• Content

  Up for the challenge?

  • 18 febrero 2019

  While smaller E&Ps are being forced to tap the breaks in the Permian shale basin, Exxon and Chevron have laid out ambitious production targets for the next four to five years.

• The Edge

  What a future Ukraine peace deal means for energy (Part 2)

  • 26 marzo 2025

  A windfall for Russian oil producers and impetus for upstream investment

• Opinion

  President Trump's inflation fight could put pressure on oil

  • 17 marzo 2025

  President Trump's push to reduce energy prices faces challenges, with fluctuating oil prices and production hurdles, but his administration’s plan aims to reshape the future of US energy.

• The Edge

  Majors' capital allocation in a stuttering energy transition

  • 03 marzo 2025

  As energy transition challenges mount, oil and gas Majors are pivoting back to upstream - while NOCs step up their low-carbon commitments. What does this mean for the industry's future?

• Opinion

  The Trump administration remakes US environmental approvals

  • 21 febrero 2025

  Discover how Trump's new environmental policies could reshape energy infrastructure and accelerate project approvals across the US.

• Opinion

  What do President Trump’s tariffs mean for energy?

  • 18 febrero 2025

  How will Trump’s latest tariffs impact US energy, trade and climate goals?

• Opinion

  Video | Lens Upstream: Piecing together Cyprus' gas export deals with Egypt

  • 20 febrero 2025

  In this video, we dive into Wood Mackenzie’s Lens Upstream, a key tool in our Lens suite, to examine Cyprus’ role in East Mediterranean gas dynamics and assess how its assets fit into the Majors’ portfolios. We also visualise the LNG market impact of these deals and identify the key beneficiaries.

• Featured

  Subsurface predictions and wells to watch in 2025

  • 23 enero 2025

  Our pick of the themes that will shape exploration for both oil & gas and geothermal resources in 2025 – plus, the wells to watch, including those that will target frontier basins and underexplored plays.

• News Release

  A delayed energy transition could make or break the upstream sector

  • 16 enero 2025

  As the risk of a delayed energy transition scenario increases, so does the possibility of a much greater pull on future oil & gas supply. But meeting this demand would require a significant increase in upstream investment, resulting in higher hydrocarbon prices and significant shifts in corporate strategy, according to the latest Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

• Featured

  Upstream M&A: 4 things to look for in 2025

  • 09 enero 2025

  Will deal flow increase in 2025? Who’s best placed to buy and sell? Read our predictions for global upstream mergers and acquisitions for the year ahead.

• Opinion

  The impact of Republican control on US energy policy and the IRA

  • 19 noviembre 2024

  We expect renewables to remain competitive, and while protectionism will rise, a full repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is unlikely

• News Release

  High-impact oil and gas exploration could cut global scope 1 and 2 emissions by 6% in 2030

  • 21 noviembre 2024

  Investment in oil and gas exploration has plummeted two-thirds in the last decade, but the industry still has a critical role to play in decarbonisation efforts and providing advantaged barrels in the energy transition, according to the latest Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

• The Edge

  Africa’s energy future, on Africa’s terms

  • 14 noviembre 2024

  Africa’s energy statistics make for a disappointing read. As world leaders meet this week for the COP29 talks, some 600 million Africans still have no access to electricity and per capita energy consumption remains the lowest globally.

• Opinion

  How to make upstream licensing work

  • 19 noviembre 2024

  Despite tight budgets, new upstream investment across Asia-Pacific has never been more competitive as explorers refocus on acreage reload to reinvigorate portfolios.

• Opinion

  Infographic | Scope for improvement

  • 28 noviembre 2024

  Emerging regulations and mandatory reporting requirements are pushing the oil and gas industry to address the long-overlooked challenge of Scope 3 emissions.

• Opinion

  4 critical moments for North American oil and gas trading

  • 04 diciembre 2024

  As we come to the end of an eventful year for North American oil and gas, we highlight some of the ways Wood Mackenzie’s real-time data and analytics have helped our clients stay ahead of events that shaped the market in 2024

• The Edge

  How ultra-deepwater is revitalising oil and gas exploration

  • 05 diciembre 2024

  Giant discoveries in Guyana and Namibia may be just the start.

• Featured

  Corporate oil & gas: 5 things to look for in 2025

  • 12 diciembre 2024

  Capital allocation trends for oil & gas companies and the top themes to look for from the Majors, NOCs, US Independents and International Independents in the year ahead.

• Opinion

  Predictions for energy and natural resources in 2025

  • 13 diciembre 2024

  The impact of Chinese EVs, ambitious NOCs, the Saudi storage boom and more, as Wood Mackenzie analysts look ahead to next year

• News Release

  The North Sea’s oil and gas future hangs in the balance and requires a new fiscal regime

  • 03 octubre 2024

  After a history of ad hoc changes, the UK government must implement a more predictable tax regime that provides greater long-term stability to the North Sea oil and gas sector, as soon as possible, according to new analysis by Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  CCUS growth challenged by current economics

  • 10 octubre 2024

  Speaking at Wood Mackenzie’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Conference in Houston, Peter Findlay, research director and head of CCUS economics for Wood Mackenzie, said that despite a growing market for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), economics remain challenging, and many potential projects are at risk.

• The Edge

  Getting China back on track

  • 24 octubre 2024

  Commodity markets are suffering from the impact of China's current economic difficulties on domestic energy demand. China’s government has just responded with an ambitious stimulus package aimed at shoring up its faltering manufacturing sector and boosting weak consumer confidence.

• Featured

  Upstream oil & gas: region-by-region predictions for 2025

  • 08 enero 2025

  Improving upstream sentiment comes at a time of high geopolitical tensions, and both supply and demand concerns. Near-term price weakness may belie longer-term market strength, setting 2025 up to be a year of mixed messages.

• Editorial

  Brazil 2019 pre-salt bid rounds: massive DRO on offer

  • 16 julio 2019

  Brazil pre-salt 2019 bid rounds are approaching. Wood Mackenzie analyses acreage on offer, including four massive discovered resource opportunities (DROs).

• Editorial

  Wood Mackenzie: 3 reasons to stop by our booth at URTeC 2019

  • 12 julio 2019

  We're delighted to unveil our newest upstream evaluations and benchmarking tool at URTeC this year. Introducing Lens Well Evaluator.

• Editorial

  3 ways produced water could hamper Permian production

  • 17 julio 2019

  The entire Permian production cost curve is shifting as produced water volumes expand, posing a risk to production growth in the most prolific shale play.

• The Edge

  How serious are oil and gas companies about the energy transition?

  • 01 julio 2019

  How serious are oil and gas companies about decarbonisation? What are Majors investing in? How much have they spent? Latest energy transition insights from Wood Mackenzie.

• Case Study

  Striking the right balance: unlocking offshore industry potential

  • 07 noviembre 2019

  Learn how the government of Ireland encouraged oil and gas exploration through an improved fiscal regime

• Featured

  How digital disruption is reshaping the upstream supply chain

  • 25 junio 2019

  Digitalisation plays a key role in upstream oil and gas corporate strategies. It brings opportunity and threat. Discover how it will impact different categories of the supply chain.

• The Edge

  OPEC’s battle for control of the oil market

  • 18 junio 2019

  Persistent non-OPEC volume growth poses a challenge. Get our latest OPEC and non-OPEC supply forecasts.