Which global steam crackers are at most risk of closure?

• 16 5月 2024

With ethylene producers facing multiple headwinds, we benchmark facilities to see which plants are under threat

How will the EU plastics levy change the flexible packaging market?

• 08 2月 2021

The EU is getting tougher on non-recycled plastic packaging waste. Will the new plastics levy lead to more sustainable solutions? And could the flexible packaging sector lose its relative cost advantage?

Horizons Live: Call of duties

• 23 4月 2024

In this month's Horizons Live, our panel discuss how we assess the carbon intensity of LNG projects around the world and the effects of LNG emission tax scenarios.

Bio-liquid gold: how biofuel circularity could unlock the energy transition

• 18 8月 2022

There’s little doubt that liquid biofuels should play a crucial role in the energy transition. Bio-based diesel and aviation fuels from plant-based feedstock could emit 80% less carbon than the crude oil-based products that dominate today’s global market. The question is how to make it happen.

Waste-based biofuels could be the key to unlocking the energy transition

• 18 8月 2022

Waste-based biofuels could be a key driver of the energy transition transforming today’s limited supply of low carbon transportation fuels and creating a local, circular economy, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).

Redesign biggest opportunity to clean up plastic packaging as sector GHG emissions predicted to rise 75% by 2040

• 21 2月 2022

Plastic pollution caught and maintained the world’s attention in the mid-2010s as images of marine environments ravaged by deposits of disposed plastic led global governments and corporations to commit to improving the circular plastic economy.

The big ban: global commodities in a post-Ukraine-war world

• 16 6月 2022

War in Ukraine is transforming the outlook for the supply, demand and price of hydrocarbons and the pace and cost of the energy transition. Read more.

Complete ban on Russian commodity exports accelerate LNG growth and energy transition

• 16 6月 2022

War in Ukraine is transforming the outlook for the supply, demand and price of hydrocarbons and the pace and cost of the energy transition. While the precise timing and implementation of future bans on Russian commodity imports are difficult to predict, a rewriting of energy trade flows is now underway.

Energy transition may shave 2% off global GDP by 2050

• 20 1月 2022

The world has the means, motive and opportunity to cap global warming to the 1.5°C limit agreed in the Paris Climate Accord, new research released today by Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk company (Nasdaq: VRSK) shows. But there will be tangible economic implications of an accelerated energy transition. While global economic output is likely to take a hit until 2050, it could be recoverable by the end of the century, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Back to the future: the Horizons year in review

• 09 12月 2021

We touched on a number of issues this year with our new thought-leadership series. Post-COP26, it's time to review the articles and put them in recent context.

High carbon tax could erode up to 60% of Asia’s refining earnings

• 05 10月 2021

A high carbon tax could erode up to 60% of Asia’s total refining earnings by 2027, says Wood Mackenzie, at the Global Energy Summit Focus Week.

The plastics industry must go under the knife for a more sustainable future

• 18 11月 2021

Stemming the flow of plastics into the environment will need ‘more than a nip and tuck approach’ if the world is to reach peak plastic and meet the net zero challenge, says Wood Mackenzie.

Webinar | Refinery/petrochemical integration is transforming the downstream landscape (APAC/MEA)

• 23 3月 2021

Join us on Tuesday 23rd, to better understand how to benchmark the significance of petrochemical integration on the refining industry and how disruptive such integrated sites are to the petrochemical sector.

Packaging redesign could reduce global plastic demand by 20% by 2050

• 10 6月 2021

Plastic packaging redesign, which includes elimination, substitution and reuse approaches, could reduce global plastic packaging demand in 2050 from 190MT to 150MT, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s Cross-Polymer Demand Model.

What would an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism mean?

• 14 7月 2021

The EU Commission proposed a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) as part of today’s “Fit for 55” package. James Whiteside, global head of multi-commodity research at Wood Mackenzie, said: “As the first mechanism of its kind, the CBAM is being designed in consultation with industry to avoid unintended consequences. “A CBAM that does not cover a substantial portion of the production chain will encourage carbon leakage - pushing emissions beyond the borders of the EU or shifting competition between EU and non-EU producers to the next stage of the value chain.”

Decarbonising plastic value chains remains Herculean task

• 26 7月 2021

Despite the ‘war on plastics’, demand over the coming decades will be robust, underpinned by the growing global middle-class and the material requirements of the energy transition.

US winter storm impacts on the polyester value chain

• 18 2月 2021

As the US deals with this week’s winter storm, refining and petrochemicals outages could have an impact on the global polyester chain, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Webinar | Plastic Waste Makers Index - revealing the source of the single-use plastics crisis

• 03 6月 2021

Join us for a conversation with Nakul Saran (COO) and Dominic Charles (Director of Finance and Transparency) from the No Plastic Waste project set up by the Minderoo Foundation, who recently released their new Plastic Waste Makers Index. In this session Minderoo will walk through their report and its key findings and what they would like to see happen next. They will be joined by Wood Mackenzie’s experts who will set out the challenges facing the industry, and what these might mean for the future of the plastics value chain, before opening the floor to questions from the audience.

Texas deep freeze: lingering impacts on US petrochemical industry

• 19 3月 2021

Last month’s winter storm paralysed the US petrochemical industry. Operations at US Gulf Coast petrochemical facilities have yet to fully recover one month after freezing temperatures triggered wide-spread power outages and plant shutdowns.

Asia’s ambitious biofuels plans thwarted by supply constraints and food security concerns

• 31 3月 2021

Asia’s ambitious biofuels blending targets will be a challenge to meet due to supply constraints and food security concerns, says Wood Mackenzie.

Eye on the tiger: how higher Indian economic growth could impact global energy markets

• 20 3月 2025

In this edition of Horizons, we consider the implications of higher Indian growth for global energy markets.

Horizons Live: Avoiding pand-ammonia

• 06 12月 2022

Ed Crooks is joined by Mariana Moreira, Murray Douglas, and Claude Mourey on this Horizons Live to discuss how to kick-start a global low-carbon ammonia industry.

Offshore CCS projects could breathe new life into Gulf of Mexico

• 04 11月 2022

As the US looks for innovative ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, offshore carbon capture storage (CCS) projects in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) could play an influential role in meeting future goals, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

Macro Oils Service

Easily understand trends in the global oil market with our informed, independent view on oil prices and their key drivers.

North America Crude Markets Service

Forecast North American crude flows through all major pipelines, hubs and export terminals to support strategic planning, market analysis and valuation work.

Are current legal frameworks too restrictive for CCUS projects?

• 08 4月 2025

Are outdated regulations holding back CCUS? Hear top legal and economic experts break down the barriers to scaling carbon capture in the US.

Singapore carbon pricing: an accelerating trend?

• 07 4月 2017

As the first Southeast Asian nation to adopt a tax on carbon, Singapore could encourage other countries to follow suit

Has Covid-19 left the apparel industry hanging by a thread?

• 01 7月 2020

Fibres markets have been hit hard by coronavirus, and the apparel sector – where 55% of total fibre volume was consumed in 2019 – is where the value chain has been most exposed.

What’s behind the BP and INEOS petrochemical deal?

• 06 7月 2020

While most oil majors and NOCs are focusing on strengthening their petrochemical integration, BP is divesting petrochemical assets to INEOS in a US$5 billion deal.

Can PTA producers survive plummeting polyester demand?

• 28 7月 2020

The PTA market was already grappling with global overcapacity when the pandemic piled on the pressure.