• Editorial

  The impact of global events on Latin America’s PET industry

  • 25 1月 2018

  Maritza Ramirez recently presented at the LAPET Meeting in Mexico city. In her presentation, “Are Changes in Global Supply and Demand Helping or Hindering the Latin American PET Industry?”, Maritza, Senior PET Consultant for Wood Mackenzie Chemicals, explained that PET events in China or Europe can have immediate effects in Latin America.

• Editorial

  Is the outlook for China’s petrochemicals market hanging in the balance?

  • 09 1月 2018

  We posed 8 questions to Steve Jenkins, Vice President Consulting – Chemicals, Polymers & Fibres about China’s petrochemicals market...

• Editorial

  Are the Majors set for an Asia-Pacific asset sale?

  • 30 8月 2016

  For more than 100 years Asia played a fundamental role in the growth of the Majors. Could this finally be coming to an end?

• Opinion

  Switching gears on olefins production?

  • 12 10月 2017

  Kelly Cui, our expert in CTO, explains how this emergent technology could transform global olefins and olefins derivatives trade by enabling China to become more self sufficient in ethylene, propylene and butadiene.

• Opinion

  Royalty increases in Brazil: a renewed burden for iron ore miners or a threat to their international competitiveness?

  • 28 4月 2017

  The new mining code may become effective in less than four months, meaning extra costs for local mining companies.

• Editorial

  Can Asian investors afford to ignore US tight oil?

  • 07 5月 2017

  Although Asian upstream players have been absent over the last 12 months, we believe this might be set to change.

• Editorial

  Oil demand to 2018: Where could we be wrong?

  • 14 3月 2017

  Global oil demand is in for a year of strong growth but even small changes to our forecast could have major implications for price.

• Opinion

  China and LNG: 5 takeaways from the CWC Gas and LNG Summit

  • 11 6月 2017

  The mood at the recent CWC event was optimistic — with good reason. What were the five big takeaways from the event?

• Editorial

  2035: a new global powerhouse emerges

  • 13 4月 2017

  Move over China. Rising incomes, population growth and industrialisation are fuelling a period of rapid, sustained growth in India's energy demand that could reshape the global scene.

• Editorial

  Facing up to carbon and changing energy markets

  • 31 10月 2016

  China and the US — the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters — have performed a spectacular U-turn on climate change policy.

• Editorial

  Asia-Pacific M&A markets: Passing the refinery bucks

  • 15 2月 2017

  Konrad Jar discusses the developments he's seen in Asia-Pacific M&A markets.

• Opinion

  LNG trucking takes off in China

  • 04 10月 2017

  We explore the new business models supporting growth

• Opinion

  Asia Pacific power & renewables: 5 things to watch in 2025

  • 23 1月 2025

  Soaring solar and storage bring in the Lunar New Year of the Snake.

• Opinion

  Live from COP29 – One weird trick to solve our energy problem

  • 21 11月 2024

  Live from COP29, Ed Crooks talks to top experts about US policy changes, carbon tariffs and why the best energy is the energy we don’t use.

• Opinion

  How to make upstream licensing work

  • 19 11月 2024

  Despite tight budgets, new upstream investment across Asia-Pacific has never been more competitive as explorers refocus on acreage reload to reinvigorate portfolios.

• Opinion

  The impact of China’s 2024 solar PV manufacturing guidelines

  • 13 12月 2024

  We explore the impact of China's new rules on solar PV overcapacity, pricing and market dynamics

• The Edge

  Getting China back on track

  • 24 10月 2024

  Commodity markets are suffering from the impact of China's current economic difficulties on domestic energy demand. China’s government has just responded with an ambitious stimulus package aimed at shoring up its faltering manufacturing sector and boosting weak consumer confidence.

• Opinion

  Big in Japan? The impact of Typhoon Shanshan on oil

  • 01 11月 2024

  The threat from tropical cyclones makes real-time intelligence essential to anticipating Japanese oil markets.

• Opinion

  What can we expect from energy in 2025?

  • 08 1月 2025

  The gang share their predictions for energy in 2025.

• Opinion

  Japan’s LNG decarbonisation challenge

  • 02 9月 2024

  Why should LNG emissions matter to Japanese buyers?

• Webinar

  Webinar | Investing in Africa's energy transition

  • 25 9月 2024

  Join Wood Mackenzie as we explore investing opportunities in Africa's energy transition

• Opinion

  Will gas fuel Asia’s data centre boom?

  • 19 9月 2024

  Cloud computing and AI need reliable power 24/7, making LNG a prime candidate to meet near-term demand.

• Opinion

  Innovative financing is needed to mobilise clean energy capital in developing countries. What could it look like?

  • 10 9月 2024

  By 2030, nearly a billion people could still lack energy access. How can we change that? Listen to Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All, on The Interchange Recharged as she discusses innovative financing models for a just energy transition.

• The Edge

  Keeping the LNG bandwagon rolling

  • 12 9月 2024

  The LNG industry is on a roll. But the pace of future growth can’t be taken for granted. Ahead of next week’s Gastech conference in Houston, we identify three structural challenges that must be addressed to keep the LNG bandwagon rolling.

• Opinion

  Hydrogen case study: operational efficiency and electrolyser technology at the Sinopec Kuqa project

  • 07 8月 2024

  Diving into the reasons for lower-than-expected yield, the possible impact on LCOH and the response from Chinese electrolyser OEMs.

• Opinion

  The potential of Indonesia’s ‘energy super basins’

  • 11 7月 2024

  We share how the country’s upstream operators can leverage sustainability principles by seeking “advantaged resources” within their portfolio

• Opinion

  China’s solar & storage exports achieve record growth with more than 40% surge

  • 01 7月 2024

  In 2023, China achieved record solar export volume growth across all subcomponents, driving manufacturing expansion in emerging markets

• The Edge

  Why higher tariffs on Chinese EVs are a double-edged sword

  • 13 6月 2024

  The US and EU have slapped big tariff increases on Chinese EVs, responding to the threat of China flooding those regions with low-cost electric vehicles. Restricting EV and battery imports not only threatens the pace of road transport decarbonisation, but higher tariffs could also negatively impact domestic automakers.

• Opinion

  IMO 2020 is about to get real

  • 04 12月 2019

  As I write this edition of the APAC Energy Buzz from my desk in Singapore I can see ships. Lots of ships.

• The Edge

  The Edge: Asian NOCs, the energy transition and ESG

  • 19 11月 2019

  Where does Asia stand on the energy transition? What are energy companies in the region doing to adapt? Are some further down the road than others? Much of LNG’s strong growth outlook reflects Asian demand but are its credentials as a bridging fuel for the transition all that good? And what does the US-China trade dispute mean for the region?