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Romana Adamcikova

Senior Research Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Romana is a senior research analyst with nearly a decade of experience across the North Sea upstream oil and gas sector.

Latest articles by Romana

• Opinion 8 九月 2020

  UK's 32nd Offshore Licensing Round

• Opinion 24 二月 2020

  UK North Sea decommissioning: the £17 billion challenge

Farid Ahmed

Principal Analyst, Lead Markets

Farid is an experienced metallurgist and technologist with extensive commercial, production and R&D exposure.

Latest articles by Farid

• Opinion 16 六月 2020

  Lead is not dead

Greig Aitken

Director, M&A Research

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

Latest articles by Greig

• Featured 25 一月 2021

  How far will upstream M&A activity rebound in 2021? | 2021 Outlook

Nnenna Amobi

Research Analyst, EMEARC Gas and LNG

Nnenna focuses on gas market dynamics across North Africa, the East Mediterranean and Italy.

Gail Anderson

Research Director, Sub-Saharan Africa Upstream

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

Bruna Angel

Principal Analyst, Fibres

Latest articles by Bruna

• Opinion 1 七月 2020

  Has Covid-19 left the apparel industry hanging by a thread?

Asti Nuraini Asra

Principal Analyst - APAC Gas & LNG Research

Asti provides commercial insight into market dynamics in the APAC region

Latest articles by Asti

• Editorial 15 七月 2019

  Unlocking opportunities for small scale LNG in Indonesia

Benjamin Attia

Research Analyst, Solar

Benjamin leads Wood Mackenzie’s coverage off-grid energy, solar PV markets in Africa, and solar PV in the Middle East.

Guy Bailey

Head of Intermediates and Applications

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

Latest articles by Guy

• Opinion 12 十月 2020

  What can the materials transition learn from the energy transition?

Shashi Barla

Principal Analyst, Global Wind Supply Chain and Technology (Onshore and Offshore)

Shashi has over 11 years of experience in the global wind industry both within the industry and as external consultant

Latest articles by Shashi

• Opinion 5 五月 2021

  Three global wind turbine technology trends to watch

• Opinion 14 四月 2021

  Global wind turbine market: state of play

• Editorial 2 四月 2020

  Global wind turbine supply chain trends 2020

• Editorial 17 一月 2020

  Wind turbine industry apes automotive industry and makes a paradigm shift towards modularisation and standardisation to lower LCOE

Alex Beeker

Principal Analyst, Corporate Research

Alex is a principal analyst on our Corporate Research team, focused on US tight oil.

Latest articles by Alex

• Opinion 3 六月 2020

  Lower 48 midstream not immune to oil price volatility

Natalie Biggs

Thermal Coal Research Lead, Americas

With nearly 15 years of coal and energy industry experience, Natalie leads our thermal coal research in the Americas.

Latest articles by Natalie

• Opinion 26 三月 2021

  Is there light at the end of a dark tunnel for US coal markets?

Brett Blankenship

Research Director

Brett Blankenship is a Research Director focused on power and renewables.

Neivan Boroujerdi

Principal Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Neivan is a principal analyst with expertise in North Sea upstream oil and gas.

Latest articles by Neivan

• Opinion 6 五月 2021

  UK North Sea Transition Deal: a net zero basin by 2050?

• Opinion 27 十一月 2020

  North Sea Financial Flexibility Index: surviving – and thriving – in a volatile environment

• Opinion 23 三月 2020

  Can the North Sea oil and gas industry survive the downturn?

• Opinion 15 七月 2019

  How to create value through oil and gas acquisitions in the North Sea

• Opinion 8 一月 2019

  North Sea exploration is making a comeback in 2019

Amy Bowe

Head of Carbon Research

Amy has nearly two decades of energy industry experience, with a strong focus on climate risk and strategy.

Latest articles by Amy

• Opinion 13 四月 2021

  Counting carbon: how to set oil and gas industry emissions targets

• Editorial 20 九月 2017

  Beyond Paris: strategies for tackling carbon risk

Jessica Brewer

Principal Analyst, North Sea Upstream Oil and Gas

Jessica brings experience in both field and research roles to her analysis of the North Sea upstream industry.

Latest articles by Jessica

• Opinion 15 四月 2019

  Middle East leads the pack in 2018 FID bonanza

• Opinion 21 一月 2019

  5 things you need to know about MENA upstream oil and gas

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 六月 2021

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

Andrew Brown

Senior Analyst, Polymer Demand

Andrew is a senior analyst focused on polymer demand across multiple value chains.

David Brown

Head of Markets and Transitions, Americas

David is based in Houston and manages our gas, power and coal markets teams; he leads the Energy Markets Service.

Latest articles by David

• Opinion 29 八月 2019

  What factors could influence the pace of the energy transition?

• Featured 26 十一月 2018

  A zero-carbon world: how fast will we get there?

• Featured 26 十一月 2018

  A zero-carbon world: how fast will we get there?

• Opinion 15 六月 2017

  Energy view to 2035 in five charts

Matthew Campbell

Research Associate, European Power Markets

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

Leandro Caputo

Director, Gas & Power, Latin America

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

Ixchel Castro

Americas Market Lead - Downstream

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

Ram Chandrasekaran

Head of Road Transport

Ram is the global lead for transportation and mobility, based in Houston.

Latest articles by Ram

• Opinion 11 二月 2021

  Electric vehicle sales are in the fast lane

• Opinion 18 十一月 2020

  Electric vehicles can help save the environment, but can they save the owner money?

• Opinion 26 八月 2020

  Electric vehicles market to get back on track post-Covid-19

• Featured 28 二月 2020

  Merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot

• Opinion 13 二月 2020

  Electric vehicle growth set to accelerate through the 2020s

• Featured 10 二月 2020

  Will Volkswagen become the world's largest EV manufacturer?

Akif Chaudhry

Senior Research Analyst

Akif is a member of our Gas and LNG research team. His focus is predominantly on European markets.

