‘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.

MEG and polyethylene spot prices jump after Saudi drone attack

• 17 9月 2019

Spot prices of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and polyethylene (PE) have spiked in Asia, following news of the drone attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia over the weekend. These two commodities are the two main chemical exports of the region.

Coronavirus and the collapse in polyester – will paraxylene and PTA markets recover?

• 01 6月 2020

Global polyester production is expected to decline by more than half a million tonnes this year. For polyester’s key raw materials, paraxylene (PX) and PTA, the knock-on effects will hit global demand in the coming years.

Asia olefins face historical production losses due to regional lockdowns

• 29 4月 2020

A new report from Wood Mackenzie shows that olefins production losses in Asia have reached historical highs as a result of regional lockdowns in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Europe’s flexible packaging market will be worth over €16 billion by 2023

• 23 7月 2019

Europe's flexible packaging market is predicted to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2% over the next five years to reach over €16 billion in 2023.

SP Chemicals starts up China’s first gas-based ethylene plant

• 20 8月 2019

SP Olefins, a subsidiary of SP Chemicals, successfully started up its 650 ktpa steam cracker and was able to produce on-spec olefins.

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.

2020 could mark start of downcycle for China’s petrochemical industry

• 15 1月 2020

In a recently published report, Wood Mackenzie predicts the start of a downcycle in China’s petrochemical industry. A supply overhang has already hit the country’s paraxylene (PX) market, with olefins and polyolefins markets almost certain to face the same.

China to dent global polyester growth in 2020

• 09 1月 2020

Chinese polyester market growth is expected to sit at just below 3% in 2020, a marked decline from the strong growth seen between 2018 and 2019. This dip in performance is mainly due to slashed growth for bottle-grade PET, according to Wood Mackenzie.

What does the US-China trade deal mean for refiners - and for the market?

• 20 1月 2020

After over a year of trade tensions, the US and China signed a “phase one” trade deal on 16 January. As part of the deal, China has agreed to increase the value of energy imports by US$52.4 billion above 2017 levels over the next two years. What could it mean for the oil market?

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.

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Plastic demand: sectoral overview

• 15 8月 2024

Plastics have enjoyed popularity across multiple sectors for decades, but times are changing. As environmental and economic pressures mount, will demand hold up?

How will the oil price crash affect the ethylene cost curve?

• 17 3月 2020

Changing oil price dynamics add an extra dimension to ethylene’s overcapacity outlook.

Oils & chemicals: 5 things to watch for in 2024

• 11 1月 2024

Calmer waters are expected for the oils, refining and chemicals industries in 2024 – but that doesn’t mean it’s plain sailing. What are the top trends to track for the year ahead?

Wood Mackenzie at the 9th OPEC International Seminar 2025

• 09 7月 2025

Meet our Oils & Chemicals experts at the 9th OPEC International Seminar 2025, taking place in Vienna, Austria from 9-10th July 2025.

Can China’s CTO and MTO industries survive the threat of massive steam cracker investment?

• 06 9月 2019

In 2019, the total ethylene capacity from CTO/MTO units reached 5.21 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), accounting for 21% of China’s total ethylene capacity. However, CTO and MTO development has slowed due to high methanol prices and environmental controls, as well as the threat from a new wave of steam cracker investment in China.

Webinar | Commodities in distress: what about Chemicals?

• 25 6月 2020

Key segments of the chemicals and polymers industries were already facing challenges as 2020 began due to surplus capacity and diminishing demand in relation to increased sustainability efforts. Those pressures have since intensified due to effects of coronavirus on the global economy.

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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

Hitting the brakes: how the energy transition could decelerate in the US

• 16 5月 2024

The US is facing a pivotal moment for its energy future. Depending on the results of the election, investment in the energy and natural resources sectors could play out in very different ways.

Horizons Live: Waste to wealth

• 31 7月 2024

The circular economy is a critical strategy for delivering a lower-emission, more sustainable economy. This month's Horizons Live examines how different industries can work towards unlocking circular value chains and initiate change.

Webinar | Chemicals integration: the winners and losers

• 02 9月 2020

The chemical industry has established “cost of production” as the measure of asset competitiveness. The by-product credits from refinery integration challenge this simplified view, making it vital to understand the holistic value generation capability of an integrated site. View our recent webinar on demand - Chemicals integration: the winners and losers

Women in energy

• 23 7月 2020

We showcase research and analysis from some of our most accomplished and influential women in energy and natural resources. Meet some of the many outstanding women we're proud to work with – and explore their latest thinking.

Part 5: unlocking the value of refinery-petrochemicals integration

• 22 11月 2023

We are at an unprecedented point in time where the entire commodity petrochemicals industry is in a downturn. Where do we expect chemical margins to end up this year and what can producers do to tide through the downturn?

Part 4: unlocking the value of refinery-petrochemicals integration

• 15 11月 2023

We are at an unprecedented point in time where the entire commodity petrochemicals industry is in a downturn. Where do we expect chemical margins to end up this year and what can producers do to tide through the downturn?