Three steps to secure Asia’s LNG future

• 31 August 2023

Asia’s gas markets must evolve to unlock their growth potential

Is gas the green choice?

• 28 November 2022

Reviewing scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions for oil and gas fields around the world.

A call to action to the global energy industry

• 02 August 2019

Wood Mackenzie President Neal Anderson introduces our 2019 Energy Transition Outlook and examines why the energy mix is not changing nearly as quickly as the world needs it to.

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.

Beyond ESG: measuring corporate sustainability in an uncertain world

• 19 March 2024

ESG may have lost its lustre, but the issues haven't gone away.

Is there light at the end of a dark tunnel for US coal markets?

• 26 March 2021

US coal markets are seeing a strong recovery from the abysmal market conditions in 2020. Can this resurgence continue this year?

What happens to gas and LNG if the energy transition accelerates?

• 10 December 2020

Gas still has a role to play in reducing global carbon emissions. But what will the renewed focus on decarbonisation mean for the gas and LNG industry?

International Energy Week 2025: our key takeaways for oil & gas

• 27 February 2025

As the publicity material for International Energy Week 2025 – held in London from 25-27 February – states, we live in an energy-hungry world. Amid growing trade tensions and shifting energy policy, what does that mean for oil and gas?

CCS could have material impact on carbon emissions of LNG projects

• 25 August 2021

The use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) could have a material impact on LNG projects’ carbon emissions. Depending on the strategy adopted, more than 25% of overall carbon emissions could be removed, says Wood Mackenzie,

Nigerian lawmakers pass petroleum bill – but there is still work to do

• 02 July 2021

Speaking after the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was passed by the Nigerian National Assembly on 1 July, Mansur Mohammed, head of West Africa content on Wood Mackenzie’s sub-Saharan Africa upstream research team, said: “The Senate and House each passed different versions of the bill, which will now require reconciliation before it is sent to the president for assent into law. So there is still outstanding work to do before the PIB becomes law, but we see momentum behind the bill.”

Is the price rally in energy and metals sustainable?

• 14 May 2021

Green shoots of economic recovery are bursting through. Energy, metals and mining commodity markets have sensed it for months – witness the soaring prices of oil, LNG, iron ore, copper and many other metals. Is this a post-pandemic economic bounce or the start of a new supercycle?

Battery storage begins to play a key role for US grids

• 24 May 2024

California and Texas increasingly rely on battery storage to balance their grids. As solar and wind power continue to grow, other states are likely to follow.

Why are US distributed solar customer acquisition costs still on the rise?

• 15 November 2023

Installers grow weary of investing further in marketing strategies amidst a residential market slowdown

Boom times: American ethylene's reversal of fortunes

• 27 June 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.

Electric vehicles – the story so far

• 10 October 2018

How will the rise of electric vehicles impact the future of transport and the natural resources industry? In 2018, our experts have been exploring what that means for oil, metals and power markets around the world.

Predictions for 2022

• 17 December 2021

2022 could see rising carbon prices, greater distributed solar capacity, tighter supply chains for renewable energy and a double-digit market share for EVs.

Six factors shaping the lithium market

• 31 May 2023

Understanding lithium market nuances is vital to forecasting future demand, supply and pricing

Kazakhstan’s upstream sector takes stock after nationwide unrest

• 19 January 2022

For the global and regional energy sector, Kazakhstan’s stability matters. What are the short- and long-term consequences of recent events?

Oil Supply Tool

Understand the prospects for future oil and NGL supply, and make astute planning, trading and investment decisions.

How exploration will fix its broken economics

• 20 April 2017

As the industry becomes leaner, smaller, more efficient and more profitable, we examine the new role for exploration and the impact on the corporate landscape.

Australia's next wave of LNG projects needs to compete to progress

• 28 May 2019

According to research by Wood Mackenzie, a second wave of LNG investments is building, both in Australia and globally, and these projects need to compete to progress

Oil demand to continue to set records in 2024

• 11 January 2024

Global oil demand is due to rise by almost 2 million barrels a day (b/d) in 2024, with China accounting for over 25% of that increase according to a report by Wood Mackenzie.

Australia’s east coast gas prices to bottom out over next two years

• 20 November 2019

In the latest Australia east coast gas market research, Wood Mackenzie projects that the LNG netback price for Australia’s east coast could bottom out to A$6.50 – A$9 per gigajoule (GJ) over the next two years.

Decarbonising the upstream industry

• 14 July 2021

In the face of the energy transition, upstream companies are under severe pressure to decarbonise. A situation that is only likely to intensify. Companies need to take note, set out their strategy and act so as to future-proof their business and keep hold of their social licence to operate.

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.

Are Japan’s E&Ps facing an existential crisis?

• 12 March 2020

The energy transition has forced Japan’s upstream companies to review their strategies. Explorers and producers face a tough choice: to grow or to exit the sector entirely?

Dorado: Australia's biggest oil discovery this century

• 17 August 2018

Exploration in Western Australia has produced a result no one expected - a large commercial oil find, Australia's largest this century. The discovery is significant for block partners Quadrant and Carnarvon, but how they will monetise it remains to be seen. Senior Research Analyst for Oceania Upstream, Daniel Toleman, explores the options and outcomes.

Is China’s gas market having a wobble?

• 08 October 2019

There’s no doubt the global LNG market needs China; it’s that simple. With some 165 million tons per annum (Mtpa) of new supply expected to take final investment decision between 2018 and 2021 and US$240 billion of investment required to bring this online, much attention is focused on how much China can consume.

M&A markets: passing the refinery bucks

• 14 February 2017

For some industry players, owning refinery capacity is no longer the necessity it used to be, while for others it has become central to business success.

Carbon capture and the future of LNG in Asia

• 08 September 2021

With LNG projects among the most emission-intense assets in the oil and gas sector, many companies are now actively working to lower the carbon intensity of their LNG portfolio.