Latest articles by Akif

• Opinion 24 七月 2020

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

• Opinion 5 十二月 2019

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

• Editorial 21 十一月 2017

  Upstream 'value at risk'

• Opinion 26 十月 2017

  How great a financial risk do carbon costs pose to upstream oil and gas companies?

Matthew Chadwick

Vice President, Global Head of Petrochemicals

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

Steve Chappell

Head of Global Exploration

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

Mauro Chavez

Head of South America Gas & LNG Markets

Mauro has more than 12 years of experience in Latin American energy markets, with a focus on natural gas and LNG.

Ashish Chitalia

Research Director, Head of Global Polyolefins

Ashish leads polyolefins research at Wood Mackenzie Chemicals

Latest articles by Ashish

• Opinion 7 十月 2020

  Why polyolefins are the polymers to watch

• Opinion 6 十月 2020

  为什么说聚烯烃是值得关注的聚合物

• Opinion 15 十二月 2018

  The four changing priorities in the polyolefins industry

• Editorial 12 三月 2018

  Scrapping the scrap: China's Waste Bans

• Editorial 1 三月 2018

  Global polyethylene: 6 key things for 2018 (Part 2)

• Editorial 28 二月 2018

  Global polyethylene: 6 key things for 2018 (Part 1)

Valery Chow

Vice President, Head of APAC Gas & LNG Research

Val draws on over 15 years' experience of strategy, market analysis, business transformation, and programme leadership.

Ben Chu

Head of Trading Analytics and Proprietary Data – Natural Gas, Short-term Analytics

Ben supports our gas forecasting and monitoring offering, including gas production, LNG and proprietary storage.

Hun Hao Chuah

Senior Research Analyst, Copper Mine Costs

Hun Hao has over 8 years experience in the metals and mining sector across operations, planning and research.

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 22 三月 2021

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

• Editorial 15 七月 2019

  Tight oil M&A: after Anadarko, remember small deals too

• Opinion 21 二月 2017

  Will deals walk the optimistic talk of NAPE?

Preston Cody

Chief Data Officer – Energy and Natural Resources

Preston leads our data organisation, supporting our customers’ most strategic decision-making.

Latest articles by Preston

• Featured 7 八月 2019

  How to unlock value from data in upstream oil and gas

• Featured 7 八月 2019

  6 success factors for an oil and gas data consortium

• Featured 7 八月 2019

  Unlocking value from data: lessons from data-savvy industries

John Coleman

Principal Analyst, North American Crude Markets

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

Hadrien Collineau

Senior Research Analyst, Europe Gas

Hadrien focuses on short-term analysis for our European Energy Service (EES).

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.

Maria Cortez

Senior Research Manager

Maria is a senior research manager focused on Latin America's upstream sector.

Molly Cox

Analyst, Solar PV Technology Systems & Operations

Molly's analysis focuses on PV Technology Systems & Operations

Latest articles by Molly

• Opinion 8 六月 2021

  Why floating solar has an important role to play in the energy transition

• Editorial 5 十一月 2020

  What’s the future of solar development in Latin America?

• Editorial 19 九月 2019

  Floating solar update: Bigger projects and climbing capacity

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 四月 2020

  Why crude-to-chemicals is the obvious way forward

• Opinion 20 二月 2020

  Coronavirus to disrupt China’s chemicals sector more than SARS

• Opinion 6 九月 2019

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

• Editorial 14 十一月 2017

  Why is China the early adopter of CTO/MTO

• Editorial 7 十一月 2017

  The opportunities and challenges of CTO/MTO development

• Editorial 1 十一月 2017

  How are olefins made from CTO/MTO?

Lucy Cullen

Principal Analyst, APAC Gas & LNG Research

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

Latest articles by Lucy

• Editorial 29 七月 2019

  Japan is the world’s largest LNG importer

• Editorial 16 七月 2019

  Power sector drives LNG demand in Asia's mature economies

• Opinion 24 六月 2019

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

• Editorial 6 四月 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.

Suzanne Danforth

Americas Markets Lead, Downstream Oil & NGLs

Suzanne has been in the oil industry for 15 years, with experience spanning media and analytics.

Brandon Davis

Director, Head of Americas Corporate

Brandon leads our Americas Corporate team, with a primary focus on the US Lower 48 corporate environment. 

Latest articles by Brandon

• Opinion 6 五月 2020

  Distressed lower 48 operators face a credit crisis

Michelle Davis

Principal Analyst, Solar

Michelle Davis is a principal analyst with a focus on the downstream US distributed solar market

Latest articles by Michelle

• Opinion 15 六月 2021

  Supply chain constraints loom for US solar

• Opinion 17 五月 2021

  Major growth ahead for US commercial solar

• Opinion 16 三月 2021

  Four ways US solar broke records in 2020

• Editorial 15 十月 2020

  Solar tax equity is more competitive than ever

• Editorial 17 八月 2020

  Commercial solar could be huge – what’s holding it back?

Andrew Day

Research Head EMEARC, EO/EG

Andrew leads our research into ethylene oxide (EO), ethylene glycol (EG) and other EO derivative industries.

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 十二月 2018

  The calm before the storm for the nylon industry?

Simeng Deng

Consultant, China Power

Simeng is a consultant for the China power market

Xiaogeng (Arebise) Deng

Power Analyst

Arebise covers power markets out of Mexico City.

Chenyuan Diao

Senior Consultant, Power and Renewables Research

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

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 四月 2019

  10 investment plays to watch

• Opinion 12 一月 2017

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

Murray Douglas

Research Director, Europe Gas

Latest articles by Murray

• Opinion 20 五月 2020

  Coronavirus pushes UK gas market to deadlock

• Opinion 28 四月 2020

  European gas markets feel the pressure – but there are signs of recovery

• Featured 18 十二月 2019

  What’s ahead for European gas? | Foresight 2020

• Opinion 3 九月 2019

  Do European utilities still have an appetite for LNG?

