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Ahmed Jameel Abdullah

Research Analyst, European Power

Ahmed monitors power market trends across Europe.

Latest articles by Ahmed Jameel

• Opinion 8 3月 2023

  Renewable energy costs continue to fall across Europe

• Opinion 4 8月 2022

  Heat pumps: primed and ready to support Europe’s net zero and energy security goals

Annick Adjei

Senior Research Analyst, CCUS Subsurface

Annick is focused on developing our CCUS subsurface offering as part of an integrated, source-to-sink market solution.

Greig Aitken

Corporate Research

With over 12 years of experience, Greig brings a holistic view of corporate activity to the upstream M&A research team.

Latest articles by Greig

• The Edge 29 6月 2023

  Big Oil is back buying upstream assets

• Featured 17 1月 2023

  Will we see an upstream M&A revival in 2023?

• Opinion 16 2月 2022

  Is private equity the buyer the upstream M&A market has been looking for?

• Featured 11 1月 2022

  Will 2022 be a buoyant year for upstream M&A activity? | 2022 Outlook

• Featured 25 1月 2021

  How far will upstream M&A activity rebound in 2021? | 2021 Outlook

Krystal Alvarez

Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Supply Chain

Krystal focuses on our portfolio of subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) and marine construction products

Latest articles by Krystal

• Opinion 27 4月 2022

  Cost inflation is coming to the offshore installation market

• Opinion 2 3月 2022

  Cost inflation is coming to the offshore installation market

Gail Anderson

Research Director, Research Director, North Sea Upstream

Gail focuses on the Nigerian upstream industry and its gas and power sector.

Latest articles by Gail

• Opinion 3 10月 2023

  A transformative journey: oil & gas, CCUS and hydrogen in Europe

• Opinion 5 9月 2023

  The UK’s journey to net zero: an uncertain path ahead

• Opinion 6 7月 2023

  President Tinubu’s radical reforms are set to transform Nigeria’s economy

• Opinion 21 6月 2023

  Africa upstream oil and gas: one last hurrah?

• Opinion 18 4月 2023

  Can Africa help solve Europe’s gas supply crunch?

• Opinion 16 8月 2021

  Shell to divest its entire Nigeria joint venture portfolio

Bruna Angel

Principal Analyst, Fibres

Alexandre Araman

Principal Analyst, Middle East Upstream

Alexandre has global experience in commercial research, upstream valuations and supply and demand analysis.

Latest articles by Alexandre

• Opinion 15 9月 2023

  An ADNOC trilogy (part 3): big gas ambitions

• Opinion 14 8月 2023

  An ADNOC trilogy (part 2): building a gas nation

• Opinion 2 8月 2023

  An ADNOC trilogy: the tortuous path to gas self-sufficiency

• Opinion 4 5月 2023

  The Middle East steps on the gas

• Opinion 5 7月 2021

  What lies beneath: why Middle East upstream resources are so advantaged

Hector Arreola

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen & Emerging Technologies

Guy Bailey

Head of Intermediates and Applications

Guy leads a team of analysts focused on plastics, fibres and sustainability in the chemicals value chain.

Latest articles by Guy

• Opinion 12 10月 2022

  Can legislation unlock a circular plastics economy?

• Opinion 29 9月 2021

  COP26: Can petrochemicals square the circle?

• Opinion 16 11月 2020

  Can chemical recycling make plastic more sustainable?

• Featured 10 11月 2020

  Welcome to the materials transition

• Opinion 15 10月 2020

  Can bioplastics make the chemicals industry greener?

• Opinion 12 10月 2020

  What can the materials transition learn from the energy transition?

Amanda Bandeira

Research Associate, Latin America Upstream

Amanda is an expert in valuing individual upstream onshore and offshore assets in the Latin America region.

Aaron Barr

Global Head, Onshore Wind Energy Research

Latest articles by Aaron

• Opinion 2 10月 2023

  The Inflation Reduction Act and its impact so far

• Featured 10 1月 2023

  Onshore wind: will profitability improve in 2023?

• Opinion 9 8月 2022

  Wind industry faces a perfect storm of profit pressures

Alex Beeker

Research Director, Corporate Research

Alex is a research director on our Corporate Research team, focused on the Majors and US Independents.

Elena Belletti

Global Head of Carbon Research

Elena's research supports decision-making on emissions, decarbonisation, carbon markets and carbon prices.

Latest articles by Elena

• Opinion 30 1月 2023

  Debut of the first EU carbon border tax

• Opinion 7 3月 2022

  How are oil and gas companies using carbon offsets to decarbonise?

• Opinion 8 2月 2022

  Voluntary carbon markets: here to stay?

Natalie Biggs

Global Head, Thermal Coal Markets

Natalie is the global head of our thermal coal markets research for the Metals and Mining group.

Neivan Boroujerdi

Research Director, Upstream Oil and Gas

Neivan is a research director with particular expertise in North Sea development costs, exploration and M&A. 

Latest articles by Neivan

• Opinion 3 10月 2023

  A transformative journey: oil & gas, CCUS and hydrogen in Europe

• Opinion 13 7月 2023

  The future of European upstream oil and gas

• Opinion 29 6月 2023

  Global upstream update: a review of key industry themes

• Opinion 8 6月 2023

  Harbour and Talos in merger discussions – what are the drivers?

• Opinion 22 2月 2023

  Has Norway’s oil and gas tax stimulus been a success?

• Opinion 17 11月 2022

  Last dance for UK upstream exploration?

Jessica Brewer

Principal Analyst, North Sea Upstream Oil and Gas

Jessica brings experience in both field and research roles to her analysis of the North Sea upstream industry.

Latest articles by Jessica

• Opinion 12 12月 2022

  Rising to the North Sea emissions challenge

• Opinion 14 7月 2021

  Decarbonising the upstream industry

• Opinion 22 7月 2020

  What obstacles do North Sea operators face on the path to net zero?

• Opinion 15 4月 2019

  Middle East leads the pack in 2018 FID bonanza

• Opinion 21 1月 2019

  5 things you need to know about MENA upstream oil and gas

Mark Broadbent

Research Director, North America Oils

Mark leads our North America oils team in analysing crude and product markets.

Andrew Brown

Head of Plastics and Recycling

Andrew is responsible for integrating our sustainability and recycling views across chemical value chains.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 9 2月 2023

  Can imports solve the plastic recycling challenge?

• Opinion 16 11月 2022

  Bottle battle: the fight for recycled plastic supply is on

• Opinion 21 2月 2022

  Closing the loop on plastic packaging

• Opinion 19 7月 2021

  Can the plastics industry decarbonise?

• Opinion 20 5月 2020

  Will coronavirus change the course of plastic circularity?

David Brown

Director, Energy Transition Practice

David is a key author of our Energy Transition Outlook and Accelerated Energy Transition Scenarios.

Latest articles by David

• The Edge 21 9月 2023

  How the world gets onto a 1.5 °C pathway

• Opinion 7 6月 2023

  Energy transition in the Americas: three key questions

• Opinion 23 5月 2023

  How Colombia could lead Latin America through the energy transition

• Opinion 20 3月 2023

  Maximising the Inflation Reduction Act: four things to watch

• Opinion 8 2月 2023

  Introducing our Global Net Zero Pledges Scenario

• Opinion 18 7月 2022

  Seeing red?

David Buckby

Senior Analyst, Films & Flexible Packaging

David has almost a decade of experience in strategic market research and consultancy.

Matthew Campbell

Research Analyst, European Power Markets

Matthew is a research analyst with our Energy Transition Practice, focused on power market trends across Europe.

Latest articles by Matthew

• Opinion 16 8月 2023

  European power markets emerge from the energy crisis

• Opinion 6 4月 2023

  How effective were EU emergency power demand reduction measures?

• Opinion 22 7月 2022

  Global power markets outlook: the energy transition gathers pace

Daniel Carvalho

Global Research Director, Metals and Mining Processing

Daniel is a global operations, process and technology leader in the iron and steel industry.

Leandro Caputo

Director, Gas & Power, Latin America

Leandro is a skilled leader with extensive professional experience across the Latin American energy space.

Ixchel Castro

Americas Market Lead - Downstream

Ixchel leads our research on downstream markets in North and Latin America.

Akif Chaudhry

Research Director, Corporate Strategy and Analytics

Akif focuses on strategy, benchmarking and valuation analysis related to power and renewables within company portfolios.

