Are NOCs prepared for the energy transition?

• 24 October 2023

We analyse and rate national oil companies for resilience and sustainability

Australia 2019: exploration and M&A activity abound

• 22 March 2019

Listen to Asia Pacific Energy Brief, episode 14: Australia 2019: exploration and M&A activity abound

Abadi LNG gets greenlight for revised Plan of Development

• 15 July 2019

The Government of Indonesia has approved the revised Plan of Development for the Abadi LNG project. INPEX (operator, 65%) and Shell (35%) will develop Abadi via an offshore production facility and a 9.5 million tonnes per annum (mmpta) onshore LNG plant, at an estimated cost of US$20 billion.

Delaying deepwater decommissioning

• 02 May 2024

With resilient oil demand and a positive outlook for prices, operators are doing all they can to shift spend away from decommissioning. What are the options to keep deepwater wells running for longer?

Asset Connect

Visualise the infrastructure and its interconnectivity across the North American crude oil supply chain.

Conventional exploration – playing devil’s advocate

• 06 June 2017

Andrew Latham, our Head of Exploration Research, has built a global creaming curve for conventional exploration outside the USL48. Three themes stand out.

OPEC+ set for rollover but risk clouds supply outlook

• 30 June 2019

As OPEC and OPEC+ meet in Vienna, the outlook for the market is mixed, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at Wood Mackenzie said. “Geopolitical risk means the supply outlook is tightening, offsetting the moderate weakening in oil demand growth thus far this year,” she said.

The fork in the road for Asia’s oil and gas demand

• 23 September 2021

Our accelerated energy transition (AET-2) scenario offers a view on how to achieve a 2˚C world aligned with the upper temperature limit of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The AET-2 scenario is curtains for long-term global oil demand, with consumption falling to 70% below peak levels by 2050.

Upstream players need to boost spending to meet future demand

• 24 October 2018

Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global oil and gas development spend needs to increase by around 20% to meet future demand growth and ensure companies sustain production next decade.

Four themes to watch as the Majors position for a new era

• 02 April 2018

With the Majors emerging from the downturn standing strong, they're transitioning from 'survive' to 'thrive'. Although capital discipline remains central to the strategic framework of these companies, they must still position their portfolios for the fundamental changes reshaping energy demand in the coming decades.

North America gas: could LNG project delays dampen prices further?

• 28 May 2019

Low prices may be the best cure for North American gas markets.

What price LNG

• 16 June 2022

Europe's scramble to replace Russian gas has sent global prices through the roof. It's an opportunity for LNG suppliers but an extremely challenging market for utilities and traders.

Webinar | Growing pains – how corporate renewables strategies are adapting to energy transition challenges

• 01 October 2024

Join us on Tuesday 1 October 2024, as our senior experts discuss how Europe’s leading renewable power developers are adapting their global investment strategies to energy transition challenges.

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

New rules and frameworks in global carbon policies

• 15 April 2024

Read on for developments in carbon policy coming out of the US, UK and EU

Infographic | Scope for improvement

• 28 November 2024

Emerging regulations and mandatory reporting requirements are pushing the oil and gas industry to address the long-overlooked challenge of Scope 3 emissions.

For a few dollars more – OPEC’s shifting stance

• 13 October 2016

OPEC’s plan for production cuts signals a desire to support prices, even if the battle to wrest control of the market seems barely half won.

Oil and gas companies will recalibrate strategies in 2023

• 14 December 2022

The energy crisis will give rise to new opportunities for Majors, Independents and NOCs in 2023 – but operators will also face numerous headwinds and an uncertain outlook.

Biden, China and politics of energy

• 11 November 2020

As the new administration looks to take the US back into the Paris climate agreement, will the US and China work together on tackling global warming?

How NOCs’ exploration strategies are evolving

• 07 July 2022

NOCs hold two thirds of global remaining resources – how is their attitude to exploration changing with the energy transition?

Kazakhstan’s upstream sector takes stock after nationwide unrest

• 19 January 2022

For the global and regional energy sector, Kazakhstan’s stability matters. What are the short- and long-term consequences of recent events?

Over US$11 billion of Australian gas projects to be sanctioned in 2021

• 10 December 2020

Wood Mackenzie’s Australasian upstream 2021 outlook report shows at least US$11 billion of gas projects poised for FID in 2021.

The US oil Majors set the pace in the Permian Basin

• 04 February 2022

ExxonMobil and Chevron's oil and gas production plans in Texas and New Mexico, Georgia Power look to exit coal and the surging interest in CCUS and hydrogen.

Carbon removals: the 'net' in net zero

• 19 September 2024

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

The complexity of capital allocation for oil and gas companies

• 10 October 2024

The slower pace of the energy transition is influencing Big Oil’s capital allocation. What share of cash flow is the industry re-investing? How much will upstream spend rise in 2025? Why have NOCs become the biggest spenders on low carbon?

How to tackle the Permian's water woes

• 23 July 2019

Water management is quickly becoming one of the most significant risks to Permian tight oil growth. With water infrastructure nearing peak capacity, how can producers cap costs and minimise operational risks?

How will the oil price crash hit the upstream sector?

• 20 March 2020

How will the oil price crash hit upstream spending? What supply might be shut in? Where does this leave the upstream service sector? Our experts share their analysis.

Carbon emissions: a new challenge for US LNG

• 05 February 2021

President Joe Biden adds to the pressure on US gas exporters to consider climate impacts

Big themes and risks for energy in 2021

• 11 December 2020

After a tumultuous 2020, what will shape the energy world in 2021? We look at five themes to watch – economic boom, action on climate change, oil demand, industry finances and upstream investment.

Resilience and sustainability to be core oil and gas themes of 2021

• 19 January 2021

Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis reveals that sustainability and resilience will be at the heart of the oil and gas industry story in 2021.