US LNG a test case for the Trump administration’s ambitions

• 06 December 2024

The new president aims to expedite investment in gas export plants. Some obstacles will be difficult to remove.

What lies ahead for the polyester chain in 2020?

• 21 January 2020

After a challenging 2019, what’s ahead for the polyester chain? Overcapacity has been a recurring theme for feedstocks over the past year, while the fallout from the US-China trade war and geopolitical risks around the world added pressure – but the outlook for 2020 isn’t all doom and gloom.

Abadi LNG gets greenlight for revised Plan of Development

• 15 July 2019

The Government of Indonesia has approved the revised Plan of Development for the Abadi LNG project. INPEX (operator, 65%) and Shell (35%) will develop Abadi via an offshore production facility and a 9.5 million tonnes per annum (mmpta) onshore LNG plant, at an estimated cost of US$20 billion.

Operating cost: has the oil industry really moved the needle?

• 20 June 2016

So has the industry finally reversed the long trend of opex inflation? Well, yes and no.

Asia-Pacific solar demand to decline first time this year

• 24 October 2018

After a decade of stellar growth, Wood Mackenzie forecasts that solar demand in the Asia-Pacific will decline for the first time this year. Compared to 2017, the region's solar demand will dip 18% to 59 GW in 2018 due to declining installations in China, India and Japan.

End of an era looms as Chevron seeks UK exit

• 23 May 2024

Clair is the big attraction for would-be buyers

Global Gas Model

The Global Gas Model runs global gas market simulations under various supply, demand, piped, storage, contract sales and producer behaviour assumptions.

How can mining companies capture the value presented by new opportunities?

• 11 January 2018

We believe mining company managers should focus on three key issues to achieve future growth: right-sizing projects, developing a strong investment thesis and creating a balanced portfolio.

Automotive sales trends suggest higher oil demand in medium term

• 04 April 2019

The vehicle industry’s shift towards cleaner technology is poised to throw a wrench in the oil market – but likely not for another decade. Demand growth from light vehicles and two-wheelers, a key sector which accounts for roughly 30% of the near 100 million b/d in global crude consumption, are expected to slow down over the next 10 years, and eventually begin to decline after 2030, with the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).

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.

The historic decline of US coal

• 29 May 2020

Cheap gas and weak power demand have driven coal’s share of US power generation to its lowest since the 19th century. They are also accelerating its long-term downtrend

Upstream players need to boost spending to meet future demand

• 24 October 2018

Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global oil and gas development spend needs to increase by around 20% to meet future demand growth and ensure companies sustain production next decade.

Coronavirus pushes oil towards the abyss

• 06 April 2020

As demand collapses, how will the market deal with oversupply? Find out in this week's Edge.

Metals and mining: an industry at a crossroads

• 14 October 2020

How has a year of unprecedented challenges affected mined commodities? Julian Kettle shares his view on the impact of a global pandemic, and the opportunities and risks posed by the energy transition.

4 key refining and chemical themes from Moscow

• 23 April 2019

We've condensed dozens of discussions at Wood Mackenzie's first Russia downstream forum and the 7th CIS Petrochemicals 2019 Conference into 4 of the hottest topics.

Lukoil takes Petronas’ Shah Deniz stake in US$2.25bn deal

• 02 December 2021

Lukoil recently announced the US$2.25 billion acquisition of Petronas' 15.5% stake in the giant BP-operated Shah Deniz gas-condensate field, offshore Azerbaijan.

Battery electric vehicles to dominate vehicle sales by 2050

• 28 June 2021

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be the dominant form of road transport by 2050, accounting for 56% of all vehicle sales that year, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).

Could an expansion of Western sanctions derail Yamal LNG?

• 28 August 2024

The implications of the EU's ban on the transshipment of Russian LNG and what could come next

OPEC agrees 1.5m b/d output cut as coronavirus eats into global demand

• 05 March 2020

The OPEC oil producers' group and its non-OPEC allies are poised to deepen its production cuts by 1.5 million barrels per day as the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak eats into global oil demand.

Asia Pacific upstream - 5 themes to watch in 2020

• 19 December 2019

Wood Mackenzie has identified five themes related to project sanctions, exploration, M&A, energy transition and IMO 2020 that will impact Asia Pacific’s upstream industry in 2020.

Wood Mackenzie: Data centre metals demand isn’t an asset story. It’s a grid story.

• 16 June 2026

Research from Wood Mackenzie finds that the base metals required to power the global data centre boom extend far beyond the servers, cooling units, and enclosures inside the facility. When grid reinforcement, transmission networks, and facility-level power systems are included, total system-level metals consumption reaches an estimated three to four times the volume implied by the asset itself.

Horizons: three key findings from Q2 2021

• 06 July 2021

A recap from the last three editions of Horizons, from the prospect of upside-down oil and gas prices to the vast potential of carbon capture

Middle East leads the pack in 2018 FID bonanza

• 15 April 2019

11 projects sanctioned in the Middle East as producers look to take advantage of the lower cost environment. What’s behind the boom?

The indispensable OPEC+

• 05 June 2020

Reports of “the death of OPEC” have proved greatly exaggerated, as the cartel and its allies have shown their continuing relevance this year

Why high-quality global vessel tracking data matters

• 23 September 2020

Wood Mackenzie Vesseltracker's AIS network allows us to offer superior coverage.

The global solar tracker market reached 134 GWdc and grew 19% in 2025

• 08 June 2026

The global solar tracker market expanded 19% in 2025, surpassing 134 Gigawatts Direct Current (GWdc) of equipment shipments, according to Wood Mackenzie’s ‘Global solar tracker market share 2026’.

Class of 2022: benchmarking this year's upstream FIDs

• 31 March 2022

We benchmark the major oil and gas projects seeking FID in 2022 on economics and emissions metrics

In conversation with Asia Pacific’s CEOs

• 04 November 2020

We hosted the CEOs of PETRONAS, Santos and Medco, the chairman of Indian Oil Corporation, and many other senior executives from a range of leading oil and gas companies, utilities and banks over two days at our APAC Energy & Commodities Summit last month.

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.

China to hold over 80% of global solar manufacturing capacity from 2023-26

• 07 November 2023

After investing over US$130 billion into the solar industry in 2023, China will hold more than 80% of the world’s polysilicon, wafer, cell, and module manufacturing capacity from 2023 to 2026.