Lens platform: Lens Emissions

• 27 September 2024

Decision intelligence to simplify the complexity of emissions risk management. Available with Lens Upstream solutions.

Horizons Live: Carbon removals

• 01 October 2024

In the recent Horizons Live session, our panel discussed carbon removals and how they will play a crucial role in achieving net zero.

Carbon capture could be an important tool for tackling climate change

• 22 September 2025

Is CCU ready to move from pilots to scale and reshape the carbon economy?

Flexible packaging demand in Asia hit by sluggish regional economy

• 25 February 2020

Overall flexible packaging demand in Asia grew by 4.8% in 2019, down from 5.6% in 2018. This was mainly due to slower growth rates in major national markets, according to Wood Mackenzie.

The impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese polyester industry

• 03 February 2020

The Chinese economy and the country's polyester and textile industries could be under pressure as a result of the new coronavirus outbreak. Drawing a parallel with the SARS crisis in 2003, polyester demand may weaken as business activities stall.

Packaging industry’s sustainability drive good news for BOPP film

• 23 October 2019

The global Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film market has seen demand grow by just under 5% per annum over the last five years. The main driver of growth has been the demand for flexible packaging, particularly in China and South East Asia, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest ‘BOPP Film Global Supply Demand Report’.

West Europe PET bottle recovery grows, but challenges for RPET supply chain remain

• 01 October 2018

The total volume of PET bottles collected in West Europe during 2017 was near 2 Mt, compared to an estimated 3.2 Mt of bottles placed in the market, according to Wood Mackenzie Chemicals' latest report on the RPET market in West Europe.

Polyethylene Asset Cost Tool

• 14 April 2018

Dynamic asset benchmarking for polyethylene unit

The opportunities and challenges of CTO/MTO development

• 07 November 2017

Kelly Cui, Olefins Senior Consultant, provides a high-level overview of China’s CTO/MTO development opportunities and challenges to assess the sustainability of this emerging olefin force.

Boom times: American ethylene’s reversal of fortunes

• 26 July 2017

Steve Zinger, Senior Vice President Chemicals, assesses changing investment patterns of US chemicals companies in a major article by the Wall Street Journal entitled The shale gas revolution in just one word: Plastics

Coronavirus to disrupt China’s chemicals sector more than SARS

• 20 February 2020

A less favourable economic backdrop means Covid-19 looks set to have a bigger impact than the 2003 SARS outbreak did.

Flexible packaging sees demand boost as coronavirus changes consumer patterns

• 16 April 2020

Lockdown measures are sending home consumption skywards, and driving demand for flexible packaging.

Chemicals, Polymers & Fibres

• 06 October 2017

Our chemicals consultants support you with corporate strategy and investment decisions, such as project finance, transactions and feasibility studies. We have vast experience in feedstock appraisal, gas monetisation, hydrogen, low-carbon markets and technology, sustainability and recycling.

Webinar | Coronavirus and the Polyolefins Chain

• 11 May 2020

In this webinar, our experts will look at what the impact is likely to be across the major polymers, and then do a deep-dive into the polyolefins value chain and look at how developments in key industries are impacting polyethylene and polypropylene demand and back up to the feedstocks.

Webinar | Refinery/petrochemical integration is transforming the downstream landscape (APAC/MEA)

• 23 March 2021

Join us on Tuesday 23rd, to better understand how to benchmark the significance of petrochemical integration on the refining industry and how disruptive such integrated sites are to the petrochemical sector.

对二甲苯（PX）资产成本工具

对二甲苯（PX）资产成本工具：确定近期市场定价和拐点，并使用专有成本工具执行“假设分析”定价方案和动态。

Horizons Live: Bio-liquid gold

• 02 September 2022

Watch on demand as we answer questions about biofuel circularity and how it could unlock the energy transition.

How are chemicals companies responding to the coronavirus blow?

• 29 May 2020

Capex cuts, deferred projects and new partnerships are a feature of the new industry landscape as chemicals companies adapt to the effects of Covid-19.

Refinery-chemicals integration: how to benchmark success

• 17 September 2020

The growing trend of integrated refinery-chemical facilities is intensifying. Standalone oil refineries, focused only on fuel, are looking increasingly outdated as the energy transition takes hold.

Energy transition to drive refinery and petrochemicals integration

• 16 February 2021

2020 was a difficult year for the world’s refineries as the coronavirus pandemic reduced refinery utilisation and OPEC+ supply restraint narrowed crude price differentials. Despite this, integrated refinery and petrochemical sites significantly outperformed their fuels-only peers, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Onsan refinery case study: how much value will greater refinery-petrochemical integration add for S-Oil?

• 23 August 2021

How can refiners assess the potential ROI of increased petrochemical integration? We explore how S-Oil’s plans to add steam cracking to its Onsan site will affect its competitive position.

Tackling the textile industry’s carbon footprint

• 25 April 2022

Textile and apparel reuse strategies will play a role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions – how will that impact virgin fibre demand?

Why polyolefins are the polymers to watch

• 07 October 2020

Polyolefins dominate global plastics production, and offer useful insights into the overall health of the petrochemicals industry. So what are the drivers of demand? How has coronavirus altered the picture? And what really sets polyolefins apart in a chemicals portfolio?

How flexible packaging demand has given BOPP film a boost

• 27 October 2020

Demand for biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) has grown 3.5% per annum over the last five years. But what effect has a year of unprecedented change had on the outlook?

Will the EU’s flagship packaging legislation be transformative?

• 17 July 2023

The new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) could be a pivotal moment for the packaging sector

Will international shipping be net zero by 2050?

• 23 October 2023

Upgraded decarbonisation targets present a huge challenge for marine fuels

Part 3: unlocking the value of refinery-petrochemicals integration

• 08 November 2023

We are at an unprecedented point in time where the entire commodity petrochemicals industry is in a downturn. Where do we expect chemical margins to end up this year and what can producers do to tide through the downturn?

Making materially better choices

• 04 December 2019

A case study of the packaging sector shows the challenges facing packaging companies in building truly sustainable supply chains.

Understanding the Early Movers Advantage in Chemical Markets

• 01 January 2018

With the world in need of ever more chemicals, demand is set to continue expanding. The companies that recognise this fact today and build strategies to take advantage will benefit long term. So why are many chemical producers slow in making investment decisions?

Proposed closure of Jiangsu ports unnerves chemical markets in China

• 30 September 2017

Proposed closure of Jiangsu ports unnerves chemical markets in China. Learn why.