• Opinion 19 三月 2019

  Does Germany need LNG?

Ryan Duman

Principal Analyst, Lower 48 Upstream

Ryan specialises in basin characterisation, decline curve analysis, economic modelling, and competitor intelligence.

Angela Durrant

Principal Analyst, Nickel

Angela is a principal analyst with almost 20 years' experience in metals research.

Latest articles by Angela

• Opinion 10 十二月 2019

  Indonesian nickel ore ban: who will fill the supply gap?

Dan Eager

Principal Analyst, Europe Power and Renewables

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

Tom Ellacott

Senior Vice President, Corporate Research

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

Latest articles by Tom

• Opinion 25 二月 2021

  Could oil Majors and Independents generate record free cash flow this year?

• Featured 19 一月 2021

  What will oil and gas companies focus on in 2021? | 2021 Outlook

• Opinion 6 八月 2020

  What’s the strategic and economic rationale behind Chevron’s US$13-billion acquisition of Noble?

• Opinion 7 十月 2019

  ExxonMobil kicks off its US$15 billion disposals programme

• Opinion 17 六月 2019

  ExxonMobil plays catch up in race to high-grade

• Opinion 17 六月 2019

  What’s next for Chevron?

Mhairidh Evans

Principal Analyst, Energy Transition Technology Costs

Mhairidh leads our global research on energy transition technology costs.

Latest articles by Mhairidh

• Featured 25 一月 2021

  Tough calls for the upstream supply chain in 2021 | 2021 outlook

• Opinion 16 四月 2019

  Simple complexity – the future of the upstream supply chain?

• Opinion 6 二月 2019

  Signs of renewed optimism in the global offshore upstream supply chain

Amanda Fairfax

Senior Analyst, Downstream Oil, Short-term Analytics

Giles Farrer

Head of Gas and LNG Asset Research

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

Latest articles by Giles

• Opinion 8 九月 2020

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

• Opinion 22 四月 2020

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

• Opinion 6 三月 2020

  Market oversupply and new LNG FID progress

• Featured 10 二月 2020

  How will global gas and LNG markets respond to oversupply in 2020? | Foresight 2020

• Opinion 13 十二月 2019

  LNG’s short-term blues

• Opinion 11 十一月 2019

  Can LNG improve its green credentials?

Kateryna Filippenko

Principal Analyst, Global Gas Supply

Principal gas analyst responsible for our gas supply view with a specific focus on Russia, Central Asia and Europe

Latest articles by Kateryna

• Editorial 20 十二月 2019

  A timeline of major events in Ukraine-Russia gas relations

• Opinion 22 七月 2019

  How will Russia respond to Europe's changing gas market?

Joshua Firestone

Principal Petroleum Economist

Joshua is a principal economist with our Fiscal Service.

Carl Firman

Principal Analyst, EMEARC Aluminium Costs

Carl leads our research into bauxite and alumina.

Latest articles by Carl

• Opinion 21 六月 2019

  Three reasons why bauxite seaborne trade is set to grow sharply over the next decade

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.

Latest articles by Simon

• The Edge 18 六月 2021

  How high can the oil price go in 2021?

• The Edge 11 六月 2021

  Upstream’s biggest challenge

• The Edge 4 六月 2021

  Did the oil and gas industry change forever last week?

• The Edge 27 五月 2021

  Why oil and gas exploration is still important

• The Edge 20 五月 2021

  What different scenarios tell us about the future of oil and gas

• The Edge 14 五月 2021

  Is the price rally in energy and metals sustainable?

Graham Freedman

Principal Analyst, European Gas

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

Enrique Galindo

Research Associate – Americas Olefins

Enrique Galindo is a research associate focused on short and long term olefins trends and outlooks.

Latest articles by Enrique

• Opinion 29 五月 2020

  How are chemicals companies responding to the coronavirus blow?

• Opinion 8 十一月 2019

  Enterprise targets a second PDH unit in the US

Ben Gallagher

SME, Carbon & Emerging Technology

Ben's focus includes the hydrogen economy, carbon capture and storage, and direct air capture.

Latest articles by Ben

• Opinion 9 六月 2021

  Why green hydrogen is reaching a tipping point

Adrian Gardner

Principal Analyst, Nickel Markets

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

Latest articles by Adrian

• Opinion 29 九月 2020

  How long can nickel prices defy market fundamentals?

Alan Gelder

VP Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets

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

Latest articles by Alan

• Opinion 8 四月 2021

  Refinery-petrochemicals integration: your questions answered

• Opinion 3 三月 2021

  Oil demand interview with Harry Tchilinguirian

• Opinion 16 二月 2021

  Why refinery-petrochemical integration is the downstream trend to watch

• Opinion 16 二月 2021

  为什么说炼化一体化是值得关注的下游趋势

• Opinion 13 十月 2020

  How much value does refinery-chemicals integration add for Total and Shell?

• Featured 7 四月 2020

  Why Covid-19 is the ultimate energy transition stress test for refiners

Edgardo Gelsomino

Head of Aluminium Research

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

Latest articles by Edgardo

• Featured 13 十一月 2018

  Investment in new aluminium capacity needed to avoid supply crunch

Rob Gilfillan

Head of Applications – Fibres, Films & Flexible Packaging

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

Latest articles by Rob

• Opinion 22 五月 2020

  PPE is giving the fibres industry some protection from coronavirus

• Opinion 16 四月 2020

  Flexible packaging sees demand boost as coronavirus changes consumer patterns

• Editorial 23 一月 2018

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

Edward Gomersall

Research Manager, Gas & LNG

Edward brings a deep understanding of the LNG value chain, including project development and trade flows.

Latest articles by Edward

• Opinion 24 九月 2018

  Spot market not a reliable pricing mechanism, says GECF leader

Lindsay Grant

Research Director, Europe, Russia and Caspian Upstream Oil & Gas

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

Paul Gray

Research Director, Iron Ore Markets

Paul is responsible for the delivery and development of our iron ore market service.

