A rough road for electric cars in the US

• 12 June 2020

The share of the US vehicle market taken by EVs has fallen sharply this year, underlining the challenges the industry faces. Support from the federal government will be essential for the electrification of road transport to make real progress.

Webinar | Europe Upstream Outlook 2025

• 27 February 2025

Join us on the 27th February as we discuss the outlook for Europe Upstream oil and gas

Qatar quits OPEC

• 03 December 2018

On 3 December 2018, Qatar announced it will withdraw from OPEC on 1 January 2019, putting an end to its 57-year membership of the producers’ cartel. Qatar, which said it intends to focus on its gas production, made the announcement ahead of the 6 December OPEC meeting.

Macroeconomics

Understand the interplay between commodities and the economy with macroeconomics analysis to help forecast the pace of global economic development to 2035.

Dividends or growth – Big Oil’s dilemma

• 27 July 2017

The industry is adapting to low oil prices. But can upstream grow in this environment? The question is a profound one, the answer in reality more about sustaining the business and maximising returns rather than pursuing growth.

Webinar | Will the UK North Sea survive the government budget on 30th October?

• 31 October 2024

Join our SVP for fiscal research Graham Kellas and Research Director Gail Anderson for a discussion on the fiscal changes, impact on UK investment, production and competitiveness, and which companies will be most affected by the UK's upcoming budget announcement.

OPEC agrees 1.5m b/d output cut as coronavirus eats into global demand

• 05 March 2020

The OPEC oil producers' group and its non-OPEC allies are poised to deepen its production cuts by 1.5 million barrels per day as the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak eats into global oil demand.

Coronavirus pushes oil towards the abyss

• 06 April 2020

As demand collapses, how will the market deal with oversupply? Find out in this week's Edge.

Attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities

• 16 September 2019

This attack has material implications for the oil market, as a loss of 5 million barrels per day of supplies from Saudi Arabia cannot be met for long by existing inventories and the limited spare capacity of the other OPEC+ group members. A geopolitical risk premium will return to the oil price.

Big Oil is back buying upstream assets

• 29 June 2023

Targets are gas and strengthening core positions

Is private equity the buyer the upstream M&A market has been looking for?

• 16 February 2022

Rising ESG pressure for public companies to decarbonise is bringing more upstream assets to the market, presenting an opportunity for private equity.

Cutting dependence on China’s renewables supply chain

• 01 June 2023

The US takes a lead by incentivising equipment manufacturers.

Wood Mackenzie appoints new Chief Financial Officer

• 27 March 2023

Wood Mackenzie, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, has appointed Simon Crowe to its global executive leadership team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 27th March.

Fuelling change: how oil and mining companies can finance the energy transition

• 20 April 2023

How oil and mining companies can finance the energy transition

US$500 billion (2023 terms) investment in global oil and gas asset development enough to meet peak demand in 2030s

• 20 July 2023

Despite concerns about underinvestment in upstream, peak oil and gas demand can be met in the 2030s without a substantial increase to current annual asset development investment levels of US$500 billion in 2023 terms, according to a new Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

Wood Mackenzie 2020 Research Excellence Awards

• 23 March 2021

In 2020, our global analysts produced an outstanding body of research to help steer our clients through the challenges and uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our annual Research Excellence Awards celebrate the very best of that compelling and timely insight.

Three lessons for decarbonising power markets

• 07 September 2023

Investment in the grid and storage must match renewables growth

Global exploration before and after Covid-19

• 20 May 2020

Get the highlights of Wood Mackenzie's annual exploration survey, conducted just before the oil price crashed – and examine the stark contrast in plans and budgets pre- and post-pandemic.

Metals and mining: who gets hit hardest by an economic slump?

• 19 June 2020

Demand destruction and falling revenues leave some industry players at risk of financial distress.

Playing by new rules: how the CBAM will change the world

• 21 September 2023

The CBAM will reshuffle global trade – who will be the winners and losers?

The coming US low-carbon energy boom

• 27 January 2023

The extensive tax credits and other subsidies for low-carbon energy included in the Inflation Reduction Act have been widely seen as propelling the US into first place as a location for investment in those technologies.

Are voters turning their backs on the EU’s 2030 climate objectives?

• 10 July 2024

European voters just threw a spanner in the works of the EU’s 2030 decarbonisation targets. Last month’s European parliamentary elections saw a dramatic shift in power to nationalist and populist parties, which tapped into, among other issues, voter scepticism over the pace and sheer cost of the energy transition. We look at the impact of the elections on tackling climate change.

Is the price rally in energy and metals sustainable?

• 14 May 2021

Green shoots of economic recovery are bursting through. Energy, metals and mining commodity markets have sensed it for months – witness the soaring prices of oil, LNG, iron ore, copper and many other metals. Is this a post-pandemic economic bounce or the start of a new supercycle?

Veritas Capital completes acquisition of Wood Mackenzie

• 02 February 2023

Veritas Capital (“Veritas”), a leading investor at the intersection of technology and government, today announced that an affiliate of Veritas has completed the purchase of Wood Mackenzie from Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK).

Investors exert their influence over the energy transition

• 11 June 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.

US$210bn of new spend in firing line as players target cost cuts

• 02 April 2020

The oil price crash has hit the upstream sector hard. Deep cuts are being made across the board, but it will have a dramatic impact on the industry’s project pipeline. Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes almost all pre-FID projects will be deferred. Of the 50+ projects we identified with potential to go ahead this year, only 10 have a chance of proceeding, but all are at risk.

OPEC and how low prices have changed oil demand

• 03 April 2018

How to sum up the effect on oil markets of OPEC’s strategy since 2014? Based on how the fundamentals have evolved, it's been a pretty mixed bag.

The nuclear moment

• 22 October 2021

Gas and coal prices have soared while governments commit to ambitious goals for cutting emissions. Nuclear power can be part of the solution.

Webinar | Copper Rush: Diversify or go pure play?

• 17 September 2024

Join our experts on 17th September 2024. for a webinar exploring how valuations, carbon footprints, and balance sheet health will shape the M&A strategies and overall corporate plans of both diversified miners and pure-play copper companies.

Low oil price could squeeze out 4 million b/d of non-OPEC supply

• 19 April 2020

The OPEC+ ‘deal of the century’ last weekend changes oil market dynamics in the short run. Find out more in this week's Edge.