• Featured

  Why FIDs matter

  • 15 四月 2019

  Angus Rodger's quick guide to global upstream oil and gas project sanctions. He answers common questions on FIDs, such as why FIDs matter, what the number of FIDs announced in year tells us, whether investors are favouring oil or gas, and more.

• Opinion

  Middle East leads the pack in 2018 FID bonanza

  • 15 四月 2019

  11 projects sanctioned in the Middle East as producers look to take advantage of the lower cost environment. What’s behind the boom?

• Editorial

  FID bonanza, upstream cost curves, US solar markets: this week's featured insights

  • 02 四月 2019

  What's new in store? Get the highlights from some of our most popular insights across the entire natural resources value chain. This week, upstream cost curves, FID bonanza and US solar markets.

• Editorial

  Australia 2019: exploration and M&A activity abound

  • 22 三月 2019

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

• Editorial

  Renewed confidence in Asia Pacific’s upstream sector

  • 22 三月 2019

  Listen to Asia Pacific Energy Brief, episode 12: 2019 oil and gas outlook for Asia-Pacific

• The Edge

  Technology may be a game changer for future oil supply

  • 26 三月 2019

  A giant oil supply gap looms. How to fill it? It’s the preoccupation of the E&P sector. Harry Paton, Senior Analyst, Global Oil Supply, identifies the contribution from each of the traditional four sources.

• Opinion

  Unlocking exploration’s hidden value

  • 21 三月 2019

  Exploration is making money again. After a difficult few years, the sector's disciplined approach has begun to bear fruit. How evaluate the true cost of exploration?

• The Edge

  Tight oil news: Majors go bullish as Independents rein in

  • 12 三月 2019

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

• Content

  Peak Permian?

  • 18 二月 2019

  As highlighted by the Wall Street Journal this week, Wood Mackenzie spotted this troubling trend in 2017, predicting that parent-child well issues could wipe out more than 1.5 million b/d of projected Permian production.

• Editorial

  Finding Balance? Upstream costs in 2019 and beyond

  • 12 三月 2019

  In Wood Mackenzie’s 2018 Global Upstream Cost Survey the message was clear: across the industry cost increases are coming back.

• The Edge

  Can oil companies grow – and cut greenhouse gas emissions?

  • 26 二月 2019

  The call for action to cut carbon emissions is intensifying. How will oil and gas companies respond to pressure, while continuing to grow and meet growing demand? Simon Flowers examines the issues at play.

• Opinion

  How will US independents answer the call for capital discipline?

  • 14 二月 2019

  Investors in the Lower 48 E&P sector are demanding greater capital discipline. US Independents are under pressure to deliver returns, free cash flow and demonstrate meaningful capital discipline. New research from Wood Mackenzie shows that in the tug-of-war between value and volume, value has emerged as the winner.

• The Edge

  What can Guyana learn from the Venezuela crisis?

  • 19 二月 2019

  Lessons for Guyana's oil and gas industry from Venezuela.

• The Edge

  How explorers can make money – three strategies

  • 12 二月 2019

  How have oil and gas explorers started to make money at US$60/bbl? The industry finally got a grip on economic reality – lower costs and faster project delivery have begun to transform development economics. Get the analysis from our exploration team.

• The Edge

  Who needs to beef up Permian tight oil exposure?

  • 29 一月 2019

  US tight oil has been the biggest theme in the upstream M&A market over the last three years. We've mined our US L48 database of companies’ exposure to the basin, making a judgement on the depth and quality of portfolios by ranking metrics such as production growth, experience, productivity, variability, capital efficiency, asset size and location.

• Opinion

  Signs of renewed optimism in the global offshore upstream supply chain

  • 06 二月 2019

  After a difficult few years, the global offshore upstream supply chain saw continued signs of recovery in 2018. Could 2019 mark a tipping point?

• The Edge

  How the big Gulf producers are investing in 2019

  • 15 一月 2019

  What are the upstream investment strategies of big Gulf producers? And how much are they spending? Find out here. With analysis from Simon Flowers and Jessica Brewer.

• Opinion

  North Sea exploration is making a comeback in 2019

  • 08 一月 2019

  What's in store for the North Sea industry in 2019? Neivan Boroujerdi, senior analyst for North Sea upstream, looks at five big themes in 2019, a year of increased exploration, some big transactions led by North American Majors and large caps, and a new wave of projects.

• The Edge

  Low risk resource-capture strategies

  • 11 十二月 2018

  Addressing the timely boom in access to giant oil and gas discoveries, Simon Flowers looks at some low risk resource-capture strategies in this week's issue of The Edge.

• The Edge

  What are the key risks and uncertainties in 2019?

  • 18 十二月 2018

  What are the key risks and uncertainties in 2019? Simon picks the ones our analysts worry could threaten our base case, including oil demand downside, tight oil upside and Iran export volumes.

• Opinion

  The future of exploration: Big wells mainly in deepwater and frontiers

  • 23 五月 2018

  Over the next few years, we expect most of the 'wells to watch' will be operated by the Majors and a handful of bolder independents. And we expect, as has been the case throughout the downturn, the best discoveries to come from newly-proven plays and frontiers, with again, more than half of all volumes being found in deepwater. In the second part of his three-part series following EAGE in Copenhagen, Andy Latham highlights our 'wells to watch' in 2018.

• The Edge

  What should the E&P sector do with a wall of cash?

  • 19 六月 2018

  The biggest lottery prize of 2018? A contender is the windfall oil and gas companies find drops into their bank account.

• The Edge

  Exploration gets its mojo back

  • 12 六月 2018

  Exploration is staging a remarkable turnaround in its fortunes, with a string of big discoveries in recent months. Many of these look to be potentially commercial, a sign that the industry can still create value.

• Featured

  Are frontier plays worth the risk?

  • 06 六月 2018

  With deepwater project economics becoming competitive to tight oil and a renewed international interest in such areas as deepwater Mexico and pre-salt Brazil, exploration is once again in the limelight.

• Editorial

  New metrics for benchmarking upstream resilience to a low-carbon future

  • 23 五月 2018

  Our carbon efficiency measure, NPV/tonne, helps investors and companies benchmark the carbon performance of corporate upstream portfolios.

• Featured

  Great expectations for great exploration

  • 08 五月 2018

  We surveyed over 200 senior exploration leaders and professionals to get a clearer vision of how the industry is making headway and whether the foundations of success set in 2017 are strong enough to sustain future activity.

• The Edge

  Lessons in attracting upstream investment capital

  • 17 四月 2018

  Not long ago, Egypt’s gas industry was in crisis. Production fell by a third in the three years to 2015. A top ten LNG exporter in the prior decade, the country had, by then, become a top ten importer.

• Editorial

  Video: Which projects will be sanctioned in 2018 and how do they compare to 2017?

  • 06 四月 2018

  Research Director Angus Rodger shares a series of client questions on projects up for sanction in 2018.

• Editorial

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

  • 02 四月 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.

• Case Study

  How can investors assess the climate-related risk in their portfolios?

  • 29 三月 2018

  How can investors assess the climate-related risk in their portfolios?