Latest articles by Akif

• Featured 16 1月 2023

  Mixed signals for power and renewables in 2023

• Featured 24 8月 2022

  Why the Majors need to consider margins in weighing up offshore wind

• Opinion 11 8月 2022

  Big Oil set to cash in on the trillion-dollar offshore wind prize

• Featured 17 1月 2022

  Power and renewables companies face merging headwinds in 2022 | 2022 Outlook

• Opinion 24 7月 2020

  Natural gas: friend or foe in Europe’s 2030 emissions target?

• Opinion 5 12月 2019

  Could the Majors take a fast-track route to lower emissions intensity?

Matthew Chadwick

Senior Vice President, Head of Oils and Chemicals

Matthew is an expert in analysing strategic and commercial issues for petchems and related businesses.

Marcus Chan

Research Analyst, APAC Power & Renewables

Steve Chappell

Vice President, Head of Subsurface Research

With more than 30 years' of global experience, Steve leads the delivery of world-class exploration research.

Mauro Chavez

Research Director, European Gas and LNG markets

Mauro has more than 14 years of experience and is a recognised specialist in the natural gas and LNG industry.

Latest articles by Mauro

• Opinion 27 9月 2023

  Three key takeaways from Europe Gas and Power Markets Short-Term Outlook Q3 2023

Stephanie Chiang

Research Analyst, CCUS

Ben Chu

Head of Trading Analytics and Proprietary Data, Natural Gas, Short-term Analytics

Ben supports our gas forecasting and monitoring offering, including gas production, LNG and proprietary storage.

Jessalyn Chuang

Lead Analyst, Power Market Intelligence

Jessalyn is a wholesale power industry analyst with a focus on the Midwestern US region.

Finlay Clark

Senior Research Analyst, Global Offshore Wind

Latest articles by Finlay

• Opinion 1 11月 2022

  Offshore wind: policy frameworks decide who wins – but not when

• Opinion 15 8月 2022

  Change is coming to the offshore wind towers sector

Robert Clarke

Vice President, Upstream Research

Robert leads our US onshore research, with a particular focus on the evolution of the tight oil sector.

Preston Cody

Chief Data Officer

Preston leads our data organisation, supporting our customers’ most strategic decision-making.

John Coleman

Principal Analyst, North American Crude Markets

John leads our North American Crude Markets Service, delivering regular market outlooks and analysis

Leslie Cook

Principal Analyst, Upstream Supply Chain

Leslie is a principal analyst and project manager for Wood Mackenzie's portfolio of drilling and rig products.

Maria Cortez

Research Director, US Lower 48

Maria develops thought leadership, data analytics and products focused on the US Lower 48.

Kelly Cui

Principal Analyst, Petrochemicals

Kelly is an expert in the coal-to-olefins (CTO) and methanol-to-olefins (MTO) sector.

Latest articles by Kelly

• Opinion 27 4月 2020

  Why crude-to-chemicals is the obvious way forward

• Opinion 20 2月 2020

  Coronavirus to disrupt China’s chemicals sector more than SARS

• Opinion 6 9月 2019

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

• Editorial 14 11月 2017

  Why is China the early adopter of CTO/MTO

• Editorial 7 11月 2017

  The opportunities and challenges of CTO/MTO development

• Editorial 1 11月 2017

  How are olefins made from CTO/MTO?

Lucy Cullen

Research Director, APAC Gas & LNG Research

Lucy is primarily focused on supply, demand, contract and price analysis for the Northeast Asian markets

Latest articles by Lucy

• Opinion 1 9月 2022

  Demand response in Asia is the key to balancing the global gas market

• Opinion 26 5月 2022

  Green LNG: can Australia prioritise decarbonisation in a high-priced world?

• Editorial 29 7月 2019

  Japan is the world’s largest LNG importer

• Editorial 16 7月 2019

  Power sector drives LNG demand in Asia's mature economies

• Opinion 24 6月 2019

  What does the US-China trade war mean for US LNG projects?

• Editorial 6 4月 2017

  Europe, heart of the global gas market

Chris DaCosta

Research Manager, CAISO Desk, Short-term Analytics

Chris is a power industry expert with a focus on the dynamic western US region.

Ying Dai

Principal Consultant, Metals & Mining

Ying specialises in zinc research, with a particular focus on the Chinese market and smelter costing analysis.

Anna Darmani

Lead Analyst, Energy Storage

Anna is a lead analyst focused on the European, Middle East and African storage markets.

Brandon Davis

Research Director, Head of Corporate Analytics

Brandon leads the development and use of advanced analytics across the Corporate Research platform.

Michelle Davis

Head of Global Solar

Michelle leads our solar research, identifying emerging industry themes and cultivating a team of solar thought leaders.

Latest articles by Michelle

• Opinion 2 10月 2023

  The Inflation Reduction Act and its impact so far

• Opinion 7 9月 2023

  US solar: full benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act are yet to materialize

• Opinion 31 7月 2023

  Record solar buildout expected in all regions this year

• Opinion 13 7月 2023

  Our top three takeaways from the Solar and Energy Storage Summit 2023

• Opinion 14 6月 2023

  Near-term solar installations are set to explode in the US

• Opinion 8 6月 2023

  Supply chain relief slowly arrives for US solar

Quentin De Carvalho

Head of Nylon / Polyamide

Quentin has over 30 years’ experience in the chemical industry with a focus on polyamide nylon.

Flor Lucia De la Cruz

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies

Flor is a subject matter expert in hydrogen and emerging technologies, working for our Energy Transition Practice.

Latest articles by Flor Lucia

• Opinion 12 7月 2023

  Australia’s energy revolution: the promise of battery storage and hydrogen

• Opinion 23 2月 2023

  Tracking the hydrogen market: from policy to project pipeline

• Opinion 4 7月 2022

  Decoding the hydrogen rainbow

• Opinion 6 4月 2022

  Hydrogen: the US$600 billion investment opportunity

• Featured 31 1月 2022

  Will CCUS and hydrogen live up to the hype in 2022? | 2022 Outlook

• Featured 31 1月 2022

  Will CCUS and hydrogen live up to the hype in 2022? | 2022 Outlook

Chenyuan Diao

Managing Consultant, Power and Renewables Research

Chenyuan is an expert in wind data analysis covering Asia Pacific excluding China

Malcolm Dickson

Research Director, Europe Upstream Oil and Gas

Malcolm leads our research coverage of the European Upstream sector.

Kai Dong

Managing Consultant, APAC Gas & LNG Research

Kai focuses on China's gas market, covering market fundamentals, gas supply/demand balance and regional market analysis

Latest articles by Kai

• Opinion 4 9月 2023

  China’s regas capacity is on the rise – but low utilisation persists

Murray Douglas

Head of Hydrogen Research

Murray is responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s Global coverage across the hydrogen value chain.

Latest articles by Murray

• Opinion 3 10月 2023

  A transformative journey: oil & gas, CCUS and hydrogen in Europe

• Opinion 2 10月 2023

  Exploring the long-term outlook for hydrogen and ammonia

• The Edge 28 9月 2023

  What's on CEOs' minds

• Opinion 27 9月 2023

  Our top takeaways from the Hydrogen Conference 2023

• Opinion 14 9月 2023

  Ebook | Overcoming the challenges around hydrogen deployment

• Opinion 7 9月 2023

  The five hydrogen market developments investors need to watch

Ryan Duman

Director, Americas Upstream

Ryan specialises in supply forecasting, basin characterisation, upstream decarbonisation and economic modeling.

Angela Durrant

Principal Analyst, Nickel

Angela is a principal analyst with almost 20 years' experience in metals research.

Dan Eager

Principal Analyst, Europe Power

Dan is a specialist in power market investment and dispatch modelling.

Latest articles by Dan

• Opinion 16 8月 2023

  European power markets emerge from the energy crisis

• Opinion 29 6月 2023

  Unveiling the impact of wind and solar variability on European power

• Opinion 29 6月 2023

  Unveiling the impact of wind and solar variability on European power

Tom Ellacott

Senior Vice President, Corporate Research

Tom leads our corporate thought leadership, drawing on more than 20 years' industry knowledge.

Latest articles by Tom

• The Edge 28 9月 2023

  What's on CEOs' minds

• Featured 14 12月 2022

  Oil and gas companies will recalibrate strategies | 2023 outlook

• Opinion 27 10月 2022

  How will oil and gas companies get to Scope 3 net zero?

