• Comment

  PES to close oil refinery after fire damage

  • 26 6月 2019

  Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) will close its oil refinery in the city, following a large fire last week that damaged the complex.

• News Release

  OPEC+ set for rollover but risk clouds supply outlook

  • 30 6月 2019

  As OPEC and OPEC+ meet in Vienna, the outlook for the market is mixed, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at Wood Mackenzie said. “Geopolitical risk means the supply outlook is tightening, offsetting the moderate weakening in oil demand growth thus far this year,” she said.

• News Release

  Faster decline rates prompt Permian players to eye spending boost

  • 22 7月 2019

  Accelerating tight oil decline rates top a growing list of concerns for Permian basin operators, with unexpected production shortfalls prompting producers to consider stepping up drilling investment and M&A activity, Robert Clarke, Research Director, Lower 48 Upstream, told delegates at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Denver.

• Comment

  New York awards Equinor, Sunrise Wind major offshore wind contracts

  • 19 7月 2019

  The US state of New York today awarded two major offshore wind contracts to Norwegian energy company Equinor, and Sunrise Wind, a joint venture between Denmark’s Ørsted and US utility Eversource.

• News Release

  Produced water poses growing risk to Permian production growth

  • 24 7月 2019

  Rising produced water volumes and expanding costs pose a significant risk to production growth in the Permian basin, Ryan Duman, Senior Analyst, Lower 48, told delegates at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Denver.

• News Release

  Permian midstream bottlenecks may choke output

  • 24 7月 2019

  Rapidly rising production in the Permian basin has led to soaring levels of associated gas, outpacing pipeline infrastructure and placing increasing slowdown pressure on other production streams like crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs), Dr Eugene Kim, Research Director, Americas Gas, told delegates at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Denver.

• News Release

  Resilience to drive US microgrid growth

  • 08 8月 2019

  The US microgrid industry may find opportunities for substantial future growth in geographical areas that are repeatedly affected by power outages, as customers seek out resilient solutions, new research from Wood Mackenzie found.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Regional vs. Northern Sands: is the Permian proppant debate over?(2)

  • 27 8月 2019

  Please join our premier US Lower 48 research team's webinar to hear our take on this long-standing industry debate on Regional vs. Northern Sands. Our latest analysis will put the Permian proppant debate to a standing still.

• News Release

  Permian operators cash in ... by thinking inside the box

  • 21 8月 2019

  As the tight oil sector continues to mature, producers are looking for ways to optimise their operations, improving efficiency of both production and costs. It's a battle to win back investor confidence. New research from Wood Mackenzie underscores the fact tight-oil operators are no longer chasing growth at all costs. Development strategies have firmly shifted to focus on scale: drilling sections instead of wells, with compressed paybacks, at the lowest possible cost. Many are favouring a “cube” development strategy, viewing it as the most efficient way to capitalise on cost savings.

• News Release

  US wind to peak in 2020 with 14.6 GW as Production Tax Credit expires

  • 12 9月 2019

  Highlights from Wood Mackenzie's 2019 North America wind power outlook

• Content

  Featured Reports

  • 09 8月 2018

  We're highlighting our most popular reports. Gain instant access to detailed data — by the numbers and with visualisation — to address business challenges and make better, more strategic decisions.

• Comment

  Talos shells out US$640m for Gulf of Mexico assets

  • 12 12月 2019

  Talos Energy, in its pursuit of growth in the US Gulf of Mexico, has announced a series of purchases, worth $640 million assets in the region

• News Release

  Project delays and cancellations to dampen US microgrid growth through 2021

  • 16 12月 2019

  Project cancellations and delays connecting planned projects to the electric grid will lead the US microgrid market to contract 17% from its 2018 peak by the end of this year, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Anchor's aweigh as Chevron gives nod to US Gulf of Mexico development

  • 12 12月 2019

  Chevron has given the green light to the Anchor development in deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. This is Chevron’s first greenfield final investment decision as an operator since its sanction of Big Foot and Jack/St Malo in 2010.