Latest articles by Paul

• Opinion 25 三月 2020

  Iron ore: how low can the price go?

Robin Griffin

Head of Metallurgical Coal

Robin has undertaken global mine cost estimation and supply analysis for both coal and base metals.

Latest articles by Robin

• Opinion 28 二月 2020

  Coronavirus: a wildcard for bulks demand

• Opinion 15 十月 2019

  What’s behind the metallurgical coal price plunge – and what lies ahead?

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 八月 2020

  Green steel gets a boost from European economic recovery plans

• Opinion 21 五月 2018

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

Joyce Grigorey

Principal Analyst, Chemicals

Joyce covers the aromatics chain with a particular focus on paraxylene and PTA.

Latest articles by Joyce

• Opinion 28 七月 2020

  Can PTA producers survive plummeting polyester demand?

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.

Zheng Han

Consultant, Power & Renewables Research

Zheng provides analysis covering China’s wind market

Ashwin Haridas

Senior Petroleum Economist

Ashwin is a petroleum economist specialising in the analysis of global fiscal systems and economic modelling.

Hugh Hartzog

Research Analyst, Aromatics

Hugh is principally focused on paraxylene in North American markets.

Andrew Harwood

Research Director, Asia Pacific Upstream Oil & Gas

Andrew leads our upstream research coverage in Asia Pacific.

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 19 三月 2020

  How hard will the oil price crash hit APAC upstream investment?

• Editorial 14 一月 2019

  Will Asia-Pacific's O&G sector join the global recovery in 2019?

Luiz Hayum

Upstream Research Senior Analyst, Latin America

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

Latest articles by Luiz

• Opinion 16 四月 2019

  Deepwater's Latin America comeback

Dale Hazelton

Head of Thermal Coal

Dale leads our Thermal Coal team, focusing on the impact of the rapidly-changing energy landscape.

Latest articles by Dale

• Opinion 6 五月 2020

  Coronavirus puts more than a third of seaborne coal supply at risk

Tom Heggarty

Principal Analyst, Energy Transition Practice

Latest articles by Tom

• Opinion 5 十一月 2019

  Chasing the sun: Spain’s solar PV boom

Alastair Heggie

Senior Analyst, European Gas Markets

Alastair specialises in the design, build and delivery of modelling solutions.

Nimmi Henderson

Director of Global Operations, Global Olefins & Derivatives

Richard Hewston

Global Content Lead, Environment and Climate Change, Verisk Maplecroft

Richard leads the development of Verisk Maplecroft’s environment and climate change research.

Ann-Louise Hittle

Vice President, Oils Research

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

Latest articles by Ann-Louise

• Opinion 21 九月 2020

  US tight oil and the global oil market

• Opinion 3 十二月 2018

  December '18 OPEC meeting: production cuts expected

Daphne Ho

Senior Research Analyst, Oils and Refining

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

Linda Htein

Senior Research Manager, US Lower 48 Upstream Research

Linda's work focuses on forecasting and analysing Lower 48 oil and gas supply.

Miaoru Huang

Research Director, APAC Gas & LNG

Miaoru Huang heads up Wood Mackenzie’s China Gas and LNG research in Beijing.

Latest articles by Miaoru

• Editorial 19 九月 2019

  China’s growing role in the LNG industry

• Editorial 26 六月 2019

  China’s evolving gas market

Adam Jordan

Product Director – Power Analytics, Short-term Analytics

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

Graham Kellas

Senior Vice President, Global Fiscal Research

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

Latest articles by Graham

• Opinion 31 三月 2021

  How carbon pricing could reshape upstream oil and gas economics

• Featured 20 一月 2021

  Should upstream investors prepare for bolder fiscal policies in 2021? | 2021 outlook

• Featured 27 一月 2020

  Tight oil vs. deepwater: comparing fiscal terms

• Featured 23 七月 2019

  Tight oil or deepwater: which is more valuable?

• Opinion 26 六月 2019

  Stepping on the gas: are Asia Pacific governments doing enough?

• Editorial 23 八月 2017

  How can governments introduce more competitive fiscal terms?

Liam Kelleher

Gas and LNG Analyst

Liam combines his expertise in engineering, economics and finance in his role as gas and LNG analyst.

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 六月 2020

  The next five years will see massive distributed energy resource growth

• Opinion 7 十一月 2019

  Electric vehicles: is workplace charging good for business?

• Opinion 18 九月 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

Latest articles by Martin

• Opinion 17 六月 2020

  What investors want to know about energy and natural resources

• Featured 28 十月 2019

  Digitalisation: upstream's silver bullet?

• Opinion 12 四月 2018

  What is the current state of the upstream industry?

Rohan Kendall

Head of Iron Ore

Rohan is our head of iron ore,

Latest articles by Rohan

• Opinion 6 三月 2020

  Coronavirus: demand downgrades for bulk commodities

• Opinion 3 六月 2019

  Iron ore: who will fill the emerging supply gap?

Julian Kettle

Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining

Latest articles by Julian

• Featured 15 六月 2021

  Decarbonisation: is aluminium a solution or a problem?

• Featured 1 六月 2021

  Copper prices: fundamentally justified or fundamentally flawed?

• Featured 18 五月 2021

  Could soaring prices see copper fly too close to the sun?

• Featured 4 五月 2021

  Mining risk: will fortune favour the brave?

• Featured 20 四月 2021

  Tin – the forgotten foot soldier of the energy transition

• Featured 6 四月 2021

  Build or buy: are the copper Majors rising to the growth challenge?

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 七月 2020

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

• Opinion 1 七月 2020

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

• Opinion 1 七月 2020

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

• Opinion 1 七月 2020

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

• Opinion 8 八月 2019

  How low-cost US natural gas spurs global LNG opportunities

• Editorial 9 七月 2019

  Permian basin GOR: recalibrating US gas production models

Lucy King

Research Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Lucy is an analyst in our North Sea Upstream Research team, focused on the UK upstream sector.