• Featured 24 8月 2022

  Why the Majors need to consider margins in weighing up offshore wind

• Featured 8 12月 2021

  Will 2022 be a year of radical change for oil and gas companies?

• Opinion 25 2月 2021

  Could oil Majors and Independents generate record free cash flow this year?

Timothy Ennis

Market Analyst, PJM

Timothy is an analyst on our North America Short-Term Power team, with a particular focus on the PJM market.

Mhairidh Evans

Head of CCUS Research

Mhairidh leads our global research on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

Latest articles by Mhairidh

• Opinion 3 10月 2023

  A transformative journey: oil & gas, CCUS and hydrogen in Europe

• Opinion 5 9月 2023

  The UK’s journey to net zero: an uncertain path ahead

• Opinion 26 5月 2022

  Green LNG: can Australia prioritise decarbonisation in a high-priced world?

• Featured 31 1月 2022

  Will CCUS and hydrogen live up to the hype in 2022? | 2022 Outlook

• Featured 31 1月 2022

  Will CCUS and hydrogen live up to the hype in 2022? | 2022 Outlook

• Opinion 28 9月 2021

  Carbon capture and storage: how far can costs fall?

Amanda Fairfax

Senior Analyst, Downstream Oil, Short-term Analytics

Giles Farrer

Head of Gas and LNG Asset Research

Giles heads our LNG and gas asset research and manages our market-leading LNG Service & Tool and LNG Corporate Service.

Latest articles by Giles

• The Edge 6 7月 2023

  Positioning for global LNG’s next big growth phase

• Opinion 22 2月 2023

  Third wave US LNG: a $100 billion opportunity

• Opinion 22 8月 2022

  LNG: seismic shifts as Russia/Ukraine conflict makes waves

• Opinion 8 9月 2020

  LNG regasification: why there’s still plenty of gas in the tank

• Opinion 22 4月 2020

  How coronavirus is driving down LNG demand in Asia and Europe – and hitting supply

• Opinion 6 3月 2020

  Market oversupply and new LNG FID progress

Kateryna Filippenko

Principal Analyst, Global Gas Markets

Principal Analyst with a focus on the European gas market and the development of alternative scenarios.

Latest articles by Kateryna

• Opinion 21 9月 2022

  What will the gas market look like in a net zero world?

• Opinion 1 9月 2022

  Could a return to shale exploration be part of the solution to Europe’s gas supply problem?

• Opinion 25 7月 2022

  Can Europe get through winter?

• Opinion 19 5月 2022

  Europe pivots away from Russian gas: how will the global market rebalance?

• Opinion 8 9月 2021

  COP26: The global gas industry’s path to a sustainable future

• Editorial 20 12月 2019

  A timeline of major events in Ukraine-Russia gas relations

Patrick Finn

Senior Analyst, North America Power Markets

Patrick focuses primarily on the PJM market, as well as short-term analysis and transmission.

Joshua Firestone

Principal Petroleum Economist

Joshua is a principal economist with our Fiscal Service.

Simon Flowers

Chairman, Chief Analyst and author of The Edge

Simon is our Chief Analyst; he provides thought leadership on the trends and innovations shaping the energy industry.

Latest articles by Simon

• The Edge 28 9月 2023

  What's on CEOs' minds

• The Edge 21 9月 2023

  How the world gets onto a 1.5 °C pathway

• The Edge 14 9月 2023

  What higher oil prices in 2024 could mean for the economy and politics

• The Edge 7 9月 2023

  Three lessons for decarbonising power markets

• The Edge 31 8月 2023

  Three steps to secure Asia’s LNG future

• The Edge 24 8月 2023

  Resource nationalism and energy transition metals

Graham Freedman

Principal Analyst, European Gas

As a principal analyst, Graham develops our view on natural gas supply, demand and pricing across Europe.

Adrian Gardner

Principal Analyst, Nickel Markets

Adrian is a principal research analyst with our Nickel Metal Service, providing a global view of the industry.

Alan Gelder

VP Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets

Alan is responsible for formulating our research outlook and cross-sector perspectives on the global downstream sector.

Latest articles by Alan

• Opinion 20 9月 2023

  Global crude storage has a powerful influence over market dynamics

• Opinion 18 9月 2023

  Will Shell exit Pulau Bukom?

• The Edge 14 9月 2023

  What higher oil prices in 2024 could mean for the economy and politics

• The Edge 15 6月 2023

  Can China’s recovery turn the oil market around?

• The Edge 25 5月 2023

  Refining’s perfect storm passes

• Opinion 25 4月 2023

  Refinery-petrochemical integration disrupts gas-based cracker feedstock advantage

Edgardo Gelsomino

Head of Aluminium Research

Wood Mackenzie's head of aluminium research has over 23 years' experience along the value chain.

Latest articles by Edgardo

• Featured 13 11月 2018

  Investment in new aluminium capacity needed to avoid supply crunch

John Gibb

Research Director, Australasia Upstream

John brings more than 25 years of international oil and gas industry experience to his role.

Rob Gilfillan

Head of Polymer & Fibres

Rob leads our research into regional and global markets for fibres, films and flexible packaging.

Latest articles by Rob

• Featured 18 1月 2023

  Global challenges weigh on downstream chemical markets in 2023

• Opinion 3 8月 2021

  Tracking the source of the single-use plastics crisis

• Opinion 22 5月 2020

  PPE is giving the fibres industry some protection from coronavirus

• Opinion 16 4月 2020

  Flexible packaging sees demand boost as coronavirus changes consumer patterns

• Editorial 23 1月 2018

  India’s flexible packaging enjoys continuing growth despite a stuttering economy

Lindsay Grant

VP, Head of M&M Assets Research

Lindsay has deep expertise in Upstream Oil & Gas and has covered the sector since joining us in 2008.

Robin Griffin

Vice President, Metals and Mining Research

An integral part of the research team since 2007, Robin leads our analysis across metals and mining markets.

Latest articles by Robin

• Opinion 12 9月 2023

  Our top takeaways from the Coal Forum 2023

• Opinion 5 9月 2023

  Coal Forum 2023 panel: decarbonisation in real time in Australia

• Opinion 4 5月 2023

  Future-facing commodities: your questions answered

• Opinion 19 4月 2023

  Battery raw materials: tracking key market dynamics

• Opinion 28 2月 2023

  The role of African mining in the energy transition

• Featured 25 1月 2022

  Metals and mining: will 2022 be the year of rebalance? | 2022 Outlook

Alex Griffiths

Principal Analyst

Alex draws on his experience as a Resource Geologist to analyse and forecast global steel and iron ore markets.

Latest articles by Alex

• Opinion 3 8月 2020

  Green steel gets a boost from European economic recovery plans

• Opinion 21 5月 2018

  Tighter at the top: taking a look at the premium end of iron ore's two-tier market

Sushant Gupta

Research Director – Asia Pacific, Refining and oils market

Sushant has over 15 years of experience with strong focus on refining, crude oil and chemicals industry.

Latest articles by Sushant

• The Edge 25 5月 2023

  Refining’s perfect storm passes

• Opinion 9 6月 2022

  From grey and brown to green and blue: low-carbon hydrogen in refining

• Opinion 13 1月 2022

  Refinery emissions: implications of carbon tax and mitigation options

Sohan Gwalani

Research Associate, Energy Transition Practice

Sohan primarily covers the solar PV and onshore wind markets in Africa and the Middle East.

Latest articles by Sohan

• Opinion 12 7月 2023

  Why the fastest-growing wind markets have big implications for the global industry

Zheng Han

Consultant, Power & Renewables Research

Zheng provides analysis covering China’s wind market

Andrew Harwood

Research Director, Corporate and Upstream Research

Andrew is responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s corporate coverage in Asia Pacific.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 22 6月 2022

  Will COP27 be a turning point for oil and gas funding?

• Opinion 19 3月 2020

  How hard will the oil price crash hit APAC upstream investment?

• Editorial 14 1月 2019

  Will Asia-Pacific's O&G sector join the global recovery in 2019?

Luiz Hayum

Upstream Research Senior Analyst, Latin America

Luiz's expertise lies in valuing upstream assets in Latin America.

Latest articles by Luiz

• Opinion 8 3月 2022

  Can Brazil’s mature pre-salt oil fields continue stellar performances?

