The Bauxite Puzzle: Connecting The Pieces

• 18 July 2017

Identify and examine the most important factors affecting the outlook for bauxite supply and demand.

Nigeria's 2025 licensing round: A strategic opportunity in Africa's energy landscape

• 16 December 2025

Nigeria launched its latest licensing round on 1 December 2025, featuring undeveloped Niger Delta fields and frontier exploration blocks. With improved fiscal terms and ambitious production targets, these assets offer compelling opportunities in Africa's largest hydrocarbon producer.

Nigeria: Upstream Investment Opportunities

• 10 August 2021

Get an independent view of potential brownfield asset opportunities in Nigeria’s upstream oil & gas sector

Supply Chain Services for Exploration and Production Companies

• 20 July 2023

Identify and execute on cost savings, performance improvement, operational efficiency and risk management opportunities across your organisation.

Emissions Benchmarking Tool

Inform strategic decisions regarding emissions risk management via competitive benchmarking, portfolio analysis and economic impact assessment.

Emissions Benchmarking Tool

The Emissions Benchmarking Tool provides transparency at the asset and corporate level for Upstream, Downstream and Metals & Mining.

Unconventional Play Service

Compare unconventional plays against key producing plays in the US and beyond, and explore their potential using metrics such as costs, economics and risk.

North America Key Plays Service

Discover recent activity, identify trends, assess value and highlight critical issues in North America's key plays.

Fiscal Service

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

Global Project Tracker

Target equipment opportunities in the upstream supply chain and take your field economics analysis to the infrastructure level.

Exploration Service

Shape your exploration strategy by benchmarking companies, countries, basins and plays.

Upstream Supply Chain

Plan for future offshore opportunities with integrated solutions that enable you to make informed strategic decisions.

Oil and Gas Emissions Benchmarking Tool

Inform strategic decisions regarding oil & gas emissions risk management at scope 1, 2 and 3

Biofuels Production Monitor

Real-time renewable and biodiesel production alerts for key facilities across North America.

Asset Connect

Visualise the infrastructure and its interconnectivity across the North American crude oil supply chain.

Energy transition glossary

• 21 August 2024

Our energy transition glossary helps you understand key terms and definitions.

Crude For Thought

• 11 December 2018

Join our experts for a sometimes unconventional perspective on unconventionals and upstream as a whole.

Oil and gas companies must be bold as energy transition sets tone for 2022

• 09 December 2021

It’s set to be an action-packed year for Majors, Independents and national oil companies alike. Big choices will set strategic trajectories for the energy transition ahead. New research from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK), indicates that oil and gas companies are likely to be bold in 2022. Formidable cash flow generation, increasing new energy opportunities and the development of a carbon market are a powerful force for change.

Woodside sanctions US$12 billion Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 project

• 22 November 2021

Woodside has sanctioned the US$12 billion Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 project. This is a big step for Woodside, Western Australia and the local LNG industry.

Wood Mackenzie weighs in on COP26 key takeaways

• 15 November 2021

Following the conclusion of the COP26 on November 13, Wood Mackenzie experts weigh in on the key developments of the conference.

OPEC+ shrugs off US pressure to announce 400,000 b/d output boost

• 04 November 2021

Speaking after today’s OPEC+ meeting, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “After unusual pressure from the US administration to lift its production, OPEC+ announced it is boosting output by 400,000 barrels per day (b/d) for December, in line with its 18 July 2021 agreement. This will be seen as disappointing by the US, which is asking for an extra increase closer to 600,000 b/d. But as long as OPEC+ actually boosts its output by 400,000 b/d, the US has indicated it will accept the outcome."

POSCO’s takeover bid for Senex could be Australia’s largest upstream takeover since 2018

• 18 October 2021

South Korean conglomerate POSCO has made a surprise move on Australian gas producer Senex Energy making its first foray into the country’s upstream industry.

UK gas output slump helps fuel price rally

• 08 September 2021

UK gas production is down 28% year-to-date, helping fuel the current European gas price rally, global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK) said.

CCS could have material impact on carbon emissions of LNG projects

• 25 August 2021

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

Firth of Forth net-zero hub key to achieving climate goals

• 17 August 2021

The development of net zero hubs around the UK has proved a key plank of the country’s strategy towards achieving net zero by 2050. Scotland, which has a 2045 net-zero target, could advance its ambitions by establishing a net zero hub on the Firth of Forth, research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk company (Nasdaq: VRSK) has found.

Chesapeake ties up Vine in cash-and-stock deal

• 11 August 2021

Speaking after Chesapeake announced plans to buy Vine Energy in a cash-and-stock deal which values the Blackstone Group-controlled E&P at around US$2.2 billion, analysts from natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie said: “We were confident 2021 would be a big year for Haynesville consolidation."

Is CCS the upstream sector’s silver bullet?

• 11 August 2021

We may only be halfway through 2021, but it is already shaping up to be a breakthrough year for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) to emerge as a viable tool for upstream companies to decarbonise operations. Although the concept has been around for decades, CCS is moving into the mainstream. All the industry’s largest companies now plan to use sequestration to help them reach their decarbonisation targets.

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

• 02 July 2021

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

Carbon removal key to meeting Paris Agreement target

• 24 June 2021

Achieving the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement will require more than simply avoiding carbon. To cap global warming at 1.5°C or even 2°C, carbon removal will be essential. Research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK), shows the key to effective large-scale carbon removal is unlocking potential economies of scale through basin-wide carbon capture and storage (CCS), effectively providing a community answer to a global problem.

TotalEnergies named industry’s most-admired explorer

• 31 May 2021

For the second consecutive year, French major TotalEnergies has been named the upstream industry’s most-admired explorer, an accolade awarded as part of with Wood Mackenzie’s industry-leading annual Exploration Survey.