• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Plastic surgery

  • 06 12月 2021

  Andrew Brown, Guy Bailey and Steve Jenkins answer questions and reignite discussion on creating more sustainable plastics value chain and getting the chemicals industry fit for the future.

• News Release

  Firth of Forth net-zero hub key to achieving climate goals

  • 17 8月 2021

  The development of net zero hubs around the UK has proved a key plank of the country’s strategy towards achieving net zero by 2050. Scotland, which has a 2045 net-zero target, could advance its ambitions by establishing a net zero hub on the Firth of Forth, research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk company (Nasdaq: VRSK) has found.

• Content

  Plastic surgery: reshaping the profile of the plastics industry

  • 05 11月 2021

  To explore the effects of efforts to create a more sustainable plastics value chain, we have run a scenario founded on our base-case industry outlook. Read more.

• News Release

  Energy transition to drive refinery and petrochemicals integration

  • 16 2月 2021

  2020 was a difficult year for the world’s refineries as the coronavirus pandemic reduced refinery utilisation and OPEC+ supply restraint narrowed crude price differentials. Despite this, integrated refinery and petrochemical sites significantly outperformed their fuels-only peers, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  US winter freeze hits global olefins market

  • 19 2月 2021

  This week’s winter storm has paralysed US petrochemical production and disrupted 15% of the global olefins market, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• Webinar

  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.

• Horizons

  Adding fire to e-fuels: are synthetic fuels the key to unlocking growth in hydrogen?

  • 11 6月 2024

  Identifying pathways from legacy fuels into low-carbon alternatives is a perennial challenge for incumbent energy players. Finding the optimal blend of competitive hydrogen costs, CO2 sourcing and policy support will be key.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Adding fire to e-fuels

  • 02 7月 2024

  This month's Horizons Live examines whether synthetic fuels could be the key to unlocking growth in hydrogen.

• Horizons

  Waste to wealth: unlocking circular value chains​

  • 15 7月 2024

  The circular economy is a critical strategy for delivering a lower-emission, more sustainable economy. This Horizons highlights the paradigmatic shift that is required to make progress, and highlights three case studies that serve as examples of how we can initiate change.​

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Carbon removals

  • 01 10月 2024

  In the recent Horizons Live session, our panel discussed carbon removals and how they will play a crucial role in achieving net zero.

• Platform

  Lens platform: Lens Emissions

  • 27 9月 2024

  Decision intelligence to simplify the complexity of emissions risk management. Available with Lens Upstream solutions.

• Horizons

  Taking the strain: how upstream could meet the demands of a delayed energy transition

  • 16 1月 2025

  We answer five key questions in this edition of Horizons. Where would the additional oil and gas supply come from? Could the supply chain cope? How much more upstream investment would be needed? How would cost inflation affect the price of oil and gas? And can the industry amend its disciplined approach?​

• News Release

  Four signposts for the chemicals industry under a Biden administration

  • 16 11月 2020

  The Democrats are expected to retain control of the US House of Representatives, but the Senate will be determined by upcoming run-offs in the state of Georgia. While the chemicals sector is expected to see few direct impacts, there are several themes that should be watched closely.

• News Release

  Chemical recycling boost could see global plastic packaging recycling hit 50% by 2040

  • 18 11月 2020

  If the plastics value chain is to become more sustainable, the industry must focus on reducing the amount of mismanaged waste and recapturing as much of its value as possible. To do this, more investment must be allocated to chemical recycling technologies, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• Content

  ESG For Energy & Natural Resources

  • 02 11月 2020

  Defining and demonstrating ESG best practice has become a strategic imperative for the energy and mining sectors – and one of the most complex challenges.