• Opinion 16 4月 2019

  Deepwater's Latin America comeback

Dale Hazelton

Head of Steel Alloys

Dale is responsible for our Bulk Steel Alloys, Noble Steel Alloys, Stainless Steel and Nickel Market Services.

Ian Heming

Research Analyst, Short-term US LNG

Ian’s work currently focuses on LNG facility maintenance and shipping patterns.

Ben Hertz-Shargel

Global Head of Grid Edge

Ben leads research across electrification and grid technologies, drawing on a decade of executive experience.

Latest articles by Ben

• Opinion 20 6月 2023

  Transformation in the US distributed energy resource market

• Opinion 18 10月 2022

  The grid edge of the future: delivering distributed energy and electrification at scale

• Opinion 6 9月 2022

  Distributed energy resources have yet to achieve the full value stack in PJM

• Opinion 15 11月 2021

  From electric vehicle investment to virtual power plants: key themes shaping the US grid edge

• Opinion 11 10月 2021

  The disappointment and ambition of the US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

• Editorial 3 8月 2021

  Energy reliability, resilience, extreme weather and other updates from the grid edge in Q3

Ann-Louise Hittle

Vice President, Oil Markets

Ann-Louise directs our Macro Oils Service and is a frequent contributor to numerous industry publications.

Latest articles by Ann-Louise

• The Edge 14 9月 2023

  What higher oil prices in 2024 could mean for the economy and politics

• The Edge 15 6月 2023

  Can China’s recovery turn the oil market around?

• Featured 10 1月 2023

  Global oil markets: another tumultuous year lies ahead

• Featured 19 1月 2022

  What lies ahead for the oil markets in 2022? | 2022 Outlook

• Opinion 18 8月 2021

  COP26 oil demand: in the cross hairs of emissions reduction

• Opinion 21 9月 2020

  US tight oil and the global oil market

Daphne Ho

Senior Research Analyst, Oils and Refining

Daphne currently covers the short-term oils and refining research in Asia.

Sam Howe

Research Analyst, Building Decarbonisation

Sam is an analyst on the Grid Edge team and focuses on building decarbonisation.

Linda Htein

Senior Research Manager, US Lower 48 Upstream Research

Linda's work focuses on forecasting and analysing Lower 48 oil and gas supply.

Miaoru Huang

Research Director, Asia Pacific Gas and LNG

Miaoru leads our Northeast Asia gas research.

Latest articles by Miaoru

• Opinion 6 9月 2023

  China’s gas demand growth returns and still holds vast LNG import potential

• Opinion 5 10月 2021

  The future of China’s gas demand

• Editorial 19 9月 2019

  China’s growing role in the LNG industry

• Editorial 26 6月 2019

  China’s evolving gas market

Adebimpe Isafiade

Lead Analyst, Power Market Intelligence

Adebimpe is a wholesale power industry analyst with a focus on the western US region.

Adam Jordan

Product Director – Power Analytics, Short-term Analytics

Adam is product director for PowerIQ and PowerBuyer Analytics, delivering daily insight and analysis.

Graham Kellas

Senior Vice President, Global Fiscal Research

Over 30 years, Graham has advised on taxation matters and supported complex fiscal negotiations.

Latest articles by Graham

• Featured 25 1月 2023

  Conflicting ambitions will shape the upstream fiscal landscape in 2023 | 2023 outlook

• Opinion 20 4月 2022

  Fair share: why a new approach to mined energy transition resources is needed

• Featured 15 12月 2021

  Stage set for tougher fiscal terms for upstream operators in 2022 | 2022 outlook

• Opinion 31 3月 2021

  How carbon pricing could reshape upstream oil and gas economics

• Featured 20 1月 2021

  Should upstream investors prepare for bolder fiscal policies in 2021? | 2021 outlook

• Featured 27 1月 2020

  Tight oil vs. deepwater: comparing fiscal terms

Ben Kellison

Director of Grid Edge Research

Ben is an expert on grid edge policy evolution, technology innovation, competition and project economics.

Latest articles by Ben

• Editorial 23 6月 2020

  The next five years will see massive distributed energy resource growth

• Opinion 7 11月 2019

  Electric vehicles: is workplace charging good for business?

• Opinion 18 9月 2019

  China is driving e-bus demand – will the US and EU get on board?

Martin Kelly

Global Head, Curated Service, Energy & Natural Resources Research

Martin oversees our Curated Service offering, working across our energy and natural resource coverage

Latest articles by Martin

• Opinion 17 6月 2020

  What investors want to know about energy and natural resources

• Featured 28 10月 2019

  Digitalisation: upstream's silver bullet?

• Opinion 12 4月 2018

  What is the current state of the upstream industry?

Julian Kettle

Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining

Latest articles by Julian

• The Edge 13 7月 2023

  Can battery innovation accelerate the energy transition?

• Featured 12 7月 2022

  Have miners missed the boat to invest and get ahead of the energy transition?

• Featured 7 6月 2022

  Why the energy transition will be powered by metals

• Featured 23 5月 2022

  Could Big Energy and miners join forces to deliver a faster transition?

• Featured 19 4月 2022

  Will a recession stall or just pause the great energy transition gold rush?

• Featured 29 3月 2022

  Is it time for metals to get the decarbonisation credit(s) they deserve?

Eugene Kim

Research Director, Americas Gas

Eugene Kim is a Research Director on Wood Mackenzie’s Americas Gas Research team.

Latest articles by Eugene

• Opinion 1 7月 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 1 7月 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 1 7月 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 8 8月 2019

  How low-cost US natural gas spurs global LNG opportunities

• Editorial 9 7月 2019

  Permian basin GOR: recalibrating US gas production models

Lucy King

Senior Research Analyst, CCUS

Lucy provides insight and strategic analysis of the CCUS landscape.

Latest articles by Lucy

• Opinion 8 6月 2023

  Harbour and Talos in merger discussions – what are the drivers?

• Opinion 30 3月 2023

  The future of CCUS: five key questions

• Opinion 1 9月 2022

  Five key lessons for North Sea project delivery

• Opinion 3 5月 2022

  The global CCUS pipeline is growing fast – but not fast enough

Anthony Knutson

Metals & Mining Emissions Research Lead

Anthony is a principal analyst with more than 20 years of experience across mining and power generation industries.

Latest articles by Anthony

• The Edge 24 8月 2023

  Resource nationalism and energy transition metals

• Opinion 22 6月 2023

  Golden opportunities to drive down mining and metals carbon emissions

• Opinion 19 4月 2023

  Battery raw materials: tracking key market dynamics

• Opinion 11 5月 2020

  Is green hydrogen metallurgical coal’s kryptonite?

Kuy Koh

Senior Research Analyst, Latin America Upstream

Kuy is a senior research analyst on our Latin America Upstream team, based in Mexico City.

Latest articles by Kuy

• Opinion 26 9月 2023

  Can Colombia’s gas sustain it through the energy transition?

• Opinion 29 8月 2023

  Unwrapping key players in Colombia's upstream sector

• Opinion 1 8月 2023

  What do Colombia’s ambitious fiscal reforms mean for oil and gas?

• Opinion 13 9月 2022

  Colombia upstream: digging into multi-level intelligence

• Opinion 8 3月 2022

  Can Brazil’s mature pre-salt oil fields continue stellar performances?

Adrian Lara

Principal Analyst, Upstream Latin America

Latest articles by Adrian

• Opinion 3 5月 2023

  Gas resources in Latin America: the challenges to development

Søren Lassen

Head of Offshore Wind Research

Søren tracks, analyses and forecasts value chain dynamics, technological advancements and the market outlook.

Latest articles by Søren

• Opinion 8 9月 2023

  Net zero offshore wind bids in UK’s latest tender: the outcome the sector needed?

• Opinion 19 7月 2023

  Offshore wind: German auction wins show Big Oil has not left the party

• Opinion 22 12月 2021

  Revenue/MWh for offshore wind projects will decline 66% between 2014 and 2025

• Opinion 1 6月 2021

  The future of offshore wind: size matters  

• Opinion 4 2月 2021

  Offshore wind: long-term promise after short-term decline

Andrew Latham

Vice President, Energy Research

With his extensive exploration expertise Andrew shapes portfolio development for international oil and gas companies.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 10 8月 2023

  Can Asia Pacific’s upstream adapt for a more sustainable future?

• The Edge 8 6月 2023

  Does the bull market in oil rigs signal a slower transition?

