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  US independents balance the books

  • 14 febrero 2019

  The Lower 48 E&P sector is under pressure from investors demanding greater capital discipline, positive free cash flow and increasing returns. There’s a tug-of-war between value and volume, and value has emerged as the winner. The Lower 48’s independents, who traditionally pursued growth at all costs, must now rein in their impulses and focus on delivering returns to their shareholders. How does this affect their 2019 spending plans, and how do they manage volatile oil prices?

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  Macri reforms reshape Argentina's gas sector

  • 28 febrero 2019

  When President Mauricio Macri took power in Argentina in 2015, one of his flagship energy policy programmes was to “normalise” the country’s gas and power markets. Macri set in train moves to gradually reduce government intervention, restoring free market dynamics and pricing driven by competition. The progress the Macri administration has achieved in reshaping the gas market environment has remarkable, helped in no small part by the prolific shale gas resources of the Vaca Muerta.

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  Amazon’s packaging transition boost for U.S. flexible plastics industry

  • 12 marzo 2019

  Amazon’s decision to move towards lightweight flexible plastic mailers over its traditional cardboard boxes will likely set a trend for the rest of the industry, according to Wood Mackenzie Chemicals’ recent ‘Q1 2019 Flexible Packaging Global Market Overview’.

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  AFPM 2019: Over $200 billion to be invested in U.S. petrochemicals industry

  • 26 marzo 2019

  The U.S. petrochemicals industry is experiencing an investment renaissance, Steve Zinger, Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Senior Vice President, said during his appearance at AFPM's 2019 International Petrochemical Conference.

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  EU PET bottle collection target unlikely to be met

  • 27 marzo 2019

  The European Union's (EU) proposal to introduce a 90% collection target for PET beverage bottles by 2029 is unlikely to be met without significant investment in infrastructure and waste management collection, according to Wood Mackenzie Chemicals.

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  Global storage market to grow from 12 GWh to 158 GWh by 2024

  • 09 abril 2019

  The global energy storage market will expand 13-fold by 2024, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

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  LNG primed for US$200bn capex boom

  • 25 abril 2019

  The liquefied natural gas (LNG) boom is back. Over the next two years, almost 90 million tonnes per annum (mmtpa) of LNG is expected to take final investment decision (FID) and start construction. New research from Wood Mackenzie show that capital expenditure - for both LNG plant and upstream infrastructure - will total more than US$200 billion between 2019 and 2025. This will provide a major boost to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors and other providers along the supply chain.

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  Asia Pacific's solar-plus-storage could see key developments in next five years

  • 14 mayo 2019

  In a recently published report, Wood Mackenzie projects solar-plus-storage prices or levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for both utility-scale and distributed commercial & industrial (C&I) segments to decline considerably over the next five years.

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  Major policy changes in China to drive long-term solar installation growth

  • 14 mayo 2019

  The solar market in China could see long-term benefits from major government policy changes that move the country away from federal feed-in tariffs and embrace unsubsidised business models.

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  Global BOPET film market to grow almost 6% p.a. by 2023

  • 15 mayo 2019

  The global BOPET film market has seen demand grow by 6.7% p.a. over the last 5 years and now sits at just over 5 million tonnes, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie Chemicals.

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  Beetaloo could bring long-term gas supply to Australia's east coast market

  • 29 mayo 2019

  According to research by Wood Mackenzie, Australia's Beetaloo basin is the only new gas resource with sufficient scale to supply the east coast market in the long term.

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  Unplanned wind turbine repairs to cost industry $8 billion+ in 2019

  • 03 junio 2019

  Global onshore wind O&M costs will reach nearly $15 billion in 2019. Of that number, 57% - or $8.5 billion – will be spent on unplanned repairs and correctives caused by component failures, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

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  Australia's next wave of LNG projects needs to compete to progress

  • 28 mayo 2019

  According to research by Wood Mackenzie, a second wave of LNG investments is building, both in Australia and globally, and these projects need to compete to progress

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  Total brings Culzean on stream, ahead of time and under budget

  • 11 junio 2019

  French major Total today brought the high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) Culzean field, in the UK central North Sea, on stream, ahead of schedule and under budget.

