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Fernanda Abarzúa

Senior Research Analyst, Carbon

Fernanda’s primary focus lies in the offset market sector.

Latest articles by Fernanda

• Opinion 27 November 2023

  What could COP28 mean for Article 6?

• The Edge 23 November 2023

  COP28 preview: five things to look for

Ahmed Jameel Abdullah

Research Analyst, European Power

Ahmed monitors power market trends across Europe.

Latest articles by Ahmed Jameel

• Opinion 8 March 2023

  Renewable energy costs continue to fall across Europe

• Opinion 4 August 2022

  Heat pumps: primed and ready to support Europe’s net zero and energy security goals

Annick Adjei

Senior Research Analyst, CCUS Subsurface

Annick is focused on developing our CCUS subsurface offering as part of an integrated, source-to-sink market solution.

Latest articles by Annick

• Opinion 14 June 2023

  The UK’s first carbon storage bid round: how much capacity will it deliver?

Greig Aitken

Corporate Research

With over 12 years of experience, Greig brings a holistic view of corporate activity to the upstream M&A research team.

Elham Akhavan

Senior Microgrid Research Analyst

Elham leads our microgrid and distribution automation research under the Grid Edge team

Amar Ali

Senior Research Analyst

Amar is a Senior Research Analyst at Wood Mackenzie and manages PET and RPET coverage across EMEA.

Arnold Aluge

Market Team Lead, MISO

Arnold leads Wood Mackenzie's North America Short-Term Power MISO desk.

Latest articles by Arnold

• Opinion 27 September 2023

  The key takeaways from our PJM, MISO and ERCOT seasonal outlook webinars

Krystal Alvarez

Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Supply Chain

Krystal focuses on our portfolio of subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) and marine construction products

Gail Anderson

Research Director, Research Director, North Sea Upstream

Gail focuses on the Nigerian upstream industry and its gas and power sector.

Jason Anderson Raj

Principal Analyst – EO/EG & EODs

Jason is currently responsible for Asia and Middle East market and the development of the EO/EG Asset Benchmarking Tool.

Bruna Angel

Principal Analyst, Fibres

Alexandre Araman

Principal Analyst, Middle East Upstream

Alexandre has global experience in commercial research, upstream valuations and supply and demand analysis.

Latest articles by Alexandre

• Opinion 20 November 2023

  Can the Iraq-Turkey pipeline logjam be cleared?

• Opinion 15 September 2023

  An ADNOC trilogy (part 3): big gas ambitions

• Opinion 14 August 2023

  An ADNOC trilogy (part 2): building a gas nation

• Opinion 2 August 2023

  An ADNOC trilogy: the tortuous path to gas self-sufficiency

• Opinion 4 May 2023

  The Middle East steps on the gas

• Opinion 5 July 2021

  What lies beneath: why Middle East upstream resources are so advantaged

Ruben Arratia

Director, Base and Precious Metals

Ruben has more than 40 years of experience in the mining industry.

Hector Arreola

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen & Emerging Technologies

Latest articles by Hector

• Opinion 11 October 2023

  Decoding hydrogen assets: financial viability and key economic factors

Marina Azevedo

Senior Power Analyst

Marina focuses on market developments, business strategies, energy modelling, and scenario forecasting.

Nikhil Babu

Research Associate, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables

Nikhil works on Asia Pacific power modelling, data collection, market intelligence and analysis.

Nikhil Babu

Research Associate, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables

Guy Bailey

Head of Intermediates and Applications

Guy leads a team of analysts focused on plastics, fibres and sustainability in the chemicals value chain.

Amanda Bandeira

Research Associate, Latin America Upstream

Amanda is an expert in valuing individual upstream onshore and offshore assets in the Latin America region.

Latest articles by Amanda

• Opinion 23 May 2023

  Petrobras kicks off Marlim revitalisation project in Brazil

Aaron Barr

Global Head, Onshore Wind Energy Research

Alex Beeker

Research Director, Corporate Research

Alex is a research director on our Corporate Research team, focused on the Majors and US Independents.

Elena Belletti

Global Head of Carbon Research

Elena's research supports decision-making on emissions, decarbonisation, carbon markets and carbon prices.

Latest articles by Elena

• Opinion 27 November 2023

  What could COP28 mean for Article 6?

• The Edge 23 November 2023

  COP28 preview: five things to look for

• Opinion 30 January 2023

  Debut of the first EU carbon border tax

• Opinion 7 March 2022

  How are oil and gas companies using carbon offsets to decarbonise?

• Opinion 8 February 2022

  Voluntary carbon markets: here to stay?

Sam Berman

Principal Analyst, Power & Renewables

Sam has extensive experience in production cost modelling and energy market analysis.

Natalie Biggs

Global Head, Thermal Coal Markets

Natalie is the global head of our thermal coal markets research for the Metals and Mining group.

Neivan Boroujerdi

Research Director, Upstream Oil and Gas

Neivan is a research director with particular expertise in North Sea development costs, exploration and M&A. 

Benjamin Boucher

Senior Data Analyst

Latest articles by Benjamin

• Opinion 22 November 2023

  Supply shortages and an inflexible market give rise to high power transformer lead times

Matthew Boyda

Senior Vice President, Global Power & Renewables

Matthew brings more than two decades of power industry experience to his role.

Latest articles by Matthew

• Opinion 6 September 2021

  Trading further-out futures: tackling renewable-fuelled congestion

Colette Breshears

Senior Research Manager, NA Infrastructure, Short-term Analytics, Natural Gas

Colette brings eight years of experience to their research on natural gas in North America.

Latest articles by Colette

• Opinion 21 February 2022

  US natural gas infrastructure gets ready to go green

Mark Broadbent

Research Director, North America Oils

Mark leads our North America oils team in analysing crude and product markets.

Latest articles by Mark

• Opinion 14 June 2021

  How hard would global refiners be hit by a sharp drop in US gasoline demand?

Andrew Brown

Head of Plastics and Recycling

Andrew is responsible for integrating our sustainability and recycling views across chemical value chains.

David Brown

Director, Energy Transition Practice

David is a key author of our Energy Transition Outlook and Accelerated Energy Transition Scenarios.

Latest articles by David

• The Edge 21 September 2023

  How the world gets onto a 1.5 °C pathway

• Opinion 7 June 2023

  Energy transition in the Americas: three key questions

• Opinion 23 May 2023

  How Colombia could lead Latin America through the energy transition

• Opinion 20 March 2023

  Maximising the Inflation Reduction Act: four things to watch

• Opinion 8 February 2023

  Introducing our Global Net Zero Pledges Scenario

• Opinion 18 July 2022

  Seeing red?

David Buckby

Senior Analyst, Films & Flexible Packaging

David has almost a decade of experience in strategic market research and consultancy.

Raul Calzada

Senior Analyst, Refining Assets, Oils & Chemicals Research

Raul's focuses in North American refinery modeling & PetroPlan software optimization at Wood Mackenzie.

Latest articles by Raul

• Opinion 15 November 2023

  Part 4: unlocking the value of refinery-petrochemicals integration

Matthew Campbell

Research Analyst, European Power Markets

Matthew is a research analyst with our Energy Transition Practice, focused on power market trends across Europe.

Latest articles by Matthew

• Opinion 16 August 2023

  European power markets emerge from the energy crisis

• Opinion 6 April 2023

  How effective were EU emergency power demand reduction measures?

• Opinion 22 July 2022

  Global power markets outlook: the energy transition gathers pace

Yanqi Cao

Research Analyst, Power & Renewables Research, APAC

Yanqi focuses on APAC power markets.

Latest articles by Yanqi

• The Edge 9 November 2023

  China’s Belt and Road Initiative turns away from coal

Leandro Caputo

Director, Gas & Power, Latin America

Leandro is a skilled leader with extensive professional experience across the Latin American energy space.

Fraser Carson

Senior Research Analyst, Global LNG

Fraser has extensive research and project management experience across the LNG value chain.

Daniel Carvalho

Global Research Director, Metals and Mining Processing

Daniel is a global operations, process and technology leader in the iron and steel industry.

Latest articles by Daniel

• Opinion 25 August 2023

  Beyond electricity: is hydrogen the key to greener smelting and refining?

Ixchel Castro

Americas Market Lead - Downstream

Ixchel leads our research on downstream markets in North and Latin America.

Matthew Chadwick

Senior Vice President, Head of Oils and Chemicals

Matthew is an expert in analysing strategic and commercial issues for petchems and related businesses.

Marcus Chan

Research Analyst, Asia Pacific Power Research

Latest articles by Marcus

• Opinion 22 November 2023

  Asia Pacific corporations hungry for green energy power up for energy transition

Steve Chappell

Vice President, Head of Subsurface Research

With more than 30 years' of global experience, Steve leads the delivery of world-class exploration research.

Isha Chaudhary

Global Head of Steel, Raw Materials and Alloys Markets

With 15 years of experience in metals and mining, Isha drives research and analytics for the ferrous space.

Akif Chaudhry

Research Director, Corporate Strategy and Analytics

Akif focuses on strategy, benchmarking and valuation analysis related to power and renewables within company portfolios.

