Wood Mackenzie and Ball Corporation announce satellite data analytics collaboration

• 11 November 2021

Wood Mackenzie, Inc. a Verisk business (NASDAQ:VRSK), and Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) announced today that they have formed a strategic agreement between the two organisations to accelerate the development of advanced analytics for energy markets.

Brazil gas market reform unlocks investment across value chain

• 06 August 2019

Brazil’s natural gas market reforms have taken a major step forward, with plans in place which are set to open up opportunities across the gas value chain, and boost investment in the country’s pre-salt.

Wood Mackenzie's accelerated energy transition 2-degree scenario: what it means for gas and LNG

• 09 April 2021

How could a 2-degree world play out in the future for the global gas and LNG markets?

The Australian energy crisis highlights the need for new gas supply

• 29 August 2022

With prices soaring 400%, government is challenged to find the delicate balance of energy security and net zero goals

Asia Pacific could become a global leader in the energy transition

• 21 February 2024

Home to half of the world’s population and contributing a third to the global GDP, the Asia Pacific region is expected to maintain a 50% share of global primary energy demand and a 60% share of global carbon emissions until 2050. This trend is unlikely to change without strong policy action and investment. However, the region still has the potential to turn these challenges into opportunities and become a global leader in the energy transition.

OPEC gets to eat the Permian’s lunch

• 30 May 2018

In any commodity market, the marginal supplier makes hay when the sun shines. Oil prices are rampant, but tight oil is not behaving quite as expected. I caught up with R.T. Dukes, Head of US Lower 48 oil supply.

Making sense of Asia’s sky-high spot LNG prices

• 20 January 2021

None of us could have foreseen what happened this winter. Cost of supply became an irrelevance as Asian spot LNG prices went into orbit. From lows of around US$2/mmbtu in April, the JKM price soared north of US$32/mmbtu last week, with media reports of Trafigura purchasing a cargo from Total at US$39.3/mmbtu.

Energy Pulse: in brief (18 August)

• 18 August 2023

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

US oil demand on course for long, slow decline

• 10 February 2023

President Biden's state of the union speech focused on the future need for oil and the future of investment

Market searches for new Henry Hub ceiling price as supply/demand response remains unusually muted

• 22 April 2022

The recent run up in natural gas prices - hitting its highest at Henry Hub since 2008 - is a result of more muted market balancing mechanisms than in the past, say analysts from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK).

IMO 2020's knock-on effects for Gulf Coast waterborne crude flows

• 27 March 2019

Refiners around the world are gearing up for an industry-wide inflection point

The art of never letting a crisis go to waste

• 15 July 2020

I asked our experts what they believe governments and companies should be doing to ensure that they emerge stronger from the crisis.

A revitalised oil and gas sector can play a key role in Indonesia’s energy transition

• 27 July 2023

Indonesia’s oil and gas sector must undergo a major overhaul in the way it operates if it is to realise the full potential of the country’s natural resources and support a successful energy transition, according to a new white paper by Wood Mackenzie, a global insight business for renewables, energy and natural resources.

US gas enters an era of increased price volatility

• 23 February 2024

A mild winter has driven US gas prices down to levels last seen during the pandemic. After the spike in prices in 2022, it seems as though the market has become more volatile. One key reason is that the US has not been building enough gas storage.

IMO 2020 - Countdown to 1 January 2020

• 07 June 2019

The implementation date for the IMO’s global fuel sulphur content cap is not far away. How will these changes affect the downstream, upstream, LNG and bulks sectors? And how prepared is the industry? Our experts share their views in this webinar.

All eyes on OPEC meeting as group mulls easing of production restraint

• 01 December 2020

OPEC held its scheduled bi-annual meeting virtually on 30 November 2020. Though the group was unable to reach an agreement at that meeting, up for discussion is whether the production restraint would be eased starting 1 January 2021.

Russia sanctions begin to threaten energy flows

• 08 March 2022

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

No country for oil men (and women)

• 30 January 2025

UK and EU energy policies risk undermining energy security and economic growth by discouraging domestic oil and gas investment, increasing reliance on costly imports and jeopardising net zero goals. Discover how regulatory uncertainty, high taxes and declining North Sea production threaten the future of Europe’s energy transition.

ExxonMobil sets a net zero emissions goal

• 21 January 2022

Over the past decade, the European and US oil and gas Majors have chosen divergent strategic directions. The European companies have set more ambitious goals for emissions reduction, and moved faster to diversify into low-carbon energy sources. Recently, however, that gap has begun to close.

CCUS planned capacity nearing 1 billion tonnes per annum

• 26 August 2022

US Inflation Reduction Act bill set to boost CCUS uptake but more is needed to meet net zero goals by 2050

Refined Products Wholesale & Retail Markets Services

Wood Mackenzie provides a comprehensive view of the fuels market and its future evolution, as well as clarity of the short- and long-term oil product markets.

What’s on the minds of CEOs?

• 16 October 2020

We hosted the CEOs from Shell, Total, Eni and SSE as well as senior executives from numerous other leading oil and gas companies and utilities over three days at our EMEA Energy Summit. So what were the hot topics?

World heading for a 3°C warming trajectory, as political headwinds slow the energy transition

• 02 May 2024

A five-year delay to the energy transition could see the global average temperature rise to 3°C above pre-industrial levels.

Offshore CCS projects could breathe new life into Gulf of Mexico

• 04 November 2022

As the US looks for innovative ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, offshore carbon capture storage (CCS) projects in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) could play an influential role in meeting future goals, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

IMO 2020 – what does it mean for downstream, upstream, LNG and bulks sectors?

• 07 May 2019

Implementation of IMO 2020 regulation is just eight months away and its implications will be felt beyond refining and shipping. Wood Mackenzie's Asia Pacific experts weigh in on what this means for the different sectors.

Will a shifting global market embrace US crude?

• 05 March 2018

A new study by Wood Mackenzie, examines this shift in the oil market, and assesses the challenges and opportunities facing the market and US producers and midstream operators.

How the energy transition can reduce the risk of future shocks

• 21 April 2022

Five key lessons from today's energy crisis on how to manage the shift to lower-carbon sources while strengthening energy security

Energy Pulse: in brief (11th August)

• 11 August 2023

Standout oil well performance in New Mexico, Saudi Aramco confirms its new dividend plan, the EU backs CCUS projects, the latest on superconductivity hopes, and more

Can Gazprom deliver Power of Siberia gas to China by 2020?

• 06 September 2017

In July, Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced first gas supplies via the Power of Siberia pipeline for 20 December 2019. Alongside a raft of projects starting up in 2019-2021, tax increases and low gas prices are straining Gasproms finances. We explore the risks for the Power of Siberia project.

Threats to oil supplies show the limits of US production growth

• 08 October 2024

The US is sometimes thought to be immune to the impact of a steep rise in crude prices, because of the strength of its oil industry. But that view is an oversimplification. How might US E&Ps respond to disruption to global oil supplies?