow tenfold by 2024

Zoë Sutherland

Senior Analyst, Upstream Corporate Research

Zoë is a senior analyst with more than 15 years of industry experience.

Kevin Swann

Research analyst

Kevin is an expert in UK upstream research and has extensive experience working across the sector.

Ryan Sweezey

Research Manager, North America Power & Renewables

Ryan Sweezey is a Research Manager focused on coverage of North America power markets

Viktor Tanevski

Principal Analyst, Coal Research

Latest articles by Viktor

• Opinion 19 February 2019

  Australian high CV thermal coal prices at 19-month low, but not for long

Jamie Taylor

Senior Product Manager – Upstream Data Tool (Asia Pacific)

Jamie is a senior product manager who brings in-depth upstream sector knowledge and regional expertise to his role.

Latest articles by Jamie

• Opinion 2 December 2020

  Three factors driving the upstream M&A market

Milan Thakore

Senior Research Analyst, Battery Raw Materials

Milan forecasts electric vehicle and energy storage technologies to provide a view on demand for battery raw materials

Ian Thom

Research Director, Middle East Upstream

Ian is a research director focused on the Middle East upstream sector.

Latest articles by Ian

• Opinion 17 April 2020

  Middle East oil & gas operators in a better position to weather the storm than global peers

• Opinion 1 April 2020

  Oil price crash: how Middle East, Russian and US upstream industry responses compare

• Opinion 4 March 2020

  Middle East boosts its unconventional gas resources

• Opinion 3 February 2020

  Libya’s oil blockade – and the million b/d loss in exports

• Opinion 7 January 2020

  MENA upstream: 2019 in review – and a look ahead

• Opinion 10 December 2019

  Qatar’s LNG expansion: a bold move

Andrew Thomas

Head of Lead and Zinc

An experienced analyst with in-depth knowledge of the zinc market, Andrew has followed metal markets for over 20 years.

Rhodri Thomas

Senior Vice President, Head of EMEARC Research

Rhodri's specialism is upstream and midstream oil and gas and commodity marketing.

Gavin Thompson

Vice Chairman, Energy – Asia Pacific

Gavin oversees our Asia Pacific research helping companies identify and build their international growth strategies.

Latest articles by Gavin

• Opinion 21 April 2021

  How Asia changed the global LNG market in the space of a year

• Opinion 15 April 2021

  Myanmar’s woes increase

• Opinion 31 March 2021

  Suez blockage highlights Asia’s vulnerability to disruptions

• Opinion 24 March 2021

  China’s war on waste means more than just clean plates

• Opinion 19 March 2021

  Australia’s gas conundrum

• Opinion 4 March 2021

  China’s blue skies need green clouds

Douglas Thyne

Senior Research Manager, Global Oil Supply

Douglas manages our global oil supply research and forecasts.

Alana Tischuk

Research analyst, exploration

Alana provides analysis of exploration economics, strategies and industry trends.

Latest articles by Alana

• Featured 30 January 2020

  Explorers face growing battle for support in 2020

Daniel Toleman

Senior Research Analyst, Asia LNG

Daniel's expertise lies in the modelling and analysis of oil and gas projects in Oceania and Asia Pacific.

Latest articles by Daniel

• Opinion 17 August 2018

  Dorado: Australia's biggest oil discovery this century

Janette Tourney

Senior Research Analyst, Copper Mine Costs

As part of Wood Mackenzie's metals cost team, Janette focuses on copper mining cost trends.

Rory Townsend

Head of Gold Research

With a deep understanding of metals and mining markets, Rory delivers holistic perspectives on global gold markets.

Latest articles by Rory

• Opinion 25 October 2019

  Go for gold: increased exploration is vital for future supply

Mfon Usoro

Senior Research Analyst, US Gulf of Mexico Upstream

Mfon focuses on developing asset valuations and delivering presentations on regional trends in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Andrew Utz

Product Director, Lower 48 Data Analytics

Andrew Utz is a Product Director of Lower 48 Data Analytics.

Norman Valentine

Director, Corporate Research

Gerrit Venter

Senior Research Manager, Downstream Oil Service EMEARC

With a background in both industry and advisory roles, Gerrit brings a holistic perspective to our downstream research.

Dulles Wang

Director, Americas Gas and LNG Research

Dulles delivers analysis of all aspects of the natural gas value chain.

Latest articles by Dulles

• Opinion 18 August 2020

  How would a second wave of lockdowns affect oil and gas markets?

Fei Wang

Senior Research Analyst, Grid Edge

Fei leads Wood Mackenzie's analysis of customer energy management in the grid edge space.