Latest articles by Akif

• Featured 16 January 2023

  Mixed signals for power and renewables in 2023

• Featured 24 August 2022

  Why the Majors need to consider margins in weighing up offshore wind

• Opinion 11 August 2022

  Big Oil set to cash in on the trillion-dollar offshore wind prize

• Featured 17 January 2022

  Power and renewables companies face merging headwinds in 2022 | 2022 Outlook

• Opinion 24 July 2020

  Natural gas: friend or foe in Europe’s 2030 emissions target?

• Opinion 5 December 2019

  Could the Majors take a fast-track route to lower emissions intensity?

Mauro Chavez

Head of European Gas and LNG markets

Mauro has more than 14 years of experience and is a recognised specialist in the natural gas and LNG industry.

Latest articles by Mauro

• Opinion 27 September 2023

  Three key takeaways from Europe Gas and Power Markets Short-Term Outlook Q3 2023

Harindra Cherukuri

Market Associate, ERCOT

Latest articles by Harindra

• Opinion 27 July 2023

  How the ERCOT grid has changed over time, and the obstacles ahead

Stephanie Chiang

Research Analyst, CCUS

Latest articles by Stephanie

• Opinion 14 June 2023

  The UK’s first carbon storage bid round: how much capacity will it deliver?

Kai Sen Chong

Research Analyst, Asia Chemicals

Kai Sen is responsible for the short-term and long-term analysis of Asian olefins and benzene markets.

Latest articles by Kai Sen

• Opinion 18 September 2023

  Will Shell exit Pulau Bukom?

Sagar Chopra

Senior Research Analyst, Solar

Sagar focuses on PV system pricing for US and LATAM regions.

Jack Christian

Research Analyst, US Lower 48

Latest articles by Jack

• Opinion 30 August 2023

  A new tight oil powerhouse: Permian Resources and Earthstone create a new large-cap US E&P

Jessalyn Chuang

Lead Analyst, Power Market Intelligence

Jessalyn is a wholesale power industry analyst with a focus on the Midwestern US region.

Latest articles by Jessalyn

• Opinion 27 September 2023

  The key takeaways from our PJM, MISO and ERCOT seasonal outlook webinars

• Opinion 13 March 2023

  Power rush in the Wild West: tracking the progress of US regional power market pioneers

David Clark

Vice President, Corporate Research

Latest articles by David

• Opinion 31 October 2023

  What does the Chevron-Hess deal mean for oil and gas?

• The Edge 26 October 2023

  Big Oil: upstream M&A gets serious

• Opinion 12 October 2023

  The making of a Megamajor – ExxonMobil acquires Pioneer Natural Resources

• Opinion 30 August 2023

  A new tight oil powerhouse: Permian Resources and Earthstone create a new large-cap US E&P

• Editorial 28 October 2021

  US Independents: cash is king in “stay flat” mode

Finlay Clark

Senior Research Analyst, Global Offshore Wind

Latest articles by Finlay

• Opinion 1 November 2022

  Offshore wind: policy frameworks decide who wins – but not when

• Opinion 15 August 2022

  Change is coming to the offshore wind towers sector

Robert Clarke

Vice President, Upstream Research

Robert leads our US onshore research, with a particular focus on the evolution of the tight oil sector.

Latest articles by Robert

• Opinion 12 October 2023

  The making of a Megamajor – ExxonMobil acquires Pioneer Natural Resources

• The Edge 27 July 2023

  Why tight oil specialists need to consider diversifying

• Opinion 1 September 2022

  Could a return to shale exploration be part of the solution to Europe’s gas supply problem?

• Opinion 12 July 2022

  US LNG exports: upping the upstream ante

• Opinion 21 July 2021

  Three lessons the renewables boom can learn from the shale bust

• Opinion 22 March 2021

  What a 40-year-old shale well can tell us about the future of the Lower 48

John Coleman

Principal Analyst, North American Crude Markets

John leads our North American Crude Markets Service, delivering regular market outlooks and analysis

Latest articles by John

• Opinion 22 March 2023

  A tale of two cities: comparing the Houston and Corpus Christi crude hubs

Randall Collum

Senior Vice President, Commodity Trading Data and Analytics

Randall is an experienced analyst with more than 20 years of experience in natural gas and oil production analytics.

Caitlin Connelly

Research Associate, Distributed Solar

Latest articles by Caitlin

• Opinion 27 March 2023

  Shake-up on the US distributed solar leaderboard

• Opinion 29 March 2022

  Competition heats up for the top three US residential solar installers

• Opinion 2 November 2021

  US residential solar: why is customer acquisition still so costly?

Leslie Cook

Principal Analyst, Upstream Supply Chain

Leslie is a principal analyst and project manager for Wood Mackenzie's portfolio of drilling and rig products.

Latest articles by Leslie

• Opinion 3 July 2023

  Headwinds to tailwinds: are deepwater rig companies ready for a modernised upstream industry?

• The Edge 8 June 2023

  Does the bull market in oil rigs signal a slower transition?

Santiago Correa

Market Analyst, ERCOT Lead

Maria Cortez

Research Director, US Lower 48

Maria develops thought leadership, data analytics and products focused on the US Lower 48.

Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair, Americas

Ed examines the forces shaping the energy industry globally

Rebekah Crouch

Head of Market Intelligence, Power Markets Research

Rebekah oversees our Short-term Market Intelligence Team for North America.

Kelly Cui

Principal Analyst, Petrochemicals

Kelly is an expert in the coal-to-olefins (CTO) and methanol-to-olefins (MTO) sector.

Latest articles by Kelly

• Opinion 27 April 2020

  Why crude-to-chemicals is the obvious way forward

• Opinion 20 February 2020

  Coronavirus to disrupt China’s chemicals sector more than SARS

• Opinion 6 September 2019

  Can China’s CTO and MTO industries survive the threat of massive steam cracker investment?

• Editorial 14 November 2017

  Why is China the early adopter of CTO/MTO

• Editorial 7 November 2017

  The opportunities and challenges of CTO/MTO development

• Editorial 1 November 2017

  How are olefins made from CTO/MTO?

Lucy Cullen

Research Director, APAC Gas & LNG Research

Lucy is primarily focused on supply, demand, contract and price analysis for the Northeast Asian markets

Latest articles by Lucy

• Opinion 1 September 2022

  Demand response in Asia is the key to balancing the global gas market

• Opinion 26 May 2022

  Green LNG: can Australia prioritise decarbonisation in a high-priced world?

• Editorial 29 July 2019

  Japan is the world’s largest LNG importer

• Editorial 16 July 2019

  Power sector drives LNG demand in Asia's mature economies

• Opinion 24 June 2019

  What does the US-China trade war mean for US LNG projects?

• Editorial 6 April 2017

  Europe, heart of the global gas market

Chris DaCosta

Research Manager, CAISO Desk, Short-term Analytics

Chris is a power industry expert with a focus on the dynamic western US region.

Ying Dai

Principal Consultant, Metals & Mining

Ying specialises in zinc research, with a particular focus on the Chinese market and smelter costing analysis.

Anna Darmani

Lead Analyst, Energy Storage

Anna is a lead analyst focused on the European, Middle East and African storage markets.

Michelle Davis

Head of Global Solar

Michelle leads our solar research, identifying emerging industry themes and cultivating a team of solar thought leaders.

Latest articles by Michelle

• Opinion 16 October 2023

  Western Europe will drive 46% of the continent’s solar in the next ten years

• Opinion 5 October 2023

  Learnings from RE+: A sunny outlook for US solar and storage

• Opinion 2 October 2023

  The Inflation Reduction Act and its impact so far

• Opinion 7 September 2023

  US solar: full benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act are yet to materialize

• Opinion 31 July 2023

  Record solar buildout expected in all regions this year

• Opinion 13 July 2023

  Our top three takeaways from the Solar and Energy Storage Summit 2023

Brandon Davis

Research Director, Head of Corporate Analytics

Brandon leads the development and use of advanced analytics across the Corporate Research platform.

Marcelo de Assis

Upstream Research Director, Latin America

Marcelo joined the Upstream Research team in March 2019, based in Rio de Janeiro.

Latest articles by Marcelo

• Opinion 24 October 2023

  Recursos gasíferos en América Latina: los desafíos para el desarrollo

• Opinion 3 May 2023

  Gas resources in Latin America: the challenges to development

Quentin De Carvalho

Head of Nylon / Polyamide

Quentin has over 30 years’ experience in the chemical industry with a focus on polyamide nylon.

Latest articles by Quentin

• Opinion 17 December 2018

  The calm before the storm for the nylon industry?

Flor Lucia De la Cruz

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies

Flor is a subject matter expert in hydrogen and emerging technologies, working for our Energy Transition Practice.

Felix Delgado

Senior Analyst, Solar PV

Felix is focused on market developments, trends and growth scenarios around the Latin America region.

Latest articles by Felix

• Opinion 14 November 2023

  Can Colombia navigate the energy transition?

Massimo Di Odoardo

Vice President, Gas and LNG Research

Massimo brings extensive knowledge of the entire gas industry value chain to his role leading gas and LNG consulting.