• Opinion 5 5月 2022

  What is the future of oil and gas exploration?

• Featured 12 1月 2021

  Proceed with caution: exploration’s watchword for 2021

• Featured 1 9月 2019

  What happens to returns when explorers move to gas?

• Editorial 1 7月 2019

  How oil and gas explorers are preparing for a low-carbon future

Bhavya Laul

Principal Analyst, Copper

Bhavya monitors and forecasts both short- and long-term demand fundamentals, trends and indicators.

Victor Laurent

Head of Power Solutions

Victor brings a decade of experience in European power and renewables markets to his role.

Latest articles by Victor

• Opinion 27 4月 2021

  The rise of renewables and real-time trading decisions

Salmon Aidan Lee

Global Head of Polyesters

Salmon watches the Asian polyester chain from paraxylene to downstream markets in the Chinese- speaking world.

Latest articles by Salmon Aidan

• Opinion 16 11月 2022

  Bottle battle: the fight for recycled plastic supply is on

• Opinion 25 4月 2022

  Tackling the textile industry’s carbon footprint

• Opinion 3 2月 2022

  The polyester chain in 2022 and beyond

• Opinion 9 12月 2020

  Six trends that will shape the polyester industry to 2030

• Featured 21 1月 2020

  What lies ahead for the polyester chain in 2020? | FORESIGHT 2020

• Opinion 30 1月 2019

  How Chinese PTA and MEG futures impact the polyester industry?

Jonathan Leng

Principal Analyst, Zinc Markets

Jonathan brings an in-depth perspective to his analysis of zinc markets.

Luke Lewandowski

Vice President, Global Renewables Research

Luke heads our Global Renewables Research team, which includes wind, solar and energy storage.

Latest articles by Luke

• Opinion 24 4月 2023

  The power of the sun: supporting energy security in Puerto Rico

• Opinion 3 10月 2022

  Inflation Reduction Act propels the global wind outlook

• Opinion 25 4月 2022

  China remains the global wind powerhouse

• Editorial 1 4月 2022

  Let's Share the Sun: broadening energy access

• Opinion 15 12月 2021

  China’s power ambitions boost global wind growth outlook

Sylvia Leyva Martinez

Principal Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar

Sylvia researches market dynamics, business models, market developments and financial strategies of solar PV projects

Latest articles by Sylvia

• The Edge 1 6月 2023

  Cutting dependence on China’s renewables supply chain

• Opinion 25 5月 2023

  US solar: the long and winding road to domestic module procurement

• Featured 23 1月 2023

  Brighter skies for US solar in 2023? | 2023 outlook

• Opinion 28 6月 2022

  US solar: Biden’s Executive Order brings (some) relief

Xiaoyang Li

Director, APAC Power & Renewables Research

Xiaoyang focuses on analysis of China’s renewables power market

Latest articles by Xiaoyang

• Opinion 7 2月 2023

  Expansion opportunities beckon for China’s wind companies

• Opinion 30 9月 2021

  Wind power to play a key role in achieving China's carbon neutral goal

• Opinion 20 11月 2019

  Supply chain bottlenecks limit China’s offshore wind growth to 2021

Robert Liew

Director, APAC Power and Renewables Research

Market specialist with over 15 years of power and renewables research experience.

Latest articles by Robert

• Opinion 12 7月 2023

  Australia’s energy revolution: the promise of battery storage and hydrogen

• Opinion 8 7月 2021

  Can wind power become truly carbon neutral?

• Opinion 20 11月 2019

  Offshore wind pipeline in APAC excluding China exceeds 5 GW

Clay Lightfoot

Director, Americas Gas Research

Clay has more than a decade of energy industry experience and a particular expertise in political and regulatory issues.

Daniel Liu

Head of Asset Commercial Performance

Daniel's knowledge of technical, operational and financial aspects of wind and solar power informs his research.

Latest articles by Daniel

• The Edge 1 6月 2023

  Cutting dependence on China’s renewables supply chain

• Opinion 28 9月 2021

  Solar: a two-headed dragon looms on the horizon

• Opinion 16 6月 2021

  Onshore wind: tackling cost escalation in operations and maintenance

• Opinion 16 3月 2021

  Six ways the onshore wind O&M market will transform this decade

Emma Liu

Senior Consultant and Research Analyst, Fibres

Emma focuses on the Asian fibres market, where she closely follows prices and dynamics. 

Latest articles by Emma

• Opinion 25 4月 2022

  Tackling the textile industry’s carbon footprint

• Opinion 21 12月 2020

  How the delayed Olympic Games disrupts Japan’s recycled fibre sector

Olivia Loa

Research Analyst, Global Chemicals

Olivia has experience across the energy value chain, from upstream oil and gas to chemicals and renewables.

Latest articles by Olivia

• Opinion 14 6月 2022

  Can chemical recycling close the plastic loop?

Adele Long

Head of APAC Upstream

Latest articles by Adele

• Opinion 13 6月 2019

  Renewables, market intervention and exploration – three themes weighing on Australia upstream players' minds

Arthur Luo

Consultant, Chemicals

Arthur joined our Shanghai office in 2017 as an analyst covering the polyester chain in East Asia.

Derryn Maade

Head of Metals and Mining Markets

Derryn leads a team of analysts providing insight into steel, iron ore, metallurgical and thermal coal.

Cicero Machado

Manager of Bulks Assets

Cicero leads our global asset coverage of coal, iron ore and steel.

Latest articles by Cicero

• Opinion 28 4月 2017

  Royalty increases in Brazil: a renewed burden for iron ore miners or a threat to their international competitiveness?

Jom Madan

Senior Research Analyst, Scenarios & Technologies

Jom works on scenario modelling for country and global-level energy mixes across all major energy commodities

Latest articles by Jom

• The Edge 21 9月 2023

  How the world gets onto a 1.5 °C pathway

• The Edge 20 7月 2023

  Breakthrough technologies for the energy transition

• Opinion 1 5月 2023

  Could energy recovery solve the mounting problem of global waste?

Sohaib Malik

Principal Analyst, Energy Transition Practice

Latest articles by Sohaib

• Opinion 9 12月 2021

  Germany's ‘traffic light’ coalition greenlights a faster energy transition

• Opinion 26 7月 2021

  Sustaining the onshore wind boom in the Nordics

• Opinion 11 3月 2019

  Russian onshore wind market reaches crossroads

Peter Martin

Director, Macroeconomics

Peter is responsible for producing our macroeconomic outlook to 2050.

Latest articles by Peter

• The Edge 15 6月 2023

  Can China’s recovery turn the oil market around?

• Opinion 27 10月 2021

  COP26: The economics of the energy transition

• Opinion 2 4月 2020

  Three signs that a global recession is imminent

• Opinion 12 3月 2020

  5 factors that will determine the economic impact of coronavirus

• Featured 4 11月 2019

  Three forces weakening US dollar’s grip on commodity pricing

Rory McCarthy

Senior Research Manager, European Power

Rory supports our research and consulting functions as a subject matter expert in energy storage and system flexibility.

Latest articles by Rory

• Opinion 24 3月 2021

  Will renewable auctions underpin Europe’s net zero ambitions?

• Featured 7 1月 2021

  Will 2021 be a record-breaking year for renewables auctions in Europe?

• Opinion 9 11月 2020

  Three reasons why Europe is set to lose the energy storage race

• Opinion 18 6月 2020

  Power system flexibility key to Europe's net zero targets

• Opinion 6 4月 2020

  What’s behind the energy storage boom?

• Editorial 8 1月 2020

  System Flexibility – Europe’s key to energy transition?

Fraser McKay

Head of Upstream Analysis

As head of upstream research, Fraser maximises the quality and impact of our analysis of key global upstream themes.

Latest articles by Fraser

• The Edge 28 9月 2023

  What's on CEOs' minds

• Opinion 6 9月 2023

  Global upstream update: three key industry themes

• The Edge 17 8月 2023

  Can upstream deliver the oil and gas supply the world needs?

• Opinion 29 6月 2023

  Global upstream update: a review of key industry themes

• Opinion 12 4月 2023

  Benchmarking 2023’s upstream FIDs

• Opinion 28 3月 2023

  Global upstream: four big themes to watch

Craig McMahon

Senior Vice President, Head of Upstream Research & President of Wood Mackenzie Americas

Craig's remit is to grow the Wood Mackenzie brand in the US and Canada and support clients across the region.

