Spend Intelligence

Enhanced spend analytics and dashboards on organisational-wide supply chain spend.

Oil in a decarbonising world

• 22 September 2022

What is the trajectory of oil demand in a world that’s decarbonising and how will that influence prices?

Why crude-to-chemicals is the obvious way forward

• 27 April 2020

Which is more competitive, a US ethane-based cracker or a second-generation COTC cracker? And can other regions match China's ROI potential?

Upstream investment in Africa: what does the future hold as new investment hotspots replace legacy producers?

• 18 September 2024

Upstream investment in Africa has been slower to recover from the pandemic compared to more agile regions with lower costs. Moving forward, we expect investments of around US$40 billion annually, or 8% of global capex, to be the new normal.

How 2020 dealt tight oil another blow

• 17 September 2020

In this special report about tight oil, Linda Htien, Senior Research Manager, US Lower 48 Upstream Research, and Ann-Louise Hittle, Vice President, Oils Research examine the forces slowing the growth of tight oil

Four themes to watch as the Majors position for a new era

• 02 April 2018

With the Majors emerging from the downturn standing strong, they're transitioning from 'survive' to 'thrive'. Although capital discipline remains central to the strategic framework of these companies, they must still position their portfolios for the fundamental changes reshaping energy demand in the coming decades.

Reducing the emissions of US LNG: looking for ways to move the needle

• 01 May 2021

Wood Mackenzie’s Ed Crooks recently highlighted the increased scrutiny placed on the carbon footprint of US LNG by the Biden administration, and the importance of proving the “green” credentials of LNG export projects. Rising awareness of the climate implications of LNG is a rapidly growing globa...

US$500 billion (2023 terms) investment in global oil and gas asset development enough to meet peak demand in 2030s

• 20 July 2023

Despite concerns about underinvestment in upstream, peak oil and gas demand can be met in the 2030s without a substantial increase to current annual asset development investment levels of US$500 billion in 2023 terms, according to a new Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

CCUS’s breakthrough year

• 16 January 2025

Explore the latest trends in CCUS as 2025 shapes up to be a breakthrough year, with rising optimism and record FIDs expected. Learn about project financing, policy support and the companies leading the charge in carbon capture and storage.

Uncertainty casts a shadow over US LNG

• 25 October 2024

Politics and legal actions are clouding the outlook for US exports. The election could clear some of the uncertainty, but not all of it.

The Trump administration's AI strategy points to strong growth in US power

• 25 November 2024

AI needs data centres, which need power. If AI is a national security priority, then so is electricity. That principle will shape the Trump administration’s policies. Gas-fired plants will be favored, but low-carbon energy could benefit, too.

Can carbon offsets deliver for oil and gas companies?

• 21 March 2024

A slower energy transition means higher demand for fossil fuels, heaping further pressure on oil and gas companies already battling to reduce their emissions. Carbon offsets can help.

The Energy Gang podcast: The gang wraps up 2021

• 17 December 2021

Talking the gang's top 5 energy stories of 2021, energy storage, green stimulus in Europe, smart devices, the role of SPACs in financing clean energy and more.

Innovative financing is needed to mobilise clean energy capital in developing countries. What could it look like?

• 10 September 2024

By 2030, nearly a billion people could still lack energy access. How can we change that? Listen to Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All, on The Interchange Recharged as she discusses innovative financing models for a just energy transition.

Three years on from the crash

• 25 July 2017

2017 is set to be to be the third year Brent has traded at under half the heady levels of 2014.

Can mining companies grow while keeping the value imperative in check?

• 23 January 2018

Find out how some companies have avoided the value vs volume trade-off.

Big Oil’s opportunity for M&A in the petrochemicals downturn

• 30 November 2023

Petrochemicals may be experiencing a severe cyclical downturn, triggered by excessive capacity build-out, but it’s one of the sector’s best long-term bets. Our experts discuss the timing of it's recovery and whether the downturn might spark change.

The future of gas investment

• 12 November 2020

Capital is the lifeblood of the global gas industry. But with investment criteria changing fast, companies must respond.

China’s energy markets feel the squeeze

• 11 June 2019

When the US sneezes, China catches a cold or so they say. Certainly when the US decides to stack tariffs onto the price of imported Chinese goods, China’s economy, central to global economic growth, slows down. That’s already started to happen – even before the latest increase in tariffs starts to have an effect.

Taking the pulse of the global LNG industry

• 26 September 2024

The WoodMac team were out in force at last week’s Gastech 2024 in Houston, the gas and LNG industry’s leading conference. Here are our collective high-level takeaways.

Will electric vehicle manufacturers be able to secure enough raw materials moving forward?

• 06 April 2018

We sat down with Dukascopy TV to discuss what's happening with the battery and raw materials used in electric vehicles.

Big themes in 2022 for energy and natural resources

• 14 December 2021

What will shape the world of energy and natural resources in 2022? Simon Flowers picks five key themes, from the energy crisis to the metals supercycle, transition cost challenges, higher investment and the chances of US$100/bbl oil.

Resilience and sustainability to be core oil and gas themes of 2021

• 19 January 2021

Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis reveals that sustainability and resilience will be at the heart of the oil and gas industry story in 2021.

Cutting dependence on China’s renewables supply chain

• 01 June 2023

The US takes a lead by incentivising equipment manufacturers.

How the price war is hurting US tight oil

• 26 May 2020

Arresting the explosive growth of US tight oil was a clear target of the price war after the OPEC+ meeting collapsed in March. What's been the effect on drilling and investment? How much will production fall and how quickly? Will tight oil recover and get back on a growth path? Find out more in this week's Edge.

India in crisis

• 06 May 2021

Given the scale of the crisis facing India and the potential for a further nationwide lockdown, I turned to our experts to hear how they are assessing the impact across the economy and energy sectors.

Fiscal Service

Optimise the outcomes of fiscal discussions and ensure the most appropriate terms are achieved for new opportunities.

Global copper market to see another year of volatile prices

• 22 January 2020

As we look to 2020, copper is faced with a finely balanced market. For now, positive investor sentiment around copper’s fundamentals is supporting higher prices.

Global wind turbine fleet to consume over 5.5Mt of copper by 2028

• 02 September 2019

Over 650 GW of new onshore and 130 GW of new offshore wind capacity will be installed between 2018 and 2028. This will consume in excess of 5.5Mt of copper, according to a recent analysis by Wood Mackenzie.

What is COP26 and how is it vital to the energy transition?

• 26 May 2021

This year, the UK will host COP26. Countries around the world are aware of their responsibilities to tackle climate change, and many have set targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions.