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Southern cone gas and power market to invest US$46 billion in gas production and US$94 billion in new power supply through 2033
- 30 十一月 2023
Driven by advances in batteries and lower costs, solar will outpace wind growth rates and become the leading technology for expansion over the next ten years in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. The total solar market is set to add 48 gigawatts (GW) of utility and distributed projects, while wind will add 31 GW of onshore projects through 2033, with the total investment in new power supply leading to a cumulative capacity of 400 GW by 2033, based on a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.
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President Elect Milei set to shake up Argentina’s oil industry
- 28 十一月 2023
Addressing the election of Javier Milei as President of Argentina, Adrian Lara, principal analyst, said “Elected President Javier Milei and his advisors are signalling the importance the oil and gas sector has in their plans for the overall Argentinian economy, however, their success in deregulating the sector and attracting more investment is still predicated on an effective and timely correction of the macroeconomic imbalances of the country.”
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Fast output recovery of oil and gas still challenging with easing of US sanctions on Venezuela
- 20 十月 2023
Addressing the US Treasury Department’s partially lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector, Adrian Lara, principal research analyst, Latin America Upstream Oil and Gas for Wood Mackenzie said, “Although still conditioned by a subsequent renewal, this new easing of sanctions can certainly be considered a positive move towards the recovery of the Venezuelan oil and gas sector. However, it does not guarantee a rapid or permanent recovery of production, given the required investment needed to deal with current infrastructure repairs and bottlenecks.”
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New offshore oil and gas developments in Colombia face challenges to deliver on nation’s long-term energy security
- 28 九月 2023
Offshore development of new gas assets has been identified as a key piece to Colombia’s long-term energy security, but significant challenges remain. The size, production capability and required infrastructure investments all make the situation uncertain, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.
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South American onshore wind power to expand 122% through 2032
- 12 七月 2023
Free market expansion will be one of the main drivers of onshore wind growth in the next 10 years in South America. The total wind market is set to add 41.2 gigawatts (GW) of onshore projects through 2032, based on a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.
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Woodside announces Trion field FID, Mexico’s first deepwater oilfield development
- 22 六月 2023
Addressing Woodside’s announced final investment decision (FID) of Trion field, Diego Alviso Becerril, Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Research LATAM, said “This will be Woodside’s first incursion into Mexican waters and Mexico’s first deepwater oil field development. With first oil scheduled for 2028, the development concept considers a US$7.2 billion investment to recover 479 million barrels of equivalent (mmboe).”
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With $9B BM-C-33 FID in Brazil, Equinor to increase its deepwater production outside of Norway to 400,000 boe/d by end of the decade
- 09 五月 2023
Addressing Equinor’s announced final investment decision (FID) for Brazil’s $9 billion BM-C-33 project, Luiz Hayum, senior research analyst, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa Upstream Oil and Gas, said “The BM-C-33 is Equinor’s second FID in a long list of justified for development deepwater projects outside Norway. Once sanctioned, these projects will increase Equinor’s operated deepwater production outside Norway from near zero to 400,000 boe/d by the end of the decade.”
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Latin America’s natural gas deficit to grow as new resource production remains a challenge
- 03 五月 2023
With several challenges facing new gas developments in Latin America, supply will be unable to keep up with demand, driving the need for expanded imports to the region over the next decade, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.
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Kan discovery in Mexico’s shallow water one of the largest since 2020
- 02 五月 2023
Addressing Wintershall Dea’s Kan-1 discovery, Adrian Lara, Principal Research Analyst Latin America Upstream Oil and Gas, said “With Wintershall Dea’s first operated exploration well drilled in Mexico, the announced expected resource of 200 to 300 million barrels of equivalent of oil and gas in place outperforms the original prospective resource estimated at 196 mmboe. The discovery is one of the largest in Mexico’s shallow-water since Zama, made by Talos in 2017 and Saasken made by Eni in 2020.”
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High quality oil and gas supplies are scarce, threatening emissions targets and a healthy energy transition
- 16 二月 2023
The energy transition will require oil and gas for decades to come, but the supply of lower-cost, lower-carbon “advantaged” barrels remain scarce, threatening emissions targets and causing upstream providers to pivot to new strategies, according to “Scraping the Barrel” a new Horizons analysis from Wood Mackenzie.
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Bolivian gas production to decline faster than expected, exports to Brazil and Argentina to cease by 2030
- 18 一月 2023
Bolivian gas production will decline more rapidly than expected, falling from 1,400 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) in 2022 to as low as 400 mmcfd by 2030, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business.
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New mid-caps in Brazil aim to increase mature asset reserves almost 1 billion boe by 2035
- 06 十二月 2022
With Petrobras divesting in many of its mature assets, new mid-cap upstream operators entering the Brazilian market will invest US$10 billion in capital investments during the next decade, boosting the production from these assets through 2027 and increasing remaining reserves by 980 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) by 2035, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business.
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Solar PV to overtake onshore wind in Latin America from 2023
- 16 十一月 2022
Solar PV will become the most cost-competitive technology in Latin America from 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest research report, ‘Latin America levelized cost of electricity (LCOE)’ which examines the power technology and generation landscape across the region to 2050. Solar will also displace onshore wind, currently the most attractive renewable energy source in Brazil, by 2025.