Latest articles by Fei

• Editorial 16 January 2020

  Grid edge highlights from Q4 2019

Xueke Wang

Gas and LNG Consultant, China

Xueke covers China gas supply and infrastructure

Latest articles by Xueke

• Editorial 30 July 2019

  China’s gas pipeline imports grew by 20% in 2018

Tim Welton

Head of Power & Renewables Research

Emma Weng

Research Associate, Equity Insight, Short-Term Analytics

Emma models and analyses the US EV market, focusing on production levels, company efficiencies and creative efforts.

Latest articles by Emma

• Editorial 5 March 2021

  Tracking Tesla's revenue generator: the Fremont Factory

Bryan White

Analyst, Solar

Bryan's analysis focuses on downstream US distributed solar

Latest articles by Bryan

• Opinion 31 March 2021

  Sunrun retains its title as the largest residential solar installer in the US

• Editorial 14 August 2020

  US residential solar finance will falter in 2020

Dylan White

Analyst, Oil Markets, Short-term Analytics

Dylan leverages cutting-edge data to offer real-time insight into the oil industry.

Latest articles by Dylan

• Editorial 1 October 2020

  Breaking the Permian bottleneck: overcoming and overcorrecting

• Editorial 1 October 2020

  Breaking the Permian bottleneck: overcoming and overcorrecting

• Opinion 30 January 2017

  Fairway’s caverns, other projects to expand US Gulf Coast crude storage capacity

James Whiteside

Research Director, Global Head of Multi-Commodity Research

With over a decade of experience in the metals and mining industry, James heads our Multi-Commodity Research division.

Latest articles by James

• Opinion 9 November 2020

  How decarbonisation will drive mining supply-side adjustments

• Opinion 21 October 2020

  Are miners ready for a net zero future?

• Featured 6 July 2020

  The pathway to net-zero for miners

• Opinion 22 April 2020

  Batteries: powering the fight against climate change

Alex Whitworth

Head of Asia Pacific Power & Renewables Research

Alex leads our growing power and renewables research team in Asia Pacific

Rachel Williams

Vice President, Head of Centres of Excellence

Rachel brings a comprehensive understanding of downstream value creation within the oil industry.

Stewart Williams

Vice President, Curated Service

Stewart brings 30 years of oil industry experience to his role as Vice President, Curated Service.

Latest articles by Stewart

• Opinion 17 April 2020

  Has the Lower 48 got the financial strength to ride out the storm?

Adam Wilson

Senior Research Analyst, Global Exploration

Adam is a senior contributor to our global exploration research.

Latest articles by Adam

• Opinion 21 March 2019

  Unlocking exploration’s hidden value

Julie Wilson

Research Director, Global Exploration

Latest articles by Julie

• Featured 6 May 2019

  Coming to Americas: deepwater after the downturn

Richard Wilson

Chairman of Metals and Mining

Richard is an expert in the field of metals supply economics with a particular focus on copper.

Malan Wu

Head of Steel Research

Malan is an experienced commodities professional with strengths in commodity analysis and commercial strategy.

Le Xu

Senior Analyst, Power and Renewables

Le is an expert in FTM and BTM energy storage markets in APAC

Latest articles by Le

• Opinion 21 April 2021

  Tracking the trajectory of the global energy storage market

• Opinion 18 December 2019

  A roller coaster ride for China's energy storage market in 2019 and beyond

Meng Xu

Senior Product Manager, Global Fiscal Research

Meng is an international petroleum economist. She owns WoodMac's fiscal modelling.

Shimeng Yang

Offshore Wind Senior Research Analyst

Shimeng brings rich knowledge of offshore wind through project M&A execution, project evaluation and cost assessment.

Latest articles by Shimeng

• Opinion 23 March 2021

  How will the operations and maintenance market adapt to offshore wind’s rapid rise?

• Opinion 5 March 2019

  Would a hard Brexit mean hard times for the UK offshore wind industry?

Liam Yates

Senior Research Analyst, Middle East Upstream Oil & Gas

Liam’s research focuses on the commercial analysis of the upstream industry across the Middle East

Frank Yu

Principal Consultant, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables Research

Frank heads up China power modelling and market analysis

Latest articles by Frank

• Opinion 8 February 2021

  What do Japan’s soaring spot power prices mean for the energy transition?

Shirley Zhang

Principal Analyst – APAC Coal Market

Shirley is a principal analyst with more than 10 years of experience in metals and mining industry research.

Xianhui Zhang

Upstream Research Analyst

Xianhui is an analyst in our Upstream Research team and focuses on China and Eastern Asia.

Xin Zhang

Solar Market Consultant, Asia Pacific Power and Renewables Research

Xin focuses on solar market research in Asia Pacific

Yanting Zhou

Senior Economist

Yanting leads our in-house macroeconomic research for Asian economies.

