Energy Pulse: in brief (18 August)

• 18 agosto 2023

A step forward for Occidental Petroleum’s direct air capture strategy, growing demand for oil, and the rest of the week’s big energy news.

How and why big oil is strengthening its oil and gas exposure

• 25 abril 2024

Big oil is doubling down on oil and gas. Discover the reasons and implications in our latest Edge article.

Aromatics – changes are coming

• 12 agosto 2018

There is growing demand for aromatics, providing many growth opportunities for business around the world. While demand is high, supply is constrained in some areas. In the below videos our expert analysts discuss the challenges and opportunities we expect to see in the aromatics industry for the rest of this year and beyond

In uncertain times, is a greater reliance on battery storage what’s needed? And how can developers better prepare for it?

• 25 abril 2025

Battery storage, market uncertainty and the rise of community solar - hear what top industry voices had to say, live from the summit stage.

Building LNG’s resilience through turbulent times

• 02 noviembre 2023

Larger and more diversified portfolios are best placed to navigate through volatility

U.S. Utility Solar Service

Identify the markets, players, and policies shaping the U.S. utility-scale solar market.

Lens Solar

• 25 febrero 2025

Solar remains the forefront renewable technology in the global energy mix as power demand rises across regions. Grow and succeed in the evolving global solar market with Lens Solar.

Russia supply reduction via Nord Stream poses risks to gas storage refill in Europe

• 17 junio 2022

Russia reducing flows via Nord Stream, outages at Freeport and French nuclear downgrades have sent the European natural gas market into an upward spiral with more volatility still to come. And while summer consumption will be covered, analysts at Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK) say storage refill is at risk unless additional demand and supply measures are taken.

The coming geothermal age

• 08 mayo 2025

Next-generation technology aiming to transform the sector.

Upstream supply chain: 5 things to look for in 2024

• 17 enero 2024

From the increasing importance of advantaged services to our demand and inflation outlooks, read our predictions for the key supply chain themes to look out for in the year ahead.

Challenges and opportunities for the steel value chain

• 21 agosto 2024

During our recent Steel Value Chain Briefing held in Tokyo, we examined the trajectory of steel production, highlighting the geographical and technological differences. These discussions also covered how steelmakers are managing CO2 emissions, the carbon intensity of electric arc furnaces (EAF), potential impacts of rising scrap and EAF costs, and the effects of vertical integration in China. The broader implications for the steel, iron ore, and metallurgical coal industries amid the energy transition were key themes.

Careers: Your Career

• 20 julio 2017

Whether your interest lies in research, consulting, sales and marketing, technology, finance, or human resources, we have a career path for you.

US oil and gas companies learn to live with higher standards

• 26 mayo 2023

Pressure from stakeholders is pushing oil and gas companies to improve their environmental performance, driving industry consolidation

What’s on the minds of CEOs?

• 07 octubre 2021

A host of senior leaders joined our virtual Global Energy Summit last week to discuss the commodity supercycle, investment, business models and net zero

Metalmorphosis: how decarbonisation is transforming the iron and steel industry

• 19 octubre 2023

As the steel industry solves its carbon problem, we see a tectonic shift towards greener metallics like hydrogen-based DRI & scrap over hot metal.

Asia’s decarbonisation ambition isn’t matching reality

• 07 julio 2022

Without action, a disorderly energy transition across Asia Pacific is looming.

COP28: Ed's notebook | Podcast

• 22 diciembre 2023

COP28 was the largest climate talks to date, with industry leaders, governments, analysts, journalists and climate activists all converging on Dubai. On this bonus episode, we bring you three conversations from the summit.

How electric cars will move from niche to disruptor

• 13 enero 2022

EV sales shot the lights out in 2021: Tesla sold almost 1 million cars, while China and Europe accounted for 84% of global sales with subsidies a big factor.

Global lithium-ion battery capacity to rise five-fold by 2030

• 22 marzo 2022

Global cumulative lithium-ion battery capacity could rise over five-fold to 5,500 gigawatt-hour (GWh) between 2021 and 2030, says Wood Mackenzie.

Coal enjoys a temporary reprieve

• 09 julio 2021

Reports of the death of coal have been greatly exaggerated. Demand has been bouncing back this year as the world economy picks up again, and some prices have hit their highest levels for more than a decade.

E-methane: a promising low-carbon alternative to natural gas?

• 06 mayo 2025

E-methane is emerging as a drop-in, low-carbon alternative to natural gas, promising seamless integration with existing infrastructure - if it can overcome steep production costs and scalability hurdles

Video | Lens Gas & LNG: Golar and partners' FID set to revive Argentina's LNG export ambitions

• 07 mayo 2025

The 2.45 mmtpa Hilli vessel will be re-deployed from Cameroon to Argentina under a 20-year charter agreement.

The Energy Gang at the London Hydrogen Conference: part two | Podcast

• 27 septiembre 2023

Host Ed Crooks brings you the second of two special episodes recorded live from Wood Mackenzie’s Hydrogen Conference

Global upstream update: three key industry themes

• 06 septiembre 2023

From increasing M&A activity to supply wildcards, here’s the latest trends in upstream oil & gas

Refinery-petrochemical integration disrupts gas-based cracker feedstock advantage

• 25 abril 2023

Gas-based feedstocks are the traditional investment driver for steam cracker investments, but with feedstock availability becoming more challenging the economics are under scrutiny.

Global Polyethylene Markets: 6 Key Things to Look For in 2018

• 16 enero 2018

The year 2018 will be recorded as the "transition year" for the polyethylene industry. Widely anticipated North American polyethylene resin will hit the global markets, China's ban on importing scrap plastic will challenge the prevailing trends, and new tax structures in the United States and India will show its full impact on the plastic industry.

Russia sanctions begin to threaten energy flows

• 08 marzo 2022

The US administration has suggested possible restrictions on imports of Russian oil. “Self-sanctioning” is already starting to have an impact

Let's Share the Sun: meet our volunteers

• 07 marzo 2022

Wood Mackenzie and Let’s Share the Sun Foundation aspires to facilitate the use of solar energy in poor communities around the world. Meet our 2024 volunteers.

Energy Pulse: in brief (7 July)

• 07 julio 2023

This week, we look at Denbury’s carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) expansion, ExxonMobil’s latest venture into the lithium sector and Permian M&A and inventory demand.

Enhanced oil recovery with captured CO2: insights on CCS-EOR

• 26 julio 2024

As CO2 to dedicated sequestration (CCS-Storage) rises in popularity, captured CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (CCS-EOR) falls out of favour. What does the future look like in the world of carbon capture technologies?