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Latin America offshore wind to see 34 GW of installed capacity by 2050
- 18 十月 2022
Driven by the growth of off-grid green hydrogen projects, Latin America will see a sharp increase in offshore wind projects, with capacity reaching 34 Gigawatts (GW) by 2050, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK).
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Wood Mackenzie brings light to homes in Puerto Rico
- 08 三月 2022
A team of three analysts from global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK), are in Puerto Rico this week helping install solar panels on homes as part of a new initiative with charity Let’s Share the Sun Foundation.
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Global energy storage set to triple in 2021
- 07 十月 2021
New research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK), shows annual global storage deployments will nearly triple year-on-year, reaching 12 GW/28 GWh in 2021. Across the world, economic recovery is top of mind for politicians, with renewable energy integration taking centre stage. Despite disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic, Wood Mackenzie’s Global Energy Storage Outlook, released today, forecasts nearly 1 TWh of total demand from 2021-2030.
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Drought puts pressure on Brazil’s power sector
- 08 九月 2021
The severe drought in Brazil will contribute to an extremely tight power balance in the country, new research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK), shows.
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Royalties reform could dampen investors’ appetite for Chile’s copper sector
- 29 六月 2021
Proposed changes to Chile’s mining royalty regime will not have a drastic impact on the country’s production landscape in the near-term. However, analysis from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk company (Nasdaq:VRSK), indicates there is clear risk the amendments could compromise continued appetite to make large-scale, long-term investments in Chile’s copper sector.
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Resilience and sustainability to be core oil and gas themes of 2021
- 19 一月 2021
Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis reveals that sustainability and resilience will be at the heart of the oil and gas industry story in 2021.
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Argentina weighs new price subsidy, but freezes gas tariffs
- 25 六月 2020
Gas pricing and market regulation are again under discussion in Argentina. The coronavirus pandemic has weakened an already vulnerable economy, with the impact felt in the gas market. To maintain low gas prices for end-users, the new administration has imposed a tariff freeze until the end of 2020.
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Mexico, Central America and Caribbean power up with record wind capacity
- 18 六月 2020
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean saw a record 1,830 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity installed across the region in 2019 – a 126% year-on-year increase in additions, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.
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Market set to tighten as OPEC+ agrees to extend 9.7 million b/d output cut
- 06 六月 2020
OPEC+ today (6 June 2020) agreed a one-month extension of the 9.7 million barrels per day (b/d) production cut. The extension will tighten the market further and could see Brent prices rise from the current $40/bbl toward $45-to-$50/bbl.
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Petrobras acts to protect gas value chain as Brazil demand slumps
- 24 四月 2020
Petrobras’ handling of the crisis it faced as Brazilian gas demand slumped earlier this month offers valuable lessons to integrated players, Mauro Chavez, head of Latin America Gas & LNG at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, says.
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Collapsing demand sets the terms in the OPEC+ battle for market share
- 09 四月 2020
Since OPEC+’s failure to agree on production restraint on 5-6 March, the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have become far clearer, sparking a crisis in the oil market as prices fell and supply ramped up. The problem for these producers is the scale of the fall in oil demand, especially during April and forecast for Q2 2020. No matter the size of the varying forecasts, they all point to a challenging market that puts pressure on storage space and prices.
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US$210bn of new spend in firing line as players target cost cuts
- 02 四月 2020
The oil price crash has hit the upstream sector hard. Deep cuts are being made across the board, but it will have a dramatic impact on the industry’s project pipeline. Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes almost all pre-FID projects will be deferred. Of the 50+ projects we identified with potential to go ahead this year, only 10 have a chance of proceeding, but all are at risk.
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Oil price rout: which supply is most at risk of shut-in?
- 27 三月 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is reducing oil demand. The OPEC+ production restraint agreement fell apart on 6 March and Saudi Arabia is rapidly increasing supply. The result: Brent crude has plunged to less than US$30/bbl. This will have a significant impact on currently producing fields and future supply. How low can the price go before different sources of production become uneconomic? Where are production shut-ins most likely? Can governments influence the result?
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Industry slashes spending as price rout deepens: Can companies cope?
- 19 三月 2020
Survival mode has returned to the oil and gas sector as the oil price rout deepens. Corporate financials are in better shape than during the 2014/2015 crash, but room for manoeuvre is limited. Can companies cope with prices this low?
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Oil price rout may trigger major industry shake-up
- 10 三月 2020
As global markets reel in the wake of the oil price crash, Wood Mackenzie’ corporate analysis team believes the price collapse could be the trigger for a new phase of deep industry restructuring - one that rivals the changes seen in the late-1990s.
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OPEC+ ‘no deal’ a blow to the market
- 06 三月 2020
The OPEC+ meeting broke up without a deal, what does it mean for the markets?
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Brazil’s consumers ‘pay price’ for power costs problems
- 12 二月 2020
New research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie indicates the fuel pricing mechanism used by Brazil’s Energy Planning Agency (EPE) in the country’s power auctions does not align with the New Gas Market programme – and Brazilian electricity consumers may pay the price for this.

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