• Comment

  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?

• Editorial

  A new era for unconventional value

  • 30 11月 2018

  Project Production Management could reduce unconventional well cost and cycle time by more than 25%

• Opinion

  US tight oil piles pressure on refiners

  • 01 10月 2018

  Alan Gelder looks at the ways in which US tight oil has revolutionised the global oil market. This article first appeared on Forbes.com on September 27, 2018.

• Editorial

  How private equity is revitalising offshore exploration and production

  • 01 10月 2018

  Private equity is revitalising offshore exploration and production, with smaller operators bringing new life to the US Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and Brazil. Get the latest analysis here.

• Editorial

  What the surge in oil-basis hedges tells us about Permian operators

  • 11 9月 2018

  Permian producers increased their 2020 oil-basis hedge positions by 431% in Q2 2018. What does the surge in oil-basis hedges tell us about Permian operator sentiment? And what is the implication for projects due to start up in 2019? Find out in our latest analysis of oil and gas hedging activity.

• The Edge

  Securing exposure to Permian tight oil – Part 2

  • 10 7月 2018

  US tight oil's growth prospects are attracting the attention of any number of upstream companies. But new entrants need to go in with their eyes wide open - it's a very different business model to conventional E&P. In Part 2 of our assessment of buying into tight oil we look at the technical, logistical and valuation pitfalls.

• Editorial

  Global polyethylene: 6 key things for 2018 (Part 1)

  • 28 2月 2018

  What should the global polyethylene industry brace themselves for in 2018?

• Editorial

  Boom times: American ethylene’s reversal of fortunes

  • 26 7月 2017

  Steve Zinger, Senior Vice President Chemicals, assesses changing investment patterns of US chemicals companies in a major article by the Wall Street Journal entitled The shale gas revolution in just one word: Plastics

• Editorial

  What is the impact of recent North American olefins investments on Europe?

  • 05 11月 2017

  The lower crude oil pricing environment that has been in place for almost the last three years has influenced the olefin cost curve around the World. The deviation between advantaged and disadvantaged regions has narrowed, levelling the playing field much more.

• Editorial

  The agility of US tight oil

  • 18 7月 2016

  Which US Lower 48 operators have the largest, low-cost tight oil inventory?

• Editorial

  Terminal decline and value benchmarking of mature US plays

  • 08 9月 2016

  We’ve modelled six mature gas plays to see which assets can offer the most upside to investors.

• Editorial

  Deepwater Gulf of Mexico is leaner, smaller and ready to compete

  • 27 7月 2017

  Smaller, simpler projects and infrastructure-led exploration are emerging as the right mix, with subsea tie-backs and infill drilling leading the way.

• Editorial

  How will regulatory changes affect fields in the Gulf of Mexico?

  • 19 6月 2017

  The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has changed an important aspect of the leasing terms in deepwater GoM, which is likely to affect fields that have been appraised or are being appraised, and where leases are past their primary term or close to expiring.

• Editorial

  Will pricing levels rebound in the Lower 48 service sector?

  • 09 5月 2017

  After a flurry of development activity in the first quarter of 2017, the US Lower 48 onshore sector is beginning to feel the squeeze of cost inflation.

• Editorial

  Deepwater vs tight oil: levelling the playing field

  • 20 4月 2017

  All eyes have been on US tight oil breakevens and the Permian boom during the past few years. But as deep water exploration has become leaner, this part of the industry has been quietly recovering and improving its own economics.

• Opinion

  Boom times: American ethylene's reversal of fortunes

  • 27 6月 2017

  Steve Zinger assesses changing investment patterns of US chemicals companies in a major article by the Wall Street Journal. He evaluates how global ethylene consumption is growing and explores the drivers for this from a low gas price to new and plentiful sources of supply in North America.