Chloe Kinner

Research Associate, RPET

Chloe covers recycled PET in the EMEARC region, focusing on short- and long-term European market dynamics and outlooks.

Patrick Kirby

Principal Analyst, EMEARC Olefins

Patrick joined Wood Mackenzie in 2013 as an olefins analyst in the EMEARC region.

Latest articles by Patrick

• Opinion 5 五月 2020

  Global olefins: 10 trends to watch as coronavirus reshapes the industry

• Opinion 17 三月 2020

  How will the oil price crash affect the ethylene cost curve?

• Opinion 17 十二月 2019

  2019 in review: 5 trends that shook the petrochemical markets

• Editorial 14 五月 2018

  Qatar Petroleum plans new world-scale ethane cracker

• Editorial 19 四月 2018

  From Russia with love: the olefins chain

Anthony Knutson

Principal Analyst, Coal

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

Latest articles by Anthony

• Opinion 11 五月 2020

  Is green hydrogen metallurgical coal’s kryptonite?

Dr Elta Kolo

Content Lead, Grid Edge

Elta is Grid Edge Content Lead specializing in utility digitization and flexibility in U.S. electricity markets.

Dimitris Kotsias

Research Analyst, EMEARC, Refining and Oil Product Markets

Dimitris is a research analyst focused on refining and oil products across the EMEARC region.

Kristy Kramer

Head of Markets, Gas & LNG Research

Kristy leads our gas market research team, delivering fundamental supply, demand and pricing analysis.

Latest articles by Kristy

• Opinion 6 九月 2019

  Who will make money on the second wave of US LNG?

Valentina Kretzschmar

Vice President, Corporate Research

Valentina is part of our corporate research team, advising senior managers on strategy and financial analysis.

Latest articles by Valentina

• Opinion 10 十二月 2020

  The Majors’ energy transition: Corporate New Energy Series

• Opinion 10 十二月 2020

  The Majors’ energy transition: Corporate New Energy Series

• Opinion 24 三月 2020

  Could clean energy be the winner in the oil price war?

• Featured 10 十月 2019

  Can women speed up the energy transition?

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 1 六月 2021

  The future of offshore wind: size matters  

• Opinion 4 二月 2021

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

Andrew Latham

Vice President, Global Exploration

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

Latest articles by Andrew

• Featured 12 一月 2021

  Proceed with caution: exploration’s watchword for 2021

• Featured 1 九月 2019

  What happens to returns when explorers move to gas?

• Editorial 1 七月 2019

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

• Featured 17 六月 2019

  Why explorers are in the grip of an existential crisis

• Opinion 19 十二月 2018

  Can exploration stay profitable in 2019?

• Opinion 12 六月 2018

  Four themes for your future exploration strategy

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 四月 2021

  The rise of renewables and real-time trading decisions

Salmon Lee

Head of Polyesters

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

Latest articles by Salmon

• Opinion 9 十二月 2020

  Six trends that will shape the polyester industry to 2030

• Featured 21 一月 2020

  What lies ahead for the polyester chain in 2020? | FORESIGHT 2020

• Opinion 30 一月 2019

  How Chinese PTA and MEG futures impact the polyester industry?

• Editorial 30 九月 2017

  Proposed closure of Jiangsu ports unnerves chemical markets in China

Jonathan Leng

Principal Analyst, Zinc Markets

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

Luke Lewandowski

Director, Power & Renewables – Americas

Luke manages our research practice in the Americas, across power, wind, solar, and the grid edge.

Xiaoyang Li

Senior Analyst, Power & Renewables Research

Xiaoyang focuses on analysis of China’s wind power market

Latest articles by Xiaoyang

• Opinion 20 十一月 2019

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

Robert Liew

Principal Analyst, Power and Renewables Research

Wind markets specialist with over 10 years of power and renewables research experience.

Latest articles by Robert

• Opinion 20 十一月 2019

  Offshore wind pipeline in APAC excluding China exceeds 5 GW

Clay Lightfoot

Senior Manager, Americas Gas Research

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

Daniel Liu

Principal Analyst, Power and Renewables

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

Latest articles by Daniel

• Opinion 16 六月 2021

  Onshore wind: tackling cost escalation in operations and maintenance

• Opinion 16 三月 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 21 十二月 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

Senior Research Manager, Australasia Upstream

Latest articles by Adele

• Opinion 13 六月 2019

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

Arthur Luo

Consultant, Chemicals

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

Derryn Maade

Global Head of Bulk Commodities

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

Cicero Machado

Principal Iron Ore & Steel Analyst

Cicero leads our research into the cost drivers of coal, iron ore and steel in the Americas.

Latest articles by Cicero

• Opinion 28 四月 2017

  Royalty increases in Brazil: a renewed burden for iron ore miners or a threat to their international competitiveness?

Sohaib Malik

Market Analyst, EMEARC Power & Renewables

Latest articles by Sohaib

• Opinion 11 三月 2019

  Russian onshore wind market reaches crossroads

Peter Martin

Principal Economist, Macroeconomics

Peter is responsible for producing our macroeconomic outlook to 2040.

Latest articles by Peter

• Opinion 2 四月 2020

  Three signs that a global recession is imminent

• Opinion 12 三月 2020

  5 factors that will determine the economic impact of coronavirus

• Featured 4 十一月 2019

  Three forces weakening US dollar’s grip on commodity pricing

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 三月 2021

  Will renewable auctions underpin Europe’s net zero ambitions?

• Featured 7 一月 2021

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

• Opinion 9 十一月 2020

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

• Opinion 18 六月 2020

  Power system flexibility key to Europe's net zero targets

• Opinion 6 四月 2020

  What’s behind the energy storage boom?

• Editorial 8 一月 2020

  System Flexibility – Europe’s key to energy transition?