Latest articles by Massimo

• The Edge 17 November 2023

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

• The Edge 2 November 2023

  Building LNG’s resilience through turbulent times

• The Edge 31 August 2023

  Three steps to secure Asia’s LNG future

• The Edge 6 July 2023

  Positioning for global LNG’s next big growth phase

• Opinion 20 March 2023

  Will lower gas prices spark switching in Europe and Asia?

• Featured 12 January 2023

  Gas and LNG: predictions for 2023 | 2023 outlook

Chenyuan Diao

Managing Consultant, Power and Renewables Research

Chenyuan is an expert in wind data analysis covering Asia Pacific excluding China

Latest articles by Chenyuan

• Opinion 7 February 2023

  Expansion opportunities beckon for China’s wind companies

Tyler Dickerson

Senior Product Specialist Manager, Commodities

Tyler is a senior manager for our product specialist team, focused on commodities.

Malcolm Dickson

Research Director, Europe Upstream Oil and Gas

Malcolm leads our research coverage of the European Upstream sector.

Latest articles by Malcolm

• Editorial 2 April 2019

  10 investment plays to watch

• Opinion 12 January 2017

  Norway’s upstream sector will prosper — but can the UK rally?

Cathy Dong

Research Associate, Power and Renewables, APAC

Cathy focuses on the solar PV market in China.

Kai Dong

Managing Consultant, APAC Gas & LNG Research

Kai focuses on China's gas market, covering market fundamentals, gas supply/demand balance and regional market analysis

Latest articles by Kai

• Opinion 4 September 2023

  China’s regas capacity is on the rise – but low utilisation persists

Murray Douglas

Vice President, Hydrogen and Ammonia Research

Murray is responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s Global coverage across the hydrogen value chain.

Ryan Duman

Director, Americas Upstream

Ryan specialises in supply forecasting, basin characterisation, upstream decarbonisation and economic modeling.

Dan Eager

Principal Analyst, Europe Power

Dan is a specialist in power market investment and dispatch modelling.

Latest articles by Dan

• Opinion 16 August 2023

  European power markets emerge from the energy crisis

• Opinion 29 June 2023

  Unveiling the impact of wind and solar variability on European power

Tom Ellacott

Senior Vice President, Corporate Research

Tom leads our corporate thought leadership, drawing on more than 20 years' industry knowledge.

Timothy Ennis

Market Analyst, PJM

Timothy is an analyst on our North America Short-Term Power team, with a particular focus on the PJM market.

Latest articles by Timothy

• Opinion 27 September 2023

  The key takeaways from our PJM, MISO and ERCOT seasonal outlook webinars

Lindsey Entwistle

Senior Research Analyst, Energy Transition

Lindsey provides analysis and insights into global policy, regulations and disruptive technologies.

Nick Esch

Research Analyst, Grid Edge

Nick is an analyst on the Grid Edge team who focuses on transportation electrification

Mhairidh Evans

Head of CCUS Research

Mhairidh leads our global research on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

Latest articles by Mhairidh

• Opinion 10 November 2023

  The challenges and opportunities in Europe’s oil & gas, CCUS and hydrogen sectors

• Opinion 20 October 2023

  Our top five takeaway messages from the CCUS conference 2023

• Opinion 3 October 2023

  A transformative journey: oil & gas, CCUS and hydrogen in Europe

• Opinion 5 September 2023

  The UK’s journey to net zero: an uncertain path ahead

• Opinion 26 May 2022

  Green LNG: can Australia prioritise decarbonisation in a high-priced world?

• Featured 31 January 2022

  Will CCUS and hydrogen live up to the hype in 2022? | 2022 Outlook

Erik Fabry

Senior Product Manager, Gas & LNG Commodities

Eris is focused on driving strategic innovation for our gas and LNG products.

Amanda Fairfax

Senior Analyst, Downstream Oil, Short-term Analytics

Giles Farrer

Head of Gas and LNG Asset Research

Giles heads our LNG and gas asset research and manages our market-leading LNG Service & Tool and LNG Corporate Service.

Latest articles by Giles

• The Edge 6 July 2023

  Positioning for global LNG’s next big growth phase

• Opinion 22 February 2023

  Third wave US LNG: a $100 billion opportunity

• Opinion 22 August 2022

  LNG: seismic shifts as Russia/Ukraine conflict makes waves

• Opinion 8 September 2020

  LNG regasification: why there’s still plenty of gas in the tank

• Opinion 22 April 2020

  How coronavirus is driving down LNG demand in Asia and Europe – and hitting supply

• Opinion 6 March 2020

  Market oversupply and new LNG FID progress

Sharon Feng

Managing Consultant, China Power Market

Sharon leads Wood Mackenzie's research coverage for China power and renewables.

Kateryna Filippenko

Research Director, Global Gas Markets

Principal Analyst with a focus on the European gas market and the development of alternative scenarios.

Latest articles by Kateryna

• The Edge 17 November 2023

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

• Opinion 21 September 2022

  What will the gas market look like in a net zero world?

• Opinion 1 September 2022

  Could a return to shale exploration be part of the solution to Europe’s gas supply problem?

• Opinion 25 July 2022

  Can Europe get through winter?

• Opinion 19 May 2022

  Europe pivots away from Russian gas: how will the global market rebalance?

• Opinion 8 September 2021

  COP26: The global gas industry’s path to a sustainable future

Peter Findlay

Director of CCUS Economics

Peter leads the economics and project valuation function for CCUS projects globally.

Patrick Finn

Senior Analyst, North America Power Markets

Patrick focuses primarily on the PJM market, as well as short-term analysis and transmission.

Latest articles by Patrick

• Opinion 4 October 2022

  Can Maryland make net zero work?

Joshua Firestone

Principal Petroleum Economist

Joshua is a principal economist with our Fiscal Service.

Simon Flowers

Chairman, Chief Analyst and author of The Edge

Simon is our Chief Analyst; he provides thought leadership on the trends and innovations shaping the energy industry.

Anne Forbes

Senior Research Analyst, Upstream

Anne focuses on upstream assets updates at the intersection of our upstream and geology research

Latest articles by Anne

• Opinion 26 July 2023

  Can Australia create energy super basins?

Emma Fox

Senior Research Analyst

Emma is a Senior Analyst in the oils and chems research team.

Latest articles by Emma

• Opinion 8 November 2023

  Part 3: unlocking the value of refinery-petrochemicals integration

Graham Freedman

Principal Analyst, European Gas

As a principal analyst, Graham develops our view on natural gas supply, demand and pricing across Europe.

Latest articles by Graham

• Opinion 23 September 2020

  Can biomethane decarbonise Europe’s gas market?

Kaitlin Fung

Research Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar

Kaitlin's focuses on market dynamics, project financing and sustainability of utility-scale solar projects.

Leila Garcia da Fonseca

Research Director, Wind and Solar O&M

Leila is responsible for our wind and solar operations and maintenance market research for the Americas region.

Adrian Gardner

Principal Analyst, Nickel Markets

Adrian is a principal research analyst with our Nickel Metal Service, providing a global view of the industry.

Zoë Gaston

Principal Analyst, US Distributed Solar

Zoë's areas of focus include residential solar policy and project finance

Brian Gaylord

Principal Analyst, Global Power & Renewables

Brian produces analysis across power and renewables technologies and regions.

Latest articles by Brian

• Opinion 9 November 2023

  Can Spanish renewables avoid becoming a victim of their own success?

• The Edge 7 September 2023

  Three lessons for decarbonising power markets

Alan Gelder

VP Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets

Alan is responsible for formulating our research outlook and cross-sector perspectives on the global downstream sector.

Edgardo Gelsomino

Head of Aluminium Research

Wood Mackenzie's head of aluminium research has over 23 years' experience along the value chain.

John Gibb

Research Director, Australasia Upstream

John brings more than 25 years of international oil and gas industry experience to his role.

Rob Gilfillan

Head of Polymer & Fibres

Rob leads our research into regional and global markets for fibres, films and flexible packaging.

Latest articles by Rob

• Opinion 31 October 2023

  Polymer demand scenarios: a little more conversation, a little less plastic

• Featured 18 January 2023

  Global challenges weigh on downstream chemical markets in 2023

• Opinion 3 August 2021

  Tracking the source of the single-use plastics crisis

• Opinion 22 May 2020

  PPE is giving the fibres industry some protection from coronavirus

• Opinion 16 April 2020

  Flexible packaging sees demand boost as coronavirus changes consumer patterns

• Editorial 23 January 2018

  India’s flexible packaging enjoys continuing growth despite a stuttering economy

Isabelle Gilks

Principal Analyst, Retail Fuels

Isabelle is part of the Refining and Oil Products research team and manages the company’s Retail Fuels Service.

Latest articles by Isabelle

• Opinion 11 October 2023

  Are APAC’s retail markets full of Eastern promise for oil majors?

Lindsay Grant

Vice President, Head of M&M Markets Research

Lindsay has deep expertise in Upstream Oil & Gas and has covered the sector since joining us in 2008.

Latest articles by Lindsay

• Opinion 3 November 2023

  Our top 5 takeaways from the LME forum 2023

Robin Griffin

Vice President, Metals and Mining Research

An integral part of the research team since 2007, Robin leads our analysis across metals and mining markets.

