• Opinion

  Middle East and North Africa upstream: 5 things to look for in 2024

  • 10 1月 2024

  With COP28 recently completed in the UAE, there is elevated interest in progressing diverse clean energy strategies in the MENA region.

• Opinion

  North Sea upstream: 5 things to look for in 2024

  • 08 1月 2024

  Fiscal and political uncertainty will weigh on the UK upstream sector, Norway will continue to grow and Denmark will ramp up gas production.

• Opinion

  Latin America upstream: 5 things to look for in 2024

  • 10 1月 2024

  Deepwater growth will continue to be a dominant theme in Latin America.

• Opinion

  The future of exploration: Return to profitability

  • 23 5月 2018

  Things are looking up for exploration as we start to see a long overdue return to profitability - for those companies still in the game. In the final part of our mini-series accompanying his presentation at EAGE in Copenhagen, Andy Latham takes stock of the great successes of late.

• Opinion

  Four themes for your future exploration strategy

  • 23 5月 2018

  As the wounds from not too long ago start to heal, the industry remains cautious. Every dollar spent is expected to work harder than ever before. With less than one dollar in ten of upstream investment going to exploration, which strategies will the industry follow when allocating their budgets to ensure the best possible return?

• Opinion

  Turning tide for offshore supply chain markets

  • 06 6月 2018

  One of the first signs we have seen of a recovering offshore market and improving financial health has been in the harsh environment rig market...

• Opinion

  Can conventional oil projects compete with L48 oil?

  • 14 3月 2018

  US tight oil has arrived with a bang, disrupting the oil market. But can conventional oil projects compete? Our latest report looks at where tight oil and other pre-FID conventional projects sit on the global cost curve.

• Opinion

  Is cost reduction the new normal?

  • 15 2月 2018

  We look at the results of our third annual Global Upstream Cost Survey

• Opinion

  What will it take to sustain corporate upstream growth to 2030?

  • 30 10月 2018

  Upstream corporate growth is threatened by chronic underspend. What factors are influencing spending? And what's the growth factor the industry needs? Tom Ellacott and Norman Valentine analyse the lack of investment and its impact on long-term outlooks for oil majors.

• Opinion

  Progress on opex, but will it stick?

  • 30 9月 2016

  The dramatic fall in oil prices has forced the industry to look hard at capex plans and the efficiency of operating assets and functions, with significant downward pressure on rates.

• Opinion

  ‘Permania’ prevails, and other learnings from the 2017 DUG Permian Conference

  • 11 4月 2017

  At the 2017 DUG Permian Conference, three main themes stood out.

• Opinion

  Will deals walk the optimistic talk of NAPE?

  • 21 2月 2017

  NAPE 2017 was a great show, and optimism is back in the oil patch.

• Opinion

  New project sanctions on the rise?

  • 21 6月 2017

  At the start of the year, we predicted that around 20 to 25 major new upstream projects would be sanctioned in 2017, roughly double the score for 2016. So, as we approach the year’s halfway mark, how is our forecast faring?

• Opinion

  We need to talk about hydrogen

  • 08 7月 2019

  I’m just back from Tokyo and a key theme for many Japanese energy companies continues to be future investment in E&P and whether long-term growth in oil and gas demand will materialise given the pace of energy transition.

• Opinion

  How low-cost US natural gas spurs global LNG opportunities

  • 08 8月 2019

  The US shale revolution in action: as well productivity dramatically rose, the US emerged as the largest gas producer in the world. LNG buyers will benefit.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Conflicts of interest

  • 14 5月 2024

  Transitioning to a net zero global economy is a monumental investment challenge. Meeting the challenge, already an outside bet, will have to happen against a less favourable monetary backdrop than the world has been used to since 2009. This month's Horizons live panel discuss the cost of investing in the energy transition in a high-interest-rate era.

• Opinion

  Energy Pulse: in brief (11th August)

  • 11 8月 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

• Opinion

  Offshore wind: German auction wins show Big Oil has not left the party

  • 19 7月 2023

  What made Germany’s 7 GW offshore wind tender so attractive – and what does it mean for other governments?

• Opinion

  Petrobras kicks off Marlim revitalisation project in Brazil

  • 23 5月 2023

  Market activity is picking up for Petrobras – developments are moving forward quickly, while exploration remains slow.

• Opinion

  Securing Asia’s energy and natural resources future

  • 31 5月 2023

  'Business as usual’ is incompatible with net zero ambitions

• Opinion

  Drilling down into the UAE’s exploration renaissance

  • 17 5月 2023

  ADNOC has aggressive decarbonisation targets under a strategy that includes, somewhat counterintuitively, oil and gas growth and a renewed emphasis on licensing and exploration.

• Opinion

  Harbour and Talos in merger discussions – what are the drivers?

  • 08 6月 2023

  According to a Reuters report, North Sea producer Harbour Energy is in talks with GoM-focused Talos Energy over a potential merger. Conslidation continues to drive upstream M&A as companies look to increase resilience and diversify portfolios.

• Opinion

  Africa upstream oil and gas: one last hurrah?

  • 21 6月 2023

  Investors are looking afresh at Africa’s advantaged barrels – but old problems persist.

• Opinion

  The case for developing UK's oil and gas resources: Rosebank and Cambo fields

  • 27 6月 2023

  Analysing the potential of Rosebank and Cambo fields as part of the UK’s development of oil and gas resources in the North Sea.

• Opinion

  Headwinds to tailwinds: are deepwater rig companies ready for a modernised upstream industry?

  • 03 7月 2023

  How can deepwater rig companies turn current weaknesses and threats into strengths and opportunities?

• Opinion

  The Middle East steps on the gas

  • 04 5月 2023

  What’s driving the impressive growth of the gas sector in the Middle East?

• Opinion

  Oil and gas Majors: venture capital strategies for the energy transition

  • 01 5月 2023

  The Majors have focused investment in nine areas of energy transition technology

• Opinion

  Headwinds on the upstream energy transition journey

  • 18 4月 2023

  The oil and gas industry has proved its resilience in recent years – but wherever you look there are more costs and more risk. Can it rise to the sustainability challenge?

• Opinion

  Can Africa help solve Europe’s gas supply crunch?

  • 18 4月 2023

  Europe needs gas, and Africa has plenty of it – but planned exports are fraught with risk

• Opinion

  Japan pulls no punches on risks to Australian LNG exports

  • 12 4月 2023

  Business leaders see confidence in Australia’s investment climate at risk.