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  Middle East and North Africa solar manufacturing capacity to reach 44 GW by 2029, driven by vertically integrated strategy

  • 07 五月 2025

  Solar manufacturing in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to reach 44 gigawatts (GW) by 2029, with installations in the region expected to exceed 140 gigawatts direct current (GWdc) by 2030, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. “MENA’s vertically integrated, cost-competitive approach, underpinned by the latest technologies, sets it apart from fragmented strategies seen in markets like the United States, India, and Southeast Asia,” said Yana Hryshko, senior analyst and head of global solar supply chain research at Wood Mackenzie.

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  Labour Party’s North Sea tax plans risk long-term pain for short-term gain

  • 29 二月 2024

  The UK Labour Party’s proposed plan to generate an additional £10.8 billion in revenue from the North Sea could have a major impact on cash flows of energy companies which in turn could stall new investment including energy transition projects according to a Wood Mackenzie report.

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  North America could play bigger role in future global bunker market

  • 20 三月 2017

  Alan Gelder, Vice President of Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets, believes that North America has the opportunity to take a much bigger role in the future global bunker market.

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  US gasoline demand poised to decline by over 1.7 million b/d by 2030

  • 20 三月 2017

  Gas demand may be nearing a new peak due to stringent fuel efficiency standards and shifting demographics.

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  US-China agreement connects the fastest-growing LNG supplier with the largest LNG growth market

  • 12 五月 2017

  Chinese companies can now negotiate long-term contracts to source liquefied natural gas from US suppliers, the US Commerce Department said.

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  Better times head for the UKCS, but investment still a concern

  • 17 一月 2017

  Wood Mackenzie expects a modest recovery due to the improving oil price.

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  Shale sector to be cash flow positive by 2020

  • 26 七月 2017

  When will tight oil make money calculates that the five largest tight oil players could become cash flow positive by 2020?v

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  Seasonality takes centre stage in Egyptian gas market

  • 12 一月 2017

  Egypt's fortunes look set to change after five years of falling production and switching from a net exporter to a net importer.

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  APAC markets driving global oil demand in 2024/25

  • 29 二月 2024

  Global oil demand growth will rise by 1.9 million barrels a day (b/d) in 2024 with key markets in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region being the main driver, accounting for over 63% of the total according to Alan Gelder, Vice President of Oils Research at Wood Mackenzie.

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  Can upstream cost savings stick?

  • 15 十二月 2017

  The impact of the 2014 oil price collapse is still being felt across the upstream sector. Operators have cut investment, deferred projects and implemented tough cost discipline, slashing US$910 billion from global capital expenditure estimates for 2015-2020. While many operators believe the cuts will stick, a new survey released today by natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie indicates the pictured is more nuanced.

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  Upstream companies shift focus from ‘survive’ to ‘thrive’ in 2018

  • 14 十二月 2017

  2018 looks set to be a brighter year for upstream oil and gas companies

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  When will the market face peak demand?

  • 18 十月 2017

  The market is no stranger to peak oil. But industry focus is shifting from concerns about peak oil supply to a more concrete threat– peak demand. The Rise and Fall of Black Gold, released today by Wood Mackenzie, is a comprehensive, cross-commodity, cross-value chain analysis of peak demand. The report identifies the drivers as well as the potential impact of this global transformation – across regions, sectors, and fuels.

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  OPEC stays the course with production deal

  • 01 十二月 2017

  OPEC and non-OPEC producers agree to extend production curbs through 2018

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  Exploration’s back in the black

  • 04 二月 2019

  After a difficult few years, the exploration sector is back in the black – and keen to stay there. New analysis from Wood Mackenzie shows that explorers’ success in 2018 reflects a disciplined approach that’s set to continue this year.