Gordon McManus

Research Director, EMEARC Oils and Refining

Gordon is responsible for leading our global coverage of the long term oil products markets.

Prachi Mehta

Principal Analyst

Prachi leads our short-term and long-term NGL service.

Latest articles by Prachi

• Opinion 11 5月 2022

  Can the US make the switch to electric heavy-duty trucks?

• Editorial 1 4月 2022

  Let's Share the Sun: broadening energy access

• Opinion 11 8月 2021

  The global electric vehicle race is heating up

Joe Midgley

Executive Vice President, Head of Upstream, Corporate and Carbon Solutions

Joe helps clients by bringing together Wood Mackenzie's deep industry knowledge and world class advice.

Erik Mielke

Senior Vice President, Corporate Research

Erik manages our corporate service, leading data-driven analysis and insight into strategies, performance and outlook.

Andrew Mitchell

Director, Nickel Research

Specialising in nickel for over 20 years, Andrew has a deep understanding of the metals and mining industry.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 4 4月 2022

  Nickel and copper: building blocks for a greener future

• Opinion 8 6月 2020

  How electric vehicles are driving the nickel sulphate market

Vinicius Moraes

Research Associate, Latin America Upstream

Vinicius specialises in coverage of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad & Tobago.

Latest articles by Vinicius

• Opinion 26 9月 2023

  Can Colombia’s gas sustain it through the energy transition?

• Opinion 29 8月 2023

  Unwrapping key players in Colombia's upstream sector

• Opinion 1 8月 2023

  What do Colombia’s ambitious fiscal reforms mean for oil and gas?

• Opinion 13 9月 2022

  Colombia upstream: digging into multi-level intelligence

Mariana Santos Moreira

Principal Research Analyst, Chemicals of the Energy Transition

Mariana's research focuses on regional and global markets for ammonia and methanol.

Latest articles by Mariana Santos

• Opinion 8 2月 2021

  How will the EU plastics levy change the flexible packaging market?

• Opinion 27 10月 2020

  How flexible packaging demand has given BOPP film a boost

• Opinion 25 8月 2020

  Paper or plastic: what’s the most sustainable flexible packaging?

Glenn Morrall

Research Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Glenn's research focuses particularly on the UK upstream sector.

Latest articles by Glenn

• Opinion 17 11月 2022

  Last dance for UK upstream exploration?

• Opinion 4 6月 2019

  A tantalising year for North Sea exploration

Iain Mowat

Principal Analyst, EMEARC Refining and Oil Product Markets

Iain brings extensive knowledge of global energy markets to his analysis of energy and petroleum demand.

Latest articles by Iain

• Opinion 2 5月 2022

  Decarbonising global shipping

• Opinion 26 2月 2021

  Could alternative marine fuels decarbonise shipping?

Michael Moynihan

Research Director, Russia Upstream Oil and Gas

As a research director in our upstream team, Michael analyses developments in the upstream industry in Russia.

Sean Mulshaw

Research Director, Nickel Markets

Sean is an expert in global nickel, stainless steel and molybdenum markets.

Latest articles by Sean

• Opinion 24 5月 2022

  Steel alloys: a defining moment

Nathan Nemeth

Principal Analyst, Global Unconventional Plays

Nathan is focused on Canadian and Lower 48 unconventional plays research.

Latest articles by Nathan

• Opinion 27 4月 2023

  Will a supply response help avoid US gas storage containment this summer?

Scott Norlin

Research Analyst, Canada Upstream

Scott provides financial asset valuation and objective commercial analysis on company and play activity across Canada.

Latest articles by Scott

• Featured 5 1月 2023

  CCUS 2023 outlook

Mark Oberstoetter

Head of Americas (non-L48) Upstream Research

Mark has extensively covered the North Slope, deepwater, oil sands and unconventional sectors.

Latest articles by Mark

• Opinion 12 4月 2021

  Could restricting oil production in the US Gulf of Mexico lead to carbon leakage?

Peter Osbaldstone

Research Director, Europe Power

Peter is a research director with more than a decade’s experience in European power and renewables markets.

Latest articles by Peter

• Opinion 16 8月 2023

  European power markets emerge from the energy crisis

• Opinion 27 10月 2022

  European power: why reliance on gas is a hard habit to break

• Opinion 27 10月 2021

  This is not a drill: key lessons from GB power price spikes

• Opinion 18 3月 2020

  How Italy’s lockdown is affecting power demand

Femi Oso

Research Director, Middle East & Africa Upstream

Femi leads a team of 30 analysts covering energy markets and corporate activity in Africa.

Luke Parker

Vice President, Corporate Research

Luke is Vice President of Corporate Research with a specific focus on the Supermajors.

Latest articles by Luke

• Featured 28 8月 2019

  How can Big Oil stay investible through the energy transition?

Uday Patel

Senior Research Manager, Global Aluminium Markets

Uday is a senior research manager focused on global aluminium markets.

Latest articles by Uday

• Featured 3 9月 2019

  Aluminium vs plastic: who’ll win the water bottle war?

Harry Paton

Senior Research Analyst, Oil Supply

Harry is a member of four oil supply research team. His focus is developing oil price models and benchmarking assets.

Latest articles by Harry

• Opinion 14 3月 2018

  Can conventional oil projects compete with L48 oil?

Andrew Pearson

Head of Gas and LNG

Scott Pearson

Senior Research Manager, Corporate Research

Scott manages a team of analysts who deliver industry-leading data, analysis and opinion.

Allyson Pellicci

Senior Research Manager, Global Gas Modelling

Allyson brings 15 years of industry experience to her role on our Global Gas Modelling team

Robert Polk

Principal Analyst, Corporate Research

Robert is a principal analyst with our US Corporate Research team, covering Lower 48 independents.

Latest articles by Robert

• Opinion 8 11月 2021

  Continental off the shelf with Permian Basin purchase from Pioneer

Adam Pollard

Principal Analyst, Upstream Emissions

Adam is a principal research analyst leading Wood Mackenzie’s upstream emissions initiative.

Egor Prokhodtsev

Senior Research Analyst, Transportation & Mobility

Egor is a senior research analyst responsible for battery raw materials demand modelling.

Latest articles by Egor

• Featured 18 1月 2023

  Electric vehicles and battery supply chain: bumpy road ahead in 2023?

Mark Pyman

Research Associate, EMEA Power & Renewables

Mark monitors power market trends across Europe.

Jodi Quinnell

Manager, Crude Oil Analytics and Forecasting, Short-term Analytics

Jodi has over a decade of energy market experience and in-depth understanding of the North American crude oil market.

April Read

Senior Analyst, Subsurface Research

April manages our Global Unconventional Play Service.

Latest articles by April

• Opinion 13 9月 2023

  Taking the power back

• Opinion 1 9月 2022

  Could a return to shale exploration be part of the solution to Europe’s gas supply problem?

Max Reid

Senior Research Analyst, Electric Vehicles & Battery Supply Chain Service

Max tracks supply chain developments, technological innovations and progressions in battery demand sectors.

Latest articles by Max

• Opinion 15 8月 2023

  Is the electric vehicle and battery supply chain charged for success?

• The Edge 13 7月 2023

  Can battery innovation accelerate the energy transition?

• Opinion 21 2月 2023

  Sodium-ion batteries: disrupt and conquer?

• Featured 18 1月 2023

  Electric vehicles and battery supply chain: bumpy road ahead in 2023?

• Opinion 27 7月 2022

  Will semi-solid battery technology render solid-state batteries redundant?

• Opinion 23 6月 2022

  Can recycling fill the battery raw material supply gap?

James Robertson

Research Analyst, Europe Power

James focuses on power market trends across Europe.

Greg Roddick

Principal Analyst, Upstream

Greg has almost 15 years of industry experience, focused on corporate strategy, fiscal modelling and economic analysis.

Latest articles by Greg

• Opinion 12 4月 2023

  Benchmarking 2023’s upstream FIDs

• Opinion 22 2月 2023

  Has Norway’s oil and gas tax stimulus been a success?

• Opinion 23 9月 2022

  UK energy exports and fracking: aspiration or pipe dream?

Angus Rodger

Vice President, SME Upstream APAC & Middle East

Angus leads our benchmark analysis of global Pre-FID delays, and deep water developments.

Latest articles by Angus

• Opinion 26 7月 2023

  Can Australia create energy super basins?

