Upstream’s mounting challenge to deliver future oil supply

• 10 July 2025

The industry needs to look beyond short-term price volatility.

The rise and rise of Indonesian HPAL – can it continue?

• 04 April 2023

Chinese investment and know-how has accelerated high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) operations to extract nickel and cobalt in Indonesia.

The impact of Republican control on US energy policy and the IRA

• 19 November 2024

We expect renewables to remain competitive, and while protectionism will rise, a full repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is unlikely

Biomethane/RNG Service

Expert insight into the biomethane / renewable natural gas (RNG) market to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and support investment and decarbonisation strategies.

How will reuse models change the plastic packaging industry?

• 10 June 2021

The ‘war on plastics’ is changing the packaging industry. But while much of the debate focuses on recycling, reuse still plays a marginal role in most packaging markets. Is that about to change? And what would that mean for polymer demand?

What impact could COP26 have on oil and gas company strategies?

• 20 October 2021

With stakeholder pressure growing, will COP26 accelerate oil and gas companies’ pivot to low carbon?

Q3 U.S. grid-scale energy storage market sets new record

• 15 December 2022

The U.S. energy storage market grid-scale segment installed a record 4,733 megawatt-hours (MWh) in the third quarter of 2022, surpassing the previous quarterly high of 4,598 MWh in Q1 of 2021, according to a new report released today. On a single charge, this amount of battery storage could power over 150,000 U.S. homes for a day.

Grid edge: what to look for in 2025

• 22 January 2025

From distributed energy resources to electrification and grid modernisation, our US grid edge experts share their view of the key themes to watch.

Carbon removals: the 'net' in net zero

• 19 September 2024

The world is not decarbonising quickly enough to reach net zero.

Global gas industry in the 2050 net zero world

• 30 January 2024

Gas has a key role to play in the energy transition, but only if it can decarbonise

Could US data centres and AI shake up the global LNG market?

• 23 May 2024

Changing dynamics in US power and gas markets have led our team to take a more bullish view of how gas prices develop. Simon Flowers asks Eugene Kim, Massimo Di Odoardo from our Global Gas team and Gavin Thompson about their thinking and the implications for the LNG market.

Cushing 2024: key price insights and market trends

• 07 January 2025

Due to ongoing volatility in the global oil markets, traders need prompt indication of changes in the market

Petrochemicals in peril: oversupply crisis and energy transition threaten industry survival

• 19 September 2025

Persistent overcapacity, weak demand, and sustainability pressures force closures and reshape the global competitive landscape.

Upstream oil and gas: top trends and wildcards to watch in 2022

• 13 December 2021

The oil and gas sector bounceback is set to continue – but the positive outlook is tempered by concerns about its future in a decarbonising world. Find out how global trends could play out in your region in our 2022 Outlook series.

Will gas fuel Asia’s data centre boom?

• 19 September 2024

Cloud computing and AI need reliable power 24/7, making LNG a prime candidate to meet near-term demand.

Asset rich, energy poor: maximising Africa’s natural resources to transform the continent

• 20 November 2025

In this month's edition we examine Africa's energy paradox: despite abundant renewable potential, world-class hydrocarbons, and critical minerals, 600 million Africans still lack electricity. We explore how Africa can transform this challenge—maximising solar, wind, gas and mineral resources to deliver energy prosperity, create economic growth, and meet rising demand from 2.5 billion people by 2050.

Isn’t it ironic? How Europe’s oil refiners could offer a route to scale up green hydrogen

• 21 August 2025

In this edition of Horizons, Wood Mackenzie have identified a potential breakthrough moment for green hydrogen commercialization.

Stick or twist: should gas resource holders target LNG exports or blue ammonia?

• 15 June 2023

As Europe moves away from Russian gas and Asia scrambles to reduce its dependency on coal, there has arguably never been a better time to invest in liquified natural gas (LNG).

The great reopening: what the end of China’s ’zero-Covid’ strategy means for global energy and natural resources.

• 23 March 2023

What the end of China's 'zero Covid' strategy means for global energy and natural resources

Silver linings playbook: five reasons to be cheerful

• 08 December 2022

Our analysts have identified five developments that suggest that, despite the setbacks of the past year, the world is laying the foundations for a decade or more of sustained opportunity that will deliver better outcomes for the reliability, affordability and sustainability of our energy and natural resources.

Location, location, location: the key to carbon disposal

• 24 June 2021

By our calculations, even if we manage to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and limit global warming to 1.5 °C of pre-industrial levels, fossil fuels will still account for close to 37% of the world’s primary energy demand in 2050.

Fast and Furious: Europe's race to slash emissions by 2030

• 18 February 2021

Renewables are the proven zero-carbon technology where much of the capital funding the energy transition will be invested.

Tariff shockwaves: what trading professionals need to know

• 27 June 2025

Wood Mackenzie investigates how each sector is being affected by recent US tariff policies, and what traders and strategists should be watching.

Global Renewables Data Hub

An interactive tool spanning solar, wind, energy storage and grid edge markets.

MAKE

MAKE provides global wind-power coverage with research, forecasts, data and a multifaceted view of the industry.

Metaxylene & Purified Isophthalic Acid Study

Assess the risks of tight supply and obtain insights on capacity and forecast demand for purified isophthalic acid (PIA) and metaxylene.

US shale gas is back: new demand signals underpin upstream opportunity

• 09 October 2025

Which companies and areas are best positioned to capitalise on a structural shift in US gas demand?

China’s LNG imports to see unprecedented decline in 2022

• 19 July 2022

China’s LNG imports are set to fall over 14% year-on-year to 69 million tonnes (Mt) in 2022, the largest decline since it began LNG imports, says Wood Mackenzie.

Net zero scenario to require 9.7 Mt of new copper supply over next decade

• 20 October 2022

How much copper is needed to successfully meet the climate targets set out by the Paris Agreement?

Industry leaders to speak at Wood Mackenzie’s Grid Edge Innovation Summit 2022

• 10 November 2022

Join executives from Shell Recharge Solutions, Exelon, BMW, and General Motors, as event looks at current trends, challenges and drivers shaping the grid edge