• The Edge

  Could US gas producers capture more margin?

  • 28 11月 2018

  A year of torpor, then the US gas market springs into life. Henry Hub price has shot up to over US$4.50/mmbtu in a volatile week after flat-lining below US$3/mmbtu since last March. What does this mean for global gas markets?

• Opinion

  Revisiting the deepwater cost curve

  • 27 11月 2018

  Falling costs and rising production are reshaping the deepwater market. Costs will stay low until 2020, after which cost inflation could bite. How will the industry respond?

• Editorial

  The digital imperative: why upstream oil and gas is embracing advanced analytics

  • 16 5月 2019

  Where and how is digitalisation likely to impact upstream oil and gas? In our latest research, we take a closer look at the huge prizes on offer at every stage of the upstream lifecycle.

• Opinion

  Is green aluminium an achievable goal?

  • 11 8月 2020

  Metals producers face a dual challenge in the energy transition – meeting global demand for critical commodities while also cutting emissions. For aluminium the challenge is greater – of all the metals, it faces the biggest impact from carbon pricing. But how significant is the risk? And is carbon neutral aluminium achievable?

• The Edge

  Competing for capital in a downcycle

  • 11 9月 2020

  The economic fall out from Covid-19, the energy transition and tight finances exacerbated by low prices are three of the big challenges facing energy companies today. How much money is available to invest? Where best to spend it, on legacy oil and gas or new energy? And how will another lurch down in upstream investment affect the global oil market and price?

• Opinion

  The Majors’ energy transition: Corporate New Energy Series

  • 10 12月 2020

  The European Majors’ energy transition strategies continue to accelerate, with increasingly ambitious (and competitive) carbon reduction targets and New Energy portfolios. Meanwhile, the transatlantic divide with the US Majors is becoming deeper, with little sign yet that the US oil majors will follow their European peers’ corporate transformations.

• Opinion

  Is PetroChina really going green?

  • 02 9月 2020

  The move is the first publicly confirmed (near) net-zero goal by an Asian national oil company, a recognition by one of the world’s largest producers that it must address carbon emissions and adapt to the energy transition.

• Content

  芳烃

  • 23 5月 2018

  在全球范围内，苯和二甲苯等溶剂产品的高需求推动着芳烃市场的不断发展。 增长机会巨大，但是您需要了解市场趋势和影响因素，才能成功地进行公司定位并制定正确的战略决策。

• Opinion

  Paper or plastic: what’s the most sustainable flexible packaging?

  • 25 8月 2020

  Paper is often lauded as a far more environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic – but but comparing green credentials is a complex issue.

• Opinion

  Electric vehicles market to get back on track post-Covid-19

  • 26 8月 2020

  EV sales to benefit from governments’ commitments to “green recovery”

• The Edge

  New LNG projects – all dressed up and no place to go

  • 25 9月 2020

  LNG demand is set to grow strongly out of the downturn, driven by Asia. A plethora of new projects is lining up to meet a sizeable supply gap that emerges by the end of the decade. What are the risks to our bullish demand scenario? How will new investment in supply be affected by rising ESG concerns? And which pre-FID projects are best placed to fill the supply gap?

• Featured

  What the coronavirus means for the energy transition

  • 29 9月 2020

  Wood Mackenzie’s new Energy Transition Outlook shows the world is heading for 3° C of warming. Changing that course will take policy commitment, accelerated innovation, and massive investment. Ed Crooks, Vice-Chair Americas, gives his view of the key findings from this year's outlook.

• Content

  Natural Gas

  • 16 11月 2020

  Stay ahead of natural gas markets with our industry leading analysis based on the highest quality public and proprietary data sources.

• Opinion

  Refinery-chemicals integration: how to benchmark success

  • 17 9月 2020

  The growing trend of integrated refinery-chemical facilities is intensifying. Standalone oil refineries, focused only on fuel, are looking increasingly outdated as the energy transition takes hold.

• Opinion

  Can bioplastics make the chemicals industry greener?

  • 15 10月 2020

  Biosourced, biodegradable polymers are a low-carbon alternative – but they’re yet to break into the mainstream.

