What’s next for copper?

• 06 May 2025

The impact of changing supply chains was a key theme for the red metal at our recent Future Facing Commodities Forum

Oil and mining companies must adapt new strategies to deliver low-carbon transition

• 20 April 2023

As companies in the energy and natural resource sector struggle to find the balance between satisfying shareholder returns and meeting stakeholder low-carbon demands, new strategies are emerging that could be the catalyst to drive capital allocation decisions toward growth and closing valuation gaps, according to “Fuelling Change” a new Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

Australia’s deepening gas market turmoil

• 01 February 2023

Gas price caps across Australia’s east coast spook producers and LNG buyers.

Beyond Germany: what the Netherlands and Belgium teach us about European battery economics

• 15 June 2026

Europe’s utility-scale battery storage market is no longer a story about a handful of pioneering markets

How to stop Nigeria’s oil industry losing relevance

• 04 December 2018

What would it take to make Nigeria's oil industry competitive again? Simon Flowers investigates.

The US broadens sanctions against Arctic LNG-2

• 27 August 2024

Project operations set to continue under veil of secrecy.

Extreme weather and fast LNG dominate US natural gas news

• 06 September 2024

A summary of news of what’s been happening in the US market

NGL Service

Gain insight into North American NGL markets with regional and national perspective on ethane, propane, butanes and pentane at Wood Mackenzie.

3 reasons why the Permian basin needs 1 more crude pipeline

• 08 July 2019

Permian crude pipeline capacity isn't overbuilt longer term. Wood Mackenzie analysis shows one more takeaway pipeline will be needed in the 2030s.

Recycled polyolefins: how quickly can industry come together to unlock supply?

• 13 June 2023

The transition to a circular economy is priority for the plastics value chain.

Global wind turbine order intake breaks record in Q2

• 12 September 2022

Strong activity in China pushed global wind turbine order intake to 43 gigawatts (GW) in quarter two of 2022, a new record, and up 36% from year-ago levels. This equates to an estimated $18.1 billion, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

Cushing 2024: key price insights and market trends

• 07 January 2025

Due to ongoing volatility in the global oil markets, traders need prompt indication of changes in the market

Big themes and risks for energy in 2021

• 11 December 2020

After a tumultuous 2020, what will shape the energy world in 2021? We look at five themes to watch – economic boom, action on climate change, oil demand, industry finances and upstream investment.

The blockade on Libya’s oil exports

• 24 January 2020

Libya’s crude production has slumped, oil CEOs have been debating emissions cuts, and surging LNG supplies has driven down world gas prices. This and more from Ed Crooks.

US solar PV system costs increase in 2021

• 02 September 2021

Rising metals prices, banned materials and uncertainty around product availability and shipping schedules all contribute to rising solar PV system costs.

Video | Lens Upstream: Piecing together Cyprus' gas export deals with Egypt

• 20 February 2025

In this video, we dive into Wood Mackenzie’s Lens Upstream, a key tool in our Lens suite, to examine Cyprus’ role in East Mediterranean gas dynamics and assess how its assets fit into the Majors’ portfolios. We also visualise the LNG market impact of these deals and identify the key beneficiaries.

Coming to Americas: deepwater after the downturn

• 03 May 2019

Deepwater investment interest soured after the global oil-price crash of 2014. What were some of the lessons learned by governments, companies and the key stakeholders throughout this crucial time of development for the Americas deepwater sector?

New CEO Looney rings changes at BP with ambitious climate plan

• 12 February 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.”

The US energy transition rides on the electric F-150

• 21 May 2021

Ford has launched the electric version of its best-selling F-150 truck. Its success or failure will have a big impact on the electrification of transport in the US, and on climate policy.

Could clean energy be the winner in the oil price war?

• 24 March 2020

How will the oil price crash affect the embryonic energy transition efforts of oil and gas companies? Renewable energy economics suddenly look far more attractive.

Fuelling change: how oil and mining companies can finance the energy transition

• 20 April 2023

How oil and mining companies can finance the energy transition

Can the rest of the world repel China’s magnetic pull over rare earth metals?

• 19 May 2022

By investing across complex supply chains, Chinese companies have integrated rare earth mining, processing, metal production and magnet manufacturing, allowing China to then dominate high value-add sectors including drivetrains for electric vehicles and generators for wind turbines.

What the BP-Hilcorp deal means for Alaska

• 05 September 2019

Upstream analysts Rowena Gunn and Mark Oberstoetter discuss the latest happenings in Alaska's oil & gas industry and what Hilcorp's $5.6 billion acquisition of BP's assets will mean for the State.

Action to achieve Paris climate goals will upend oil and gas prices

• 15 April 2021

If the world acts decisively to limit global warming to 2°C by 2050, the scale of change will revolutionise the energy industry. Progressive electrification will squeeze the most polluting hydrocarbons out of the energy mix, nearly eliminating their markets. Oil demand will shrink, and with it, so will the power of major oil producers. Gas demand will remain resilient, but business models will need to evolve.

Flexibility as a service: Can Octopus's acquisition of Uplight finally make US residential VPPs work?

• 01 April 2026

Can Octopus crack the US VPP problem?

Biden’s clean energy plan aims at job creation

• 17 July 2020

As the US faces economic crisis, the Democratic presidential challenger sees opportunities for stimulus in the energy transition

Emissions Benchmarking Tool

The Emissions Benchmarking Tool provides transparency at the asset and corporate level for Upstream, Downstream and Metals & Mining.

OPEC underpins oil markets into 2018 - green light for tight oil growth

• 29 May 2017

The firmer oil price we expect can only embolden the already resurgent US tight oil industry which is on course to displace the 1 million b/d OPEC has cut within the year. Three main aspects of the decision stand out.

China's renewables boom year poses major challenges to western markets

• 17 February 2022

China’s renewables manufacturing has emerged from 2021 bigger and more competitive than ever before. Western markets are benefitting from trading with the IKEA of the energy transition, but balancing reliance on China’s technology providers with local interests is now a key political as well as environmental challenge, says Wood Mackenzie.

How are chemicals companies responding to the coronavirus blow?

• 29 May 2020

Capex cuts, deferred projects and new partnerships are a feature of the new industry landscape as chemicals companies adapt to the effects of Covid-19.