Kelly McCoy

Analyst, Grid Edge

Kelly focuses on the electric vehicle landscape with an emphasis on infrastructure and investment.

Latest articles by Kelly

• Editorial 30 十月 2020

  Climate change, DERs, and other updates from the grid edge in Q3

• Opinion 11 五月 2020

  Leading EV markets will install 30 million chargers total this decade

Fraser McKay

Vice President, Head of Upstream Analysis

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

Latest articles by Fraser

• Opinion 8 六月 2021

  Eni and bp get up close and personal in Angola

• Featured 19 一月 2021

  Global upstream oil and gas: new challenges ahead in 2021

Kyrah McKenzie

Research Analyst, Upstream Europe and Caspian

Kyrah is a research analyst with a focus on Central Asia and Southern Europe's upstream sector.

Mason McLean

Senior Research Analyst, North America Gas

Mason is a senior research analyst covering North America gas.

Latest articles by Mason

• Featured 18 十二月 2019

  What’s ahead for North America Gas? | Foresight 2020

• Opinion 13 九月 2019

  How South Texas market shifts will create gas price divergence

Craig McMahon

Senior Vice President, Head of Americas Research

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.

Prachi Mehta

Senior Research Analyst, NGLs

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

Evgeniya Mezentseva

Research Analyst, EMEARC Gas & LNG

Evgeniya is an analyst for the Global Gas Model team and focuses on EMEARC gas demand, pipelines, supply and storage.

Joe Midgley

Executive Vice President, Research

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

Erik Mielke

SVP Global Head of Corporate Research

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

Andrew Mitchell

Head of Nickel Costs

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

Latest articles by Andrew

• Opinion 8 六月 2020

  How electric vehicles are driving the nickel sulphate market

Gillian Moncur

Head of Copper Research

Gillian leads a team of analysts providing unique data and insight into the global copper industry.

Gavin Montgomery

Research Director, Battery Raw Materials

Gavin defines our research agenda and guides the analysis of raw materials markets.

Latest articles by Gavin

• Opinion 10 九月 2020

  An Accelerated Energy Transition *batteries not included

• Featured 30 一月 2020

  A better year ahead for battery raw materials?

• Featured 14 十月 2019

  Frequently asked questions about the electric vehicle battery supply chain

• Opinion 19 八月 2019

  Can metals supply keep up with electric vehicle demand?

• Opinion 26 六月 2019

  Beyond bunkers: The surprising impact of IMO 2020

Mariana Santos Moreira

Senior Research Analyst, Films & Flexible Packaging

Mariana's research focuses on regional and global markets for films and flexible packaging.

Latest articles by Mariana Santos

• Opinion 8 二月 2021

  How will the EU plastics levy change the flexible packaging market?

• Opinion 27 十月 2020

  How flexible packaging demand has given BOPP film a boost

• Opinion 25 八月 2020

  Paper or plastic: what’s the most sustainable flexible packaging?

Glenn Morrall

Research Analyst, North Sea Upstream

Glenn is research analyst in the North Sea upstream team.

Latest articles by Glenn

• Opinion 4 六月 2019

  A tantalising year for North Sea exploration

Robert Morris

Senior Analyst, Caspian and Europe Upstream Oil and Gas

A senior upstream analysis who leads our coverage of the Caucasus and East Mediterranean

Latest articles by Robert

• Opinion 4 六月 2019

  How should Cyprus' giant gas discoveries be commercialised?

Simon Morris

Head of Metals

Simon is our head of metals with a background in strategy, planning and risk management.

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.

Latest articles by Iain

• Opinion 26 二月 2021

  Could alternative marine fuels decarbonise shipping?

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.

Alex Munton

Principal Analyst, Americas LNG

Alex brings a global perspective to his role as principal analyst for Americas LNG research.

Latest articles by Alex

• Opinion 14 八月 2019

  The impact of the second wave of US LNG

Brandon Myers

Senior Analyst – Lower 48 Upstream

Brandon is a senior analyst with our Lower 48 research team.

Nathan Nemeth

Senior Analyst – Global Unconventional Plays

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

Mark Oberstoetter

Head of Americas (non-L48) Upstream Research

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

Peter Osbaldstone

Research Director, Europe Power and Renewables

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

Latest articles by Peter

• Opinion 18 三月 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.

Luke Parker

Vice President, Corporate Research

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

Latest articles by Luke

• Featured 28 八月 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 九月 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 三月 2018

  Can conventional oil projects compete with L48 oil?

Allyson Pellicci

Senior Research Manager, Global Gas Modelling

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

Robert Polk

Principal Analyst – Corporate Research

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

Matt Preston

Research Director, North America Coal Markets

Matt Preston leads our Coal Market Service – North America, covering coal and emissions demand and pricing.

Latest articles by Matt

• Opinion 1 九月 2017

  Trump administration declines to go all in for coal — for now

Pablo Prudencio

Senior Research Analyst, US Lower 48 Supply

Pablo is a senior research analyst with our US Lower 48 supply team, focused on oil and gas production forecasting.

Latest articles by Pablo

• Opinion 3 三月 2021

  Federal leases and permits: how much could US tight oil shrink?

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.

Greg Roddick

Petroleum Economist

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

Angus Rodger

Research Director, Asia Pacific

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

Latest articles by Angus

• Opinion 16 九月 2020

  Which Supermajors’ portfolios are most resilient?

• Opinion 13 四月 2020

  Trump's art of the OPEC deal

• Opinion 12 三月 2020

  Coronavirus, China and the big oil crash

• Featured 12 三月 2020

  Are Japan’s E&Ps facing an existential crisis?

• Opinion 24 八月 2019

  ONGC outlines 2040 strategic vision

• Featured 21 六月 2019

  Why tight oil and deepwater are more similar than you think

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 七月 2020

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

Ryan Saxton

Director, Head of Oil Data, Short-term Analytics

Ryan oversees a team dedicated to monitoring oil transportation, storage and refining.

