Patented sensing technologies deployed across global energy infrastructure. From near-instant pipeline flow monitoring to thermal activity detection, they generate the physical observations that power Wood Mackenzie Trading Analytics.
Trading Analytics
Real-time monitoring, proprietary data, actionable analytics and insights for global energy traders, delivered where decisions happen. Powered by the world’s largest proprietary energy sensor network.
8,300
sensors across energy system
100M
data points per day
2.5x
larger than the nearest rival network in Power
Only
proprietary sensor network in LNG & Oil
From first signal to trading advantage
Most trading intelligence relies on filings and public disclosures. Wood Mackenzie Trading Analytics starts with direct observation of the energy system, helping traders spot disruptions, restarts, and shifting flows as they emerge. Combined with market data and our models, those observations surface opportunities and risks before they become common knowledge.
Built to help traders stay ahead
When every model ingests the same public data, analytical sophistication hits a ceiling. Our proprietary observations break that ceiling, revealing what others can't see. As real-world conditions change, our analytics reponsd. Public data waits for the next filing. Our models don't. Those signals and models reach the trading desk when and where they matter most.
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Electromagnetic field (EMF) sensorsPipelines & powerlines
Detect pump and generator status with near-instant updates across major pipelines and power markets.
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Infrared camerasRefineries, storage, LNG terminals
Read thermal signatures that reveal restart activity days before any operator announcement.
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Satellite Monitoring23 oil-producing countries
Daily flare monitoring with OPEC+ compliance verified from orbit. Independent of any government reporting.
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Vessel Tracking (AIS)Global cargo flows & maritime intelligence
Wood Mackenzie's owned AIS station network tracks vessel movements, port calls, and cargo destinations.
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Model-ready featuresStructured for direct analytical use
Curated variables from physical sensor data – storage draws, generation output, pipeline flows, LNG sendout.
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Configurable modelsRun with your own assumptions
WoodMac's gas, power, and LNG models – open to your input. Not a forecast you receive – a model you work with. -
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Scenario setsGrounded in real market conditions
Pre-built stress-test frameworks covering weather shocks, supply disruptions, LNG shifts, demand swings. -
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Cross-commodity viewNo single-commodity provider can match
Joined at the source from the same sensors – engineered into a single coherent view, ready to use.
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Our platformInto your trading and operational workflow
Live maps, alerting, interactive scenario modelling. Cross-commodity view always present.
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Via SnowflakeInto your data environment
Data delivered directly into your Snowflake environment. Request once – stays current automatically.
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Via APIInto your own systems
Models and scenarios callable directly into your own infrastructure and AI tools.
Built in the field. Impossible to replicate.
Originally built by Genscape, our proprietary sensor network is the result of more than 25 years of negotiated access, field deployment, and network maintenance across global energy infrastructure. Over the years, Wood Mackenzie has built on that foundation with broader coverage, deeper signals, and richer analytics, delivering a richer physical view of energy markets than ever before.
The technologies behind the network
Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Sensors
Patented EMF sensors measure electromagnetic output from outside the fence line, providing direct visibility into actual pipeline flows rather than nominated volumes. On transmission lines, they continuously monitor grid activity to identify generation trips and changes as they occur, ahead of ISO dispatch updates.
Infrared cameras
Infrared and visual imaging monitor activity across refineries, storage facilities, and LNG terminals. Thermal signatures reveal equipment restarts, production changes, and flaring activity as they occur, providing direct visibility into operational changes across critical energy infrastructure.
Choose your market - Oil, gas, and power trading intelligence
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Oil Intelligence
Follow the barrel, from the field to the refinery gate and across water
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Natural Gas Intelligence
Follow the molecule, from the wellhead to the burner tip and out to sea
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Power Intelligence
Follow the electron, from generator to grid to load
Why our data is different
| Public Data | Alternative Sensor Network | WoodMac Sensor Network | |
| Data source | ✖ Public feeds & operator reporting | ● Proprietary coverage in select markets | ✔ Proprietary observation across interconnected energy markets, independent of public reporting |
| Real-time monitoring | ✖ Delayed until filed | ● Real-time in patches, delayed elsewhere | ✔ Real-time visibility, at the largest scale in the industry |
| Accuracy | ✖ Depends on what’s declared | ● Precision capped by sensor scale | ✔ Higher accuracy through direct observation at scale |
| Exclusivity | ✖ Available to anyone | ● Limited differentiation | ✔ Completely exclusive to WoodMac customers |
| Impossible to replicate | ✖ Same feeds available to all | ● Buildable with enough investment | ✔ Decades of hard-won physical access & deployment |
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Frequently asked questions
Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions you may have on Trading analytics. If you have any other questions, please get in touch.
Physical and financial energy traders, trading analysts, quant desks, schedulers, and risk managers – at commodity trading houses, utilities, hedge funds, E&P companies, and midstream operators. If your team makes decisions based on what's happening in the gas, power, oil, or LNG market right now, this is built for you.
Most energy analytics products are built on the same public inputs: pipeline nominations, EIA filings, ENTSO-E reports. WoodMac's physical observation layer is built on 8,300 proprietary sensors we own and operate – those signals are not available anywhere else.
Cargo tracking platforms focus on vessel movements and cargo flows. WoodMac's physical intelligence is upstream of that: liquefaction train monitoring, pipeline flow EMF sensors, refinery infrared cameras, and intrastate storage. Many subscribers use both in parallel.
Yes – that's one of the primary use cases. Data is available via API and Snowflake, structured for direct model ingestion.
The sensor network you know as Genscape was acquired by Wood Mackenzie in 2019. Since joining WoodMac, that physical data sits within a broader analytical ecosystem.