The drive for decarbonisation: seven key charts from the Metals & Mining Forum

• 28 September 2022

An accelerated energy transition trajectory will put metals supply under extraordinary pressure – while also dialling up the pressure on the industry to decarbonise.

Upstream’s mounting challenge to deliver future oil supply

• 10 July 2025

The industry needs to look beyond short-term price volatility.

The impact of Republican control on US energy policy and the IRA

• 19 November 2024

We expect renewables to remain competitive, and while protectionism will rise, a full repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is unlikely

How will reuse models change the plastic packaging industry?

• 10 June 2021

The ‘war on plastics’ is changing the packaging industry. But while much of the debate focuses on recycling, reuse still plays a marginal role in most packaging markets. Is that about to change? And what would that mean for polymer demand?

What impact could COP26 have on oil and gas company strategies?

• 20 October 2021

With stakeholder pressure growing, will COP26 accelerate oil and gas companies’ pivot to low carbon?

Carbon removals: the 'net' in net zero

• 19 September 2024

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

Upstream oil and gas: top trends and wildcards to watch in 2022

• 13 December 2021

The oil and gas sector bounceback is set to continue – but the positive outlook is tempered by concerns about its future in a decarbonising world. Find out how global trends could play out in your region in our 2022 Outlook series.

Asset rich, energy poor: maximising Africa’s natural resources to transform the continent

• 20 November 2025

In this month's edition we examine Africa's energy paradox: despite abundant renewable potential, world-class hydrocarbons, and critical minerals, 600 million Africans still lack electricity. We explore how Africa can transform this challenge—maximising solar, wind, gas and mineral resources to deliver energy prosperity, create economic growth, and meet rising demand from 2.5 billion people by 2050.

Stick or twist: should gas resource holders target LNG exports or blue ammonia?

• 15 June 2023

As Europe moves away from Russian gas and Asia scrambles to reduce its dependency on coal, there has arguably never been a better time to invest in liquified natural gas (LNG).

The great reopening: what the end of China’s ’zero-Covid’ strategy means for global energy and natural resources.

• 23 March 2023

What the end of China's 'zero Covid' strategy means for global energy and natural resources

Silver linings playbook: five reasons to be cheerful

• 08 December 2022

Our analysts have identified five developments that suggest that, despite the setbacks of the past year, the world is laying the foundations for a decade or more of sustained opportunity that will deliver better outcomes for the reliability, affordability and sustainability of our energy and natural resources.

Fast and Furious: Europe's race to slash emissions by 2030

• 18 February 2021

Renewables are the proven zero-carbon technology where much of the capital funding the energy transition will be invested.

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MAKE provides global wind-power coverage with research, forecasts, data and a multifaceted view of the industry.

Metaxylene & Purified Isophthalic Acid Study

Assess the risks of tight supply and obtain insights on capacity and forecast demand for purified isophthalic acid (PIA) and metaxylene.

China’s LNG imports to see unprecedented decline in 2022

• 19 July 2022

China’s LNG imports are set to fall over 14% year-on-year to 69 million tonnes (Mt) in 2022, the largest decline since it began LNG imports, says Wood Mackenzie.

Net zero scenario to require 9.7 Mt of new copper supply over next decade

• 20 October 2022

How much copper is needed to successfully meet the climate targets set out by the Paris Agreement?

Oil prices likely to be lower in 2025 than last year

• 18 March 2025

Brent crude oil prices are projected to average $73 per barrel in 2025, down $7 per barrel per barrel from 2024, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest monthly oil market outlook. The $73 per barrel forecast for this year is revised down $0.40 per barrel from the early February monthly report.

Wood Mackenzie launches Lens Power & Renewables

• 04 March 2025

Wood Mackenzie, the global insight business for renewables, energy, and natural resources, has launched Lens Power & Renewables, a new suite of products with interconnected data, analytics, and insights to navigate the energy transition.

A balancing act: developing successful fiscal terms

• 06 June 2019

What does it take to develop successful fiscal terms?

Crude to Chemicals Webinar

• 18 February 2019

Hear our refining and petrochemicals experts in a webinar recording to understand why refiners are looking to petrochemicals for future growth opportunities. The webinar provided an overview into the crude to chemicals trend and the risks and opportunities facing refiners today.

How mergers and acquisitions are transforming global flexible packaging market

• 13 February 2019

The global flexible packaging sector saw some significant mergers and acquisitions in 2018. What will be the impact on the industry in 2019? And what other trends are likely to impact flexibles?

Aromatics – changes are coming

• 12 August 2018

There is growing demand for aromatics, providing many growth opportunities for business around the world. While demand is high, supply is constrained in some areas. In the below videos our expert analysts discuss the challenges and opportunities we expect to see in the aromatics industry for the rest of this year and beyond

Ethylene Global Supply Demand Analytics Service

• 11 March 2018

As global ethylene consumption continues to grow, petrochemical companies will need to invest in new ethylene facilities to meet demand.

Styrene production shortfalls lead to price volatility

• 12 September 2017

Ryan Macaluso discusses the reasons why styrene production shortfalls have led to volatile prices across this important market segment.

Coronavirus makes cost control and operational efficiency more relevant than ever

• 19 March 2020

Upstream cost control and operational efficiency more relevant than ever, what are the major drivers?

What does the oil price crash mean for you?

• 01 April 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.

How can Big Oil stay investible through the energy transition?

• 28 August 2019

The threat of climate change represents an existential challenge to the Majors. If they are to remain investible – five, ten years from now – all will need to transition to business models that are aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Luke Parker, VP of Corporate Analysis, considers what that transition might look like.

IMO 2020 - Countdown to 1 January 2020

• 07 June 2019

The implementation date for the IMO’s global fuel sulphur content cap is not far away. How will these changes affect the downstream, upstream, LNG and bulks sectors? And how prepared is the industry? Our experts share their views in this webinar.

How will global gas and LNG markets respond to oversupply in 2020?

• 10 February 2020

What will 2020 look like? And what could happen that will shape the market longer term?

What will it take to sustain corporate upstream growth to 2030?

• 30 October 2018

Upstream corporate growth is threatened by chronic underspend. What factors are influencing spending? And what's the growth factor the industry needs? Tom Ellacott and Norman Valentine analyse the lack of investment and its impact on long-term outlooks for oil majors.