• Opinion

  US Gulf of Mexico: 5 things to look for in 2025

  • 07 1月 2025

  With a new administration and refreshed focus on domestic production growth set to take effect in January, the regulatory future looks bright.

• Opinion

  Continental Europe upstream: 5 things to look for in 2025

  • 07 1月 2025

  Continental Europe is intensifying efforts to bolster energy security through increased gas production.

• Opinion

  Canada upstream: 4 things to look for in 2025

  • 07 1月 2025

  Canada's production growth carries on. But there are important nuances underneath total volume numbers.

• Opinion

  Sub-Saharan Africa upstream: 5 things to look for in 2025

  • 07 1月 2025

  From exploration in the deepwater Atlantic margin to LNG momentum and licensing rounds, a look at key themes this year.

• Content

  Energy transition outlook

  • 17 2月 2025

  Wood Mackenzie’s modelling of the energy transition pathways and the route to net zero.

• Comment

  Collapsing demand sets the terms in the OPEC+ battle for market share

  • 09 4月 2020

  Since OPEC+’s failure to agree on production restraint on 5-6 March, the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have become far clearer, sparking a crisis in the oil market as prices fell and supply ramped up. The problem for these producers is the scale of the fall in oil demand, especially during April and forecast for Q2 2020. No matter the size of the varying forecasts, they all point to a challenging market that puts pressure on storage space and prices.

• Comment

  Shell 'to be net-zero company by 2050'

  • 16 4月 2020

  Commenting after Shell announced its intention to become net-zero company by 2050, Luke Parker, vice president, corporate analysis, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “This is an evolution of the net carbon footprint ambition that Shell unveiled in November 2017.

• Webinar

  The energy transition of the oil and gas sector: key drivers and outlook

  • 14 5月 2020

  This webinar will analyse the impact of the coronavirus and the subsequent precipitous drop in oil prices on the Majors’ new energy strategies. We will look at how the announced cost cutting measures may affect the peers’ carbon reduction and renewables budgets. We will also discuss a deepening transatlantic divide between the European and the US Majors and key reasons that underpin their different approaches to the energy transition.

• News Release

  US midstream takes hit as Lower 48 E&Ps turn off taps

  • 03 6月 2020

  The oil price crash has hit the US Lower 48 hard. But as exploration and production companies work to mitigate the impact of the crash on their businesses, their strategies are affecting the region’s midstream players.

• Comment

  Market set to tighten as OPEC+ agrees to extend 9.7 million b/d output cut

  • 06 6月 2020

  OPEC+ today (6 June 2020) agreed a one-month extension of the 9.7 million barrels per day (b/d) production cut. The extension will tighten the market further and could see Brent prices rise from the current $40/bbl toward $45-to-$50/bbl.

• Comment

  BP asset write-down 'is significant for sector'

  • 16 6月 2020

  Speaking after BP announced it was writing down as much as $17.5 billion when it reports its second quarter results, Luke Parker, vice president, corporate analysis, said: “The impairment shouldn’t come as a big surprise, but the implications – near-term and long-term – are significant.”

• Comment

  Chevron to sell stake in North West Shelf LNG

  • 18 6月 2020

  Chevron continuing to high-grade its portfolio and putting its 16.7% stake in the NWS up for sale makes a lot of sense.