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IMO 2020 – what does it mean for downstream, upstream, LNG and bulks sectors?
- 07 五月 2019
Implementation of IMO 2020 regulation is just eight months away and its implications will be felt beyond refining and shipping. Wood Mackenzie's Asia Pacific experts weigh in on what this means for the different sectors.
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What would Australia's Labor win mean for the resources, energy and power sectors?
- 06 五月 2019
Australia's general election is around the corner and Labor looks set for victory. Labor has announced its commitment to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions by 45% between 2005 and 2030, and to reach net-zero pollution by 2050. It has also proposed changes to existing mechanisms to lower energy and gas prices.
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Southeast Asian upstream M&A could hit US$14 billion
- 25 四月 2019
According to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, Southeast Asia could take centre stage in the region's upstream M&A activity in 2019, with up to US$14 billion worth of assets potentially switching hands.
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Oxy tables US$38bn rival bid for Anadarko
- 24 四月 2019
Occidental Petroleum today put forward a rival bid to acquire Anadarko Petroleum for US$38 billion, surpassing Chevron's US$33 billion offer earlier this month.
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Murphy Oil dives into deepwater Gulf of Mexico with US$1.6bn LLOG deal
- 23 四月 2019
Murphy Oil Exploration is poised to buy several deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets from LLOG Exploration for a total of US$1.625 billion, split into a US$1.375 billion cash payment and US$250 million in contingent payments.
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BP’s US$6bn Azeri Central East project gets the nod
- 19 四月 2019
BP and partners have taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Azeri Central East (ACE) platform, the latest phase at Azerbaijan's super-giant Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oilfield. The US$6 billion project will be one of the biggest upstream FIDs of the year.
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Chrysaor snaps up ConocoPhillips' North Sea assets in US$2.7bn deal
- 18 四月 2019
Chrysaor on 18 April 2019 agreed to buy ConocoPhillips’ North Sea assets in a US$2.7 billion deal. The purchase will make Chrysaor the top producer in the UK in 2019 and keep it among the UK's largest producers for the next few years.
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Majors step up to bid on Argentina offshore acreage
- 17 四月 2019
Argentina's first national offshore licensing round attracted the interest of the Majors, and resulted in winning bids totalling US$718.28 million.
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Santos makes significant gas discovery at Corvus-2 appraisal well
- 16 四月 2019
Santos' announced the confirmation of a significant gas resource at Corvus-2 appraisal well. Wood Mackenzie senior analyst Daniel Toleman comments on the announcement.
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Indonesia elections and impact on energy and mining and metals sectors
- 16 四月 2019
Indonesia heads to the polls on 17 April 2019. Wood Mackenzie and sister company Verisk Maplecroft discuss what this means for the energy, and mining and metals sectors.
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Delek makes splash with US$965m deepwater Gulf of Mexico deal
- 12 四月 2019
Delek Group has bought Shell's stake in the Caesar-Tonga field, in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
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BP to exit China shale gas
- 12 四月 2019
In the same week that Shell agreed to explore for shale oil in China, BP is reported to be exiting its two Sichuan basin shale gas blocks.
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Aramco's $10bn bond underscores its vast global ambitions
- 01 四月 2019
Saudi Aramco’s decision to issue a $10 billion bond underscores how serious the company is about transforming itself into an international powerhouse across the oil and gas value chain, from upstream to petrochemicals.
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Buyers' market as Gulf of Mexico lease sale wraps up
- 20 三月 2019
The US Gulf of Mexico region wide Lease Sale 252 was held today, 20 March 2019. The sale attracted 257 bids from 30 companies, with high bids totalling US$244.3 million. An increase of about $66 million (37%) from the last region-wide lease sale in August 2018.
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ExxonMobil and QP land a giant with Glaucus
- 28 二月 2019
ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum today announced they made a major gas find with the Glaucus-1 well, drilled offshore Cyprus. “Glaucus is a giant,” Robert Morris, senior research analyst, Europe upstream, at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said. He added: “It will be one of the biggest discoveries of the year."