Latest articles by Ryan

• Opinion 27 二月 2020

  Wood Mackenzie begins monitoring Gray Oak Pipeline - downstream connectivity limits utilisation

• Opinion 12 二月 2019

  Seminole-Red crude oil pipeline operational

• Opinion 29 一月 2019

  Sunrise wakes up new Permian crude outlets

• Opinion 20 四月 2016

  Saddlehorn-Grand Mesa pipeline to increase Cushing pipeline imbalance to record high

Stephanie Scollard

Product Analyst, Subsurface

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

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 二月 2020

  How will geopolitics influence global oil supply in 2020?

Prakash Sharma

Head of Markets & Transitions, Asia Pacific

Latest articles by Prakash

• Opinion 30 八月 2019

  LNG gets a boost in its largest global market

• Featured 2 八月 2019

  Can the energy industry rise to the challenge of climate change?

• Featured 15 四月 2019

  China economic slowdown: 3 reasons why it's different this time

• Opinion 5 三月 2019

  Commodity slowdown in China could be different this time

Jake Sharp

Lead Specialist, Customer Solutions

Jake is a lead specialist in the customer solutions 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 六月 2021

  A focused Lens on Permian private players

• Opinion 1 六月 2021

  A focused Lens on Permian private players

• Editorial 27 十月 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.

Chris Shepley

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Commodity Analysis

Chris leads our consultancy team in refining, marketing and chemicals.

Ashley Sherman

Principal Research Analyst, Caspian & Europe Upstream

Ashley leads our analysis of the Caspian Upstream sector.

Latest articles by Ashley

• Opinion 30 九月 2019

  Kazakhstan gas stretched by commitments to China

• Opinion 6 九月 2019

  Revisiting the landmark Caspian Sea agreement

Rishab Shrestha

Senior Research Analyst, APAC Power

Rishab analyses Asia-Pacific power markets, with a particular focus on renewable market dynamics.

Latest articles by Rishab

• Opinion 17 十二月 2019

  Sluggish solar installations seen in China throughout 2019

Dan Shreve

Head of Global Wind Energy Research

Dan heads Wood Mackenzie’s global wind research practice.

Latest articles by Dan

• Opinion 24 三月 2020

  How the coronavirus crisis is driving a global wind market downgrade

• Featured 27 六月 2019

  Deep decarbonisation: the multi-trillion-dollar question

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 三月 2021

  Australian coal exports bounce back from China’s ban

• Opinion 26 三月 2019

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

Robert Sims

Research Director, LNG Short Term

With a background in trading and analytics, Robert provides commercial insight into the short term gas and LNG market

Latest articles by Robert

• Opinion 27 五月 2021

  Europe becomes a battleground for global LNG price formation

• Featured 18 十二月 2019

  What will 2020 look like in Asia Pacific? | Foresight 2020

Hillary Stevenson

Director, Oil Market And Business Development, Short-term Analytics

Hillary’s work focuses on fundamental data trends in the North American crude oil supply chain.

Johnny Stewart

Principal Analyst, Downstream, Midstream and Chemicals

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

Mike Stinebaugh

Analyst, Corporate Research

Mike performs upstream natural gas asset valuations, with a focus on the Marcellus and Utica shales.

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 五月 2021

  Which technologies will drive the energy transition?

• Featured 4 三月 2021

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

Xiaojing Sun

Senior Research Analyst, Global Solar

Xiaojing is an expert in global solar PV supply chain and technology development

Latest articles by Xiaojing

• Opinion 20 七月 2020

  Why US solar tariffs (almost) worked – and why they don’t now

• Opinion 18 十二月 2019

  Solar technology got cheaper and better in the 2010s. Now what?

• Editorial 24 九月 2019

  Bifacial market to grow tenfold by 2024

• Editorial 24 九月 2019

  Bifacial market to grow tenfold by 2024

Zoë Sutherland

Senior Analyst, Upstream Corporate Research

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

Latest articles by Zoë

• Opinion 4 五月 2021

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

Kevin Swann

Research analyst

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

Viktor Tanevski

Principal Analyst, Coal Research

Latest articles by Viktor

• Opinion 19 二月 2019

  Australian high CV thermal coal prices at 19-month low, but not for long

Alana Tischuk

Research analyst, exploration

Alana provides analysis of exploration economics, strategies and industry trends.

Latest articles by Alana

• Featured 30 一月 2020

  Explorers face growing battle for support in 2020

Ian Thom

Research Director, Middle East Upstream

Ian is a research director focused on the Middle East upstream sector.

Latest articles by Ian

• Opinion 17 四月 2020

  Middle East oil & gas operators in a better position to weather the storm than global peers

• Opinion 1 四月 2020

  Oil price crash: how Middle East, Russian and US upstream industry responses compare

• Opinion 4 三月 2020

  Middle East boosts its unconventional gas resources

• Opinion 3 二月 2020

  Libya’s oil blockade – and the million b/d loss in exports

• Opinion 7 一月 2020

  MENA upstream: 2019 in review – and a look ahead

• Opinion 10 十二月 2019

  Qatar’s LNG expansion: a bold move

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 – Asia Pacific

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

Latest articles by Gavin

• Opinion 16 六月 2021

  China becomes the world’s largest LNG market

• Opinion 10 六月 2021

  Asia’s frozen upstream M&A sector begins to thaw

• Opinion 27 五月 2021

  Asia’s developing economies need more gas investment, not less

• Opinion 13 五月 2021

  Australia-China relations continue to sour

• Opinion 6 五月 2021

  India in crisis

• Opinion 28 四月 2021

  There’s still life in China’s shale gas

Douglas Thyne

Senior Research Manager, Global Oil Supply

Douglas manages our global oil supply research and forecasts.

Daniel Toleman

Senior Research Analyst, Asia LNG

Daniel's expertise lies in the modelling and analysis of oil and gas projects in Oceania and Asia Pacific.

