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India's 2020 energy outlook
- 23 一月 2020
India's 2020 energy outlook
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What does the US-China trade deal mean for refiners - and for the market?
- 20 一月 2020
After over a year of trade tensions, the US and China signed a “phase one” trade deal on 16 January. As part of the deal, China has agreed to increase the value of energy imports by US$52.4 billion above 2017 levels over the next two years. What could it mean for the oil market?
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China bans single-use plastic
- 20 一月 2020
On 19 January, China's National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced policies aimed at restricting production, sale, and use of single-use plastic products.
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US and China sign Phase One trade deal
- 16 一月 2020
Wood Mackenzie's Gavin Thompson provides a commentary on the US-China Phase One trade deal
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Talos shells out US$640m for Gulf of Mexico assets
- 12 十二月 2019
Talos Energy, in its pursuit of growth in the US Gulf of Mexico, has announced a series of purchases, worth $640 million assets in the region
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The European Green Deal: a watershed moment for the energy sector
- 11 十二月 2019
Ursula von den Leyen, president of the EU Commission, today (11th December 2019) presented a plan to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. This political ambition will be written into the first European Climate Law within 100 days of the announcement.
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Deeper OPEC+ supply cuts sends supportive signal to markets
- 06 十二月 2019
After a marathon meeting, running late into the night of 5 December, the OPEC+ group has agreed to continue its current production restraint of 1.2 million barrels per day (b/d), and will add a further 0.5 million b/d of supply cuts through to March 2020.
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Qatar eyes LNG top spot as it primes 64% output boost
- 26 十一月 2019
On 25 November, Qatar Petroleum (QP) announced that it will boost output from Qatar LNG by 64% - from 77 million tonnes per annum (tpa) at present to 126 million tpa by 2027 – following a successful appraisal of the North Field’s onshore extension, near Ras Laffan Industrial City.
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European Investment Bank to cease funding fossil fuel projects
- 15 十一月 2019
The EIB's new financing criteria will make lending to gas projects very difficult. It highlights that gas is also increasingly in the spotlight of the climate debate.
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Brazil’s PSC Round 6 disappoints as Petrobras lodges sole bid
- 07 十一月 2019
Speaking after this morning’s PSC round, Juliana Miguez, from Wood Mackenzie’s Latin America upstream team, said: “Petrobras has returned to the headlines. One day after it dominated the Transfer of Rights Surplus round, the NOC placed the only bid of today’s auction."
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Majors cautious as Petrobras takes prize in Brazil’s TOR round
- 06 十一月 2019
Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil licences – the Transfer of Rights round – saw state-controlled Petrobras walk away with the biggest prizes, the Búzios and Itapu blocks.
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Alpek acquires UK PET facility from Lotte Chemical
- 30 十月 2019
ALFA Mexico has announced that its subsidiary, Alpek, has signed an agreement with Lotte Chemical Corporation to acquire its 100% stake in Lotte Chemical UK Limited. The deal includes a PET asset, with an installed capacity of 350 ktpa, in Wilton, England.
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Trump raises Turkey's steel import tariff to 50%
- 15 十月 2019
US President Donald Trump has announced an increase in Section 232 tariffs on Turkish steel from 25% to 50%
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Total expands partnership with Adani on India's gas market
- 14 十月 2019
Total announced today its partnership with Adani Group which includes two LNG terminals, Dhamra in East India and potentially Mundra in the West, as well as Adani Gas Limited, one of the 4 main distributors of city gas in India of which Adani holds 74.8% and of which Total will acquire 37.4%.
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Santos to acquire ConocoPhillips northern Australian assets
- 14 十月 2019
Santos announced today its plans to acquire ConocoPhillips’s northern Australian portfolio. This is a logical and attractive transaction for a number of reasons.