Latest articles by Robin

• Opinion 12 September 2023

  Our top takeaways from the Coal Forum 2023

• Opinion 5 September 2023

  Coal Forum 2023 panel: decarbonisation in real time in Australia

• Opinion 4 May 2023

  Future-facing commodities: your questions answered

• Opinion 19 April 2023

  Battery raw materials: tracking key market dynamics

• Opinion 28 February 2023

  The role of African mining in the energy transition

• Featured 25 January 2022

  Metals and mining: will 2022 be the year of rebalance? | 2022 Outlook

Alex Griffiths

Principal Analyst

Alex draws on his experience as a Resource Geologist to analyse and forecast global steel and iron ore markets.

Latest articles by Alex

• Opinion 3 August 2020

  Green steel gets a boost from European economic recovery plans

• Opinion 21 May 2018

  Tighter at the top: taking a look at the premium end of iron ore's two-tier market

Sushant Gupta

Research Director – Asia Pacific, Refining and oils market

Sushant has over 15 years of experience with strong focus on refining, crude oil and chemicals industry.

Latest articles by Sushant

• The Edge 25 May 2023

  Refining’s perfect storm passes

• Opinion 9 June 2022

  From grey and brown to green and blue: low-carbon hydrogen in refining

• Opinion 13 January 2022

  Refinery emissions: implications of carbon tax and mitigation options

Sohan Gwalani

Research Associate, Energy Transition Practice

Sohan primarily covers the solar PV and onshore wind markets in Africa and the Middle East.

Latest articles by Sohan

• Opinion 12 July 2023

  Why the fastest-growing wind markets have big implications for the global industry

Nuomin Han

Head of Carbon Markets

Latest articles by Nuomin

• Opinion 27 November 2023

  What could COP28 mean for Article 6?

• The Edge 23 November 2023

  COP28 preview: five things to look for

• Opinion 30 January 2023

  Debut of the first EU carbon border tax

Zheng Han

Consultant, Power & Renewables Research

Zheng provides analysis covering China’s wind market

Sean Harrison

Research Analyst, Gas & LNG

Sean specialises in North America LNG research, focusing on assets analysis, project economics and LNG contracting.

Andrew Harwood

Research Director, Corporate and Upstream Research

Andrew is responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s corporate coverage in Asia Pacific.

Luiz Hayum

Upstream Research Principal Analyst, Latin America

Luiz's expertise lies in valuing upstream assets in Latin America.

Latest articles by Luiz

• Opinion 24 November 2023

  Latin America upstream: opportunities and challenges

• Opinion 8 March 2022

  Can Brazil’s mature pre-salt oil fields continue stellar performances?

• Opinion 16 April 2019

  Deepwater's Latin America comeback

Ian Heming

Research Analyst, Short-term US LNG

Ian’s work currently focuses on LNG facility maintenance and shipping patterns.

Ben Hertz-Shargel

Global Head of Grid Edge

Ben leads research across electrification and grid technologies, drawing on a decade of executive experience.

Latest articles by Ben

• Opinion 2 November 2023

  New State Scorecard maps out how far US state policy must advance to support commercialisation of microgrids

• Opinion 20 June 2023

  Transformation in the US distributed energy resource market

• Opinion 18 October 2022

  The grid edge of the future: delivering distributed energy and electrification at scale

• Opinion 6 September 2022

  Distributed energy resources have yet to achieve the full value stack in PJM

• Opinion 15 November 2021

  From electric vehicle investment to virtual power plants: key themes shaping the US grid edge

• Opinion 11 October 2021

  The disappointment and ambition of the US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Ann-Louise Hittle

Vice President, Oil Markets

Ann-Louise directs our Macro Oils Service and is a frequent contributor to numerous industry publications.

Daphne Ho

Senior Research Analyst, Oils and Refining

Daphne currently covers the short-term oils and refining research in Asia.

Tra Ho

Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Service, Southeast Asia

Tra Ho is a Senior Analyst covering Southeast Asia upstream research, based in Singapore.

Benjamin Hoog

Market Analyst, PJM

Benji focuses on power price forecasting, congestion analysis and consulting.

Latest articles by Benjamin

• Opinion 27 September 2023

  The key takeaways from our PJM, MISO and ERCOT seasonal outlook webinars

Rui Hou

Consultant, Asia Pacific Refining

Rui Hou specialises in oil products supply for Asia Pacific region.

Latest articles by Rui

• Opinion 15 March 2019

  China's refining sector to slowdown and reconfigure for energy transition

Sam Howe

Research Analyst, Building Decarbonisation

Sam is an analyst on the Grid Edge team and focuses on building decarbonisation.

Linda Htein

Head of Emissions Research

Linda leads our global emissions research across an array of sectors in the energy and natural resources industries.

Yuqi Hu

Managing Consultant, Corporate Research

Yuqi is a Senior Consultant on the Corporate Research team. She has worked at Sinopec, Aramco and Clariant.

Latest articles by Yuqi

• Opinion 24 October 2023

  Are NOCs prepared for the energy transition?

Miaoru Huang

Research Director, Asia Pacific Gas and LNG

Miaoru leads our Northeast Asia gas research.

Latest articles by Miaoru

• Opinion 6 September 2023

  China’s gas demand growth returns and still holds vast LNG import potential

• Opinion 5 October 2021

  The future of China’s gas demand

• Editorial 19 September 2019

  China’s growing role in the LNG industry

• Editorial 26 June 2019

  China’s evolving gas market

Patrick Huang

Research Analyst, North America Power Service

Patrick is a Research Analyst on Wood Mackenzie’s North America Power Service team.

Adebimpe Isafiade

Lead Analyst, Power Market Intelligence

Adebimpe is a wholesale power industry analyst with a focus on the western US region.

Latest articles by Adebimpe

• Opinion 13 March 2023

  Power rush in the Wild West: tracking the progress of US regional power market pioneers

Max Issokson

Research Analyst, US Distributed Solar

Max supports research and data collection for our US Distributed Solar practice.

Latest articles by Max

• Opinion 10 August 2023

  Distributed solar-plus-storage holds much promise, but where does it stand today?

Cameron Jack

Head of Platform Transformation

Cameron works with the consulting leadership team, supports collaboration and manages the group's internal reporting.

Sarah Jameson

Lead Data Analyst, Scenarios and Technologies

Sarah is the technical expert for our energy transition outlook scenario modelling

Latest articles by Sarah

• The Edge 21 September 2023

  How the world gets onto a 1.5 °C pathway

Yuhan Jiang

Research Associate, Power & Renewables Research, APAC

Yuhan is responsible for the energy storage research in the Asia Pacific region.

Eleni Joannides

Research Director, Copper

Eleni brings more than 30 years' experience in the metals and mining sector to her role on our copper team.

Adam Jordan

Product Director – Power Analytics, Short-term Analytics

Adam is product director for PowerIQ and PowerBuyer Analytics, delivering daily insight and analysis.

Sagar Kalra

Senior Analyst, Gold

Sagar has more than a decade of experience analysing companies across a breadth of commodities within metals and mining.

Harshul Kanwar

Research Associate, Asia Pacific Solar

Yamato Kawamata

Senior Power Market Analyst, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables Research

Yamato is an expert in power and renewables in Asia Pacific with a focus on Japan

Latest articles by Yamato

• Opinion 22 September 2022

  Risk and reward for renewables developers in Asia’s booming power market

Fahimeh Kazempour

Head, Grid Modernisation

Fahimeh heads our grid modernisation research under the Grid Edge team.

Latest articles by Fahimeh

• Opinion 5 September 2023

  The Netherlands' gridlock: a cautionary tale for the US

• Opinion 18 April 2023

  Supercharging the US grid: utility investments and initiatives

• Featured 26 January 2023

  Grid edge: predictions for 2023

• Opinion 26 October 2022

  Inflation Reduction Act tailwinds – and other tales from the grid edge

Graham Kellas

Senior Vice President, Global Fiscal Research

Over 30 years, Graham has advised on taxation matters and supported complex fiscal negotiations.

Ben Kellison

Director of Grid Edge Research

Ben is an expert on grid edge policy evolution, technology innovation, competition and project economics.

Latest articles by Ben

• Editorial 23 June 2020

  The next five years will see massive distributed energy resource growth

• Opinion 7 November 2019

  Electric vehicles: is workplace charging good for business?

• Opinion 18 September 2019

  China is driving e-bus demand – will the US and EU get on board?

Martin Kelly

Global Head, Curated Service, Energy & Natural Resources Research

Martin oversees our Curated Service offering, working across our energy and natural resource coverage

Julian Kettle

Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining

Latest articles by Julian

• The Edge 13 July 2023

  Can battery innovation accelerate the energy transition?

• Featured 12 July 2022

  Have miners missed the boat to invest and get ahead of the energy transition?

• Featured 7 June 2022

  Why the energy transition will be powered by metals

• Featured 23 May 2022

  Could Big Energy and miners join forces to deliver a faster transition?

• Featured 19 April 2022

  Will a recession stall or just pause the great energy transition gold rush?

