• Opinion

  Transforming energy: 5 key questions ahead of Gastech 2024

  • 02 9月 2024

  Wood Mackenzie is proud to be the Knowledge Partner at Gastech 2024

• Opinion

  The Norwegian emissions dilemma

  • 05 8月 2024

  What is the real impact of curtailing production from Norway on the broader European energy landscape?

• Opinion

  International NOCs’ growing presence in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • 23 7月 2024

  Asian and Middle Eastern national oil companies have doubled down on their investment and resource base in Sub-Saharan Africa. What are their drivers?

• Opinion

  5 things you need to know about carbon offsets in 2024

  • 29 7月 2024

  The carbon offset market holds potential for participants across carbon management strategies and as investments, but how are market dynamics evolving?

• Opinion

  The potential of Indonesia’s ‘energy super basins’

  • 11 7月 2024

  We share how the country’s upstream operators can leverage sustainability principles by seeking “advantaged resources” within their portfolio

• Opinion

  Emboldened and disciplined exploration: results from our Future of Exploration 2024 Survey

  • 29 5月 2024

  This Wood Mackenzie survey takes the pulse of the exploration sector and assesses its key issues and challenges.

• Opinion

  End of an era looms as Chevron seeks UK exit

  • 23 5月 2024

  Clair is the big attraction for would-be buyers

• Opinion

  ADNOC acquires stake in Rovuma LNG from Galp

  • 23 5月 2024

  The transaction supports ADNOC's international gas strategy and the high grading of Galp's upstream portfolio.

• Opinion

  Upstream investment in Africa: what does the future hold as new investment hotspots replace legacy producers?

  • 18 9月 2024

  Upstream investment in Africa has been slower to recover from the pandemic compared to more agile regions with lower costs. Moving forward, we expect investments of around US$40 billion annually, or 8% of global capex, to be the new normal.

• Opinion

  Pressures from investors and governments change the shape of the US tight oil industry

  • 09 4月 2021

  Pioneer’s US$6.4 billion deal for DoublePoint shows how demands for higher returns and lower emissions are driving consolidation among US E&Ps.

• Opinion

  How carbon pricing could reshape upstream oil and gas economics

  • 31 3月 2021

  Few countries currently require oil and gas producers to either pay a carbon tax or participate in an emissions trading scheme (ETS). But that could soon change. Higher carbon charges are not a case of ‘if’ but when, where and how much — raising serious questions for investors.

• Opinion

  Suez blockage highlights Asia’s vulnerability to disruptions

  • 31 3月 2021

  The grounding of the 400-metre, 224,000-tonne Ever Given cargo vessel in the Suez Canal last Tuesday inevitably sparked concern across the global economy and, while the vessel is now afloat and traffic has resumed, will have once again reminded Asian countries of the risks such trade arteries continue to present.

• Opinion

  President Biden aims for higher employment and lower emissions

  • 01 4月 2021

  Two announcements this week showed the administration attempting to deliver on its promise that a key goal of climate policy is job creation.

• Opinion

  Drone strikes attempt to disrupt Saudi oil exports

  • 12 3月 2021

  Houthi militants have failed in recent attempts to hit targets in Saudi Arabia. But markets and governments are watching closely for a possible threat to oil supplies

• Opinion

  Federal leases and permits: how much could US tight oil shrink?

  • 03 3月 2021

  The Biden administration has moved swiftly to impose temporary restrictions on new federal lease sales and drilling permits ahead of a potential overhaul of regulations for oil and gas producers on federal lands. Are tighter rules ahead?

• Opinion

  The Texas energy crisis: its causes and consequences

  • 19 2月 2021

  Freezing conditions in the southern US led to blackouts and a slump in gas production. What can we learn from the crisis?

• Opinion

  Carbon emissions: a new challenge for US LNG

  • 05 2月 2021

  President Joe Biden adds to the pressure on US gas exporters to consider climate impacts

• Opinion

  A £2.5 trillion transformation: the economic impact of a net-zero North Sea

  • 04 2月 2021

  Low-carbon technologies have the potential to transform the energy industry. They could also have a powerful effect on local economies – as the UK is on a mission to demonstrate.

• Opinion

  What President Biden’s first day means for energy

  • 22 1月 2021

  Blocking the Keystone XL pipeline, rejoining the Paris climate agreement, and a 60-day restriction on drilling permits on federal lands and waters are a statement of intent from the new administration

• Opinion

  2021 – cheerful or fearful?

  • 13 1月 2021

  And after the 12 months we’ve all just experienced, making bold predictions for the year ahead is more fraught than ever: nothing is off the table.

• Opinion

  Decarbonising the upstream industry

  • 14 7月 2021

  In the face of the energy transition, upstream companies are under severe pressure to decarbonise. A situation that is only likely to intensify. Companies need to take note, set out their strategy and act so as to future-proof their business and keep hold of their social licence to operate.

• Opinion

  Horizons: three key findings from Q2 2021

  • 06 7月 2021

  A recap from the last three editions of Horizons, from the prospect of upside-down oil and gas prices to the vast potential of carbon capture

• Opinion

  Investors exert their influence over the energy transition

  • 11 6月 2021

  Oil and gas companies have been coming under mounting pressure from large shareholders to address climate risks, and that pressure has stepped up sharply this year. The world’s six largest investors by assets under management have signed up to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, committing them to supporting the goal of global net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner. In total the signatories to the initiative have $37 trillion under management.

• Opinion

  Big Oil’s watershed moment: five things you need to know

  • 10 6月 2021

  The events of May 26 2021 look like a defining moment for the oil and gas industry. In the space of a few hours, three decisions crystallised trends that had been building for years at the large international oil companies, showing the pressure they are under to address climate change and the energy transition.

• Opinion

  The role of NOCs on the road to net zero

  • 22 4月 2021

  NOCs must play a role in the global mission to decarbonise. Could this be a game-changing year?

• Opinion

  How Asia changed the global LNG market in the space of a year

  • 21 4月 2021

  The past year has undoubtedly been the most dramatic in the history of the global LNG industry. Demand buffeted by lockdowns and recession, liquefaction shut-in, pre-FID supply projects delayed and spot LNG prices crashing to all-time lows before going into orbit.

• Opinion

  The US energy transition rides on the electric F-150

  • 21 5月 2021

  Ford has launched the electric version of its best-selling F-150 truck. Its success or failure will have a big impact on the electrification of transport in the US, and on climate policy.

• Opinion

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

  • 04 5月 2021

  Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) could be a critical step on the Majors’ decarbonisation journey. What role could this technology play, and can it scale at the pace required to support Paris Agreement targets?

• Opinion

  There’s still life in China’s shale gas

  • 28 4月 2021

  Looking back over a decade as the US shale gas boom began to dramatically transform the country’s energy balance, driving down gas prices and ultimately creating one of the world’s largest LNG exporters, many speculated whether China could replicate this success.

• Opinion

  The US government speeds up drilling permit approvals

  • 04 6月 2021

  The Biden administration this week issued an order suspending further work on oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, pending a new environmental review. The order follows through on a commitment that President Joe Biden made on his first day in office. Drilling in ANWR has always been highly controversial, and the lease sale in January attracted only limited interest.