• Featured

  Oils & chemicals: 5 things to watch for in 2025

  • 11 十二月 2024

  Our view of the year ahead, including the impact of Trump's re-election on our oil price forecast, a look at refining margins, ethylene capacity and China's overcapacity affects downstream chemicals markets.

• Opinion

  Threats to oil supplies show the limits of US production growth

  • 08 十月 2024

  The US is sometimes thought to be immune to the impact of a steep rise in crude prices, because of the strength of its oil industry. But that view is an oversimplification. How might US E&Ps respond to disruption to global oil supplies?

• The Edge

  What the Middle East conflict means for oil and LNG

  • 03 十月 2024

  With escalating Middle East tensions involving Iran, the geopolitical risks are high, yet oil, gas, and LNG market responses remain muted. How much production is at risk? What vulnerable infrastructure points could disrupt supply? Why has the price reaction been subdued compared to recent regional flashpoints?

• Opinion

  Gastech 2024: Our top three takeaways

  • 22 十月 2024

  Gastech is the biggest exhibition and conference in the calendar for gas and LNG, attracting everyone from producers and infrastructure players to shippers, consumers and financiers. It’s no exaggeration to say the key conversations about the future of gas and LNG happen here. So, what was causing a buzz this year? 

• The Edge

  Future energy: biomethane’s time has come

  • 17 十月 2024

  Investment in the nascent biomethane sector, also known as renewable natural gas (RNG), is picking up, including large-scale M&A as Big Oil and manufacturers build positions. Simon asked Kateryna Filippenko, who leads our new Biomethane/RNG service, how she sees the market developing.

• Opinion

  Ten key considerations for oil & gas 2025 planning

  • 03 十月 2024

  As we enter the 2025 corporate planning season, oil and gas firms are faced with significant choices. What represents the right balance between investment and rewarding shareholders? And how much capital should be allocated to low-carbon activities versus to traditional hydrocarbons? 

• Opinion

  eBook | Exploring the growth of RNG/Biomethane in North America

  • 03 十月 2024

  In recent years, demand has driven an interest in renewable natural gas (RNG), also known as biomethane. The process begins with the collection of biogas from different types of feedstock and converting this into biomethane.

• Opinion

  Full steam ahead: the changing outlook for global marine fuels to 2050

  • 20 八月 2024

  Global maritime trade set to grow by more than 40% by mid-century.

• The Edge

  Three factors driving US liquids production to new heights

  • 05 九月 2024

  Our US upstream team identify three drivers of the US’ ascent to the top of the global supply league table and why it’s now the main growth engine for three of the four largest Majors.

• Opinion

  How real-time data and analytics inform trading decisions in major commodities

  • 08 八月 2024

  A demonstration of how Wood Mackenzie's Asset Connect product assessed the impacts of a power outage on the crude and refined products market.

• Opinion

  LFG-to-RNG: positive outlook and hidden potential

  • 09 八月 2024

  The renewable gas production (LFG-to-RNG) sector has been extremely active in the last two years with new project ramp-ups, blockbuster M&A deals and new players entering the market. That said, only 10% of resource potential is currently tapped.

• The Edge

  Unlocking the potential of white hydrogen

  • 25 七月 2024

  Faced with high costs, midstream transportation challenges and the slow development of demand, the low-carbon hydrogen economy is facing lowered expectations around its growth in the near term. Gavin Thompson, Vice Chair, EMEA, spoke to Richard Hood and Kate Adie from our Subsurface research team, authors of our recent analysis of white hydrogen’s potential.

• Opinion

  Permitting reform plans raise hopes for accelerated investment in US infrastructure

  • 06 八月 2024

  Senator Joe Manchin is facing one last job before leaving Congress: passing legislation that could transform the outlook for energy investment in the US. His permitting reform bill aims to realise the potential of the Inflation Reduction Act.

• Opinion

  2024 tight oil costs: the push and pull between efficiency and OFS rates

  • 24 七月 2024

  Are efficiency gains enough to offset price inflation?

