• Editorial

  Is offshore wind the answer to Japan's declining nuclear power?

  • 14 febrero 2019

  The outlook for Japan's offshore wind sector is looking positive as the country’s capacity is projected to reach upwards of 4 gigawatts (GW) in 2028, a 62-fold increase from last year, new research from Wood Mackenzie indicates.

• Opinion

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

  • 19 febrero 2019

  The benchmark Newcastle high energy thermal coal price has fallen from US$100/tonne at the turn of the new year to US$88/tonne. Thermal coal has been hit in early February due to seasonality of purchasing in the lead up to Chinese New Year and customs delays impacting Australian vessels into China. Will this move be another short-term blip and mirror the volatility seen last year, or is a broader correction at play?

• Comment

  China restricts seaborne coal imports

  • 25 febrero 2019

  Wood Mackenzie analysts Yu Zhai and Robbin Griffin comment on the recent restriction of seaborne coal imports by China.

• Editorial

  Can the right fiscal terms revive Asia-Pacific's upstream sector?

  • 27 febrero 2019

  Asia-Pacific's upstream industry has been plagued by declining oil production, exploration and licensing activity. Since 2014, exploration investment in the region has fallen 66% to around US$6 billion in 2018, reducing the hopper of new development opportunities.

• News Release

  Southeast Asian upstream M&A could hit US$14 billion

  • 25 abril 2019

  According to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, Southeast Asia could take centre stage in the region's upstream M&A activity in 2019, with up to US$14 billion worth of assets potentially switching hands.

• Comment

  IMO 2020 – what does it mean for downstream, upstream, LNG and bulks sectors?

  • 07 mayo 2019

  Implementation of IMO 2020 regulation is just eight months away and its implications will be felt beyond refining and shipping. Wood Mackenzie's Asia Pacific experts weigh in on what this means for the different sectors.

• Comment

  Chevron exits bidding war for Anadarko

  • 09 mayo 2019

  Chevron Corporation today announced that it would not offer a counterproposal to Occidental Petroleum's rival bid to acquire Anadarko Petroleum.

• Comment

  Trump's latest China tariffs - what do they mean for metals and mining?

  • 10 mayo 2019

  The U.S has increased tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods to 25%, from 10%, impacting a number of metals. Commentary below comes from the Wood Mackenzie metals team:

• Comment

  Scott Morrison wins 2019 Australia election

  • 20 mayo 2019

  Following PM Scott Morrison's win in the recent 2019 Australia election, Wood Mackenzie and Verisk Maplecroft analysts share their thoughts.

• Opinion

  Angry tweets, a new long march and an escalating trade war

  • 12 junio 2019

  In the latest APAC Energy Buzz, Wood Mackenzie's Asia Pacific Vice Chair, Gavin Thompson, shares the implications of the ongoing US-China trade disputes on the energy sector.

• Comment

  Shell's Prelude ships first LNG cargo

  • 12 junio 2019

  Wood Mackenzie senior analyst Daniel Toleman shares his thoughts on the event of Prelude's first LNG cargo.

• News Release

  Top 5 turbine OEMs to rule two thirds of global market by 2020

  • 19 junio 2019

  After a decade of fragmentation, the top 5 turbine OEMs have reached industry consolidation. Key global players are expected to surpass a combined market share of 68% by 2020, up from 47% 5 years ago, according to recent research from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

• News Release

  Mitsui and JOGMEC join Arctic LNG-2

  • 01 julio 2019

  Arctic LNG-2 is a step closer to final investment decision (FID) with the entry of Japanese companies Mitsui and government-linked Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) into the project.

• Opinion

  We need to talk about hydrogen

  • 08 julio 2019

  I’m just back from Tokyo and a key theme for many Japanese energy companies continues to be future investment in E&P and whether long-term growth in oil and gas demand will materialise given the pace of energy transition.

• Comment

  China’s textile production rises on fears of worsening trade tensions

  • 15 julio 2019

  According to research by Wood Mackenzie, Chinese textile producers are increasing production as fears grow that the trade war with the US will hurt exports of apparel and other textile products as soon as the fourth quarter of 2019.

• News Release

  Tsingshan Indonesia shakes up stainless steel markets in South East Asia

  • 15 julio 2019

  Shockwaves from Tsingshan's new stainless steel hub in Indonesia are reverberating across South East Asia and beyond, according to Wood Mackenzie

• News Release

  OPEC+ aims for balance as it rolls over output curbs

  • 02 julio 2019

  Speaking as the OPEC and OPEC+ meetings ended in Vienna today, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said: “The agreement to roll over production restraint was a foregone conclusion after the green light from Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, at the G20 meeting for continued production restraint."