Juan David Agudelo

Director, Upstream Consulting

P upstream consultant for the Americas

Latest articles by Juan David

• Editorial 20 March 2019

  How to navigate a licence round process

Shatha Alwardi

Director, EMEARC Consulting

An expert in long-term strategy development, Shatha advises on pricing, planning and market analysis.

Simon Anderson

Director, Performance Improvement, Sub-Saharan Africa

Simon works with energy and natural resources companies to improve financial, commercial and operational performance.

Latest articles by Simon

• Opinion 22 July 2020

  Nigeria’s marginal field bid round – opportunities for investors?

• Opinion 28 May 2020

  The impact of travel restrictions on oil and gas supply chains

Patrick Barnes

Director, Metals and Mining EMEARC Consulting

Patrick has over 10 years of experience helping foster development of stable and equitable mining sectors.

David Barrowman

Vice President, Fiscal Consulting

David leads our upstream fiscal service, drawing on more than 30 years' industry expertise.

Chris Barry

Director, Downstream Consulting

Chris's consulting expertise spans the refining, chemicals and storage sectors where he has advised clients worldwide.

Latest articles by Chris

• Opinion 22 March 2017

  European oil storage: Competitiveness is key to identifying sustainable investments

Daniel Bermudez

Senior Consultant

Daniel joined as a Senior Consultant at Wood Mackenzie in 2018 and he is based in the Mexico City office

Alex Bevacqua

Head of Metals and Mining Consulting

Alex provides advice to governments and companies worldwide as head of our metals and mining consultancy team.

Paul Brand

Senior Vice President, Upstream Valuation Consulting

Paul provides valuations and transaction support services to clients across the Upstream segment.

Renaud Brimont

Head of EMEARC Consulting

Renaud leads our upstream consulting practice in EMEARC and is an expert in business transformation.

Jose Brugada

Principal Consultant, Downstream Asia Pacific Consulting

William Burge

Principal, Upstream Consulting

William joined Wood Mackenzie in 2019 as a Principal in the Upstream Consulting Team

Robert Burt

Head of Consulting Operations

Robert works with our Consulting Leadership Team, responsible for the group’s reporting, collaboration and processes.

Diane Charnock

Managing Consultant, Downstream Consulting

Melvin Chen

Head of Energy Transition Consulting, Asia Pacific

Melvin focuses on commercial corporate planning, exploration strategies, due diligence, feasibility and market studies.

Joel Chow

Vice President, APAC Consulting

Roslyn Cooke

Consultant

Aurian De La Noue

Managing Consultant, Americas Consulting

Aurian’s expertise lies in providing growth strategy and transaction support advice to the downstream sector.

Stephen Duck

Managing Consultant, Metals & Mining

Stephen brings over 10 years' experience in commodities research and consulting to the team.

Roger Emslie

Director, Metals & Mining Consulting

Roger has 20 years of global mining & metals consulting experience.

Eric Eyberg

Vice President, Head of Americas Gas and LNG Consulting

Eric leads our South American gas and power consulting, with personal expertise in gas and power.

Latest articles by Eric

• Opinion 5 November 2015

  Is the Southern Cone gas industry finally ready for lift off?

Malcolm Forbes-Cable

Vice President, Upstream Consulting and Supply Chain Lead

Malcolm is an expert in designing international growth strategies, unconventional gas studies and portfolio reviews

Latest articles by Malcolm

• Opinion 4 February 2021

  A £2.5 trillion transformation: the economic impact of a net-zero North Sea

• Opinion 5 January 2021

  Is net zero oil and gas production possible?

• Opinion 24 November 2020

  Can the UK lead the world in carbon capture, utilisation and storage?

• Opinion 20 October 2020

  Net zero North Sea: can hydrogen live up to its hype?

• Featured 29 October 2019

  Why powering oil and gas platforms with renewables makes sense

• Featured 25 June 2019

  How digital disruption is reshaping the upstream supply chain

Artem Gamzin

Managing Consultant – Upstream

Artem is a managing consultant focused on upstream portfolio analysis and asset valuations.

Lisa Gillespie

Principal Consultant, Upstream Consulting

Lisa is a senior research manager focused on corporate analysis and growth strategy projects.

Chris Graham

Vice President – Energy Consulting, Asia Pacific

Chris leads business development for our Asia Pacific energy consulting practice.

Vignesh Gulasingam

Head of Americas Power & Renewables Consulting

Vignesh directs engagements for our consulting team across the power and renewables sector.

Chris Hairel

Vice President, Head of Americas Downstream Consulting

An executive with 20 years of experience, Chris excels at addressing complex problems across the energy value chain.

Ismail Hammami, CFA

VP, Americas Midstream & Downstream Consulting

Experience on the client and consulting side has given Ismail a unique understanding of the challenges our clients face.

