• News Release

  Dominican Republic launches first licensing round

  • 10 7月 2019

  The Dominican Republic today launched its first licensing round, putting 14 blocks across its on- and offshore basins up for bid.

• Comment

  China’s textile production rises on fears of worsening trade tensions

  • 15 7月 2019

  According to research by Wood Mackenzie, Chinese textile producers are increasing production as fears grow that the trade war with the US will hurt exports of apparel and other textile products as soon as the fourth quarter of 2019.

• News Release

  WoodMac and P2 Energy Solutions join forces to deliver data-driven insight to US energy sector

  • 15 7月 2019

  Wood Mackenzie, the global natural resources research consultancy, announces today its partnership with P2 Energy Solutions to better analyse current and future well spacing.

• News Release

  New pipeline needed to meet surge in demand for Permian crude

  • 08 7月 2019

  Growing supply of Permian crude means the basin will need extra crude oil takeaway capacity of up to 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) by the end of next decade, according to new research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie.

• Comment

  CP Chem and Qatar Petroleum to build USGC petrochemical project

  • 10 7月 2019

  Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP Chem) and Qatar Petroleum today announced that they have signed an agreement to jointly pursue the development of a new petrochemical complex on the US Gulf Coast.

• Editorial

  Swelling Cushing oil hub stocks will require more pipelines

  • 06 8月 2019

  Growing US crude production is upending traditional Gulf Coast pipeline routes. WTI at Cushing will narrow against Brent as the build out continues.

• Opinion

  How low-cost US natural gas spurs global LNG opportunities

  • 08 8月 2019

  The US shale revolution in action: as well productivity dramatically rose, the US emerged as the largest gas producer in the world. LNG buyers will benefit.

• News Release

  Murphy Oil reaches FID in Gulf of Mexico deepwater

  • 08 8月 2019

  Murphy Oil has reached a Final Investment Decision (FID) regarding the King's Quay facility, Khaleesi/Mormont and Samurai developments in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Commenting, Mfon Usoro, Wood Mackenzie analyst said: “Murphy’s sanction of the trio of projects including the King’s Quay facility, K...

• News Release

  Data consortiums signal the future of oil and gas

  • 07 8月 2019

  Wood Mackenzie believes that discovering new value requires going beyond isolated datasets. The solution lies in data consortiums – cooperative platforms where companies can safely share quality data.

• Webinar

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

  • 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.

• Comment

  BP sells Alaska business to Hilcorp in US$5.6bn deal

  • 27 8月 2019

  Speaking after BP announced the sale of its Alaska business to Hilcorp in a US$5.6 billion deal, Wood Mackenzie analyst Rowena Gunn said: “The Majors are making progress with their divestment campaigns. This will mean long-held assets and territories will be let go. BP made such a deal today with its sale of all US Alaska assets to privately-owned Hilcorp."

• Comment

  TechnipFMC demerger 'a bold step to reposition for the long-term'

  • 27 8月 2019

  In 2017 Technip and FMC Technologies completed one of the hallmark oilfield service company mergers of the cycle. The business plans to split in the first half of 2020 – but not back into Technip and FMC - rather into ‘upstream’ and ‘mid/downstream’.

• Opinion

  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.

• News Release

  US residential energy storage surges

  • 10 9月 2019

  A record 35 megawatts of residential storage was deployed in Q2 as a result of rising customer interest and support incentives in more state markets

• Comment

  Santos to acquire ConocoPhillips northern Australian assets

  • 14 10月 2019

  Santos announced today its plans to acquire ConocoPhillips’s northern Australian portfolio. This is a logical and attractive transaction for a number of reasons.

• Comment

  US and China sign Phase One trade deal

  • 16 1月 2020

  Wood Mackenzie's Gavin Thompson provides a commentary on the US-China Phase One trade deal

• News Release

  OPEC+ ‘no deal’ a blow to the market

  • 06 3月 2020

  The OPEC+ meeting broke up without a deal, what does it mean for the markets?

• Comment

  Jet fuel takes hit as Trump unveils US travel ban

  • 12 3月 2020

  The travel ban announced by US President Donald Trump today is likely to have an immediate impact on jet fuel demand and prices across Europe and the US.

• News Release

  US storage market sets power capacity record with Q4 2019 deployments

  • 10 3月 2020

  The United States energy storage sector set a power capacity record in Q4 2019, deploying 186.4 megawatts (MW) and 364.2 megawatt-hours (MWh) of storage.

