Cobalt: 5 things to look for in 2024

• 25 1月 2024

With no quick fix to the oversupply situation, the ‘cobalt blues’ continues into 2024. But it's not all doom and gloom.

How worried should Asia be about conflict in Ukraine?

• 17 2月 2022

Combined with existing market tightness, concerns over disruption to Russian energy supplies in the event of conflict in Ukraine have pushed spot prices towards record levels. Across virtually all energy and natural resources, backwardation is back with a bang.

New CEO Looney rings changes at BP with ambitious climate plan

• 12 2月 2020

Speaking after BP’s new chief executive Bernard Looney unveiled the major’s ambitious climate commitments today, Luke Parker, vice president, corporate analysis, said: “BP joins Shell, Total, Equinor and Repsol in making a major commitment to reduce its net carbon footprint. “This marks a major turnaround in BP’s position. Just 12 months ago former CEO Bob Dudley said the company could not be held accountable for how people use its products. Looney is taking the company in a very different direction.” Parker added: “It’s an ambition, rather than a target, but the commitment appears to be unconditional. In terms of scale of commitment, this puts BP towards the top of the pack, along with Repsol and Equinor. “This will see BP’s business completely transformed over the coming decades: renewables and carbon abatement will get very big, legacy oil and gas will eventually get smaller. But the transition to 2050 is a multi-decade transition - not something that will happen in the next year or so.”

OPEC agrees 1.5m b/d output cut as coronavirus eats into global demand

• 05 3月 2020

The OPEC oil producers' group and its non-OPEC allies are poised to deepen its production cuts by 1.5 million barrels per day as the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak eats into global oil demand.

Webinar | LNG Summer Outlook 2020

• 26 3月 2020

In this webinar, Genscape and Wood Mackenzie analysts will cover the global LNG market, including perspectives of Europe and Asia, and what this means for the US market during Summer 2020.

China’s crude reserves to reach 1.15 billion barrels in 2020

• 23 3月 2020

Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis reveals that China’s crude stock (including strategic and commercial petroleum reserves) could reach 1.15 billion barrels in 2020, equivalent to 83 days of oil demand.

Webinar Series | Connecting Conversations

• 31 3月 2020

Join Wood Mackenzie for its new webinar series, Connecting Conversations, available to Wood Mackenzie customers. Twice a month, we will bring together a panel of experts to discuss energy’s most pressing questions.

Gas sector impacted by triple whammy of coronavirus, oil price crash and LNG oversupply

• 01 4月 2020

In its latest short-term gas and LNG outlook report, Wood Mackenzie weighs the risks coronavirus, sustained low oil prices and LNG oversupply pose to the sector this year.

US$210bn of new spend in firing line as players target cost cuts

• 02 4月 2020

The oil price crash has hit the upstream sector hard. Deep cuts are being made across the board, but it will have a dramatic impact on the industry’s project pipeline. Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes almost all pre-FID projects will be deferred. Of the 50+ projects we identified with potential to go ahead this year, only 10 have a chance of proceeding, but all are at risk.

Webinar: What oil supply is at risk of shut in?

• 09 4月 2020

During the last downturn in 2015/16 supply was relatively unaffected. Even the highest cost wedges kept producing; the associated shut-in costs were deemed too high. But prices only dipped below US$45/bbl for a year, and below US$35/bbl for one quarter. Storage levels were of less concern. There is no precedent for the scale of potential shut-ins for today’s asset classes, if oil prices remain low for a prolonged period. The industry’s ability to keep higher-cost barrels flowing is being severely tested. This downturn, there could be a significant impact on currently producing fields as well as future supply.

Webinar | Petrochemical Markets in a Turbulent World

• 14 4月 2020

Join us for updates on current market dynamics, insights from across the chemical value chains and gain an understanding of what this means for the future of petrochemicals and your business.

Webinar | A European battery supply chain – edging closer to reality?

• 30 4月 2020

The spread of coronavirus around the world and the resultant disruption to raw material flows has already raised questions on globalisation and increased calls rather for greater regionalisation. Even before the outbreak, voices in Europe were lobbying for the creation of a ‘home grown’ electric vehicle chain – highlighting the inherent risks in relying on the likes of China, Korea and Japan for battery cells and other components.

Saudi Arabia’s May 2020 OSPs for crude exports bode well for Asian refiners

• 16 4月 2020

Looking at the May OSPs, it is clear that Saudi Arabia wants to ensure its crude remains very competitive in Asia.

Covid-19 lockdown hits global solar PV market

• 09 4月 2020

The coronavirus pandemic will have a significant impact on the global solar PV market. Construction and development is slowing as countries around the world enforce unprecedented lockdowns. As the world economy faces severe economic disruption, Wood Mackenzie has downgraded its forecast for 2020 installations from 129.5 gigawatts (GW) to 106.4 GW, a reduction of 18%.

Webinar | Coronavirus and oil price collapse: will it make or break EV adoption

• 29 4月 2020

The pandemic caused by the coronavirus has wreaked havoc on global automotive demand and more so on electric vehicle sales. National lockdowns have kept customers away from car dealerships and stopped production lines. Fear and uncertainly has swayed people away from adopting new technology including electric cars. Join Ram Chandrasekaran, Principal Analyst Global Mobility & Transportation and Prakash Sharma, Director, Energy Transition Practice at Wood Mackenzie as they discuss the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic on the electric vehicles market.