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  Argentina LNG exports positioned to meet peak demand in Asia

  • 13 junio 2019

  Rising natural gas production in Argentina, coupled with competitive global LNG transportation costs, is expected to position the country as an emerging source of gas supply to Asia during peak demand periods, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

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  U.S. solar market sees best Q1 in history

  • 18 junio 2019

  New findings from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and SEIA's U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, Q2 2019

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  Mozambique LNG under starter’s orders

  • 18 junio 2019

  US independent Anadarko Petroleum today formally sanctioned its Mozambican liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, Mozambique LNG. Anadarko is developing Mozambique’s first onshore LNG facility, initially consisting of two LNG trains with a total nameplate capacity of 12.88 million tonnes per annum (mmtpa). Feedgas comes from the Golfinho/Atum field, in Offshore Area 1.

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  Malaysia offers significant gas opportunities

  • 24 junio 2019

  According to research by natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, Malaysia offers some of the most material and attractive upstream investment opportunities in Southeast Asia, primarily due to the need for additional gas supply.

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  Spandex entering the big time as sales to hit 1 million tonnes by 2020

  • 25 junio 2019

  As spandex closes in on sales of 1 million tonnes, industry structures will change to meet competition from China and the challenge of closed-loop recycling, according to recent Wood Mackenzie Chemicals research.

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  Decarbonising US power grid 'may cost US$4.5 trillion'

  • 27 junio 2019

  The transition to a 100% renewable US power grid will need investment of up to US$4.5 trillion over the next 10 to 20 years, new analysis from Wood Mackenzie found.

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  OPEC+ set for rollover but risk clouds supply outlook

  • 30 junio 2019

  As OPEC and OPEC+ meet in Vienna, the outlook for the market is mixed, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at Wood Mackenzie said. “Geopolitical risk means the supply outlook is tightening, offsetting the moderate weakening in oil demand growth thus far this year,” she said.

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  Faster decline rates prompt Permian players to eye spending boost

  • 22 julio 2019

  Accelerating tight oil decline rates top a growing list of concerns for Permian basin operators, with unexpected production shortfalls prompting producers to consider stepping up drilling investment and M&A activity, Robert Clarke, Research Director, Lower 48 Upstream, told delegates at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Denver.

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  Japan to lose top LNG importer position to China by 2022

  • 23 julio 2019

  According to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, Japan could lose its pole position as the world’s top LNG importer to China as early as 2022.

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  Europe’s flexible packaging market will be worth over €16 billion by 2023

  • 23 julio 2019

  Europe's flexible packaging market is predicted to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2% over the next five years to reach over €16 billion in 2023.

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  Produced water poses growing risk to Permian production growth

  • 24 julio 2019

  Rising produced water volumes and expanding costs pose a significant risk to production growth in the Permian basin, Ryan Duman, Senior Analyst, Lower 48, told delegates at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Denver.

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  Global solar PV installations to reach record high in 2019

  • 25 julio 2019

  Global solar PV installations will reach a new high of 114.5 GW in 2019, up 17.5% on 2018, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

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  Permian midstream bottlenecks may choke output

  • 24 julio 2019

  Rapidly rising production in the Permian basin has led to soaring levels of associated gas, outpacing pipeline infrastructure and placing increasing slowdown pressure on other production streams like crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs), Dr Eugene Kim, Research Director, Americas Gas, told delegates at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Denver.

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  Resilience to drive US microgrid growth

  • 08 agosto 2019

  The US microgrid industry may find opportunities for substantial future growth in geographical areas that are repeatedly affected by power outages, as customers seek out resilient solutions, new research from Wood Mackenzie found.

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  Permian operators cash in ... by thinking inside the box

  • 21 agosto 2019

  As the tight oil sector continues to mature, producers are looking for ways to optimise their operations, improving efficiency of both production and costs. It's a battle to win back investor confidence. New research from Wood Mackenzie underscores the fact tight-oil operators are no longer chasing growth at all costs. Development strategies have firmly shifted to focus on scale: drilling sections instead of wells, with compressed paybacks, at the lowest possible cost. Many are favouring a “cube” development strategy, viewing it as the most efficient way to capitalise on cost savings.

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  Verisk to Acquire Genscape

  • 26 agosto 2019

  Acquisition will extend Verisk’s expertise in commodities intelligence as part of its Wood Mackenzie business