• Opinion

  Metals and mining: an industry at a crossroads

  • 14 10月 2020

  How has a year of unprecedented challenges affected mined commodities? Julian Kettle shares his view on the impact of a global pandemic, and the opportunities and risks posed by the energy transition.

• Opinion

  How much value does refinery-chemicals integration add for Total and Shell?

  • 13 10月 2020

  Integration has become a strategic imperative, but measuring value is notoriously difficult. Our experts crunched the numbers for Total’s integrated portfolio and looked at how that compared to Shell.

• Opinion

  Green metals: the journey to decarbonisation

  • 07 10月 2020

  What does the path to becoming greener look like for steel and aluminium, two carbon-intensive industries?

• Opinion

  Why polyolefins are the polymers to watch

  • 07 10月 2020

  Polyolefins dominate global plastics production, and offer useful insights into the overall health of the petrochemicals industry. So what are the drivers of demand? How has coronavirus altered the picture? And what really sets polyolefins apart in a chemicals portfolio?

• Opinion

  Choppy waters ahead for global olefins

  • 28 10月 2020

  2020 has been characterised by a pandemic-driven collapse in demand and turbulent feedstock prices. How will the industry navigate the challenging times ahead?

• Opinion

  No silos allowed in the pursuit of a greener economy

  • 21 10月 2020

  The move towards a circular economy is one of many initiatives being pursued as society seeks to reduce its environmental impact. Within the refining and chemical industries, there is an increasing focus on how technology and research can be applied to support the re-engineering of many product value chains, thereby reducing the environmental impact of specific products throughout their entire lifecycle.

• Opinion

  How decarbonisation will drive mining supply-side adjustments

  • 09 11月 2020

  Governments, consumers and producers will push and pull metals and mining to reduce emissions – and it's going to mean big adjustments for the supply side.

• The Edge

  The energy transition will be built with metals

  • 30 10月 2020

  The energy transition will see demand for some metals reach unimagined levels in coming years. Which metals are critical to the transition? How much will we need and what will it cost to develop the supply? And can the mining sector deliver?

• Featured

  The future of gas investment

  • 12 11月 2020

  Capital is the lifeblood of the global gas industry. But with investment criteria changing fast, companies must respond.

• Opinion

  Harvest or grow: what’s the future of upstream oil & gas investment?

  • 27 11月 2020

  Resilience and sustainability will increasingly shape the upstream oil and gas industry’s investment decisions

• The Edge

  Exploration - where less can be more

  • 20 11月 2020

  How capital discipline led a return to value creation

• Webinar

  Webinar | Closing the Gap: Technology for a Net Zero North Sea

  • 17 11月 2020

  The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is evolving to harness the full power of the offshore environment. A new study from Wood Mackenzie and the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) explores the economic opportunity and lays out the technology roadmap to a carbon neutral future. Please join Malcolm Forbes-Cable, VP Upstream Consulting, for an overview of the key findings of the report “Closing the Gap – Technology for a Net Zero North Sea”. The Webinar outlines how accelerating the development of new energy technologies can dramatically reduce emissions. It also shows how adopting new technologies will harness the full potential of the UK’s world-class natural resources from renewable power sources and oil and gas, to hydrogen and long-term carbon storage.

• Featured

  Will we need to mine metals in the future?

  • 26 11月 2020

  We recycle a fraction of the metal that we extract – despite the fact that most can be reused infinitely. Is that set to change? How much scrap could be recovered? And is it possible to eliminate the need for mining and processing primary metal?

• Opinion

  Electric vehicles can help save the environment, but can they save the owner money?

  • 18 11月 2020

  Using Wood Mackenzie's Total Cost of Ownership (TCOO) Model to compare the potential cost of owning an EV against an ICE vehicle over 10 years, it's clear that three variables - incentives, fuel cost and depreciation - really make the difference.

• Opinion

  The ecommerce revolution: friend or foe to sustainability?

  • 11 11月 2020

  Covid-19 has accelerated the adoption of ecommerce, which typically uses more packaging than traditional retail. The pressure is on for brands, and the packaging industry, to deliver sustainable solutions.