• Opinion 12 4月 2023

  Japan pulls no punches on risks to Australian LNG exports

• Opinion 24 11月 2022

  Global deepwater production to increase 60%

• Opinion 23 11月 2021

  Can Asia avert a gas supply crisis?

• Opinion 25 8月 2021

  COP26: the future of upstream is in governments' hands

• Opinion 11 8月 2021

  Catch, don’t release: the dawn of the CCS era

Daniel Rogers

Senior Oil and Gas Analyst

Daniel Rogers is a senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie

Justin Rostant

Principal Analyst, US Gulf of Mexico Upstream

Justin is a principal analyst with more than 15 years of energy industry experience.

Latest articles by Justin

• Opinion 29 7月 2020

  What would a Joe Biden win mean for oil and gas?

Victoria Santos

Research Associate, Wind

Victoria oversees wind research in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Caspian region.

Latest articles by Victoria

• Opinion 12 7月 2023

  Why the fastest-growing wind markets have big implications for the global industry

Ryan Saxton

Director, Head of Oil Data, Short-term Analytics

Ryan oversees a team dedicated to monitoring oil transportation, storage and refining.

Rachel Schelble

Head of Corporate Carbon Management and Infrastructure, Corporate Service

Rachel leads the development of our corporate midstream research service.

Latest articles by Rachel

• Opinion 1 5月 2023

  Oil and gas Majors: venture capital strategies for the energy transition

• Opinion 20 9月 2022

  The unique role that oil and gas companies have in the energy transition

• Opinion 16 9月 2022

  Oil (and gas) change: game-changing corporate energy transition strategies

• Opinion 22 6月 2022

  Will COP27 be a turning point for oil and gas funding?

• Opinion 14 3月 2022

  Three ways midstream operators can fuel the energy transition

• Opinion 7 3月 2022

  How are oil and gas companies using carbon offsets to decarbonise?

Stephanie Scollard

Product Analyst, Subsurface

Stephanie is a subsurface product analyst focused on Lower 48 well and production data.

Teboho Sebetlela

Research Manager, Steel Alloy Markets

Teboho manages our steel alloy markets team, which encompasses bulk and noble steel alloys.

Latest articles by Teboho

• Opinion 24 5月 2022

  Steel alloys: a defining moment

Hazel Seftor

Senior Research Analyst, Global Oil Supply

Hazel is a senior research analyst with our oil supply team, covering the Middle East and North Africa.

Latest articles by Hazel

• Opinion 10 2月 2020

  How will geopolitics influence global oil supply in 2020?

Chris Seiple

Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables

Chris brings more than 30 years of global power industry experience to his role.

Latest articles by Chris

• Opinion 2 10月 2023

  The Inflation Reduction Act and its impact so far

• Opinion 14 3月 2023

  Green hydrogen: what the Inflation Reduction Act means for production economics and carbon intensity

• Opinion 19 8月 2022

  US Inflation Reduction Act set to make climate history

• Opinion 1 9月 2021

  COP26: A smooth transfer of power in electricity generation?

Prakash Sharma

Vice President, Scenarios and Technologies

Latest articles by Prakash

• The Edge 21 9月 2023

  How the world gets onto a 1.5 °C pathway

• The Edge 20 7月 2023

  Breakthrough technologies for the energy transition

• The Edge 1 6月 2023

  Cutting dependence on China’s renewables supply chain

• Opinion 8 2月 2023

  Introducing our Global Net Zero Pledges Scenario

• Opinion 24 8月 2021

  What role will nuclear power play in the energy transition?

• Opinion 16 8月 2021

  What would it take to reach net zero emissions before 2050?

Jake Sharp

Lead Product Specialist

Jake is a lead product specialist in the Customer Organization team.

Benjamin Shattuck

Research Director, Americas Upstream Oil & Gas

Benjamin leads our US upstream analysis and specialises in the Lower 48.

Latest articles by Benjamin

• Opinion 2 6月 2021

  A focused Lens on Permian private players

• Opinion 1 6月 2021

  A focused Lens on Permian private players

• Editorial 27 10月 2020

  Pioneer plus Parsley: What’s our Permian prognosis?

Caitlin Shaw

Research Director, Upstream Supply Chain

Caitlin Shaw is a research director of upstream supply chain.

Suzanne Shaw

Head of Energy Transition & Battery Raw Materials

Suzanne specialises in commodities including cathode and precursor, lithium, cobalt, graphite, rare earths and lead.

Latest articles by Suzanne

• Opinion 19 4月 2023

  Battery raw materials: tracking key market dynamics

• Opinion 18 7月 2022

  Energy transition metals: the ESG dilemma

Rachel Schelble

Head of Corporate Carbon Management and Infrastructure, Corporate Service

Rachel leads the development of our corporate midstream research service.

Latest articles by Rachel

• Opinion 1 5月 2023

  Oil and gas Majors: venture capital strategies for the energy transition

• Opinion 20 9月 2022

  The unique role that oil and gas companies have in the energy transition

• Opinion 16 9月 2022

  Oil (and gas) change: game-changing corporate energy transition strategies

• Opinion 22 6月 2022

  Will COP27 be a turning point for oil and gas funding?

• Opinion 14 3月 2022

  Three ways midstream operators can fuel the energy transition

• Opinion 7 3月 2022

  How are oil and gas companies using carbon offsets to decarbonise?

Teboho Sebetlela

Research Manager, Steel Alloy Markets

Teboho manages our steel alloy markets team, which encompasses bulk and noble steel alloys.

Latest articles by Teboho

• Opinion 24 5月 2022

  Steel alloys: a defining moment

Chris Shepley

Executive Vice President, Head of Consulting

With over 20 years of energy industry experience, Chris leads our consultancy team to provide trusted advisory services.

Ami Shivkar

Principal Analyst, Aluminium

Ami has more than a decade of experience in the metals industry, specialising in aluminium and alumina markets.

Rishab Shrestha

Senior Research Analyst, Europe Power

Rishab is a senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie, focusing on European power and renewables markets.

Latest articles by Rishab

• Opinion 16 8月 2023

  European power markets emerge from the energy crisis

• Opinion 8 3月 2023

  Renewable energy costs continue to fall across Europe

• Opinion 17 12月 2019

  Sluggish solar installations seen in China throughout 2019

Rory Simington

Principal Analyst, Asia Pacific Thermal Coal Research

Rory Simington is a research analyst with over twenty years' experience in the Australian mining industry.

Latest articles by Rory

• Opinion 4 3月 2021

  Australian coal exports bounce back from China’s ban

• Opinion 26 3月 2019

  China's thermal coal import restriction could mean a game of musical chairs for producers

Luke Simpson

Research Analyst, Australasia Upstream

Luke focuses on analysis of upstream project economics and greenhouse gas emissions across Australasia.

Brent Spalding

Principal Analyst, Coal Research

Brent is based in Brisbane with primary responsibility for APAC metallurgical coal research.

Johnny Stewart

Principal Analyst, Downstream, Midstream and Chemicals

Johnny focuses on refinery supply, infrastructure and investments across the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

Latest articles by Johnny

• Opinion 10 11月 2021

  Will carbon costs destroy the added value from refinery-petrochemical integration?​

• Opinion 23 8月 2021

  Onsan refinery case study: how much value will greater refinery-petrochemical integration add for S-Oil?

Jonathan Sultoon

Head of Markets & Transitions, Energy Transition Practice

Jonathan has over 18 years’ experience leading analysis for global energy markets

Latest articles by Jonathan

• Opinion 10 5月 2021

  Which technologies will drive the energy transition?

• Featured 4 3月 2021

  What would it take to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees?

Zoë Sutherland

Principal Analyst

Zoë is a principal analyst with more than 15 years of industry experience.

Latest articles by Zoë

• Opinion 4 5月 2021

  Can carbon capture help Big Oil reach its net zero targets?

Kevin Swann

Senior Research analyst

Kevin is an expert in UK upstream research and has extensive experience working across the sector.

Latest articles by Kevin

• Opinion 1 3月 2022

  The importance of Ukraine's upstream and midstream

• Opinion 1 12月 2021

  Lukoil takes Petronas’ Shah Deniz stake in US$2.25bn deal

Viktor Tanevski

Principal Analyst, Metals & Mining Consulting

Viktor provides strategic advice and tailored commodity analytics solutions.

