• Editorial

  Oil price crash: what now for fiscal terms?

  • 11 5月 2020

  Listen to our webinar to discover the impact of fiscal terms on project economics when oil prices are low.

• Webinar

  Webinar Replay

  • 05 5月 2020

  Brazil’s industrial gas demand had already started to decline in March, after coronavirus containment measures were put in place in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states. However, as lockdowns took effect across the country in the first two weeks of April, demand plunged. The oversupply has forced Petrobras to take action to mitigate the damage across the gas value chain and used its portfolio in an integrated and coordinated approach. • Covid-19 impact in the gas and power demand, and crisis management implemented by Petrobras • New power dispatch and gas market trends post Covid-19 • What to expect for LNG, Bolivian and domestic prices in the short term? • Lessons learned to gas marketing and infrastructure development players.

• Opinion

  From ‘revenge spending’ to plunging exports, China’s path to economic recovery remains uncertain

  • 06 5月 2020

  Without a broader global recovery there can be no quick return to pre-crisis levels for many of China’s industrial manufacturers or their demand for energy.

• Editorial

  What crashing LNG prices mean for renewables

  • 05 5月 2020

  What falling gas and LNG prices mean for solar, wind and energy storage markets around the world in the short and long term.

• The Edge

  Cost challenges in a US$20/bbl world

  • 05 5月 2020

  Faced with US$20/bbl Brent, IOCs and NOCs are cutting costs across the board. What are the implications for a service sector only beginning to emerge from the last crisis? How will NOCs deal with the dual challenge of cutting costs and supporting the domestic economy? Could we see new kinds of relationships develop to ensure the supply chain survives and thrives?

• Opinion

  How coronavirus is driving down LNG demand in Asia and Europe – and hitting supply

  • 22 4月 2020

  In this episode of The Big Chill podcast we discuss how the oil price crash and coronavirus are impacting Asian and European LNG markets, and the longer term impacts to global supply.

• Opinion

  Why crude-to-chemicals is the obvious way forward

  • 27 4月 2020

  Which is more competitive, a US ethane-based cracker or a second-generation COTC cracker? And can other regions match China's ROI potential?

• Opinion

  Negative prices reveal the crisis for US oil

  • 24 4月 2020

  The most-watched US crude futures fell below zero on Monday, in a sign of the extreme conditions facing the industry

• The Edge

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

  • 19 4月 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.

• Editorial

  Perfect storm sees May WTI settle in negative territory

  • 21 4月 2020

  May WTI futures settled at -$37.63 on April 20. Get the latest analysis from Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils.

• Opinion

  The devastating impact of the great lockdown

  • 17 4月 2020

  There are signs that the coronavirus is gradually being brought under control in many countries, but any pick-up in activity will be tentative and uneven, and will face headwinds from the chaos in the global economy.

• Opinion

  ‘Life also, world also’ – India extends lockdown

  • 14 4月 2020

  The timing and phasing of India’s gradual release from lockdown, including the restart of selected manufacturing after 20 April, will be critical to the country’s economic stability and the shape of near-term energy demand. Multiple risks remain.

• Opinion

  Oil supply cuts explained: an interview with the US energy secretary

  • 14 4月 2020

  After the historic OPEC+ agreement to cut production, Dan Brouillette explained the US role in the talks and its view of the oil market.

• Opinion

  Middle East oil & gas operators in a better position to weather the storm than global peers

  • 17 4月 2020

  Oil revenues have collapsed and country finances are looking bleak. How will the Middle East fare through the crisis?

• Editorial

  How coronavirus is affecting power demand in the Midwest

  • 08 4月 2020

  The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has derailed power demand patterns and expectations in the Midcontinent ISO (MISO).

• Editorial

  Coronavirus hits global gas and LNG markets at worst possible time

  • 07 4月 2020

  The coronavirus pandemic is a black swan event hitting global gas and LNG markets at the worst possible time. While the collapse of LNG prices towards US production breakevens was foreseeable, the rest of 2020 could not be more unpredictable.

• The Edge

  Coronavirus pushes oil towards the abyss

  • 06 4月 2020

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

• Opinion

  The coronavirus crisis: assessing the impact on energy

  • 27 3月 2020

  Demand for oil, gas and power is recovering in China, but falling sharply in the rest of the world. The coronavirus pandemic has already had a profound impact on energy, with oil prices plunging and companies taking an axe to their capital spending plans. But the implications of the crisis are only just starting to emerge.

• Opinion

  Why upstream operators must accelerate cost reduction measures

  • 01 4月 2020

  It’s time for the rapier as well as the broadsword. Better visibility of third party spend may be vital

• The Edge

  The oil industry’s rapid response to the crisis

  • 31 3月 2020

  The oil industry has moved fast in response to the dual crisis that's undermining the crude market and price. But this may be just the beginning.

• Opinion

  Could clean energy be the winner in the oil price war?

  • 24 3月 2020

  How will the oil price crash affect the embryonic energy transition efforts of oil and gas companies? Renewable energy economics suddenly look far more attractive.

• Featured

  How will the oil price crash hit the upstream sector?

  • 20 3月 2020

  How will the oil price crash hit upstream spending? What supply might be shut in? Where does this leave the upstream service sector? Our experts share their analysis.

• Opinion

  Tight oil in turmoil

  • 18 3月 2020

  Tight oil producers are dealing with prices half of what the sector was founded on. The worst positioned won’t survive this downturn.

• Opinion

  Five ways the coronavirus changed the world of energy this week

  • 20 3月 2020

  The US government is starting to buy crude and facing calls for it to manage the oil market, as demand continues to weaken. In this week's Energy Pulse by Ed Crooks.

• Opinion

  How Italy’s lockdown is affecting power demand

  • 18 3月 2020

  Italy is the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. This has led to a sudden and significant drop in power demand. What does that tell us about what’s to come in other markets?

• Featured

  Are Japan’s E&Ps facing an existential crisis?

  • 12 3月 2020

  The energy transition has forced Japan’s upstream companies to review their strategies. Explorers and producers face a tough choice: to grow or to exit the sector entirely?

• Opinion

  Market oversupply and new LNG FID progress

  • 06 3月 2020

  In this episode of The LNG Big Chill podcast, we discuss how Covid-19 is hitting an already oversupplied LNG market, whether we will see more cancellations of US LNG cargoes and what this uncertainty means for LNG project FIDs.

• Opinion

  Why 2020 is the crunch year for climate risk reporting

  • 06 3月 2020

  How the taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures is changing the way corporations communicate with investors

• Opinion

  Middle East boosts its unconventional gas resources

  • 04 3月 2020

  In this month's episode of the MENA in Brief podcast, Ian Thom and his guests discuss unconventional gas project announcements in Saudi Arabia and UAE.

• The Edge

  Future energy – carbon capture and storage

  • 03 3月 2020

  Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is central to decarbonisation strategies. How does it work? What are the hurdles to commerciality? How much capacity do we need? Find out more in this week's Edge.