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Europe and the North Sea: energy security, cost inflation and fiscal disruption
- 06 September 2022
With energy security in the spotlight, upstream activity is increasing. But there are headwinds from corporate discipline, inflation and development uncertainties, which include supply chain bottlenecks. Join our webinar as our experts discuss Upstream Europe and the North Sea.
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Oil price rout may trigger major industry shake-up
- 10 March 2020
As global markets reel in the wake of the oil price crash, Wood Mackenzie’ corporate analysis team believes the price collapse could be the trigger for a new phase of deep industry restructuring - one that rivals the changes seen in the late-1990s.
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OPEC+ ‘no deal’ a blow to the market
- 06 March 2020
The OPEC+ meeting broke up without a deal, what does it mean for the markets?
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French major Total to take 50% stake in Adani solar unit
- 07 February 2020
Speaking after French major Total announced it planned to buy a 50% stake in Indian company Adani Green Energy’s solar unit, Tom Heggarty, principal analyst with Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Transition Practice, said: “Total has been extremely active in the power and renewables M&A market as it seeks to diversify its activities and grow its exposure to the zero-carbon power sector."
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North Sea to remain global hotspot in 2020
- 09 January 2020
It will be a noteworthy year for the North Sea – companies will increase production for the first time since 2017 and the outlook for both exploration and investment is looking healthy. The region will remain a global hotspot for deals as the corporate landscape continues to evolve. Crucially, the North Sea will also see major steps towards decarbonisation.
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  Energy Pulse: The US oil industry is consolidating as growth slows
  - 13 February 2026
  Oklahoma City has taken a couple of blows this month, with two of its leading oil and gas companies, Devon Energy and Expand Energy, announcing they are relocating their headquarters to Houston. The moves are symbolic of the consolidation trend moving through the US oil industry. Devon is moving following its US$58 billion merger with Coterra Energy, a deal that will make it the largest…
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  AEQUITA's European experiment: a chemicals comeback?
  - 13 February 2026
  AEQUITA, a private equity firm specialising in group carve-outs and company succession, has strengthened its chemicals debut by agreeing to acquire SABIC's European asset portfolio. This deal follows their purchase of several LyondellBasell assets in June 2025. AEQUITA will become the largest European polyolefins producer with 4.6 million tonnes per annum capacity. The firm will also rank as the…
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Renewable electricity to deliver on Europe’s 2030 climate-energy goals
- 07 November 2019
If European member states deliver their individual National Energy and Climate Plans, renewables will account for around 53% of power supply in 2030. Europe is on track to hit this target, although the performance of individual countries will vary, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.
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Total expands partnership with Adani on India's gas market
- 14 October 2019
Total announced today its partnership with Adani Group which includes two LNG terminals, Dhamra in East India and potentially Mundra in the West, as well as Adani Gas Limited, one of the 4 main distributors of city gas in India of which Adani holds 74.8% and of which Total will acquire 37.4%.
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Red-letter day for Norway as Johan Sverdrup comes on stream
- 08 October 2019
First oil from Johan Sverdrup – Norway’s sixth-largest discovery, with reserves of around 2.7 billion barrels – is a red-letter day for the partners and the Norwegian state. The decision to sanction the development was the country's largest final investment decision in more than 30 years.
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Has M&A created value in the North Sea?
- 04 September 2019
Since the turn of the decade, it’s been a frenetic period for M&A in the North Sea. Against a backdrop of oil price volatility and a dramatically changing corporate landscape, activity reached record levels. But have acquisitions created value so far? Wood Mackenzie recently analysed 55 of the largest North Sea deals announced between 2012 and 2018 from today’s vantage point to quantify underlying value creation.
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BP sells Alaska business to Hilcorp in US$5.6bn deal
- 27 August 2019
Speaking after BP announced the sale of its Alaska business to Hilcorp in a US$5.6 billion deal, Wood Mackenzie analyst Rowena Gunn said: “The Majors are making progress with their divestment campaigns. This will mean long-held assets and territories will be let go. BP made such a deal today with its sale of all US Alaska assets to privately-owned Hilcorp."
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TechnipFMC demerger 'a bold step to reposition for the long-term'
- 27 August 2019
In 2017 Technip and FMC Technologies completed one of the hallmark oilfield service company mergers of the cycle. The business plans to split in the first half of 2020 – but not back into Technip and FMC - rather into ‘upstream’ and ‘mid/downstream’.
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ExxonMobil poised to sell ‘attractive’ UK North Sea portfolio
- 13 August 2019
Commenting on reports that ExxonMobil is preparing to sell its UK North Sea portfolio, Neivan Boroujerdi, principal analyst, North Sea upstream, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “A proposed UK exit was expected. We value the portfolio at around US$2 billion.
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Data consortiums signal the future of oil and gas
- 07 August 2019
Wood Mackenzie believes that discovering new value requires going beyond isolated datasets. The solution lies in data consortiums – cooperative platforms where companies can safely share quality data.
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Petrogas and Hitec Vision snap up Total UK asset package in $635m deal
- 10 July 2019
French Major Total has sold its stakes in 10 UK North Sea fields to Petrogas NEO, a new joint venture between Petrogas and HitecVision, for US$635 million. The asset package includes operated and non-operated assets, which will produce 25,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) this year. The assets hold over 30 million barrels of oil equivalent in remaining reserves.
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ExxonMobil and QP land a giant with Glaucus
- 28 February 2019
ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum today announced they made a major gas find with the Glaucus-1 well, drilled offshore Cyprus. “Glaucus is a giant,” Robert Morris, senior research analyst, Europe upstream, at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said. He added: “It will be one of the biggest discoveries of the year."
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Spanish renewables targets undermined by political uncertainty
- 20 February 2019
Today, Wednesday 20th February 2019, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez presented the country’s climate action plan for 2030 to 2050. Commenting on the announcement, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables Senior Research Analyst, Brian Gaylord, said:
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Glengorm ‘largest UK gas find since 2008’
- 29 January 2019
CNOOC Ltd and Total's Glengorm gas discovery, in teh Central North Sea, is the largest gas find in UK waters since Culzean in 2008
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Medco Energi's potential takeover of UK-listed Ophir Energy
- 02 January 2019
On the first day of 2019, Ophir announced it was in talks with Indonesia's Medco Energi regarding a cash takeover. No amount or other details have yet been released, other than Medco has to make a clear binding offer by the 28th of January if a deal is to proceed. Ophir's upstream portfolio includes assets in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. It also has exploration acreage in Mexico and Bangladesh.
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Hammond raises hopes of decommissioning hub role for Scotland
- 30 October 2018
In the Autumn Statement, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond did not make any headline changes to oil and gas tax rates, setting out instead plans to make a "call for evidence" on how to establish Scotland as a global hub for decommissioning.
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OGA gives Alligin and Finlaggan the green light
- 23 October 2018
UK Oil & Gas Authority gives the Alligin and Finlaggan developments the green light
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Total hits the jackpot at Glendronach
- 24 September 2018
Total has made a major gas discovery in the UK's West of Shetland region, hitting an estimated 1 trillion cubic feet of gas
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BP seals asset swap with ConocoPhillips
- 04 July 2018
BP agrees to increase its stake in the Clair field, offshore West of Shetland, and divest its interest in Greater Kuparuk, in Alaska, via an asset swap with ConocoPhillips
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Will a shifting global market embrace US crude?
- 05 March 2018
A new study by Wood Mackenzie, examines this shift in the oil market, and assesses the challenges and opportunities facing the market and US producers and midstream operators.
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UK car ban will have "massive impact on markets"
- 26 July 2017
We took a closer look at the impact of the UK government’s proposal to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040.
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Russia supply reduction via Nord Stream poses risks to gas storage refill in Europe
- 17 June 2022
Russia reducing flows via Nord Stream, outages at Freeport and French nuclear downgrades have sent the European natural gas market into an upward spiral with more volatility still to come. And while summer consumption will be covered, analysts at Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK) say storage refill is at risk unless additional demand and supply measures are taken.
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Stability of Russian gas flows remain uncertain, despite the reopening of Nord Stream
- 21 July 2022
Gazprom confirmed today that regular annual maintenance of Nord Stream is officially over and gas flows restarted at 63 million cubic metres per day (mcm/d) – 40% of the pipeline’s overall capacity. The European gas market has reacted, with prices down by 5%; but the stability of Russian gas flows is by no means a given, according to analysts at Wood Mackenzie.
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Europe to install 45 million heat pumps in the residential sector by 2030
- 04 August 2022
Europe is set to achieve 45 million cumulative heat pump installations in the residential sector by 2030, which will support the region’s net zero and energy security goals, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest insight ‘Europe electrification of heat demand outlook to 2050’.
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CCUS planned capacity nearing 1 billion tonnes per annum
- 26 August 2022
US Inflation Reduction Act bill set to boost CCUS uptake but more is needed to meet net zero goals by 2050
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Wood Mackenzie predicts European gas demand will continue to fall, helping gas storage outlook for this winter and the following
- 01 September 2022
High natural gas prices will continue to drive down European demand to seven percent below the five-year average through March, leaving a best-case scenario of storage levels at 31% at winter’s end, in line with the five-year average, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).
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European gas storage plans for 2023 still stand despite cold snap
- 14 December 2022
Colder temperatures across Europe have increased month-on-month heating demand by 20% in December, but behavioural change in households and services means the amount of gas used in these sectors is 16% lower than previous average consumption patterns for similar temperatures says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).

