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  How the oil market would deal with the return of Iranian exports

  • 16 4月 2021

  The return of Iranian exports to the oil market in 2021 was a clear risk. If sanctions are lifted, how much oil could Iran produce and how quickly? What wiggle room would OPEC+ have to accommodate Iran's exports? What would be the effect on the oil price?

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  The rising hurdles for investment in upstream

  • 30 4月 2021

  A healthy crop of oil and gas projects are up for FID in 2021. If they go ahead, the spend could reverse the downward trend in upstream investment. But sanctioning new projects is getting harder.

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  Did the oil and gas industry change forever last week?

  • 04 6月 2021

  Last week's big announcements for ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell show that stakeholders are intensifying the pressure on Big Oil to speed up action on climate. What are the implications for the wider industry?

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  Why oil and gas exploration is still important

  • 27 5月 2021

  As the energy transition gains pace, questions are being asked about exploration's continued relevance. Does the industry still need to find new barrels? How committed are the Majors to exploration?

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  Africa’s energy challenge

  • 12 11月 2021

  African nations see oil, gas and coal as the fast-track way to improve energy access. But there is uncertainty about future demand, ESG and net zero ambitions.

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  What’s on the minds of CEOs?

  • 07 10月 2021

  A host of senior leaders joined our virtual Global Energy Summit last week to discuss the commodity supercycle, investment, business models and net zero

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  How electric cars will move from niche to disruptor

  • 13 1月 2022

  EV sales shot the lights out in 2021: Tesla sold almost 1 million cars, while China and Europe accounted for 84% of global sales with subsidies a big factor.

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  What's driving energy investors?

  • 14 7月 2022

  The oil and gas sector is back with a bang in the stock market this year, reversing the flow of capital towards low-carbon energy plays. Investors have found the surging cash flow and dividends irresistible.

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  Why miners won’t invest in the metals supercycle

  • 30 6月 2022

  Would a merger of Big Oil with Big Mining make sense?

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  Wham, bam, CBAM

  • 10 6月 2022

  The European Commission (EC) plans to introduce the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which could be a first step towards a global carbon market.

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  How to rate IOCs’ resilience and sustainability

  • 20 5月 2022

  The big themes of resilience and sustainability will be increasingly important for oil and gas as the transition gains pace. Our new CoRSI analysis shows how the industry is preparing for tougher times.

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  How Europe breaks its dependence on Russia

  • 12 5月 2022

  Germany is on the front line of the energy security crisis and has a radical plan to break its dependence on Russian gas, oil and coal. What can other countries learn from Germany's pivot?

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  How the energy crisis is a boon for hydrogen exporters

  • 21 4月 2022

  Hydrogen is central to achieving net zero and getting the world onto a 1.5 °C pathway. How will the energy crisis affect the global hydrogen trade?

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  How the war is choking energy demand

  • 14 4月 2022

  US utility-scale solar: will policy power a rebound?

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  Upstream cash machines

  • 24 3月 2022

  Upstream has never made so much money. Higher oil and gas prices resulting from the Russia/Ukraine conflict are delivering undreamt-of cash generation in 2022.

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  The domino effect of the Ukraine crisis on gas and LNG

  • 07 2月 2022

  The effect of any reduction in Russian gas exports will ripple out much more widely into global gas, LNG and power markets.

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  The coming carbon capture and storage boom – we have lift off

  • 31 1月 2022

  CCS has to be made to work – capturing and storing CO2 accounts for 20% of the emissions reduction needed to achieve global net zero by 2050.

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  The energy crisis – what’s on CEOs’ minds?

  • 06 10月 2022

  We hosted our EMEA Global Energy and Natural Resources Summit in London last week. Here are some of the big themes debated on the stage.

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  Global gas and LNG’s biggest challenges

  • 31 8月 2022

  Europe’s energy market is out of control. Current stratospheric prices for gas and power pose risks to economies and households. Minimising collateral damage to economies – not to mention, saving lives – depends on the energy industry, governments and consumers themselves all doing the right things

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  Energy transition – reset required

  • 12 9月 2022

  The energy crisis is raising doubts about the pace the world can move towards net zero. Governments' more urgent priorities are to keep the lights on and economies ticking even if that means more fossil fuels.

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  How and why big oil is strengthening its oil and gas exposure

  • 25 4月 2024

  Big oil is doubling down on oil and gas. Discover the reasons and implications in our latest Edge article.

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  Can emissions taxes decarbonise the LNG industry?

  • 11 4月 2024

  The LNG industry is facing growing pressure to decarbonise. But this can't be achieved without major investment, pushing up the price of delivered LNG. Buyers have so far been reluctant to pay a premium for low-carbon volumes. Taxing LNG emissions could change this. Europe is leading the way, with the EU taxing the fuel emissions of LNG vessels from this year.  While an important first step, much more is required for the industry to decarbonise at scale.

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  Building an energy superpower

  • 15 2月 2024

  How India fuels its future growth

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  Why Brent isn’t reacting to escalating geopolitical risk

  • 08 2月 2024

  Today’s geopolitical temperature is close to boiling point. So why haven’t oil prices leapt in response, as we’ve seen in the past?

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  Diverging views on the role of gas in the energy transition

  • 01 2月 2024

  Comparing Wood Mackenzie’s Net Zero 2050 scenario to the IEA NZE

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  Low-carbon tech: is geothermal close to a breakthrough?

  • 25 1月 2024

  Is geothermal tech on the brink of a breakthrough? Explore the potential of next-gen geothermal in The Edge's latest article.

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  Low-carbon tech: can direct air capture rise to the challenge?

  • 18 1月 2024

  Like many emerging low-carbon technologies, DAC is expensive today (and tiny, under 0.05 Mtpa capacity worldwide) but could become a big deal in time.

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  COP28 preview: five things to look for

  • 23 11月 2023

  Paris reset or Groundhog Day?

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  WoodMac’s Gas, LNG & Future of Energy conference – five key takeaways

  • 17 11月 2023

  Wood Mackenzie hosted its first Global Gas, LNG and the Future of Energy conference featuring keynote speakers from across the industry. These are our five key takeaways from the event.

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  China’s Belt and Road Initiative turns away from coal

  • 09 11月 2023

  Renewables now dominate new projects under construction