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Repsol-led consortium makes significant gas discovery in Indonesia
- 18 二月 2019
Following the announcement by Indonesia's upstream regulator SKK Migas on a gas discovery in the country, Wood Mackenzie's research director Andrew Harwood provides a commentary.
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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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Brulpadda delivers the goods for Total
- 07 二月 2019
French major Total and its partners, Qatar Petroleum, Canadian Natural Resources, and Main Street, have made a potentially play-opening discovery with the Brulpadda-1 well, in South Africa’s deepwater Outeniqua basin, about 180 kilometres south-east of PetroSA's Mossel Bay gas-to-liquids plant.
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Smoother sailing ahead for upstream supply chain players
- 06 二月 2019
The global offshore upstream supply chain saw signs of recovery in 2018, and this looks set to continue in 2019, according to global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie. As project FIDs increase, demand for equipment and services are buoying the prospects for the upstream supply chain.
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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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Sanctions to squeeze Venezuela’s output
- 01 二月 2019
The sanctions the US government has imposed against Venezuela aim to curb the Maduro government’s access to revenue from crude export. But impact could they have on state-run oil producer PDVSA and the country’s energy sector?
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New opportunity in UK North Sea with Greater Buchan Area round
- 31 一月 2019
The Oil & Gas Authority's (OGA) decision to launch the 31st supplementary offshore licensing round, focusing on the Greater Buchan Area offers a material opportunity for players active in the UK North Sea
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US sanctions increase pressure on Venezuela
- 30 一月 2019
The US is poised to impose fresh sanctions on Venezuela, ratcheting up the stakes in the country's political crisis by curbing the Maduro government's access to cash from crude exports.
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Glengorm ‘largest UK gas find since 2008’
- 29 一月 2019
CNOOC Ltd and Total's Glengorm gas discovery, in teh Central North Sea, is the largest gas find in UK waters since Culzean in 2008
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Outlook sluggish for upstream M&A
- 21 一月 2019
Upstream dealmakers start 2019 facing an uphill battle. Volatile oil prices and bearish equity markets impede deal flow by creating uncertainty, widening the bid-ask spread, altering financial conditions and making companies re-think near-term strategies. In Q4 2018, as these factors emerged, deal count dropped to its lowest level since Q1 2015, with December the slowest month since January 2015.
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Medco Energi's potential takeover of UK-listed Ophir Energy
- 02 一月 2019
On the first day of 2019, Ophir announced it was in talks with Indonesia's Medco Energi regarding a cash takeover. No amount or other details have yet been released, other than Medco has to make a clear binding offer by the 28th of January if a deal is to proceed. Ophir's upstream portfolio includes assets in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. It also has exploration acreage in Mexico and Bangladesh.
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Upstream companies positioned to thrive in 2019
- 17 十二月 2018
Price volatility. Market turbulence. Geopolitical tensions. As 2018 draws to a close the stage is already set for a fascinating 2019 in the upstream industry. In the recently published 2019 upstream and corporate outlook reports, Wood Mackenzie highlights how well prepared the industry is to adapt and thrive in tumultuous times.
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Chevron loses second major production asset in South East Asia
- 13 十二月 2018
Following today's announcement by Thailand's Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF) that PTTEP has won the auction round for both G1/61 (Erawan) and G2/61 (Bongkot) PSCs after putting an aggressive bid on the gas price and the profit share, Wood Mackenzie's research analyst Jean-Baptiste Berchoteau shares some insights.
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Major LNG buyers' uncontracted demand to quadruple by 2030
- 13 十二月 2018
Wood Mackenzie's latest research reveals that uncontracted demand by the world's seven largest LNG buyers could quadruple to 80 million tonnes per annum (mmtpa) by 2030.
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ExxonMobil's Pluma marks a perfect 10
- 04 十二月 2018
ExxonMobil’s exploration success in the last few years has established the Guyana basin as one of the world’s offshore exploration hotspots. Luiz Hayum, research analyst with Wood Mackenzie's Latin America upstream oil and gas team, comments on Exxon's latest find, Pluma.

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