• News Release

  Significant government intervention necessary if bioplastics are to scale

  • 19 10月 2020

  In order to achieve the scale needed to play a meaningful role, the bioplastics industry will require significant regulatory interventions from governments and substantial cost efficiencies as technologies mature and scale, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  ‘The materials transition’ could divert 382 million tonnes of plastic waste by 2040

  • 18 8月 2020

  The plastics industry requires a paradigm shift towards an absolute decoupling of materials consumption from growth of the economy if it is to achieve sustainability targets, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  China’s PTA producers look to futures to weather market volatility

  • 16 7月 2020

  China’s purified terephthalic acid (PTA) producers have been using the futures market to price PTA in the spot market, hedge against risks and manage inventory. This has allowed many to stay profitable, despite market uncertainty and disruption brought by the coronavirus pandemic, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  OPEC producers key to world supply through to 2040

  • 16 7月 2018

  Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie sees OPEC maintaining its role as a key oil supplier through to 2040, although output from non-OPEC producers will help ensure adequate supply in the years to 2030.

• News Release

  China's mega crude-to-chemicals projects may deal knockout blow to regional PX exporters

  • 21 8月 2018

  Higher base chemicals demand and feedstock security for heavy naphtha are driving the development of a new wave of mega-integrated refinery and chemical sites in China. Private Chinese chemical producers, including Hengli and Rong Sheng, are back-integrating their chemical plants with refineries by building mega-integrated facilities. Wood Mackenzie expects these projects to come on stream in the next 12 to 24 months.

• News Release

  West Europe PET bottle recovery grows, but challenges for RPET supply chain remain

  • 01 10月 2018

  The total volume of PET bottles collected in West Europe during 2017 was near 2 Mt, compared to an estimated 3.2 Mt of bottles placed in the market, according to Wood Mackenzie Chemicals' latest report on the RPET market in West Europe.

• Comment

  EU's Plastics Strategy May be Missed Opportunity

  • 16 1月 2018

  Follwoing the EU's pledge to make all plastic packaging recyclable by 2030, Helen McGeough, PCI Wood Mackenzie Senior Consultant, commented

• Comment

  Ascend Performance Materials declares force majeure on HMD

  • 08 1月 2019

  Following Ascend Performance Materials' decision to declare a force majeure on hexamethylene diamine (HMD), Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Head of Thermoplastics, Quentin de Carvalho, commented:

• Opinion

  How Chinese PTA and MEG futures impact the polyester industry?

  • 30 1月 2019

  The two polyester feedstocks – purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and monoethylene glycol (MEG) – in the world's most important polyester market China, have recently moved towards a total paper business.

• Opinion

  Commodity slowdown in China could be different this time

  • 05 3月 2019

  In today's meeting of the National People’s Congress, China announced slower growth this year, with its gross domestic product (GDP) growth targeted at a range of 6 to 6.5% in 2019.

• Comment

  Aramco's $10bn bond underscores its vast global ambitions

  • 01 4月 2019

  Saudi Aramco’s decision to issue a $10 billion bond underscores how serious the company is about transforming itself into an international powerhouse across the oil and gas value chain, from upstream to petrochemicals.

• Webinar

  Webinar: IMO 2020 impact on upstream producers, LNG and bulks

  • 07 5月 2019

  Join us on this upcoming webinar where our industry experts will discuss how and where the ripples will be felt as we edge nearer to the implementation date of 1st January 2020.

• Webinar

  Webinar | China Slowdown and Why This Time is Different

  • 30 4月 2019

  Join the webinar and learn how China's commodity demand has evolved, what options the government has to support growth, and what the impact on oil, gas and coal will be short and long-term.

• Comment

  INEOS announces $2bn chemicals investment in Saudi Arabia

  • 03 6月 2019

  INEOS is to spend $2bn building 3 chemicals plants in Saudi Arabia. Commenting on the news, Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Principal Analyst, Patrick Kirby, said:

• News Release

  Spandex entering the big time as sales to hit 1 million tonnes by 2020

  • 25 6月 2019

  As spandex closes in on sales of 1 million tonnes, industry structures will change to meet competition from China and the challenge of closed-loop recycling, according to recent Wood Mackenzie Chemicals research.