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The Edge
Refining set for a challenging 2020
- 11 February 2020
Buoyed by steady growth in oil demand and a culture of capital discipline, refining has been a rock for Big Oil in recent years. Suddenly, there are challenges – not least the threat from coronavirus to oil demand. Where does that leave the outlook for refining in 2020?
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The Edge: Asian NOCs, the energy transition and ESG
- 19 November 2019
Where does Asia stand on the energy transition? What are energy companies in the region doing to adapt? Are some further down the road than others? Much of LNG’s strong growth outlook reflects Asian demand but are its credentials as a bridging fuel for the transition all that good? And what does the US-China trade dispute mean for the region?
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How to stay investible – the oil industry’s challenge
- 05 November 2019
Big Oil faces sluggish oil demand, weak gas prices, the energy transition and the implications of next year’s US Presidential election. How can Big Oil stay investible in this environment?
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Big Oil leaders take on the climate challenge
- 15 October 2019
Thirteen of the largest companies have signed up for the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, committing them to support the Paris Agreement and introduce efforts to curb their greenhouse gas emissions. But there's still a long way to go to meet the Paris Agreement objectives.
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Australia and the Majors – is change on the horizon?
- 08 October 2019
The Majors are looking to boost returns by portfolio high-grading and have embarked upon a phase of divestment. Everywhere is under the spotlight, including Australia. Which assets might the Majors look to sell?
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How serious are oil and gas companies about the energy transition?
- 01 July 2019
How serious are oil and gas companies about decarbonisation? What are Majors investing in? How much have they spent? Latest energy transition insights from Wood Mackenzie.
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3 things to consider before you buy a deepwater rig
- 21 May 2019
Rising drilling activity could lead to a rig market squeeze. The collapse of upstream investment since 2014 has hit the offshore rig market hard. But signs of recovery may be emerging with more new projects coming forward to FID.
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Permian consolidation heats up and there's more to come
- 07 May 2019
Anadarko bids echo the big M&A themes of the downturn. Simon Flowers investigates.
The Edge
LNG investment needed through the downturn
- 16 April 2019
Oversupply in LNG markets will soon turn into a shortfall. Simon Flowers turns to Massimo Di-Odoardo, Head of Global Gas Research, to make sense of what’s going on.
The Edge
The automotive sector – twists on the road to transition
- 02 April 2019
The future of light vehicles is electric; in time, perhaps autonomous. But the disruption won’t be quick, and the rise of the EV won’t be linear. Get our analysis here.
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Technology may be a game changer for future oil supply
- 26 March 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.
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Who needs to beef up Permian tight oil exposure?
- 29 January 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.
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What are the key risks and uncertainties in 2019?
- 18 December 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.
The Edge
Low risk resource-capture strategies
- 11 December 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.
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What’s holding back a new investment cycle?
- 02 October 2018
Despite strong financial performance for the 48 IOCs and NOCs covered in our Corporate Service this year, investment activity is weak. Simon Flowers and Norman Valentine discuss.
The Edge
The case for investing more in exploration
- 25 September 2018
The industry isn’t finding enough oil. We need more Guyanas, a lot more, and we need them soon. Without them, the oil market is in danger of tightening in the not too distant future.
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Guyana - a new planet in oil’s solar system
- 18 September 2018
The discovery of a major new oil play like Guyana instils a sense of wonder in we oil industry devotees. What’s the story? How big could it be? Will it change the oil market? Simon takes on these questions and more.
The Edge
Is LNG poised for a new growth cycle?
- 11 September 2018
This week in The Edge, Simon Flowers asks whether LNG is poised for a new growth cycle. And addresses three major challenges for the global LNG industry – competitive new supply, the effect of rising US supply, the need for gas advocacy.
The Edge
Electric Vehicles – transportation disruptor, part 2
- 31 July 2018
We explored how the market for EVs might develop in Part 1. This week Ed Rawle, Head of Oils Research, chats about the implications for global oil demand.
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Electric vehicles – transportation disruptor, part 1
- 24 July 2018
There will be just 5 million EVs on the road by the end of 2018, minuscule penetration into a global car stock of 1.2 billion cars. But with faster acceleration, longer life, fewer moving parts and less maintenance, and no tail pipe emissions EVs are going to be big – really big.
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Securing exposure to Permian tight oil – Part 2
- 10 July 2018
US tight oil's growth prospects are attracting the attention of any number of upstream companies. But new entrants need to go in with their eyes wide open - it's a very different business model to conventional E&P. In Part 2 of our assessment of buying into tight oil we look at the technical, logistical and valuation pitfalls.
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What should the E&P sector do with a wall of cash?
- 19 June 2018
The biggest lottery prize of 2018? A contender is the windfall oil and gas companies find drops into their bank account.
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Exploration gets its mojo back
- 12 June 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.
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Lessons in attracting upstream investment capital
- 17 April 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.
The Edge
Risk appetite returns as global upstream investment picks up
- 27 March 2018
Investment is making a comeback. Much of the action, as ever, is in the US Lower 48, with operators responding to higher prices by upping 2018 budgets by 15-20%. But there’s stuff happening, too, in the big wide world beyond onshore USA.
The Edge
Future cost of new oil supply: shale vs conventional
- 20 March 2018
How much new oil does the world need over the next decade? Where are the competitive plays? What are the economic breakeven prices? Our chief analyst, Simon Flowers, explores in the latest edition of The Edge.
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Improving upstream performance and winning over investors
- 27 February 2018
Delivering production growth after three years of low oil prices is an achievement, and combined with higher oil prices, was the primary factor behind good upstream earnings.
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Why the commodity rally will get back on track
- 20 February 2018
Are we in the early stages of a sustained rise in commodity prices? And what does it mean for the US dollar? We posed these questions a year ago when robust global economic growth was driving commodity demand and the US dollar was starting to tip over from a 15-year high.
The Edge
Tight oil set to make money in 2018
- 13 February 2018
A teenage growth spurt – US onshore liquids production is on a tear again. Already rebounding from the downturn for a year, right now it’s turbo-charged.
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Mexico upstream – hot as a habanero
- 07 February 2018
Mexico is hot – as hot as a habanero, the spiciest of Mexicano chillies. The bidding round for deep water blocks this week has attracted a who’s who of industry players, scooping up two-thirds of the blocks on offer.

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