• Opinion

  Tight oil in turmoil

  • 18 三月 2020

  Tight oil producers are dealing with prices half of what the sector was founded on. The worst positioned won’t survive this downturn.

• Opinion

  Market oversupply and new LNG FID progress

  • 06 三月 2020

  In this episode of The LNG Big Chill podcast, we discuss how Covid-19 is hitting an already oversupplied LNG market, whether we will see more cancellations of US LNG cargoes and what this uncertainty means for LNG project FIDs.

• Opinion

  Middle East boosts its unconventional gas resources

  • 04 三月 2020

  In this month's episode of the MENA in Brief podcast, Ian Thom and his guests discuss unconventional gas project announcements in Saudi Arabia and UAE.

• Opinion

  Why 2020 is the crunch year for climate risk reporting

  • 06 三月 2020

  How the taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures is changing the way corporations communicate with investors

• Opinion

  Why offshore wind will attract more than US$211 billion between 2020 and 2025

  • 03 三月 2020

  While the oil and gas sector remains the largest for the offshore supply chain, we expect the offshore wind market to grow more attractive for traditional oil and gas players. Here are three things offshore supply chain investors need to know.

• Opinion

  How the coronavirus highlights the perils of the US-China trade war

  • 25 二月 2020

  The risks to supply chains posed by the COVID-19 outbreak do not present a strong case for economic decoupling.

• Opinion

  Where next for exploration in Asia Pacific?

  • 18 二月 2020

  Reports of the death of exploration have been greatly exaggerated. Since the 2014 oil price downturn, the industry has re-imagined exploration. Spend has halved since its peak, and only the boldest exploration teams now take difficult wells in tough locations to their investment committees.

• Opinion

  The all-electric movement goes to war against gas

  • 07 二月 2020

  The all-electric movement threatens future gas demand, OPEC+ oil producers consider an output cut, and the warm winter is hitting gas prices.

• Opinion

  How will geopolitics influence global oil supply in 2020?

  • 10 二月 2020

  After a turbulent start to the year, geopolitical factors around the world could have a significant impact on the oil market outlook this year.

• Opinion

  UK North Sea decommissioning: the £17 billion challenge

  • 24 二月 2020

  Over the next decade, the UK’s decommissioning bill will be the largest of any country in the world. We explore the three of the biggest issues facing operators as they prepare to decommission UK assets.

• Opinion

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

  • 03 二月 2020

  In this month's episode of the MENA in Brief podcast, Ian Thom and Toushar Chakrabarty discuss the impact of the blockade on Libyan oil exports.

• Opinion

  US-China trade deal flatters to deceive

  • 21 一月 2020

  Beijing’s commitment to purchase an additional $52.4 billion of energy from the US creates a huge opportunity, but is it realistic and what could be the consequences?

• Opinion

  How are oil and gas companies using carbon offsets to decarbonise?

  • 07 三月 2022

  Offsetting can be both a decarbonisation tool and a financial instrument – but cannot replace carbon mitigation solutions.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: The Big Ban

  • 30 六月 2022

  Watch on demand as we answer your questions about the consequences of the Ukraine war on commodities, and how governments, companies and investors must respond as the outlook for energy is transformed.

• Opinion

  What do President Trump’s tariffs mean for energy?

  • 18 二月 2025

  How will Trump’s latest tariffs impact US energy, trade and climate goals?

• Opinion

  Video | Lens Upstream: Piecing together Cyprus' gas export deals with Egypt

  • 20 二月 2025

  In this video, we dive into Wood Mackenzie’s Lens Upstream, a key tool in our Lens suite, to examine Cyprus’ role in East Mediterranean gas dynamics and assess how its assets fit into the Majors’ portfolios. We also visualise the LNG market impact of these deals and identify the key beneficiaries.

• Opinion

  President Trump's executive orders on energy

  • 23 一月 2025

  Trump’s first-day energy policies signal a return to fossil fuel dominance, with executive orders on the Paris Agreement exit, boosting US oil and gas production and halting wind power growth. Discover how these moves reshape energy policy and industry.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Scraping the barrel

  • 07 三月 2023

  On this Horizons Live replay, Simon Flowers, Chairman and Chief Analyst, is joined by Andrew Latham, Vice President, Energy Research and Ann-Louise Hittle, Head of Macro Oils to discuss whether the world is running out of high-quality oil and gas.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Fuelling change

  • 12 五月 2023

  Our experts discuss and explore the catalysts that could shift the risk reward balance in favour of low carbon growth.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Stick or twist

  • 27 六月 2023

  Watch the Horizons Live replay as our panelists Gavin Thompson, Giles Farrer, Murray Douglas, and Mariana Santos Moreira delve into this topic.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Mission invisible

  • 05 十二月 2023

  On this Horizons Live replay, we look at the scale of the oil and gas industry’s methane challenge, how technological improvements can help and what companies and governments must do to resolve it.

• Opinion

  Global upstream update: the global sanctions slump, grappling with gas and potential US tailwinds

  • 05 三月 2025

  The oil and gas industry faces a cautious yet ambitious 2025

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Eye on the tiger

  • 09 四月 2025

  What if India’s growth matched China’s 2000's boom? Explore the global energy ripple effects in this month’s Horizons Live.

• Opinion

  How worried should Asia be about conflict in Ukraine?

  • 17 二月 2022

  Combined with existing market tightness, concerns over disruption to Russian energy supplies in the event of conflict in Ukraine have pushed spot prices towards record levels. Across virtually all energy and natural resources, backwardation is back with a bang.

• Opinion

  Is private equity the buyer the upstream M&A market has been looking for?

  • 16 二月 2022

  Rising ESG pressure for public companies to decarbonise is bringing more upstream assets to the market, presenting an opportunity for private equity.

• Opinion

  Voluntary carbon markets: here to stay?

  • 08 二月 2022

  What are carbon offsets, and how do they support the energy transition? Exploring the role of carbon markets in the net zero journeys of energy-intensive companies.

• Opinion

  US natural gas infrastructure gets ready to go green

  • 21 二月 2022

  The focus turns to climate change and conservation, federal agencies look to tighten up the rules and congressional acts aim to shift the focus to renewables as midstream operators rise to the energy transition challenge.

• Opinion

  The US oil Majors set the pace in the Permian Basin

  • 04 二月 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.

• Opinion

  Upstream: short-term spend and long-term trend

  • 27 一月 2022

  Cost efficiency is the key. Longer-term, around US$400 billion is required annually in real terms. Resource-holding NOC's share of global spend is increasing and energy transition risks are growing.

• Opinion

  European power: why reliance on gas is a hard habit to break

  • 27 十月 2022

  Europe is in the grip of an energy crisis. Piped gas imports from Russia are 80% down on last year, sending prices through the roof. Unfortunately, quick fixes are in short supply.