• Featured 29 March 2022

  Is it time for metals to get the decarbonisation credit(s) they deserve?

Amaiya Khardenavis

Analyst, EV Charging Infrastructure

Amaiya focuses on electric vehicle charging infrastructure for the Grid Edge practice

Prashant Khorana

Director, Power & Renewables Consulting

Prashant is Director, Data Product Owner – Asset Valuations within Wood Mackenzie's research and data organisation.

Eugene Kim

Research Director, Americas Gas

Eugene Kim is a Research Director on Wood Mackenzie’s Americas Gas Research team.

Latest articles by Eugene

• Opinion 1 July 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 1 July 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 1 July 2020

  What does Chesapeake's bankruptcy mean for US natural gas?

• Opinion 8 August 2019

  How low-cost US natural gas spurs global LNG opportunities

• Editorial 9 July 2019

  Permian basin GOR: recalibrating US gas production models

Lucy King

Senior Research Analyst, CCUS

Lucy provides insight and strategic analysis of the CCUS landscape.

Anthony Knutson

Metals & Mining Emissions Research Lead

Anthony is a principal analyst with more than 20 years of experience across mining and power generation industries.

Kuy Koh

Principal Analyst, Latin America Upstream

Kuy is a principal analyst on our Latin America Upstream research team, based in Mexico City.

Adrian Lara

Principal Analyst, Upstream Latin America

Latest articles by Adrian

• Opinion 28 November 2023

  What does Milei mean for oil and gas in Argentina?

• Opinion 24 October 2023

  Recursos gasíferos en América Latina: los desafíos para el desarrollo

• Opinion 3 May 2023

  Gas resources in Latin America: the challenges to development

Carl Larry

Senior Account Manager, Short Term Analytics

Søren Lassen

Head of Offshore Wind Research

Søren tracks, analyses and forecasts value chain dynamics, technological advancements and the market outlook.

Latest articles by Søren

• Opinion 27 October 2023

  How reversible are the recent setbacks of the offshore wind sector?

• Opinion 8 September 2023

  Net zero offshore wind bids in UK’s latest tender: the outcome the sector needed?

• Opinion 19 July 2023

  Offshore wind: German auction wins show Big Oil has not left the party

• Opinion 22 December 2021

  Revenue/MWh for offshore wind projects will decline 66% between 2014 and 2025

• Opinion 1 June 2021

  The future of offshore wind: size matters  

• Opinion 4 February 2021

  Offshore wind: long-term promise after short-term decline

Andrew Latham

Vice President, Energy Research

With his extensive exploration expertise Andrew shapes portfolio development for international oil and gas companies.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 10 August 2023

  Can Asia Pacific’s upstream adapt for a more sustainable future?

• The Edge 8 June 2023

  Does the bull market in oil rigs signal a slower transition?

• Opinion 5 May 2022

  What is the future of oil and gas exploration?

• Featured 12 January 2021

  Proceed with caution: exploration’s watchword for 2021

• Featured 1 September 2019

  What happens to returns when explorers move to gas?

• Editorial 1 July 2019

  How oil and gas explorers are preparing for a low-carbon future

Bhavya Laul

Principal Analyst, Copper

Bhavya monitors and forecasts both short- and long-term demand fundamentals, trends and indicators.

Victor Laurent

Head of Power Solutions

Victor brings a decade of experience in European power and renewables markets to his role.

Latest articles by Victor

• Opinion 27 April 2021

  The rise of renewables and real-time trading decisions

Kuan Hui Lee

Research Manager

Kuan Hui is responsible for short and long-term oil supply and demand market fundamentals for Southeast Asia.

Latest articles by Kuan Hui

• Opinion 18 September 2023

  Will Shell exit Pulau Bukom?

Kyeongho (Ken) Lee

Head of Asia Pacific Power Research

Ken is a principal analyst in our Power & Renewables group.

Latest articles by Kyeongho (Ken)

• Opinion 22 November 2023

  Asia Pacific corporations hungry for green energy power up for energy transition

• Opinion 8 November 2022

  The power of the PPA: corporate renewable procurement sets a new record in Asia Pacific

• Opinion 8 March 2021

  South Korea’s 9th Basic Plan for electricity – a step closer to carbon neutrality?

Salmon Aidan Lee

Global Head of Polyesters

Salmon watches the Asian polyester chain from paraxylene to downstream markets in the Chinese- speaking world.

Jonathan Leng

Principal Analyst, Zinc Markets

Jonathan brings an in-depth perspective to his analysis of zinc markets.

Luke Lewandowski

Vice President, Global Renewables Research

Luke heads our Global Renewables Research team, which includes wind, solar and energy storage.

Latest articles by Luke

• Opinion 24 April 2023

  The power of the sun: supporting energy security in Puerto Rico

• Opinion 3 October 2022

  Inflation Reduction Act propels the global wind outlook

• Opinion 25 April 2022

  China remains the global wind powerhouse

• Editorial 1 April 2022

  Let's Share the Sun: broadening energy access

• Opinion 15 December 2021

  China’s power ambitions boost global wind growth outlook

Sylvia Leyva Martinez

Principal Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar

Sylvia researches market dynamics, business models, market developments and financial strategies of solar PV projects

Latest articles by Sylvia

• The Edge 1 June 2023

  Cutting dependence on China’s renewables supply chain

• Opinion 25 May 2023

  US solar: the long and winding road to domestic module procurement

• Featured 23 January 2023

  Brighter skies for US solar in 2023? | 2023 outlook

• Opinion 28 June 2022

  US solar: Biden’s Executive Order brings (some) relief

Xiaoyang Li

Director, APAC Power & Renewables Research

Xiaoyang focuses on analysis of China’s renewables power market

Latest articles by Xiaoyang

• Opinion 7 February 2023

  Expansion opportunities beckon for China’s wind companies

• Opinion 30 September 2021

  Wind power to play a key role in achieving China's carbon neutral goal

• Opinion 20 November 2019

  Supply chain bottlenecks limit China’s offshore wind growth to 2021

Endri Lico

Principal Analyst, Global Wind Supply Chain and Technology

Latest articles by Endri

• Opinion 13 September 2023

  Western wind turbine manufacturers are prioritising profit over volume, opening the door for Chinese market share growth

• Opinion 8 May 2023

  Goldwind captures the top spot for global wind turbine supply

• Opinion 2 March 2023

  The wind energy industry paradox: short-term headwinds and long-term optimism

• Opinion 9 August 2022

  Wind industry faces a perfect storm of profit pressures

Robert Liew

Director, APAC Power and Renewables Research

Market specialist with over 15 years of power and renewables research experience.

Clay Lightfoot

Director, Americas Gas Research

Clay has more than a decade of energy industry experience and a particular expertise in political and regulatory issues.

Jia Liang Lim

Research Analyst, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables

Jia Liang Lim works on Asia Pacific power modelling and market analysis including covering Southeast Asian markets.

Daniel Liu

Head of Global Renewables Costs

Daniel's knowledge of technical, operational and financial aspects of wind and solar power informs his research.

Latest articles by Daniel

• Opinion 9 November 2023

  Can European renewables still turn a profit?

• The Edge 1 June 2023

  Cutting dependence on China’s renewables supply chain

• Opinion 28 September 2021

  Solar: a two-headed dragon looms on the horizon

• Opinion 16 June 2021

  Onshore wind: tackling cost escalation in operations and maintenance

• Opinion 16 March 2021

  Six ways the onshore wind O&M market will transform this decade

Emma Liu

Senior Consultant and Research Analyst, Fibres

Emma focuses on the Asian fibres market, where she closely follows prices and dynamics. 

Latest articles by Emma

• Opinion 25 April 2022

  Tackling the textile industry’s carbon footprint

• Opinion 21 December 2020

  How the delayed Olympic Games disrupts Japan’s recycled fibre sector

Olivia Loa

Research Analyst, Global Chemicals

Olivia has experience across the energy value chain, from upstream oil and gas to chemicals and renewables.

Adele Long

Head of APAC Upstream

Latest articles by Adele

• Opinion 13 June 2019

  Renewables, market intervention and exploration – three themes weighing on Australia upstream players' minds

Ying Lu

Senior Research Analyst, Cobalt

Ying is Wood Mackenzie’s cobalt analyst based in London.

Latest articles by Ying

• Opinion 18 July 2022

  Energy transition metals: the ESG dilemma

Arthur Luo

Consultant, Chemicals

Arthur joined our Shanghai office in 2017 as an analyst covering the polyester chain in East Asia.

Taoxuan Luo

Market Associate, ERCOT

Latest articles by Taoxuan

• Opinion 27 September 2023

  The key takeaways from our PJM, MISO and ERCOT seasonal outlook webinars

• Opinion 27 July 2023

  How the ERCOT grid has changed over time, and the obstacles ahead

Samuel Lussac

Vice President, Head of the Commodities Global Analyst Team

Sam has led teams and delivered projects in the oil & gas, chemicals and metals and mining research teams.

Derryn Maade

Head of Metals and Mining Markets

Derryn leads a team of analysts providing insight into steel, iron ore, metallurgical and thermal coal.