• Opinion

  How low-cost US natural gas spurs global LNG opportunities

  • 08 agosto 2019

  The US shale revolution in action: as well productivity dramatically rose, the US emerged as the largest gas producer in the world. LNG buyers will benefit.

• News Release

  Data consortiums signal the future of oil and gas

  • 07 agosto 2019

  Wood Mackenzie believes that discovering new value requires going beyond isolated datasets. The solution lies in data consortiums – cooperative platforms where companies can safely share quality data.

• Comment

  TechnipFMC demerger 'a bold step to reposition for the long-term'

  • 27 agosto 2019

  In 2017 Technip and FMC Technologies completed one of the hallmark oilfield service company mergers of the cycle. The business plans to split in the first half of 2020 – but not back into Technip and FMC - rather into ‘upstream’ and ‘mid/downstream’.

• Opinion

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

  • 06 septiembre 2019

  In 2019, the total ethylene capacity from CTO/MTO units reached 5.21 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), accounting for 21% of China’s total ethylene capacity. However, CTO and MTO development has slowed due to high methanol prices and environmental controls, as well as the threat from a new wave of steam cracker investment in China.

• News Release

  What are ExxonMobil’s top 5 divestment targets in Asia Pacific?

  • 07 octubre 2019

  Wood Mackenzie has identified the five most likely disposal candidates after ExxonMobil signalled the start of its Asia Pacific divestment programme. Together, these opportunities are worth US$5 billion, and could contribute a third of the Supermajor's global divestment target.

• Comment

  Santos to acquire ConocoPhillips northern Australian assets

  • 14 octubre 2019

  Santos announced today its plans to acquire ConocoPhillips’s northern Australian portfolio. This is a logical and attractive transaction for a number of reasons.

• Comment

  Total expands partnership with Adani on India's gas market

  • 14 octubre 2019

  Total announced today its partnership with Adani Group which includes two LNG terminals, Dhamra in East India and potentially Mundra in the West, as well as Adani Gas Limited, one of the 4 main distributors of city gas in India of which Adani holds 74.8% and of which Total will acquire 37.4%.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie’s new data technology transforms upstream valuations

  • 09 octubre 2019

  Natural resources research and consultancy Wood Mackenzie launches the world’s first Global Upstream Valuation solution, enabling organisations from the largest oil and gas companies to global banks to value assets around the globe in seconds.

• News Release

  JCC-indexed LNG contracts could lose US$15 billion value post IMO 2020

  • 21 noviembre 2019

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest report reveals that LNG sellers with contracts linked to JCC (Japan Crude Cocktail) could lose some US$15 billion in unearned revenues. This is a result of the IMO 2020 regulation limiting sulphur content of marine fuels to up to 0.5%, which directly affects the price of sour crudes such as those composing the JCC mix. The IMO 2020 kicks in on 1st January 2020.

• News Release

  Seismic changes across upstream as industry grapples with energy transition

  • 12 noviembre 2019

  The energy transition is undoubtedly impacting corporate upstream strategies in significant and disruptive ways. Coupled with the post-2014 downturn in oil prices, Wood Mackenzie sees seismic changes in the way the industry allocates capital across development, exploration and in particular M&A.

• News Release

  OPEC+ set to make its choice

  • 05 diciembre 2019

  OPEC+ gathers today and tomorrow to decide if the group should roll over its production restraint agreement or consider deeper cuts. The current agreement to reduce output by 1.2 million b/d runs to end March 2020. Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, said: “The idea of deeper cuts has been broached, but we consider that less likely to reach full agreement than a rollover of the standing agreement. The need for production restraint is clear. Slower US production growth is not enough to offset the ongoing imbalance between global supply and demand.”

• Comment

  Deeper OPEC+ supply cuts sends supportive signal to markets

  • 06 diciembre 2019

  After a marathon meeting, running late into the night of 5 December, the OPEC+ group has agreed to continue its current production restraint of 1.2 million barrels per day (b/d), and will add a further 0.5 million b/d of supply cuts through to March 2020.

• Webinar

  Webinar: Oil & Oil Products

  • 05 marzo 2020

  Join our webinar when we will discuss our view of the current market fundamentals and the outlook for the coming weeks/months of 2020 and 2021, putting Europe within a global context.