• The Edge

  A window opens for OPEC+ oil

  • 20 六月 2024

  Based on our analysis of supply and demand, a window is opening to absorb more OPEC+ oil.

• The Edge

  Artificial intelligence and the future of energy

  • 27 六月 2024

  Artificial Intelligence is the next big thing in energy, dominating discussions at all levels in companies, banks, investment funds and governments. Prakash Sharma and I asked WoodMac’s experts what role AI might play in the energy and resources sectors and where the greatest opportunities and risks are.

• Opinion

  What does summer 2024 hold for North American gas and LNG?

  • 31 五月 2024

  Gas prices, production dynamics, Mexican imports and power exports to Canada could impact supply

• Opinion

  OPEC+ plans to boost oil production

  • 07 六月 2024

  The OPEC+ countries are taking on the delicate task of trying to raise oil production without crashing the market. They are starting cautiously, but the global economic outlook holds plenty of downside risks for demand and prices.

• Opinion

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

  • 28 四月 2020

  As the number of new cases of coronavirus starts to slow across Europe, there have been moves to ease restrictions in some markets. As a result, while milder weather and an oversupplied market are still putting gas demand under significant pressure, signs of demand recovery are slowly emerging.

• Opinion

  Saudi Arabia’s price push for oil market dominance in Asia

  • 21 四月 2020

  Competition is fierce and struggling Asian refiners must now take full advantage of the abundant crude options to maximise their margins.

• Editorial

  Below zero: what the WTI crash means for US and global markets

  • 21 四月 2020

  On Monday, April 20, WTI dipped to minus $37.63, collapsing under the weight of global oversupply and sharply reduced demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We asked our experts on supply and demand dynamics, infrastructure, and financial markets to shed light on these historic numbers and discuss what we can expect in the near and longer-term.

• Opinion

  Coronavirus: tracking the impact on European gas, power and chemicals

  • 22 四月 2020

  The coronavirus outbreak is having a seismic effect. How is it affecting gas, power and chemicals markets?

• Featured

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

  • 20 七月 2020

  Covid-19 is a threat to global refiners. Who will thrive? Who will merely survive? And what does this tell us about refiners’ resilience and readiness to take on the energy transition?

• Opinion

  Has the Lower 48 got the financial strength to ride out the storm?

  • 17 四月 2020

  From revised capex to distressed debt, we track the health of the sector in the wake of the oil price crash.

• Opinion

  How low could Asian spot LNG prices fall this summer?

  • 07 四月 2020

  Already oversupplied, the global LNG market has come out of a mild winter straight into the headlock of a global pandemic that is impacting demand across the world’s major gas markets as rapidly as it is damaging their economies.

• Opinion

  Can the world agree a deal to boost oil prices?

  • 03 四月 2020

  As oil demand plunges, companies and governments are looking for ways to manage the market to bring it back to equilibrium. Leading oil-producing countries will hold an online meeting on Monday to try to agree a plan.

• Editorial

  What does the oil price crash mean for you?

  • 01 四月 2020

  How much do we think investment is going to fall this year, why is it different to the last price crash, and where are the costs most likely to be cut? Our team of global upstream experts tackles the industry’s burning questions in this 35-minute webinar.

• Opinion

  China’s deteriorating air quality indicates a recovery is underway

  • 24 三月 2020

  As the battle against the coronavirus outbreak intensifies across the globe, positive news is in short supply. But in a world turned upside down, rising levels of air pollution in China indicate that a recovery is now underway.

• The Edge

  Coping with negative cash flow

  • 24 三月 2020

  The oil price collapse has plunged the oil sector into negative cash flow. Can the M&A market help companies bolster finances? Find out more in this week's Edge.

• Opinion

  Oil price crash - where does Asia go from here?

  • 17 三月 2020

  Oil demand has gone into a tailspin. We now expect Q1 global oil consumption to be 2.7 million b/d lower than the same period a year ago.