• Opinion

  BHP’s all-share offer for Anglo American

  • 29 4月 2024

  BHP’s all-share offer for Anglo American, creating a copper, iron ore and metallurgical coal mining supermajor

• Opinion

  Counting carbon: how to set oil and gas industry emissions targets

  • 13 4月 2021

  Oil and gas firms are increasingly committing to emissions-reduction goals, but their scope and methodologies vary. How can the industry set standardised, meaningful targets that support the energy transition and enable investors to assess risk?

• Editorial

  Wood Mackenzie's accelerated energy transition 2-degree scenario: what it means for gas and LNG

  • 09 4月 2021

  How could a 2-degree world play out in the future for the global gas and LNG markets?

• Opinion

  How Big Oil is set to transform the offshore wind sector

  • 05 4月 2021

  The Euro Majors’ huge renewables ambitions mean the winds of change are blowing. Who’s getting involved in offshore wind? What strategies are emerging? And what does it mean for the future of the sector?

• Featured

  Build or buy: are the copper Majors rising to the growth challenge?

  • 06 4月 2021

  The copper industry may be shooting for the stars on demand — but the supply challenge could bring it back down to earth. In the second of a two-part series, Julian Kettle, Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining asks: can the top producers arrest a decline in output with organic project development? Or is it time to buy growth?

• Featured

  The hunt for advantaged oil

  • 30 3月 2021

  Oil and gas will continue to play a key role in the world’s energy mix for decades to come. But as the energy transition takes hold only the barrels with the strongest economics and lowest carbon emissions will make it to market. Which subsurface factors could point to the optimal reservoirs and an opportunity to seize an advantage?

• Opinion

  What a 40-year-old shale well can tell us about the future of the Lower 48

  • 22 3月 2021

  Forty years ago Mitchell Energy filed a permit for the C.W. Slay 1 well, kick-starting a Barnett Shale programme that would forever change the face of US upstream operations. What lessons can the well that commercialised shale provide for the sector's future?

• Featured

  Will a lack of supply growth come back to bite the copper industry?

  • 23 3月 2021

  With copper on the frontline of the energy transition and a mining super-cycle on the way, can the red metal meet the challenge of transformational demand? Julian Kettle, Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining asks whether a mismatch between the rhetoric and the reality of supply development could constrain copper market growth – and even slow the pace of the energy transition.

• The Edge

  How solar is central to the energy transition

  • 19 3月 2021

  Solar's plunging costs have made it the go-to technology to decarbonise the power sector. What innovations are coming to make it even more competitive? Could too much solar be a problem for power markets? And does green hydrogen offer a second wave of growth?

• Opinion

  Australia’s gas conundrum

  • 19 3月 2021

  While it may well claim the crown of world’s largest LNG exporter in 2021, Australia faces rising problems with its gas.

• Editorial

  Texas freeze: the real-time impact on gas storage

  • 04 3月 2021

  The recent winter storms left millions without power and heat in the US. Behind the headlines, more complex factors were at play. Our unique access to both gas and power monitoring and data gave us an integrated, real-time view of an unprecedented event and the issues it created.

• The Edge

  US tight oil – the investment dilemma

  • 05 3月 2021

  US Lower 48 Independents’ finances are looking rosier as capital discipline and higher oil prices work their magic. Will a cash flow bonanza lead to more drilling?

• Opinion

  Tesla’s share price and the future of EVs

  • 26 2月 2021

  After a spectacular rise, Tesla’s shares have been on a downward trend this month. The company’s fundamental prospects still look good

• The Edge

  Will oil companies start spending again?

  • 26 2月 2021

  The oil and gas sector is bouncing back strong. After savaging costs and spend in response to last year's crisis, and with Brent soaring over US$65/bbl, we expect a resurgence of upstream cash generation in 2021. How much free cash flow will the sector generate? What will companies do with it?

• Opinion

  Asian buyers stay cool as US LNG hit by the deep freeze

  • 24 2月 2021

  So, when freezing conditions hit the southern US last week, resulting in feedgas into LNG plants collapsing from above 10 bcfd to just below 2 bcfd, and with some Texas price markers soaring north of US$400/mmbtu, anxiety levels should have been rising.