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Search results: 591

Europe and the North Sea: energy security, cost inflation and fiscal disruption

Oil price rout may trigger major industry shake-up

OPEC+ ‘no deal’ a blow to the market

French major Total to take 50% stake in Adani solar unit

North Sea to remain global hotspot in 2020

2252 related products from the Store that match

Energy Pulse: The US oil industry is consolidating as growth slows

AEQUITA's European experiment: a chemicals comeback?

Renewable electricity to deliver on Europe’s 2030 climate-energy goals

Total expands partnership with Adani on India's gas market

Red-letter day for Norway as Johan Sverdrup comes on stream

Has M&A created value in the North Sea?

BP sells Alaska business to Hilcorp in US$5.6bn deal

TechnipFMC demerger 'a bold step to reposition for the long-term'

ExxonMobil poised to sell ‘attractive’ UK North Sea portfolio

Data consortiums signal the future of oil and gas

Petrogas and Hitec Vision snap up Total UK asset package in $635m deal

ExxonMobil and QP land a giant with Glaucus

Spanish renewables targets undermined by political uncertainty

Glengorm ‘largest UK gas find since 2008’

Medco Energi's potential takeover of UK-listed Ophir Energy

Hammond raises hopes of decommissioning hub role for Scotland

OGA gives Alligin and Finlaggan the green light

Total hits the jackpot at Glendronach

BP seals asset swap with ConocoPhillips

Will a shifting global market embrace US crude?

UK car ban will have "massive impact on markets"

Russia supply reduction via Nord Stream poses risks to gas storage refill in Europe

Stability of Russian gas flows remain uncertain, despite the reopening of Nord Stream

Europe to install 45 million heat pumps in the residential sector by 2030

CCUS planned capacity nearing 1 billion tonnes per annum

Wood Mackenzie predicts European gas demand will continue to fall, helping gas storage outlook for this winter and the following

European gas storage plans for 2023 still stand despite cold snap

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