• 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.

• The Edge

  CCUS’s breakthrough year

  • 16 enero 2025

  Explore the latest trends in CCUS as 2025 shapes up to be a breakthrough year, with rising optimism and record FIDs expected. Learn about project financing, policy support and the companies leading the charge in carbon capture and storage.

• Featured

  Power and renewables: predictions for 2025

  • 22 enero 2025

  Analysis and outlook for power & renewables in Europe and Asia, including solar, onshore wind, offshore wind, energy storage, power markets, grid and more.

• Featured

  Solar: predictions for 2025

  • 16 enero 2025

  After years of exponential growth in global solar buildout could policy uncertainty, protectionist measures and interconnection and transmission bottlenecks halt that trend? A look at the solar industry outlook, costs, tech innovation and the opportunity to capitalise on data centre electricity demand.

• Opinion

  US DOE shows that virtual power plants are very real

  • 10 enero 2025

  The US agency’s 2025 VPP Liftoff Report Update offers a playbook to accelerate virtual power plant adoption

• Featured

  Metals and mining: predictions for 2025

  • 16 enero 2025

  In a year of potentially momentous change for metals & mining what are the key themes for different commodities? Predictions and analysis for aluminium, copper, lithium, rare earths, graphite, steel, nickel, coal, zinc and more.

• 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 Biden administration finalises 45V hydrogen tax credit rules

  • 10 enero 2025

  Learn about the updated 45V tax credit rules for low-carbon hydrogen production and their impact on green and blue hydrogen projects in the US. Discover how these changes affect energy policies and the future of hydrogen in global markets.

• News Release

  Norway to earn over US$200 billion from oil and gas sector in 2023

  • 16 enero 2023

  Norway’s oil and gas operations in the North Sea will continue to churn out cash as the Scandinavian country maintains high production to help support Europe’s energy crisis according to a report by Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Q3 U.S. grid-scale energy storage market sets new record

  • 15 diciembre 2022

  The U.S. energy storage market grid-scale segment installed a record 4,733 megawatt-hours (MWh) in the third quarter of 2022, surpassing the previous quarterly high of 4,598 MWh in Q1 of 2021, according to a new report released today. On a single charge, this amount of battery storage could power over 150,000 U.S. homes for a day.

• News Release

  Long-duration energy storage projects attract more than US $58 billion investment over last three years

  • 07 diciembre 2022

  Long-duration storage energy (LDES) projects around the world have attracted more than US $58 billion in commitments made by governments and companies since 2019. If all these projects went forward, it would lead to the installation of 57 gigawatts (GW) of LDES – the equivalent of three times the global energy-storage capacity deployed in 2022, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Trade and supply chain barriers delay impact of historic clean energy law

  • 13 diciembre 2022

  The U.S. added 4.6 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in Q3 2022, a 17% decrease from the same quarter last year as trade barriers and ongoing supply chain constraints continue to slow America’s clean energy progress. These disruptions will cause a 23% decline in solar installations this year compared to 2021, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q4 2022 report released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business.

• News Release

  OPEC+ prepares for market uncertainty with continued 2 million b/d production cut

  • 06 diciembre 2022

  Speaking after today’s OPEC+ meeting, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at Wood Mackenzie, said “The decision by OPEP+ to continue with its recently agreed 2 million barrels per day (b/d) production cut through the end of 2023 is not a surprise, given the uncertainty in the market over the impact of the 5 December EU Russia crude oil import ban and the G7 price cap. In addition, the producers group faces downside risk from the potential for weakening global economic growth and China’s zero Covid policy.”

• News Release

  New mid-caps in Brazil aim to increase mature asset reserves almost 1 billion boe by 2035

  • 06 diciembre 2022

  With Petrobras divesting in many of its mature assets, new mid-cap upstream operators entering the Brazilian market will invest US$10 billion in capital investments during the next decade, boosting the production from these assets through 2027 and increasing remaining reserves by 980 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) by 2035, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie launches Lens Gas & LNG

  • 15 noviembre 2022

  Wood Mackenzie, the leading provider of decision intelligence for the world’s natural resources sector, has launched Lens Gas & LNG, a new data analytics solution that offers a uniquely integrated view that connects markets and assets on a global scale.