Frank Harris

Head of Global LNG Consulting

David Hart

Senior Consultant, Fibres

David is an expert in manmade fibres, with detailed knowledge of polyester and nylon fibre.

Latest articles by David

• Opinion 18 June 2020

  Three challenges that will stretch spandex in 2020

• Editorial 23 May 2017

  Spandex market growing twice as fast as other fibres

• Opinion 23 May 2017

  Spandex market growing twice as fast as other fibres

Chris Heath

Vice President, Metals and Mining Consulting

Konrad Jar

Vice President, Asia-Pacific Downstream Consulting

Konrad is an expert in investment studies and transaction support throughout the downstream energy sector.

Steve Jenkins

Vice President, Chemicals Consulting

Steve brings more than 30 years experience in chemical markets, and is a world expert in paraxylene.

Latest articles by Steve

• Opinion 21 October 2020

  No silos allowed in the pursuit of a greener economy

• Opinion 9 January 2018

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

• Editorial 9 January 2018

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

• Editorial 5 July 2017

  PTT re-engages in South East Asia with new chemicals investments

• Opinion 5 July 2017

  PTT re-engages in South East Asia with new chemicals investments

• Editorial 15 May 2017

  ExxonMobil acquires Southeast Asia’s Jurong Aromatics

Prashant Khorana

Director, Power & Renewables Consulting

Prashant advises utilities, private equity and infrastructure funds on capital allocation and growth strategies.

Latest articles by Prashant

• Opinion 21 April 2021

  Investing in the energy transition

• Opinion 19 April 2021

  Investing in the energy transition

• Opinion 15 December 2020

  Power purchase agreements: how will they support renewables growth?

• Opinion 20 March 2019

  Is the electric vehicle revolution more hype than reality?

Georgina Kladis

Director, Upstream and Gas Consulting

Georgina has over 12 years of experience advising upstream players on commercial, market and strategy issues.

Steven Knell

Vice President, Power & Renewables Consulting

Thanasis Kofinakos

Vice President, Head of Gas and LNG Consulting, Asia Pacific

Thanasis brings 15 years of experience and broad knowledge of all aspects of the gas and LNG supply chain to his role.

Scott Koronka

Head of Downstream Consulting, EMEARC

Scott is an experienced commercial consultant. He manages downstream consulting assignments for the EMEARC region.

Bob Kubis

Principal Consultant, Americas Gas & LNG Consulting

Bob Kubis is a Principal Consultant in the Gas & LNG sector, focusing on delivering natural gas, NGL & LNG solutions

Ian Kyle

Principal Consultant, Gas & LNG

Ian is a Principal Consultant with over 12 years experience in the gas and LNG industry.

Gavin Law

Head of Gas and Power Consulting

Gavin helps gas and power companies identify opportunities, and helps them develop successful strategies.

Latest articles by Gavin

• Opinion 3 October 2019

  Carbon benchmarking study reveals a tale of two segments

• Opinion 25 January 2018

  Is natural gas more emissions intensive than coal?

• Opinion 20 September 2017

  Emissions intensity: portfolio composition is the key

Andy Lee

Senior Consulting Manager, Power and Renewables

Andy is an expert in market analysis, supply chain and products in the power and renewables industry.

Wei Liu

Director, Upstream Supply Chain Consulting

As an authority on the upstream value chain, Wei brings deep experience to his work on our consulting team.

Yanghui Liu

Managing Consultant, Power & Renewables

Yanghui is an expert in wind industry market analysis, supply chain and products

Aamir Malik

Vice President, Performance Improvement

Aamir works with international and national oil companies to improve financial, commercial and operational performance.

Paul Manley

Director, Metals and Mining Consulting

A geologist by training, Paul brings over 20 years of industry experience to our metals and mining consulting team.

Verisk Maplecroft

Maplecroft is a Verisk business

Latest articles by Verisk

• Editorial 14 October 2020

  Natural resource M&As: how enhanced ESG due diligence optimises value

• Opinion 23 September 2020

  Is conventional ESG data failing mining companies and investors?

• Opinion 20 May 2020

  Making sense of the TCFD recommendations

• Opinion 28 April 2020

  Seven challenges Covid-19 raises for the climate agenda

• Opinion 12 April 2020

  Where, when and how will lockdown end?

Kara McNutt

Director, Downstream Consulting

Kara contributes to policy advisory work, corporate strategy development, valuations and scenario planning.

Latest articles by Kara

• Opinion 26 March 2020

  Will carbon policy push refiners to the brink?

Craig Moulton

Vice President, Metals & Mining Consulting, Asia Pacific

With more than 25 years of experience, Craig’s industry knowledge spans the entire mining value chain.

Claude Mourey

Director – Performance Improvement

Claude is a global experience management consultant serving upstream Oil & Gas clients.