Cicero Machado

Manager of Bulks Assets

Cicero leads our global asset coverage of coal, iron ore and steel.

Jom Madan

Senior Research Analyst, Scenarios & Technologies

Jom works on scenario modelling for country and global-level energy mixes across all major energy commodities

Latest articles by Jom

• The Edge 21 September 2023

  How the world gets onto a 1.5 °C pathway

• The Edge 20 July 2023

  Breakthrough technologies for the energy transition

• Opinion 1 May 2023

  Could energy recovery solve the mounting problem of global waste?

Sohaib Malik

Principal Analyst, Energy Transition Practice

Latest articles by Sohaib

• Opinion 9 December 2021

  Germany's ‘traffic light’ coalition greenlights a faster energy transition

• Opinion 26 July 2021

  Sustaining the onshore wind boom in the Nordics

• Opinion 11 March 2019

  Russian onshore wind market reaches crossroads

Rachel Marcus

Principal Analyst, Grid Edge

Rachel Marcus is Principal Research Analyst on the Wood Grid Edge team, delving into demand flexibility insights.

Aaron Marks

Senior Research Analyst, North American Energy Storage Technology

Aaron is a Senior Research Analyst on the Energy Storage team, focusing on Asset Strategy.

Latest articles by Aaron

• Featured 14 December 2022

  Energy storage: the market force tug-of-war continues in 2023

Peter Martin

Director, Macroeconomics

Peter is responsible for producing our macroeconomic outlook to 2050.

Raghav Mathur

Senior Research Analyst, Gas & LNG

Raghav Mathur leads the South Asia, gas and LNG research at Wood Mackenzie

Latest articles by Raghav

• Opinion 4 September 2023

  Will India’s new regulations release pressure on LNG?

Rory McCarthy

Senior Research Manager, European Power

Rory supports our research and consulting functions as a subject matter expert in energy storage and system flexibility.

Latest articles by Rory

• Opinion 24 March 2021

  Will renewable auctions underpin Europe’s net zero ambitions?

• Featured 7 January 2021

  Will 2021 be a record-breaking year for renewables auctions in Europe?

• Opinion 9 November 2020

  Three reasons why Europe is set to lose the energy storage race

• Opinion 18 June 2020

  Power system flexibility key to Europe's net zero targets

• Opinion 6 April 2020

  What’s behind the energy storage boom?

• Editorial 8 January 2020

  System Flexibility – Europe’s key to energy transition?

Samantha McGarvey

Research Associate, US Distributed Solar

Samantha McGarvey is a Research Associate at Wood Mackenzie on the US Distributed Solar team.

Latest articles by Samantha

• Opinion 15 November 2023

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

Eric McGuire

Director of Natural Gas and LNG Analytics

Eric is a Director of Research, overseeing Wood Mackenzie’s North America S&D team.

Brian McIntosh

Research Director, Power and Renewables

Brian brings more than fifteen years of power industry experience to his role.

Fraser McKay

Head of Upstream Analysis

As head of upstream research, Fraser maximises the quality and impact of our analysis of key global upstream themes.

Craig McMahon

Senior Vice President, Head of Upstream Research & President of Wood Mackenzie Americas

Craig's remit is to grow the Wood Mackenzie brand in the US and Canada and support clients across the region.

Gordon McManus

Research Director, EMEARC Oils and Refining

Gordon is responsible for leading our global coverage of the long term oil products markets.

Latest articles by Gordon

• Opinion 23 October 2023

  Will international shipping be net zero by 2050?

Emma McRae

Research Analyst, Global Oil Supply

Emma develops long and short-term liquid supply outlooks, mainly focusing on Europe and Africa.

Latest articles by Emma

• Opinion 6 November 2023

  Libya: the two-million-barrel question

Prachi Mehta

Principal Analyst

Prachi leads our short-term and long-term NGL service.

Latest articles by Prachi

• Opinion 11 May 2022

  Can the US make the switch to electric heavy-duty trucks?

• Editorial 1 April 2022

  Let's Share the Sun: broadening energy access

• Opinion 11 August 2021

  The global electric vehicle race is heating up

Joe Midgley

Executive Vice President, Head of Upstream, Corporate and Carbon Solutions

Joe helps clients by bringing together Wood Mackenzie's deep industry knowledge and world class advice.

Erik Mielke

Senior Vice President, Corporate Research

Erik manages our corporate service, leading data-driven analysis and insight into strategies, performance and outlook.

Susan Miles

Senior Research Analyst, Global Exploration

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Latest articles by Susan

• Featured 7 December 2022

  Will 2023 bring revitalised opportunities for oil & gas exploration? | 2023 outlook

Andrew Mitchell

Director, Nickel Research

Specialising in nickel for over 20 years, Andrew has a deep understanding of the metals and mining industry.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 4 April 2022

  Nickel and copper: building blocks for a greener future

• Opinion 8 June 2020

  How electric vehicles are driving the nickel sulphate market

Erin Moffat

Principal Analyst, Upstream Supply Chain

Erin brings 15 years of industry experience to her role in our Upstream Supply Chain team.

Latest articles by Erin

• Featured 10 January 2022

  A new roadmap for the upstream supply chain in 2022? | 2022 Outlook

• Opinion 8 November 2021

  Can the supply chain cope with Norway’s upstream investment surge?

Mansur Mohammed

Head of West Africa Upstream Content, Sub-Saharan Africa Oil & Gas

Mansur is the Head of West Africa Upstream Content, Sub-Saharan Africa Oil & Gas.

Latest articles by Mansur

• Opinion 3 November 2023

  How can Africa commercialise its upstream resources and compete for capital?

• The Edge 19 October 2023

  Financing the next phase of Africa’s oil and gas development

• Opinion 3 October 2023

  The key factors shaping investment in Africa’s upstream industry

• Opinion 27 September 2023

  Three critical factors to developing Africa’s oil and gas resources

Juan Monge

Principal Analyst, Distributed Solar, Europe

Juan covers distributed solar market developments across Europe.

Vinicius Moraes

Research Associate, Latin America Upstream

Vinicius specialises in coverage of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad & Tobago.

Mariana Santos Moreira

Principal Research Analyst, Chemicals of the Energy Transition

Mariana's research focuses on regional and global markets for ammonia and methanol.

Glenn Morrall

Research Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Glenn's research focuses particularly on the UK upstream sector.

Latest articles by Glenn

• Opinion 17 November 2022

  Last dance for UK upstream exploration?

• Opinion 4 June 2019

  A tantalising year for North Sea exploration

Iain Mowat

Principal Analyst, EMEARC Refining and Oil Product Markets

Iain brings extensive knowledge of global energy markets to his analysis of energy and petroleum demand.

Michael Moynihan

Research Director, Russia Upstream Oil and Gas

As a research director in our upstream team, Michael analyses developments in the upstream industry in Russia.

Sean Mulshaw

Research Director, Nickel Markets

Sean is an expert in global nickel, stainless steel and molybdenum markets.

Martijn Murphy

Principal Analyst, North Africa Upstream

Latest articles by Martijn

• Opinion 6 November 2023

  Libya: the two-million-barrel question

• Opinion 21 June 2023

  Africa upstream oil and gas: one last hurrah?

Daniel Myers

Senior Research Analyst, North America Gas

Daniel delivers short-term fundamental modelling and regional market analysis.

Latest articles by Daniel

• Opinion 10 August 2023

  What is the impact of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) on shifting South Atlantic gas price dynamics?

Roshna N

Research Analyst, Energy Transition

Roshna N specialises in integrated energy and emission models for Asia-Pacific and African markets.

Latest articles by Roshna

• The Edge 21 September 2023

  How the world gets onto a 1.5 °C pathway

• Opinion 27 July 2023

  What would it take for India to reach net zero emissions?

Sooraj Narayan

Senior Research Analyst, APAC Power & Renewables

Sooraj specialises in power and renewables modelling and analytical research, focusing on the Indian power market.

Nathan Nemeth

Principal Analyst, Global Unconventional Plays

Nathan is focused on Canadian and Lower 48 unconventional plays research.

Latest articles by Nathan

• Opinion 27 April 2023

  Will a supply response help avoid US gas storage containment this summer?

Kendrick Ng

Senior Analyst, Assets Benchmarking & Valuation, Oils & Chemicals

Kendrick leads the development of the Refinery Evaluation Model service as a product manager.

Latest articles by Kendrick

• Opinion 16 November 2023

  Survival of the fittest refineries

Scott Norlin

Research Analyst, Canada Upstream

Scott provides financial asset valuation and objective commercial analysis on company and play activity across Canada.

Ken Norris

Research Analyst, Grid Edge

Ken brings economic analysis of demand-side participation to Wood Mackenzie’s Grid Edge practice.

Mark Oberstoetter

Head of Americas (non-L48) Upstream Research

Mark has extensively covered the North Slope, deepwater, oil sands and unconventional sectors.

Eunji Oh

Senior Research Analyst, North America Gas

Eunji’s research focuses on gas demand forecasting and regional market analysis.

Peter Osbaldstone

Research Director, Europe Power

Peter is a research director with more than a decade’s experience in European power and renewables markets.

