• Opinion

  Energy Pulse: in brief (29 September)

  • 29 9月 2023

  The Biden administration plans the "fewest offshore oil and gas lease sales in history", and the rest of the week’s key energy news.

• Opinion

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

  • 26 9月 2023

  The country’s decision to halt new exploration puts uncertainty into Colombia’s long-term energy security.

• Opinion

  An ADNOC trilogy (part 3): big gas ambitions

  • 15 9月 2023

  ADNOC’s gas self-sufficiency strategy relies on the development of ultra sour, unconventional, and gas cap resources – but the cost and complexity are impeding progress

• Opinion

  Unwrapping key players in Colombia's upstream sector

  • 29 8月 2023

  Colombia’s midcaps step up to plug the upstream gap in challenging times

• Opinion

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

  • 01 8月 2023

  Tax plans put more money in the hands of the Colombian government. But they will deter investment at a crossroads for the extractive industry.

• Opinion

  The future of European upstream oil and gas

  • 13 7月 2023

  Supply, demand and investment themes to watch in Europe’s upstream oil and gas sector outlook

• Opinion

  The US tight oil industry grows up

  • 23 6月 2023

  As the E&P sector embraces capital discipline and stability through the cycle, the US may be losing its role as a swing producer

• Opinion

  Global upstream update: a review of key industry themes

  • 29 6月 2023

  The upstream oil and gas industry continues the push to decarbonise production but faces increasing regulatory uncertainty

• Opinion

  Energy Pulse: in brief (30 June)

  • 30 6月 2023

  Our take on pure player EQT's latest sustainability report – and more energy news and views in brief.

• Opinion

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

  • 06 7月 2023

  A month into the role and Nigeria’s new president, Tinubu is already having a significant impact on the economy

• Opinion

  What’s shaping CCUS project costs?

  • 02 5月 2023

  A better understanding of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) costs is needed before the technology can become a commercial reality on a truly global scale.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: The Big Ban

  • 30 6月 2022

  Watch on demand as we answer your questions about the consequences of the Ukraine war on commodities, and how governments, companies and investors must respond as the outlook for energy is transformed.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: No country for old fields

  • 09 12月 2024

  Following the aligned Horizons report, this session replay examines the potential for high-impact exploration to lower the cost of oil and gas to consumers, cut carbon intensity, and add value for both resource holders and explorers.

• Opinion

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

  • 13 6月 2019

  Having attended many APPEA events in the past, this was the first time renewable energy sources - hydrogen in particular - were put under the spotlight.

• Opinion

  M&A shake-up on the horizon for the Australian upstream sector

  • 29 8月 2019

  We’ve identified a potential US$32 billion worth of assets that could change hands in the next few years. Many of these deals are long in the planning and reflect wider trends in the Australian and global upstream sectors. We’ve bucketed our pick of the deals into three key themes.

• Opinion

  Southeast Asian NOCs show growing appetite in global M&A market

  • 02 9月 2019

  I’ll bet that if you ask anyone with an interest in the global upstream M&A if they could name the top three spenders through the first half of 2019, they would struggle to name the third. The easy one is Occidental (Anadarko), second place is Total through its acquisition of Anadarko’s African assets. But who was the third largest acquirer by spend in H1 2019?

• Opinion

  Collaboration in the Carnarvon Basin

  • 04 11月 2018

  Can big players in the Carnarvon Basin lose the ego and play nice for the greater good of Australian LNG?

• Opinion

  US tight oil piles pressure on refiners

  • 01 10月 2018

  Alan Gelder looks at the ways in which US tight oil has revolutionised the global oil market. This article first appeared on Forbes.com on September 27, 2018.

• Opinion

  Dorado: Australia's biggest oil discovery this century

  • 17 8月 2018

  Exploration in Western Australia has produced a result no one expected - a large commercial oil find, Australia's largest this century. The discovery is significant for block partners Quadrant and Carnarvon, but how they will monetise it remains to be seen. Senior Research Analyst for Oceania Upstream, Daniel Toleman, explores the options and outcomes.

• Opinion

  Costs: early warning signals

  • 27 10月 2016

  This week’s results announcements from the big oilfield services (OFS) companies show that the market may be turning very quickly.

• Opinion

  Downstream consistency holds lessons for upstream

  • 23 3月 2017

  Downstream continues to demonstrate robust financial performance while upstream struggles.

• Opinion

  Norway’s upstream sector will prosper — but can the UK rally?

  • 12 1月 2017

  In Norway, interest in the sector is still high, but in the UK, the lowest number of exploration wells for 50 years and another 20% drop in capex point to a deeper malaise.

• Opinion

  How will Alberta's carbon emissions cap impact oil sands development?

  • 26 1月 2017

  Although the plan provides comfort to local citizens and international buyers, it also raises questions for oil sands asset owners and investors.

• Opinion

  Operating cost: has the oil industry really moved the needle?

  • 20 6月 2016

  So has the industry finally reversed the long trend of opex inflation? Well, yes and no.

• Opinion

  Starters’ orders for the oilfield services market?

  • 07 12月 2016

  The last few years have been all about managing down the costs base, resulting in diminished capacity, and laying the foundations of the recovery.

• Opinion

  A balancing act: getting fiscal terms right

  • 01 12月 2016

  A government can’t influence the geological potential of the areas they offer, so they need to be aware of how the industry perceives the areas offered. How good are the rocks?

• Opinion

  Do lower oil prices lead to lower oil tax rates?

  • 08 12月 2015

  New projects in countries that impose a high fiscal burden appear significantly less competitive in the corporate portfolio.

• Opinion

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

  • 01 7月 2020

  Once America’s champion of natural gas, Chesapeake declares bankruptcy. A US natural gas champion stumbles, but what are the implications for the market and pipelines? Get Wood Mackenzie's analysis here.

• Opinion

  What investors want to know about energy and natural resources

  • 17 6月 2020

  The impact of Covid-19 on energy demand remains top of mind, but investors’ questions reveal a return to calm if not a return to “normal”

• Opinion

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

  • 22 7月 2020

  The energy transition could have created an existential crisis for the North Sea. But governments and North Sea upstream operators are embracing ambitious projects and technology on the road to net zero.