• Editorial

  Breaking down the Texas winter blackouts: what went wrong?

  • 19 2月 2021

  Our power analysts examine the events of the Texas energy crisis that resulted in extended blackouts across the state, leaving millions of people without power and raising questions around the future of emergency preparedness, market structure, and regulation within the energy sector.

• The Edge

  Future energy – how electric vehicles transform battery demand

  • 19 2月 2021

  Batteries are going to play a big part in achieving net-zero ambitions. Once batteries are cheap enough and deliver sufficient range, they open the door for EVs to disrupt the ICE market. When will battery costs fall enough for EVs to compete head on? And is there enough supply of key battery metals to meet the higher demand?

• Editorial

  Deep freeze hits Texas hard as US Gulf Coast shutters oil complex

  • 17 2月 2021

  We're examining the immediate impacts to the oil industry from 15-16 February as captured across our real-time monitoring offerings.

• Opinion

  Could oil Majors and Independents generate record free cash flow this year?

  • 25 2月 2021

  IOCs have just been through one of their toughest ever years. But the sector is primed for a V-shaped free cash flow recovery, potentially to record levels. What’s fuelling the shift in fortunes, and how will it shape corporate priorities?

• The Edge

  Big Oil’s offshore wind journey is only just beginning

  • 12 2月 2021

  Offshore wind is at the forefront of the Euro Majors' new energy strategies. It's a proven technology, ready for scaling up – and the latest UK permits show the competition for projects is heating up. How big could it be for Big Oil?

• Opinion

  Batteries with Chinese characteristics

  • 10 2月 2021

  At present, China accounts for almost 75% of global lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity and this share is set to increase through the short term with its build-out of new facilities.

• Opinion

  How will the EU plastics levy change the flexible packaging market?

  • 08 2月 2021

  The EU is getting tougher on non-recycled plastic packaging waste. Will the new plastics levy lead to more sustainable solutions? And could the flexible packaging sector lose its relative cost advantage?

• Featured

  Are we on the cusp of another mining super-cycle?

  • 23 2月 2021

  The global pandemic saw demand for mined commodities slow to a virtual standstill and prices slump. But are we now on the brink of a new super-cycle – or even a super-charged super-cycle? Or are the markets getting ahead of themselves?

• Opinion

  What do Japan’s soaring spot power prices mean for the energy transition?

  • 08 2月 2021

  Japan’s power prices were on an unprecedented rally in the first two weeks of 2021. What’s behind these historical highs, and what does it mean for the energy transition?

• Opinion

  Offshore wind: long-term promise after short-term decline

  • 04 2月 2021

  Annual installs dropped 29% in 2020, but FIDs for new capacity hit an all-time high and a record number of alliances were formed. With the scale of ambition increasing, what will 2021 bring?

• Opinion

  Are Japan’s upstream players heading for the exit?

  • 02 2月 2021

  Japan’s trading houses are re-thinking their long-term strategies around upstream investment.

• Opinion

  Biden’s climate plans aim at job creation

  • 29 1月 2021

  The president wants to support renewables and EVs, while having little immediate impact on oil and gas

• The Edge

  Could 2021 be the start of a new super-cycle?

  • 29 1月 2021

  Led by Asia, and with vaccine roll-out underway, global economic growth should bounce back strong in 2021. It sets the scene for a much better year in commodity markets. But do surging oil, gas and metals prices point to something more lasting?

• Featured

  How uncertainty will define the oil market in 2021

  • 28 1月 2021

  Covid-19 and the oil price crash sent shockwaves through the oil market in 2020. How will continuing uncertainty affect global demand, supply and refining in 2021?

• Opinion

  China-US relations, tech wars and climate change

  • 26 1月 2021

  When President Xi Jinping spoke of the risks of ‘tech wars’ at the World Economic Forum’s virtual Davos Agenda event on Monday, there was little doubt who he was aiming at. At a White House briefing later that day, press secretary Jen Psaki stated that “Technology is of course at the centre of US-China competition.”