Latest articles by Peter

• Opinion 9 November 2023

  Can Spanish renewables avoid becoming a victim of their own success?

• Opinion 18 October 2023

  Abundant, low-cost renewables will transform Nordic power markets

• Opinion 16 August 2023

  European power markets emerge from the energy crisis

• Opinion 27 October 2022

  European power: why reliance on gas is a hard habit to break

• Opinion 27 October 2021

  This is not a drill: key lessons from GB power price spikes

• Opinion 18 March 2020

  How Italy’s lockdown is affecting power demand

Femi Oso

Research Director, Middle East & Africa Upstream

Femi leads a team of 30 analysts covering energy markets and corporate activity in Africa.

Juan Pablo Londoño-Agudelo

Principal Analyst, North America's Power Markets

Juan is a Principal Analyst in the North Americas Power team, specialising in long-term forecasting and market research.

Luke Parker

Vice President, Corporate Research

Luke is Vice President of Corporate Research with a specific focus on the Supermajors.

Latest articles by Luke

• The Edge 26 October 2023

  Big Oil: upstream M&A gets serious

• Opinion 24 October 2023

  Are NOCs prepared for the energy transition?

• The Edge 12 October 2023

  How NOCs compare with IOCs on energy transition strategy

• Featured 28 August 2019

  How can Big Oil stay investible through the energy transition?

Uday Patel

Senior Research Manager, Global Aluminium Markets

Uday is a senior research manager focused on global aluminium markets.

Latest articles by Uday

• Featured 3 September 2019

  Aluminium vs plastic: who’ll win the water bottle war?

Harry Paton

Senior Research Analyst, Oil Supply

Harry is a member of four oil supply research team. His focus is developing oil price models and benchmarking assets.

Latest articles by Harry

• Opinion 14 March 2018

  Can conventional oil projects compete with L48 oil?

Natalia Patterson

Senior Research Analyst, Americas Gas and LNG Research

Latest articles by Natalia

• Opinion 21 July 2023

  North America renewable natural gas: five questions answered

Andrew Pearson

Head of Gas and LNG

Scott Pearson

Senior Research Manager, Corporate Research

Scott manages a team of analysts who deliver industry-leading data, analysis and opinion.

Allan Pedersen

Principal Analyst, Lithium

Latest articles by Allan

• Opinion 31 May 2023

  Six factors shaping the lithium market

• Opinion 19 April 2023

  Battery raw materials: tracking key market dynamics

Allyson Pellicci

Senior Research Manager, Global Gas Modelling

Allyson brings 15 years of industry experience to her role on our Global Gas Modelling team

Noble Pendergrass

Principal Economist, Americas

Noble Pendergrass is the Principal Economist covering Wood Mackenzie’s Americas upstream research

Latest articles by Noble

• Opinion 1 August 2023

  What do Colombia’s ambitious fiscal reforms mean for oil and gas?

Iván Pérez

Research Analyst, Carbon Research

Iván provides comprehensive, actionable carbon data and analytics.

Nick Pickens

Research Director, Global Mining

Nick has over 20 years of experience in the metals and mining sector across base, bulk and precious metals.

Elissa Pierce

Research Associate, Solar Module Technology and Markets

Robert Polk

Principal Analyst, Corporate Research

Robert is a principal analyst with our US Corporate Research team, covering Lower 48 independents.

Adam Pollard

Principal Analyst, Upstream Emissions

Adam is a principal research analyst leading Wood Mackenzie’s upstream emissions initiative.

Latest articles by Adam

• Opinion 29 June 2023

  Global upstream update: a review of key industry themes

Raphael Portela

Principal Research Analyst, Corporate Analysis

Raphael focuses on Latin America and its national oil companies as a senior analyst on our Corporate Research team.

Kárys Prado

Research Analyst, LATAM Wind

Kárys leads Wood Mackenzie’s wind power analysis for Latin America.

Latest articles by Kárys

• Opinion 14 November 2023

  Can Colombia navigate the energy transition?

Egor Prokhodtsev

Senior Research Analyst, Transportation & Mobility

Egor is a senior research analyst responsible for battery raw materials demand modelling.

Mark Pyman

Research Associate, EMEA Power & Renewables

Mark monitors power market trends across Europe.

Latest articles by Mark

• Opinion 6 April 2023

  How effective were EU emergency power demand reduction measures?

Jodi Quinnell

Manager, Crude Oil Analytics and Forecasting, Short-term Analytics

Jodi has over a decade of energy market experience and in-depth understanding of the North American crude oil market.

Błażej Radomski

Principal Analyst, Europe and Japan Power Markets

Latest articles by Błażej

• Opinion 12 September 2022

  Changing price patterns in the European power markets

• Opinion 22 February 2022

  Why real-time data could be the key to successful power trading strategies

April Read

Senior Analyst, Subsurface Research

April manages our Global Unconventional Play Service.

Latest articles by April

• Opinion 13 September 2023

  Taking the power back

• Opinion 1 September 2022

  Could a return to shale exploration be part of the solution to Europe’s gas supply problem?

Max Reid

Principal Analyst, Electric Vehicles & Battery Supply Chain Service

Max tracks supply chain developments, technological innovations and progressions in battery demand sectors.

Latest articles by Max

• Opinion 31 October 2023

  Driving the energy transition: the EV and batteries outlook

• Opinion 15 August 2023

  Is the electric vehicle and battery supply chain charged for success?

• The Edge 13 July 2023

  Can battery innovation accelerate the energy transition?

• Opinion 21 February 2023

  Sodium-ion batteries: disrupt and conquer?

• Featured 18 January 2023

  Electric vehicles and battery supply chain: bumpy road ahead in 2023?

• Opinion 27 July 2022

  Will semi-solid battery technology render solid-state batteries redundant?

Amir Rejvani

Senior Research Analyst, LNG and Intrastate Storage

Latest articles by Amir

• Opinion 1 June 2023

  US LNG maintenance forecast | On-demand webinar

Yuan Ren

Managing Consultant, China Wind Power Research

Yuan provides analysis covering China’s wind market

James Robertson

Research Analyst, Europe Power

James focuses on power market trends across Europe.

Latest articles by James

• Opinion 29 June 2023

  Unveiling the impact of wind and solar variability on European power

Greg Roddick

Principal Analyst, Upstream

Greg has almost 15 years of industry experience, focused on corporate strategy, fiscal modelling and economic analysis.

Latest articles by Greg

• Opinion 12 April 2023

  Benchmarking 2023’s upstream FIDs

• Opinion 22 February 2023

  Has Norway’s oil and gas tax stimulus been a success?

• Opinion 23 September 2022

  UK energy exports and fracking: aspiration or pipe dream?

Angus Rodger

Vice President, SME Upstream APAC & Middle East

Angus leads our benchmark analysis of global Pre-FID delays, and deep water developments.

Daniel Rogers

Senior Oil and Gas Analyst

Daniel Rogers is a senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie

Rodrigo Rosas

Senior Analyst, Americas Gas Research

Rodrigo has a strong background in oil and gas market analysis, appraisal projects and scenario modelling.

Justin Rostant

Principal Analyst, US Gulf of Mexico Upstream

Justin is a principal analyst with more than 15 years of energy industry experience.

Latest articles by Justin

• Opinion 29 July 2020

  What would a Joe Biden win mean for oil and gas?

Zoltán Ruzsbaczky

Research Analyst, Oils

Zoltán is responsible for analysing trends and strategies in the global retail fuels market

Stephen Ryan

Power Market Analyst

Stephen leads on the NYISO short-term power team forecasting power prices and analysing congestion patterns.

Latest articles by Stephen

• Opinion 16 November 2023

  NYISO Central East Interface set to nearly double transfer limit

Fauzi Said

Senior Research Analyst, Subsurface/Carbon Management – APAC

Fauzi focuses on integrated research and analysis for CCUS and subsurface offerings in Asia Pacific.

Dalia Salem

Senior Research Analyst, Middle East Upstream

Dalia is responsible for upstream research with a focus on UAE and Oman.

Latest articles by Dalia

• Opinion 20 November 2023

  Can the Iraq-Turkey pipeline logjam be cleared?

• Opinion 15 September 2023

  An ADNOC trilogy (part 3): big gas ambitions

• Opinion 14 August 2023

  An ADNOC trilogy (part 2): building a gas nation

• Opinion 2 August 2023

  An ADNOC trilogy: the tortuous path to gas self-sufficiency

• Opinion 17 May 2023

  Drilling down into the UAE’s exploration renaissance

Srinivasan Santhakumar

Senior Research Analyst, Offshore Wind

Srinivasan is a senior analyst with a particular focus on asset valuation, LCOE forecasts and market research.

Latest articles by Srinivasan

• Opinion 1 November 2022

  Offshore wind: policy frameworks decide who wins – but not when

Glauce Santos

Senior Analyst, Latin America Upstream

Victoria Santos

Research Associate, Wind

Victoria oversees wind research in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Caspian region.

Latest articles by Victoria

• Opinion 16 October 2023

  Western Europe will drive 46% of the continent’s solar in the next ten years

• Opinion 12 July 2023

  Why the fastest-growing wind markets have big implications for the global industry

Rachel Schelble

Head of Corporate Carbon Management and Infrastructure, Corporate Service

Rachel leads the development of our corporate midstream research service.