Latest articles by Viktor

• Opinion 19 2月 2019

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

Tien Tong

Market Associate, MISO

Tien joined Wood Mackenzie in August 2022 as an analyst in the MISO team.

Ian Thom

Research Director, Upstream

Ian brings 18 years of experience to his role as head of regional analysis for Europe, Russian, Caspian and Africa

Latest articles by Ian

• Opinion 3 10月 2023

  The key factors shaping investment in Africa’s upstream industry

• The Edge 17 8月 2023

  Can upstream deliver the oil and gas supply the world needs?

• Opinion 18 4月 2023

  Headwinds on the upstream energy transition journey

• Opinion 27 1月 2022

  Upstream: short-term spend and long-term trend

• Opinion 10 8月 2021

  Oil and gas: a risky business

• Opinion 17 4月 2020

  Middle East oil & gas operators in a better position to weather the storm than global peers

Andrew Thomas

Head of Lead and Zinc

An experienced analyst with in-depth knowledge of the zinc market, Andrew has followed metal markets for over 20 years.

Rhodri Thomas

Senior Vice President, Head of EMEARC Research

Rhodri's specialism is upstream and midstream oil and gas and commodity marketing.

Gavin Thompson

Vice Chairman, Energy – Europe, Middle East & Africa

Gavin oversees our Asia Pacific research helping companies identify and build their international growth strategies.

Latest articles by Gavin

• The Edge 28 9月 2023

  What's on CEOs' minds

• Opinion 27 9月 2023

  Three critical factors to developing Africa’s oil and gas resources

• The Edge 31 8月 2023

  Three steps to secure Asia’s LNG future

• The Edge 24 8月 2023

  Resource nationalism and energy transition metals

• The Edge 3 8月 2023

  Making Australia an energy transition leader

• The Edge 22 6月 2023

  Five global transition challenges – the Asian perspective

Douglas Thyne

Research Director

Douglas manages our global oil supply research and forecasts.

Daniel Toleman

Principal Research Analyst, Global LNG (Asia)

Daniel is a Principal Analyst with more than ten years of industry experience.

Latest articles by Daniel

• Opinion 26 5月 2022

  Green LNG: can Australia prioritise decarbonisation in a high-priced world?

• Opinion 17 8月 2018

  Dorado: Australia's biggest oil discovery this century

Janette Tourney

Principal Analyst, Copper Mine Costs

Janette’s analysis is enriched by extensive background knowledge of geochemistry and geology.

Andrew Utz

Product Manager - Energy Transition

Andrew Utz is a Product Director of Lower 48 Data Analytics.

Norman Valentine

Director Corporate Analysis, Head of Corporate Power and Renewables Research

Latest articles by Norman

• Featured 16 1月 2023

  Mixed signals for power and renewables in 2023

• Featured 17 1月 2022

  Power and renewables companies face merging headwinds in 2022 | 2022 Outlook

Scott Walker

Senior Research Analyst, Upstream M&A

Scott has nearly a decade of experience across M&A and corporate analysis in the upstream oil and gas sector.

Dulles Wang

Director, Americas Gas and LNG Research

Dulles delivers analysis of all aspects of the natural gas value chain.

Latest articles by Dulles

• Opinion 21 7月 2023

  North America renewable natural gas: five questions answered

• The Edge 6 7月 2023

  Positioning for global LNG’s next big growth phase

• Opinion 12 7月 2022

  US LNG exports: upping the upstream ante

• Opinion 18 8月 2020

  How would a second wave of lockdowns affect oil and gas markets?

Allison Weis

Global Head of Storage

Allison leads our global research into energy storage.

Emma Weng

Research Associate, Equity Insight, Short-Term Analytics

Emma models and analyses the US EV market, focusing on production levels, company efficiencies and creative efforts.

Latest articles by Emma

• Editorial 5 3月 2021

  Tracking Tesla's revenue generator: the Fremont Factory

Dylan White

Analyst, Oil Markets, Short-term Analytics

Dylan leverages cutting-edge data to offer real-time insight into the oil industry.

Latest articles by Dylan

• Opinion 22 3月 2023

  A tale of two cities: comparing the Houston and Corpus Christi crude hubs

• Opinion 15 12月 2022

  Keystone disruption comes at a key time for Western Canadian crude markets

• Editorial 1 10月 2020

  Breaking the Permian bottleneck: overcoming and overcorrecting

• Editorial 1 10月 2020

  Breaking the Permian bottleneck: overcoming and overcorrecting

• Opinion 30 1月 2017

  Fairway’s caverns, other projects to expand US Gulf Coast crude storage capacity

James Whiteside

Head of Corporate, Metals & Mining

With 15 years of experience in the metals and mining industry, James leads our corperate coverage.

Latest articles by James

• Opinion 25 8月 2023

  Scope 3 considerations in metals and mining investment

• Opinion 25 8月 2023

  Top steps miners can take to reduce scope 3 emissions

• Featured 24 1月 2023

  Metals and mining: is caution the watchword for 2023?

• Featured 25 1月 2022

  Metals and mining: will 2022 be the year of rebalance? | 2022 Outlook

• Opinion 9 11月 2020

  How decarbonisation will drive mining supply-side adjustments

• Opinion 21 10月 2020

  Are miners ready for a net zero future?

Alex Whitworth

Vice President, Head of Asia Pacific Power Research

Alex leads our growing long term and short term power research team in Asia Pacific

Latest articles by Alex

• Opinion 5 7月 2023

  Asia Pacific energy outlook: surging power or lacking charge?

• Opinion 22 9月 2022

  Risk and reward for renewables developers in Asia’s booming power market

• Opinion 22 7月 2022

  Global power markets outlook: the energy transition gathers pace

Vanessa Witte

Senior Research Analyst, Energy Storage

Vanessa is a senior energy storage analyst focused on US front-of-the-meter battery storage

Latest articles by Vanessa

• Opinion 2 10月 2023

  The Inflation Reduction Act and its impact so far

• Opinion 24 3月 2022

  US battery storage deployment doubles in a single year

Adam Wilson

Senior Research Analyst, Global Exploration

Adam is a senior contributor to our global exploration research.

Latest articles by Adam

• Opinion 5 5月 2022

  What is the future of oil and gas exploration?

• Opinion 21 3月 2019

  Unlocking exploration’s hidden value

Julie Wilson

Research Director, Global Exploration

Latest articles by Julie

• Opinion 26 9月 2023

  Can Colombia’s gas sustain it through the energy transition?

• Opinion 21 9月 2023

  Where next for oil & gas exploration?

• Opinion 30 3月 2022

  Climbing the oil and gas ladder: four lessons from women in exploration leadership

• Featured 6 5月 2019

  Coming to Americas: deepwater after the downturn

Richard Wilson

Chairman of Metals and Mining

Richard is an expert in the field of metals supply economics with a particular focus on copper.

Malan Wu

Global Head of Assets, Metals and Mining Research

Malan is an experienced commodities professional with strengths in commodity analysis and commercial strategy.

Latest articles by Malan

• Opinion 16 5月 2022

  Green steel: three milestones on the road to lower carbon emissions

Darryl Xu

Principal Analyst, APAC Chemicals

Darryl specialises in aromatics, and manages our global paraxylene and benzene/styrene research in Asia.

Latest articles by Darryl

• Opinion 18 9月 2023

  Will Shell exit Pulau Bukom?

• Opinion 5 6月 2023

  Plastic circularity: how much will recycled plastics displace oil-based feedstock?

• Opinion 21 3月 2022

  Petrochemical feedstocks: three global trends to watch

Meng Xu

Senior Product Manager, Global Fiscal Research

Meng is an international petroleum economist. She owns WoodMac's fiscal modelling.

Xianhui Zhang

Upstream Research Analyst

Xianhui is an analyst in our Upstream Research team and focuses on China and Eastern Asia.

Yanting Zhou

Principal Economist, APAC

Yanting leads our in-house macroeconomic research for Asian economies.

Latest articles by Yanting

• The Edge 15 6月 2023

  Can China’s recovery turn the oil market around?

• Opinion 12 4月 2023

  China juggles four major economic changes in 2023

Timur Zilbershteyn

Principal Analyst, Chemicals and Polymers

Timur is a principal analyst with more than 20 years of experience in chemicals research.

Latest articles by Timur

• Opinion 10 6月 2021

  How will reuse models change the plastic packaging industry?