• Opinion

  Can fiscal policy help the oil industry to ‘do a Leicester’?

  • 31 5月 2016

  Governments are telling the oil companies that they need to ‘do a Leicester’. That is, maintain (or even improve on) their best performance — investment, production — but at a fraction of the cost.

• Editorial

  Recovery in the upstream sector

  • 13 12月 2016

  Malcolm Forbes-Cable, Vice President of Upstream Consulting, discusses the outlook for recovery in the upstream sector.

• Editorial

  How will peak oil demand affect the upstream industry?

  • 20 10月 2017

  With the world now considering a structural decline in oil demand, will upstream interest and investment in exploration be reduced?

• Editorial

  What does peak oil demand mean for the supply chain?

  • 20 10月 2017

  With the world now considering a structural decline in oil demand, how will the supply chain follow their customers?

• The Edge

  The smart money moving back into conventional exploration

  • 17 10月 2017

  Oil and gas companies are trying to balance playing a short game and a long game. The dominant strategic theme is strict capital discipline; higher risk investment is off the agenda.

• Editorial

  Corporate Service: Latin American NOCs' Q2 results evaluation

  • 22 8月 2017

  Following the Q2 reports, we spotted a common theme for Petrobras, Ecopetrol, YPF and Pemex: extensive efforts to cut costs and increase efficiency.

• Editorial

  Colombia's natural gas sector gains momentum

  • 26 5月 2017

  Declining legacy production and growing demand creates a window of opportunity for the right players.

• Editorial

  What are the emerging themes for the oilfield supply chain?

  • 06 2月 2018

  Five themes emerging within the upstream service sector

• The Edge

  OPEC‘s challenge in 2020: balancing an oversupplied oil market

  • 03 12月 2019

  Will oil demand growth recover in 2020? Is global supply still growing apace? How is US tight oil investment and production being affected by negative investor sentiment? Have the production cuts of 2019 balanced the market? Do they need to be extended or adjusted? Will fundamentals or geopolitics determine oil prices? We answer some of the big questions on OPEC’s agenda ahead of its December meeting in Vienna.

• Opinion

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

  • 05 12月 2019

  A handful of assets account for almost a third of the Majors’ upstream carbon emissions – and that presents an opportunity for rapid progress against emissions targets.

• The Edge

  Brazil, giant oil projects and the Majors

  • 26 11月 2019

  Big Oil’s risk appetite has changed. It needs to continue to replace reserves for the foreseeable future but is looking for lower risk options than exploration. Discovered resources can be part of the solution, though opportunities to develop a giant oil field such as Buzios in Brazil, in the heart of an industry hot spot, only come around once in a blue moon. So why the lack of bids from the Majors?

• Opinion

  Greener LNG is vital to Asia’s sustainable development

  • 29 11月 2019

  Gas will play a vital role in Asia’s fight against air pollution, and in meeting its future energy demand. But with its environmental impact under new scrutiny, is it time for LNG to get greener?

• Featured

  The "massive challenge" of a 2 degree world

  • 08 11月 2019

  Democratic presidential challengers have pledged to end fracking. That’s not a realistic aim, but their commitments are still significant. Get the latest from Ed Crooks, Vice-Chairman, Americas.

• Featured

  The IEA’s outlook to 2040

  • 15 11月 2019

  The latest edition of the International Energy Agency's flagship World Energy Outlook highlighted its concern that the world is "well off track from the aim of a secure and sustainable energy future". This and more from Ed Crooks, Vice-Chair, Americas.

• The Edge

  The Majors have got bigger – but are they better?

  • 29 10月 2019

  Bigger the Majors may be, but are the companies better placed to cope with future price uncertainty and the energy transition? Find out in this week's Edge.

• Opinion

  What are the implications of the attacks on Saudi oil facilities?

  • 30 9月 2019

  In this episode of the Middle East and North Africa In Brief podcast, Ian Thom, Stewart Williams, Tor Soltvedt and Norman Valentine discuss the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities in September.

• The Edge

  Challenges to tight oil’s growth as spend tapers

  • 01 10月 2019

  How is US tight oil performing in this febrile environment? Simon Flowers asks R.T. Dukes and his team of Lower 48 researchers.

• The Edge

  Saudi attack, geopolitics and oil markets

  • 20 9月 2019

  The attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure took out over 5% of global oil supply and temporarily pushed up prices by 20%. What does the attack say about the security of oil’s supply chain?

• The Edge

  How to kick the hydrocarbon habit

  • 10 9月 2019

  Three steps to tackling climate change

• The Edge

  Challenges in a growing LNG market

  • 17 9月 2019

  LNG is on track for prodigious growth in the next two decades. Is the traditional business model that’s worked for six decades fit for purpose? How should a 21st-century LNG player tool up to maximise value?

• Editorial

  Petrobras has turned a corner. But can it deliver peer-leading growth?

  • 18 8月 2019

  Raphael Portela and Michael Stinebaugh, research analysts at Wood Mackenzie's Corporate Research team, share key highlights of Petrobras' latest corporate report.

• Opinion

  Revisiting the landmark Caspian Sea agreement

  • 06 9月 2019

  A year since the much-anticipated Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea was signed, how much has changed?

• Opinion

  Notes from URTeC and our views on development cubes and in-basin sand

  • 26 8月 2019

  Listen to the latest episode of Crude For Thought: Notes from URTeC and our views on development cubes and in-basin sand

• Featured

  How can Big Oil stay investible through the energy transition?

  • 28 8月 2019

  The threat of climate change represents an existential challenge to the Majors. If they are to remain investible – five, ten years from now – all will need to transition to business models that are aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Luke Parker, VP of Corporate Analysis, considers what that transition might look like.

• Featured

  Unlocking value from data: lessons from data-savvy industries

  • 07 8月 2019

  Financial services industries have been relying on consortiums for decades to get the most out of their data. What began as a way to streamline data now informs industry best practice.

• Featured

  Tight oil or deepwater: which is more valuable?

  • 23 7月 2019

  Deepwater and tight oil project economics are often presented differently. But what happens if we use the same investment metrics to evaluate both?

• Editorial

  North America crude markets, the outlook for oil and the Russian gas route to market

  • 30 7月 2019

  Hot topics from our most popular reports: Permian cube development potential, a long-term outlook for oils and Russian gas infrastructure and production hotspots

• Editorial

  Permian basin GOR: recalibrating US gas production models

  • 09 7月 2019

  Rising Permian gas-to-oil ratios hold huge implications for the US gas production outlook. Natural gas pipelines, flaring and Waha basis are all impacted.

• Opinion

  How to create value through oil and gas acquisitions in the North Sea

  • 15 7月 2019

  The years between 2012 and 2018 saw frenetic M&A activity in the UK North Sea. Our team of North Sea analysts looked back at the 55 biggest deals announced during that period to learn how value was created.

• Editorial

  Tight oil M&A: after Anadarko, remember small deals too

  • 15 7月 2019

  Tight oil M&A is all about arbitrage. Private equity-backed operators have a lot to prove. The US shale M&A landscape is perking up in lower price ranges.