• News Release

  LNG exports drive expansion of North American natural gas market, adding 29 bcfd of production by 2033

  • 17 noviembre 2022

  Driven by a surge in LNG exports, the North America natural gas market will support 29 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of production from 2022-2033, tripling its current market size, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  US-China agreement connects the fastest-growing LNG supplier with the largest LNG growth market

  • 12 mayo 2017

  Chinese companies can now negotiate long-term contracts to source liquefied natural gas from US suppliers, the US Commerce Department said.

• Content

  Corporates

  • 01 diciembre 2020

  Understand strategic opportunities and challenges in the rapidly changing upstream industry.

• News Release

  Better times head for the UKCS, but investment still a concern

  • 17 enero 2017

  Wood Mackenzie expects a modest recovery due to the improving oil price.

• News Release

  Seasonality takes centre stage in Egyptian gas market

  • 12 enero 2017

  Egypt's fortunes look set to change after five years of falling production and switching from a net exporter to a net importer.

• News Release

  US gasoline demand poised to decline by over 1.7 million b/d by 2030

  • 20 marzo 2017

  Gas demand may be nearing a new peak due to stringent fuel efficiency standards and shifting demographics.

• News Release

  North America could play bigger role in future global bunker market

  • 20 marzo 2017

  Alan Gelder, Vice President of Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets, believes that North America has the opportunity to take a much bigger role in the future global bunker market.

• News Release

  Shale sector to be cash flow positive by 2020

  • 26 julio 2017

  When will tight oil make money calculates that the five largest tight oil players could become cash flow positive by 2020?v

• Comment

  Market implications of Chinese tariffs on US LNG

  • 03 agosto 2018

  Today China announced retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of American imports, in response to the Trump administration's latest trade threats. The list included a 25% tariff on LNG.

• Comment

  More oil discovered in Carnavon Petroleum's Dorado-1 well

  • 08 agosto 2018

  A sizeable discovery is significant for Quadrant, whose private equity backers are looking to exit, and Carnarvon, which is a pure-play explorer. A standalone oil discovery is easier to monetise than gas, as it does not require LNG contracts or gas infrastructure.

• Comment

  Fresh wave of tariffs to hit US plastic pipes, hoses and tubes imports

  • 09 agosto 2018

  Commenting on the announcement that the US will impose a 25% tariff on $16 billion worth of Chinese goods, including chemicals, Ashish Chitalia, Wood Mackenzie Principal Analyst, said:

• News Release

  New regulations to fast-track Brazil FPSO deployment and boost pre-salt oil production

  • 20 junio 2018

  Brazil's new local content regulations could fast-track the deployment of FPSO units, speeding up the pace of pre-salt oil production by more than 21 billion barrels by the mid-2020s, a new report by Wood Mackenzie analysing the impact of new local content rules on production, royalty collection and job creation has found.

• News Release

  Rise in new players in Southeast Asia's upstream sector

  • 28 junio 2018

  Since the fall in oil prices in 2014, oil majors and international oil companies (IOCs) have accelerated a shift towards resource themes and regions offering higher returns, lower complexity and shorter timeframes, away from the more challenging regions such as Southeast Asia. To date, close to 800 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of the region's resources have left the hands of majors and IOCs.

• Comment

  Chevron set to divest central UK North Sea assets

  • 04 julio 2018

  Chevron has announced it is planning to sell its central UK North Sea assets, including Captain, Elgin/Franklin, Erksine and Jade, to focus on the West of Shetland province.

• Comment

  Energy storage market poised for a boom Down Under

  • 06 julio 2018

  Looking at behind-the-meter, Australia was the biggest residential storage market in the world in 2017, with a tripling of residential storage deployments over the previous year. High retail electricity rates and diminishing or expiring feed-in tariffs have encouraged residential solar customers to choose storage for self-consumption benefits. As a result, over the past few years, Australia has been the preferred testbed for new residential energy storage products, as several technology vendors have first introduced their residential product portfolios in the country.