Latest articles by Daniel

• Opinion 17 八月 2018

  Dorado: Australia's biggest oil discovery this century

Janette Tourney

Senior Research Analyst, Copper Mine Costs

As part of Wood Mackenzie's metals cost team, Janette focuses on copper mining cost trends.

Rory Townsend

Head of Gold Research

With a deep understanding of metals and mining markets, Rory delivers holistic perspectives on global gold markets.

Latest articles by Rory

• Opinion 23 六月 2021

  Is gold turning green?

• Opinion 25 十月 2019

  Go for gold: increased exploration is vital for future supply

Mfon Usoro

Senior Research Analyst, US Gulf of Mexico Upstream

Mfon focuses on developing asset valuations and delivering presentations on regional trends in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Andrew Utz

Product Director, Lower 48 Data Analytics

Andrew Utz is a Product Director of Lower 48 Data Analytics.

Norman Valentine

Director, Corporate Research

Gerrit Venter

Senior Research Manager, Downstream Oil Service EMEARC

With a background in both industry and advisory roles, Gerrit brings a holistic perspective to our downstream research.

Dulles Wang

Director, Americas Gas and LNG Research

Dulles delivers analysis of all aspects of the natural gas value chain.

Latest articles by Dulles

• Opinion 18 八月 2020

  How would a second wave of lockdowns affect oil and gas markets?

Fei Wang

Principal Analyst, Grid Edge

Fei leads Wood Mackenzie's analysis of customer energy management in the grid edge space.

Xueke Wang

Gas and LNG Consultant, China

Xueke covers China gas supply and infrastructure

Latest articles by Xueke

• Editorial 30 七月 2019

  China’s gas pipeline imports grew by 20% in 2018

Emma Weng

Research Associate, Equity Insight, Short-Term Analytics

Emma models and analyses the US EV market, focusing on production levels, company efficiencies and creative efforts.

Latest articles by Emma

• Editorial 5 三月 2021

  Tracking Tesla's revenue generator: the Fremont Factory

Dylan White

Analyst, Oil Markets, Short-term Analytics

Dylan leverages cutting-edge data to offer real-time insight into the oil industry.

Latest articles by Dylan

• Editorial 1 十月 2020

  Breaking the Permian bottleneck: overcoming and overcorrecting

• Editorial 1 十月 2020

  Breaking the Permian bottleneck: overcoming and overcorrecting

• Opinion 30 一月 2017

  Fairway’s caverns, other projects to expand US Gulf Coast crude storage capacity

James Whiteside

Research Director, Global Head of Multi-Commodity Research

With over a decade of experience in the metals and mining industry, James heads our Multi-Commodity Research division.

Latest articles by James

• Opinion 9 十一月 2020

  How decarbonisation will drive mining supply-side adjustments

• Opinion 21 十月 2020

  Are miners ready for a net zero future?

• Featured 6 七月 2020

  The pathway to net-zero for miners

• Opinion 22 四月 2020

  Batteries: powering the fight against climate change

Alex Whitworth

Head of Asia Pacific Power & Renewables Research

Alex leads our growing power and renewables research team in Asia Pacific

Rachel Williams

Vice President, Head of Centres of Excellence

Rachel brings a comprehensive understanding of downstream value creation within the oil industry.

Adam Wilson

Senior Research Analyst, Global Exploration

Adam is a senior contributor to our global exploration research.

Latest articles by Adam

• Opinion 21 三月 2019

  Unlocking exploration’s hidden value

Julie Wilson

Research Director, Global Exploration

Latest articles by Julie

• Featured 6 五月 2019

  Coming to Americas: deepwater after the downturn

Richard Wilson

Chairman of Metals and Mining

Richard is an expert in the field of metals supply economics with a particular focus on copper.

Malan Wu

Head of Steel Research

Malan is an experienced commodities professional with strengths in commodity analysis and commercial strategy.

Le Xu

Senior Analyst, Power and Renewables

Le is an expert in FTM and BTM energy storage markets in APAC

Latest articles by Le

• Opinion 26 四月 2021

  Could Australia’s battery storage pipeline bottleneck thwart energy transition progress?

• Opinion 21 四月 2021

  Tracking the trajectory of the global energy storage market

• Opinion 18 十二月 2019

  A roller coaster ride for China's energy storage market in 2019 and beyond

Meng Xu

Senior Product Manager, Global Fiscal Research

Meng is an international petroleum economist. She owns WoodMac's fiscal modelling.

Shimeng Yang

Offshore Wind Senior Research Analyst

Shimeng brings rich knowledge of offshore wind through project M&A execution, project evaluation and cost assessment.

Latest articles by Shimeng

• Opinion 23 三月 2021

  How will the operations and maintenance market adapt to offshore wind’s rapid rise?

• Opinion 5 三月 2019

  Would a hard Brexit mean hard times for the UK offshore wind industry?

Liam Yates

Senior Research Analyst, Middle East Upstream Oil & Gas

Liam’s research focuses on the commercial analysis of the upstream industry across the Middle East

Frank Yu

Principal Consultant, Asia Pacific Power & Renewables Research

Frank heads up China power modelling and market analysis

Latest articles by Frank

• Opinion 8 二月 2021

  What do Japan’s soaring spot power prices mean for the energy transition?

Shirley Zhang

Principal Analyst – APAC Coal Market

Shirley is a principal analyst with more than 10 years of experience in metals and mining industry research.

Xianhui Zhang

Upstream Research Analyst

Xianhui is an analyst in our Upstream Research team and focuses on China and Eastern Asia.

Yanting Zhou

Senior Economist

Yanting leads our in-house macroeconomic research for Asian economies.

Timur Zilbershteyn

Principal Analyst, Chemicals and Polymers

Timur is a principal analyst with more than 20 years of experience in chemicals research.

Latest articles by Timur

• Opinion 10 六月 2021

  How will reuse models change the plastic packaging industry?