Latest articles by Rachel

• Opinion 1 May 2023

  Oil and gas Majors: venture capital strategies for the energy transition

• Opinion 20 September 2022

  The unique role that oil and gas companies have in the energy transition

• Opinion 16 September 2022

  Oil (and gas) change: game-changing corporate energy transition strategies

• Opinion 22 June 2022

  Will COP27 be a turning point for oil and gas funding?

• Opinion 14 March 2022

  Three ways midstream operators can fuel the energy transition

• Opinion 7 March 2022

  How are oil and gas companies using carbon offsets to decarbonise?

Lucas Schmitt

Principal Analyst, Short-Term LNG

Lucas provides clients with data and insight on short-term gas and LNG markets.

Latest articles by Lucas

• Opinion 20 March 2023

  Will lower gas prices spark switching in Europe and Asia?

• Editorial 11 October 2022

  Satellite tracking, remote sensing: how we monitor the LNG market

Stephanie Scollard

Product Analyst, Subsurface

Stephanie is a subsurface product analyst focused on Lower 48 well and production data.

Teboho Sebetlela

Research Manager, Steel Alloy Markets

Teboho manages our steel alloy markets team, which encompasses bulk and noble steel alloys.

Latest articles by Teboho

• Opinion 24 May 2022

  Steel alloys: a defining moment

Hazel Seftor

Senior Research Analyst, Global Oil Supply

Hazel is a senior research analyst with our oil supply team, covering the Middle East and North Africa.

Latest articles by Hazel

• Opinion 10 February 2020

  How will geopolitics influence global oil supply in 2020?

Chris Seiple

Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables

Chris brings more than 30 years of global power industry experience to his role.

Latest articles by Chris

• Opinion 2 October 2023

  The Inflation Reduction Act and its impact so far

• Opinion 14 March 2023

  Green hydrogen: what the Inflation Reduction Act means for production economics and carbon intensity

• Opinion 19 August 2022

  US Inflation Reduction Act set to make climate history

• Opinion 1 September 2021

  COP26: A smooth transfer of power in electricity generation?

Kashish Shah

Senior Research Analyst, Energy Storage APAC

Kashish focuses on market developments, future scenarios and supply chain dynamics across the value chain.

Latest articles by Kashish

• Opinion 13 September 2023

  Is Japan’s grid-scale storage market getting a move on?

• Opinion 12 July 2023

  Australia’s energy revolution: the promise of battery storage and hydrogen

Kevin Shang

Senior Research Analyst, Energy Storage Technology and Supply Chain

Kevin Shang is a senior analyst on our Global Energy Storage team.

Prakash Sharma

Vice President, Scenarios and Technologies

Jake Sharp

Lead Product Specialist

Jake is a lead product specialist in the Customer Organization team.

Benjamin Shattuck

Research Director, Americas Upstream Oil & Gas

Benjamin leads our US upstream analysis and specialises in the Lower 48.

Latest articles by Benjamin

• Opinion 2 June 2021

  A focused Lens on Permian private players

• Opinion 1 June 2021

  A focused Lens on Permian private players

• Editorial 27 October 2020

  Pioneer plus Parsley: What’s our Permian prognosis?

Caitlin Shaw

Research Director, Upstream Supply Chain

Caitlin Shaw is a research director of upstream supply chain.

Suzanne Shaw

Head of Energy Transition & Battery Raw Materials

Suzanne specialises in commodities including cathode and precursor, lithium, cobalt, graphite, rare earths and lead.

Scott Sherwood

Director of Engineering

Scott works closely with our product and engineering teams to deliver well designed, commercially relevant products.

Ami Shivkar

Principal Analyst, Aluminium

Ami has more than a decade of experience in the metals industry, specialising in aluminium and alumina markets.

Rishab Shrestha

Senior Research Analyst, Europe Power

Rishab is a senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie, focusing on European power and renewables markets.

Latest articles by Rishab

• Opinion 18 October 2023

  Abundant, low-cost renewables will transform Nordic power markets

• Opinion 16 August 2023

  European power markets emerge from the energy crisis

• Opinion 8 March 2023

  Renewable energy costs continue to fall across Europe

• Opinion 17 December 2019

  Sluggish solar installations seen in China throughout 2019

Rory Simington

Principal Analyst, Asia Pacific Thermal Coal Research

Rory Simington is a research analyst with over twenty years' experience in the Australian mining industry.

Latest articles by Rory

• Opinion 4 March 2021

  Australian coal exports bounce back from China’s ban

• Opinion 26 March 2019

  China's thermal coal import restriction could mean a game of musical chairs for producers

Luke Simpson

Research Analyst, Australasia Upstream

Luke focuses on analysis of upstream project economics and greenhouse gas emissions across Australasia.

Matt Slutzker

Senior Analyst, PET/RPET

Matt covers PET and RPET in the Americas, analysing dynamic regional markets.

Sofia Solis

Research Analyst, Latin America Power & Renewables

Sofia’s research focuses on wind, energy storage and solar technologies for Latin America.

Brent Spalding

Principal Analyst, Coal Research

Brent is based in Brisbane with primary responsibility for APAC metallurgical coal research.

Vidhya Sreelalan

Principal Analyst, Gold

Vidhya has over 10 years’ experience analysing the metals markets from both research and equities perspectives.

Lucas Stavole

Senior Analyst – North America Wind

Lucas is responsible for wind market research and analysis in North America

Johnny Stewart

Principal Analyst, Downstream, Midstream and Chemicals

Johnny focuses on refinery supply, infrastructure and investments across the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

Jonathan Sultoon

Head of Markets & Transitions, Energy Transition Practice

Jonathan has over 18 years’ experience leading analysis for global energy markets

Latest articles by Jonathan

• Opinion 10 May 2021

  Which technologies will drive the energy transition?

• Featured 4 March 2021

  What would it take to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees?

Huaiyan Sun

Senior Research Analyst, Power & Renewables Research, APAC

Huaiyan focuses on the Asia Pacific solar technology trends and supply chain dynamics.

Latest articles by Huaiyan

• Opinion 13 November 2023

  How will China’s expansion affect global solar module supply chains?

Zoë Sutherland

Principal Analyst

Zoë is a principal analyst with more than 15 years of industry experience.

Latest articles by Zoë

• Opinion 4 May 2021

  Can carbon capture help Big Oil reach its net zero targets?

Kevin Swann

Senior Research analyst

Kevin is an expert in UK upstream research and has extensive experience working across the sector.

Ryan Sweezey

Principal Analyst, North America Power & Renewables

Ryan focuses on coverage of North America power markets, producing forecasts of power, capacity and REC prices.

Latest articles by Ryan

• Opinion 2 October 2023

  The Inflation Reduction Act and its impact so far

• Opinion 4 August 2023

  The Inflation Reduction Act one year on

• Opinion 8 March 2023

  The indefinite Inflation Reduction Act: will tax credits for renewables be around for decades?

• Opinion 4 October 2022

  Can Maryland make net zero work?

• Opinion 28 April 2021

  Winter reliability and the road to net zero

Zach Szumloz

Lead Meteorologist, North American Short-Term Power

Zach’s primary focus is on how weather impacts electricity consumption and renewable generation.

Catherine Tan

Principal Analyst, Asia Olefins

Catherine is responsible for Wood Mackenzie's ethylene and propylene analysis in Asia.

Latest articles by Catherine

• Opinion 26 October 2023

  Part 1: unlocking the value of refinery-petrochemicals integration

• Opinion 11 August 2022

  Propylene: through the downcycle and beyond

• Opinion 11 August 2022

  Propylene: picking the winners and losers

Jamie Taylor

Principal Product Specialist, Lens (Asia Pacific)

Jamie is a senior product manager who brings in-depth upstream sector knowledge and regional expertise to his role.

Ian Thom

Research Director, Upstream

Ian brings 18 years of experience to his role as head of regional analysis for Europe, Russian, Caspian and Africa

Andrew Thomas

Head of Lead and Zinc

An experienced analyst with in-depth knowledge of the zinc market, Andrew has followed metal markets for over 20 years.

Rhodri Thomas

Senior Vice President, Head of EMEARC Research

Rhodri's specialism is upstream and midstream oil and gas and commodity marketing.

Gavin Thompson

Vice Chairman, Energy – Europe, Middle East & Africa

Gavin oversees our Asia Pacific research helping companies identify and build their international growth strategies.

Latest articles by Gavin

• The Edge 23 November 2023

  COP28 preview: five things to look for

• The Edge 17 November 2023

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

• The Edge 9 November 2023

  China’s Belt and Road Initiative turns away from coal

• The Edge 2 November 2023

  Building LNG’s resilience through turbulent times

• The Edge 19 October 2023

  Financing the next phase of Africa’s oil and gas development

• The Edge 28 September 2023

  What's on CEOs' minds

Douglas Thyne

Research Director

Douglas manages our global oil supply research and forecasts.

Latest articles by Douglas

• The Edge 15 June 2023

  Can China’s recovery turn the oil market around?