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  Macri reforms reshape Argentina's gas sector

  • 28 二月 2019

  When President Mauricio Macri took power in Argentina in 2015, one of his flagship energy policy programmes was to “normalise” the country’s gas and power markets. Macri set in train moves to gradually reduce government intervention, restoring free market dynamics and pricing driven by competition. The progress the Macri administration has achieved in reshaping the gas market environment has remarkable, helped in no small part by the prolific shale gas resources of the Vaca Muerta.

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  US independents balance the books

  • 14 二月 2019

  The Lower 48 E&P sector is under pressure from investors demanding greater capital discipline, positive free cash flow and increasing returns. There’s a tug-of-war between value and volume, and value has emerged as the winner. The Lower 48’s independents, who traditionally pursued growth at all costs, must now rein in their impulses and focus on delivering returns to their shareholders. How does this affect their 2019 spending plans, and how do they manage volatile oil prices?

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  More than 61GW of US wind turbine equipment has qualified for production tax credits since 2016

  • 12 二月 2019

  Developers in the US purchased sufficient equipment to qualify 6.6GW of new wind power capacity in 2018 for 60% production tax credits (PTC) under the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) safe harbor provision law, according to recent analysis carried out by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Accordi...

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  Global offshore wind capacity will increase nearly sixfold over the next decade

  • 28 一月 2019

  By the end of 2017, offshore wind had only been deployed commercially across seven markets, with UK and Germany accounting for 68 percent of the grid-connected capacity. However, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables, global offshore wind power demand will increase...

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  Asia Pacific's solar-plus-storage could see key developments in next five years

  • 14 五月 2019

  In a recently published report, Wood Mackenzie projects solar-plus-storage prices or levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for both utility-scale and distributed commercial & industrial (C&I) segments to decline considerably over the next five years.

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  Geopolitical tensions set to maintain gold’s allure in 2020

  • 28 一月 2020

  Gold is poised to perform strongly in 2020, with geopolitical risk set to remain elevated, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  Uncertainty to cloud global nickel market outlook in 2020

  • 29 一月 2020

  All eyes will be on the Indonesian nickel market in 2020. The knives may be out for the country’s nascent stainless industry but the staggering potential for expansion in NPI may reduce the impact of the nickel ore export ban to a minor inconvenience. Although the global battery sector share of nickel demand is much smaller than other metals, getting the quantity of nickel that EVs will need by the mid-2020s will remain a challenge.

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  Chinese smelters critical to zinc market balance in 2020

  • 30 一月 2020

  The most important driver of the zinc market in 2020 will be the performance of the world’s zinc smelting industry, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  Could 2020 market trends bring new lustre to gloomy lead market?

  • 04 二月 2020

  2020 will see lead transition into a market surplus after several years of significant deficit, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  Solar power to become cheaper and more efficient in 2020s

  • 04 二月 2020

  Solar system prices will continue to drop over the next decade, driven by advances in module efficiency, manufacturing, labour practices and software, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  Energy storage to accelerate global energy transition in 2020s

  • 24 二月 2020

  The starting gun has sounded for the global storage market, which is set to grow from approximately 4GW of annual deployments in 2019 to more than 15GW in 2024, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  Flexible packaging demand in Asia hit by sluggish regional economy

  • 25 二月 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.

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  2020s to be decade of emerging solar PV markets

  • 25 二月 2020

  The next decade is set to deliver more of the same for solar PV, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  Record amount of wind turbine capacity ordered globally in 2019

  • 05 三月 2020

  2019 saw nearly 100GW of global wind turbine order capacity, shattering the previous record set in 2018, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

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  OPEC agrees 1.5m b/d output cut as coronavirus eats into global demand

  • 05 三月 2020

  The OPEC oil producers' group and its non-OPEC allies are poised to deepen its production cuts by 1.5 million barrels per day as the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak eats into global oil demand.

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  Off-grid energy key to power growth in emerging markets

  • 11 三月 2020

  Approximately $2.1 billion in cumulative disclosed corporate-level investment was deployed into off-grid energy access markets between 2010 and 2019.