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Brazil licensing round sets record as Majors eye November's prizes
- 10 十月 2019
Brazil's Licensing Round 16 set a record – the BRL 8.9 billion (US$2.2 billion) in signature bonuses is the highest yet for a Brazilian round. Of the 36 blocks on offer, 12 were awarded, all in the prolific offshore Campos and Santos basins. Malaysia’s Petronas, Qatar’s QPI, Spanish producer Repsol and the US’ Chevron all bid high. QPI and Petronas were the biggest spenders of the day, as well as Petrobras. Only Campos and Santos basin blocks were awarded, with frontier acreage failing to attract interest.
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Acciona in Nordex takeover bid
- 08 十月 2019
Acciona will launch a 100% takeover of German manufacturer Nordex after increasing its majority share in the turbine maker to 36.27%.
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Total begins construction of third solar power plant in Japan
- 08 十月 2019
Total Solar International has begun construction of Miyagi Osato Solar Park, a large-scale solar plant in Japan.
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Red-letter day for Norway as Johan Sverdrup comes on stream
- 08 十月 2019
First oil from Johan Sverdrup – Norway’s sixth-largest discovery, with reserves of around 2.7 billion barrels – is a red-letter day for the partners and the Norwegian state. The decision to sanction the development was the country's largest final investment decision in more than 30 years.
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ExxonMobil farewells Norway with US$4.5bn Vår Energi deal
- 27 九月 2019
ExxonMobil is selling its Norwegian business to Eni/HitecVision-owned Vår Energi for US$4.5 billion, Norway’s biggest deal since the Statoil-Norsk Hydro merger in 2006.
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Japan to invest additional $10 billion in global LNG infrastructure projects
- 26 九月 2019
Japan is planning to invest an additional $10 billion to develop infrastructure mainly in new and developing markets in the India sub continent and Southeast Asia, reflecting a shift in priorities.
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CPIH and Equinor sign cooperation agreement on offshore wind
- 25 九月 2019
CPIH (China Power International Holding) and Equinor have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on offshore wind in China and Europe.
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Record low price for offshore wind in CfD round 3 auction
- 20 九月 2019
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) this morning revealed the results of the UK government’s third Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction round.
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ExxonMobil to sell upstream assets in Gippsland Basin
- 18 九月 2019
ExxonMobil putting its entire Gippsland Basin upstream portfolio up for sale represents big news for the Australian upstream and gas market.
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MEG and polyethylene spot prices jump after Saudi drone attack
- 17 九月 2019
Spot prices of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and polyethylene (PE) have spiked in Asia, following news of the drone attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia over the weekend. These two commodities are the two main chemical exports of the region.
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Attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities
- 16 九月 2019
This attack has material implications for the oil market, as a loss of 5 million barrels per day of supplies from Saudi Arabia cannot be met for long by existing inventories and the limited spare capacity of the other OPEC+ group members. A geopolitical risk premium will return to the oil price.
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BP sells Alaska business to Hilcorp in US$5.6bn deal
- 27 八月 2019
Speaking after BP announced the sale of its Alaska business to Hilcorp in a US$5.6 billion deal, Wood Mackenzie analyst Rowena Gunn said: “The Majors are making progress with their divestment campaigns. This will mean long-held assets and territories will be let go. BP made such a deal today with its sale of all US Alaska assets to privately-owned Hilcorp."
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TechnipFMC demerger 'a bold step to reposition for the long-term'
- 27 八月 2019
In 2017 Technip and FMC Technologies completed one of the hallmark oilfield service company mergers of the cycle. The business plans to split in the first half of 2020 – but not back into Technip and FMC - rather into ‘upstream’ and ‘mid/downstream’.
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Lift off as Sputnik partners hit oil
- 20 八月 2019
Commenting on Equinor, OMV and Petoro’s Sputnik discovery, Jamie Thompson, an analyst with Wood Mackenzie’s North Sea upstream team, said: “Despite being small and remote – it lies more than 300 kilometres from shore in the northern Hoop area of the Barents Sea - Sputnik has a high chance of commerciality. The aptly-named field could be a satellite of the pre-FID 440 million-barrel Wisting development, which is just 30 kilometres from Sputnik.
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Motiva enters US chemical industry
- 20 八月 2019
Motiva, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, has signed an agreement to acquire full ownership interest in Flint Hills Resources Port Arthur, LLC.

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