Webinar | Coronavirus and the Polyester Chain

• 18 5月 2020

In this webinar, our experts will look at what the impact is likely to be across the major polymers, and then do a deep-dive into the polyester value chain and look at how developments in key industries are impacting bottle-grade PET resins, polyester fibres and back up to the feedstocks segment

Webinar | Coronavirus and the Polyolefins Chain

• 11 5月 2020

In this webinar, our experts will look at what the impact is likely to be across the major polymers, and then do a deep-dive into the polyolefins value chain and look at how developments in key industries are impacting polyethylene and polypropylene demand and back up to the feedstocks.

Webinar | Widespread shut-ins to tight oil is uncharted territory. How might this unfold?

• 07 5月 2020

Widespread shut-ins to tight oil is uncharted territory. How might this unfold? Who and where will likely be impacted the most? How will producers create a shut-in strategy? How deep can shut-ins go? How much of the shut-in volume comes back online?

Shell dividend cut frees up US$10bn

• 30 4月 2020

Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell today slashed its dividend by 66%, the first time the company has cut cash distributions to shareholders since World War II. The annual pay-out will fall from US$14.9 billion to US$5.1 billion, freeing up US$10 billion of capital.

Webinar | Sub-Saharan Africa's response to low prices and coronavirus

• 13 5月 2020

Join Wood Mackenzie's Sub-Saharan African upstream team for its analysis on the fall-out from the oil price crash and the coronavirus pandemic. We will cover: • Not out of the woods yet: the impact of coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa • Before and after 9 March: Sub-Saharan Africa investment and production outlook • Cut, cut, cut: which projects are delayed in 2020/21? • What does it mean for the majors in Sub-Saharan Africa? • What can governments do to fight capital flight? A 20-minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with our expert panelists.

Webinar | Global exploration before and after Covid-19

• 28 5月 2020

Our annual survey of the global exploration industry, conducted largely before coronavirus hit and the oil price crashed, showed signs of cautious optimism. Despite the threat posed by the energy transition, explorers were looking forward to another 30 years of exploration. There was, however, a keen awareness of the challenges ahead – the fight to remain investible, the need to increase capital efficiency and the opportunities and risks presented by deepwater exploration. Join us for a webinar discussing the results on the 2020 survey both in the context of the pre-COVID-19 view and in light of the new world we live in. We’ll cover which exploration companies stood out from the pack in 2019, the changing focus of explorers and the role of exploration in today’s energy companies.

NOCs to slash over a quarter of exploration budgets on average in 2020

• 20 5月 2020

National oil companies (NOCs) globally are estimated to cut exploration budgets by over a quarter on average in 2020, says Wood Mackenzie.

Webinar | Metals and mining slump: How bad could it get and what gets hit hardest?

• 27 5月 2020

With the collapse in demand and supply resulting from the lockdown measures, no clear pathway to recovery and much talk about a "new way of working" its no surprise that prices for most mined commodities are slumping. Whilst the circumstances that have created this situation are unprecedented as far as the duress the industry is under, we have been here before. the early 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, the GFC, 2015 the list goes on. Whilst cost structures have declined due to strong dollar and weak energy prices this is not enough to prevent margins collapsing and companies hemorrhaging cash, and the situation could get worse. With the duress that businesses will be experiencing and the need to tap debt markets to fund operations this represents an opportunity for credit and distressed debt investors. Please join us for our webinar How much demand destruction will occur and how long will it take the sector to recover ? Lessons from past cycles: In a low price environment when does cost support kick in ? Where are margins headed ? What commodities and regions are worth a second look from a credit/distress perspective ?

Distress in energy and natural resources

• 22 5月 2020

Helping investors evaluate opportunities in energy and natural resources during the Covid-19 crisis

Webinar | Low oil prices: where next for the Australasian upstream sector?

• 02 6月 2020

Australia’s upstream sector was set for a bumper year in 2020. We expected a ramp-up of LNG supply, billions of dollars of new upstream investment, and plentiful growth opportunities via exploration and M&A. But everything changed. The double impact of the coronavirus and the oil price crash has swept through the industry. Upstream operators are in a fight for survival. Join Wood Mackenzie's Australasian team for a live webinar discussing what happens next and why, including: • How the investment outlook has changed • The big reset of pre-FID project timelines, and what it all means • Do low prices present an M&A opportunity? Presenters: Adele Long – Senior Research Manager Daniel Toleman – Senior Research Analyst David Low – Senior Research Analyst

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Asia’s nuclear power surge

• 15 2月 2023

Is nuclear key to net zero in Asia?

Why the world needs global rules on polymer use

• 08 8月 2024

UN legislation with firm language and clear, legally binding targets can reduce plastics pollution worldwide

Metals and mining: how much value is at risk from carbon policy?

• 16 3月 2021

The race towards net zero is well and truly underway, and miners are under pressure to pick up the pace. How much value is at risk and what can miners do to address the issue?