• News Release

  Oil price rout may trigger major industry shake-up

  • 10 3月 2020

  As global markets reel in the wake of the oil price crash, Wood Mackenzie’ corporate analysis team believes the price collapse could be the trigger for a new phase of deep industry restructuring - one that rivals the changes seen in the late-1990s.

• Comment

  Companies pass on the US Gulf of Mexico lease sale

  • 18 3月 2020

  Today’s region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 254 saw 84 bids received from 22 participating companies, with high bids totalling US$93 million. That amounts to roughly half of the previous lease sale, held in August 2019.

• Comment

  Industry slashes spending as price rout deepens: Can companies cope?

  • 19 3月 2020

  Survival mode has returned to the oil and gas sector as the oil price rout deepens. Corporate financials are in better shape than during the 2014/2015 crash, but room for manoeuvre is limited. Can companies cope with prices this low?

• Webinar

  Webinar | Japan's E&Ps: structural change and the road ahead

  • 27 3月 2020

  They are a material, often unheralded, part of the upstream industry, producing 1.6 million boe/d. But, the energy transition and declining domestic demand has forced Japan’s upstream companies to review their strategies. Japanese explorers and producers face a tough choice: to grow or to exit the sector entirely? Join Asia Pacific Research Director Angus Rodger and Upstream Research Associate Zixin Goh as they examine the road ahead for Japanese E&Ps.

• News Release

  Oil price rout: which supply is most at risk of shut-in?

  • 27 3月 2020

  The coronavirus pandemic is reducing oil demand. The OPEC+ production restraint agreement fell apart on 6 March and Saudi Arabia is rapidly increasing supply. The result: Brent crude has plunged to less than US$30/bbl. This will have a significant impact on currently producing fields and future supply. How low can the price go before different sources of production become uneconomic? Where are production shut-ins most likely? Can governments influence the result?

• News Release

  Coronavirus restrictions set to hit US utility-scale solar projects

  • 01 4月 2020

  The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a material impact on utility-scale solar installations in the US this year, and perhaps even into 2021. In its Coronavirus: US Solar PV Supply Chain and Utility-Scale Market Risk report, Wood Mackenzie says that, in a best-case scenario, the market could see up to four weeks of supply delays affecting a few hundred MWs of modules and inverters. This, combined with construction disruptions, could translate into as much as 2 GWdc of project development delays in 2020.

• Webinar

  Webinar | North American Power Markets Update

  • 14 4月 2020

  During this webinar, principal power analyst Rob Whaley will present new Wood Mackenzie research on North American power markets. The webinar will cover: 1) Sagging power prices and increasing curtailment risks as renewables penetration rises 2) The strain on North American grid infrastructure as interconnection queues continue to swell 3) Disparate timelines between the deployment of renewable generation assets and the necessary grid infrastructure required to support them, and increasing risk on financiers of power projects. Plus, join the Q&A for a discussion about potential coronavirus impacts.

• Comment

  Collapsing demand sets the terms in the OPEC+ battle for market share

  • 09 4月 2020

  Since OPEC+’s failure to agree on production restraint on 5-6 March, the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have become far clearer, sparking a crisis in the oil market as prices fell and supply ramped up. The problem for these producers is the scale of the fall in oil demand, especially during April and forecast for Q2 2020. No matter the size of the varying forecasts, they all point to a challenging market that puts pressure on storage space and prices.

• Webinar

  Webinar | The Energy Transition in the age of the coronavirus: a metals & mining perspective

  • 22 4月 2020

  Please join us on Wednesday, April 22nd for a presentation and discussion with Julian Kettle, Vice Chairman of Metals and Mining at Wood Mackenzie. With over 30 years in the industry, Julian is well placed to talk through previous mining downturns, what we can expect in the current market and how it will affect the Energy Transition for metals: • The energy transition: a double-edged sword for metals • Is carbon the new differentiator for metals? • Where is the value in a decarbonising world?

• Opinion

  What does 2024 have in store for energy?

  • 09 1月 2024

  Curious about the future of energy in 2024? Join Ed Crooks and experts Amy Myers-Jaffe and Dr Melissa Lott as they discuss the influence of elections, COP events, and cutting-edge technologies like enhanced geothermal power.

• Opinion

  Turn of the tide? What the entry of Chinese polysilicon to the US means for the American solar supply chain

  • 18 12月 2023

  The US Customs Borders and Protection (CBP)’s release of Astronergy’s modules containing non-Xinjiang Chinese polysilicon will drastically change supply/demand dynamics in the near-term