‘Dynamic clearing’ turns China’s economic indicators to red

• 29 April 2022

China’s relentless battle against Covid-19 continues, with the country’s ‘dynamic clearing’ policy requiring all local governments to implement strict containment measures as soon as local cases climb into double figures.

Asia’s power sector feels the burn

• 12 May 2022

Everything across Asia’s power sector is heading north. With electricity demand continuing to climb, power prices are being pushed significantly higher by increasing fuel, equipment, land, and labour costs. Rising interest rates add further complexity.

Decoding the hydrogen rainbow

• 04 July 2022

Do you know your green hydrogen from your blue, grey, black, brown, yellow, turquoise, white and pink, and where they sit on the carbon emissions spectrum?

Global energy storage: staggering growth continues – despite bumps in the road

• 28 July 2022

China continues to set the pace for energy storage market growth – while the US feels the lingering impact of the solar anticircumvention investigation.

US anger at OPEC+ production cut

• 11 October 2022

The decision provoked some anger in the US. But the actual production cut is smaller than the headlines imply, and is coming as global demand for oil is faltering.

U.S. grid-scale energy storage installations set new record in Q2 2023

• 25 September 2023

Across all segments of the industry, the U.S. energy storage market added 5,597 megawatt hours (MWh) in the second quarter of 2023, a new quarterly record. The grid-scale segment led the way with a record-breaking 5,109 MWh in Q2, beating the previous record in Q4 2021 by 5%, according to a new report released today.

Aluminium: things to look for in 2024

• 25 January 2024

A volatile year ahead for the aluminium market.

Is Asia’s oil market recovery losing pace?

• 15 September 2021

Continued restrictions on mobility reverberate through to demand for transportation fuels in Asia Pacific.

Tight oil news: Majors go bullish as Independents rein in

• 12 March 2019

The Permian is being industrialised – fact. Chevron and ExxonMobil aggressively raised production targets this week, underlining the basin’s potential for growth.

Global upstream: the biggest topics

• 23 May 2024

New regulations are in play, and costs are rising across the sector. Find out how global trends are playing out

Jigar Shah returns to the Energy Gang

• 09 May 2024

We welcome back Jigar Shah, the Director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office. With a front-row seat to the energy transition, Jigar discusses the office's role in advancing clean energy projects and bridging the gap between R&D and large-scale deployment. Hear about the progress made so far and the future goals, including meeting the increased demand for electricity driven by data centers, AI, new factories and electric vehicles.

Global solar forecast gets an upgrade

• 11 December 2023

Our latest quarterly global solar PV forecast has seen a 5% upgrade, projecting over 3 TWdc of new solar PV installations between 2023 and 2032

How the world gets to a 1.5 °C pathway

• 03 March 2022

Is a 1.5 °C pathway feasible, does the conflict in Ukraine change anything and will higher prices affect the progress of the energy transition? Does energy security now trump decarbonisation?

Big Beautiful Gulf 1 lease sale shows "targeted" approach in new leasing era

• 11 December 2025

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) concluded the Big Beautiful Gulf 1 (BBG1) on December 10, 2025. The sale attracted just over $300 million in bids, with the number of bids down 37.8% compared to the most recent lease sale 261.

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

• 15 March 2019

Refinery capacity is expected to continue growing in the medium term, but the pace of growth is expected to slow down considerably. Capacity additions are mainly from crude-to-chemicals projects, which aim to maximise naphtha production to meet the increasing petrochemical feedstock demand.

Biofuels Production Monitor

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

Oil and refined products in 2025: a commodity trader’s guide

• 14 April 2025

In an energy hungry world beset by growing trade tensions and shifting energy policy, volatility creates opportunity for commodity traders who can stay one step ahead of market shifts. So, what are the opportunities and challenges set to shape crude and refined product markets as 2025 progresses?

Upstream Oil & Gas

• 23 June 2017

Get access to unrivalled insight and analysis on the critical issues impacting the upstream oil and gas industry at an asset, company and country level.

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

• 22 November 2023

Corporate power purchase agreements for renewables are setting new records in 2023 as costs fall and green energy takes off

2035: the roadmap to a renewable future

• 11 April 2017

Energy systems have been transformed by regulation and the progress of technology. Global awareness of climate change will only accelerate this trend. Understand how increasing the rate of growth of alternatives to fossil fuels will change energy markets the world over.

How M&A markets are passing the refinery bucks

• 07 February 2017

Chris Shepley, Head of Downstream Consulting, discusses recent trends in refineries and M&A markets.

Plugging the methane leaks

• 29 October 2021

The Biden administration and key members of Congress are in negotiations over legislation that could include a new fee on methane emissions from US oil and gas facilities. If it passes into law, the fee would have a widely varying impact across regions and across companies.

Increased private investment needed in Mexico to meet expanding demand for energy

• 23 May 2024

With a presidential election looming, Mexico is facing several energy challenges, including declining oil and gas production, a need to increase exploration activity, a high dependence on gasoline imports, a constrained power supply and public pressure to transition to renewable energy. All this is occurring as domestic demand continues to grow through the decade, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie.

Tesla remains the top global producer of battery energy storage systems in 2024, but Sungrow narrows the gap

• 07 August 2025

Tesla retained its top spot for the second year-in-a-row as lead producer in the battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator market with a 15% market share in 2024, according to Wood Mackenzie’s Global battery energy storage system integrator ranking 2025 report.

The blockade on Libya’s oil exports

• 24 January 2020

Libya’s crude production has slumped, oil CEOs have been debating emissions cuts, and surging LNG supplies has driven down world gas prices. This and more from Ed Crooks.

Negative prices reveal the crisis for US oil

• 24 April 2020

The most-watched US crude futures fell below zero on Monday, in a sign of the extreme conditions facing the industry

What’s shaping CCUS project costs?

• 02 May 2023

A better understanding of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) costs is needed before the technology can become a commercial reality on a truly global scale.

How are chemicals companies responding to the coronavirus blow?

• 29 May 2020

Capex cuts, deferred projects and new partnerships are a feature of the new industry landscape as chemicals companies adapt to the effects of Covid-19.

China's renewables boom year poses major challenges to western markets

• 17 February 2022

China’s renewables manufacturing has emerged from 2021 bigger and more competitive than ever before. Western markets are benefitting from trading with the IKEA of the energy transition, but balancing reliance on China’s technology providers with local interests is now a key political as well as environmental challenge, says Wood Mackenzie.

Argentina LNG exports positioned to meet peak demand in Asia

• 13 June 2019

Rising natural gas production in Argentina, coupled with competitive global LNG transportation costs, is expected to position the country as an emerging source of gas supply to Asia during peak demand periods, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.