Top 10 articles of 2022

• 10 1月 2023

It was a fascinating and unpredictable year for energy and commodities. Take a look at our top 10 most popular articles from the year.

Veritas Capital completes acquisition of Wood Mackenzie

• 02 2月 2023

Veritas Capital (“Veritas”), a leading investor at the intersection of technology and government, today announced that an affiliate of Veritas has completed the purchase of Wood Mackenzie from Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK).

NGLs & Petrochemicals

Our NGLs solutions provide traders and analysts with the accurate data and forecasts they need to complement and inform their models.

Horizons Live: The Big Ban

• 30 6月 2022

Watch on demand as we answer your questions about the consequences of the Ukraine war on commodities, and how governments, companies and investors must respond as the outlook for energy is transformed.

Horizons Live: Bio-liquid gold

• 02 9月 2022

Watch on demand as we answer questions about biofuel circularity and how it could unlock the energy transition.

Horizons Live: Eye on the tiger

• 09 4月 2025

What if India’s growth matched China’s 2000's boom? Explore the global energy ripple effects in this month’s Horizons Live.

Horizons Live: Carbon removals

• 01 10月 2024

In the recent Horizons Live session, our panel discussed carbon removals and how they will play a crucial role in achieving net zero.

Horizons Live: Adding fire to e-fuels

• 02 7月 2024

This month's Horizons Live examines whether synthetic fuels could be the key to unlocking growth in hydrogen.

Coronavirus and the collapse in polyester – will paraxylene and PTA markets recover?

• 01 6月 2020

Global polyester production is expected to decline by more than half a million tonnes this year. For polyester’s key raw materials, paraxylene (PX) and PTA, the knock-on effects will hit global demand in the coming years.

Polyethylene

Gain a comprehensive view of global supply and demand, price forecasts and petrochemical feedstock trends.

Horizons Live: Plastic surgery

• 06 12月 2021

Andrew Brown, Guy Bailey and Steve Jenkins answer questions and reignite discussion on creating more sustainable plastics value chain and getting the chemicals industry fit for the future.

China to dent global polyester growth in 2020

• 09 1月 2020

Chinese polyester market growth is expected to sit at just below 3% in 2020, a marked decline from the strong growth seen between 2018 and 2019. This dip in performance is mainly due to slashed growth for bottle-grade PET, according to Wood Mackenzie.

间二甲苯和精制间苯二甲酸（PIA）研究

间二甲苯和精制间苯二甲酸（PIA）研究:评估供应紧张的风险，并获得有关IPA和间二甲苯产能和需求预测的见解。

Can CCUS help achieve Net Zero?

• 19 11月 2024

Is CCUS the solution to Net Zero, or a temporary fix? Sylvia Leyva Martinez and Wood Mackenzie experts discuss the key policies and challenges shaping its future.

Energy transition glossary

• 21 8月 2024

Our energy transition glossary helps you understand key terms and definitions.

Low-carbon tech: is geothermal close to a breakthrough?

• 25 1月 2024

Is geothermal tech on the brink of a breakthrough? Explore the potential of next-gen geothermal in The Edge's latest article.

Low-carbon tech: can direct air capture rise to the challenge?

• 18 1月 2024

Like many emerging low-carbon technologies, DAC is expensive today (and tiny, under 0.05 Mtpa capacity worldwide) but could become a big deal in time.

Chemical Asset Benchmarking

• 07 9月 2020

Gain a detailed, comprehensive view of petrochemical assets globally for informed industry benchmarking and valuations.

North America Crude Markets Service

Invaluable North American crude oil value chain coverage with short and long-term outlooks giving you broad value chain coverage with weekly updates to keep you informed of market fundamental drivers.

Horizons podcast: Plastic surgery

• 14 12月 2021

Dr. Liz Dennett joins Dr Lars Borger and Guy Bailey to explore biodegradability, new materials and how could we create a sustainable plastic value chain.

The Australian energy crisis highlights the need for new gas supply

• 29 8月 2022

With prices soaring 400%, government is challenged to find the delicate balance of energy security and net zero goals

Redesign biggest opportunity to clean up plastic packaging as sector GHG emissions predicted to rise 75% by 2040

• 21 2月 2022

Plastic pollution caught and maintained the world’s attention in the mid-2010s as images of marine environments ravaged by deposits of disposed plastic led global governments and corporations to commit to improving the circular plastic economy.

The big ban: global commodities in a post-Ukraine-war world

• 16 6月 2022

War in Ukraine is transforming the outlook for the supply, demand and price of hydrocarbons and the pace and cost of the energy transition. Read more.

Complete ban on Russian commodity exports accelerate LNG growth and energy transition

• 16 6月 2022

War in Ukraine is transforming the outlook for the supply, demand and price of hydrocarbons and the pace and cost of the energy transition. While the precise timing and implementation of future bans on Russian commodity imports are difficult to predict, a rewriting of energy trade flows is now underway.

The plastics industry must go under the knife for a more sustainable future

• 18 11月 2021

Stemming the flow of plastics into the environment will need ‘more than a nip and tuck approach’ if the world is to reach peak plastic and meet the net zero challenge, says Wood Mackenzie.

Back to the future: the Horizons year in review

• 09 12月 2021

We touched on a number of issues this year with our new thought-leadership series. Post-COP26, it's time to review the articles and put them in recent context.

High carbon tax could erode up to 60% of Asia’s refining earnings

• 05 10月 2021

A high carbon tax could erode up to 60% of Asia’s total refining earnings by 2027, says Wood Mackenzie, at the Global Energy Summit Focus Week.

Packaging redesign could reduce global plastic demand by 20% by 2050

• 10 6月 2021

Plastic packaging redesign, which includes elimination, substitution and reuse approaches, could reduce global plastic packaging demand in 2050 from 190MT to 150MT, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s Cross-Polymer Demand Model.

What would an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism mean?

• 14 7月 2021

The EU Commission proposed a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) as part of today’s “Fit for 55” package. James Whiteside, global head of multi-commodity research at Wood Mackenzie, said: “As the first mechanism of its kind, the CBAM is being designed in consultation with industry to avoid unintended consequences. “A CBAM that does not cover a substantial portion of the production chain will encourage carbon leakage - pushing emissions beyond the borders of the EU or shifting competition between EU and non-EU producers to the next stage of the value chain.”

Decarbonising plastic value chains remains Herculean task

• 26 7月 2021

Despite the ‘war on plastics’, demand over the coming decades will be robust, underpinned by the growing global middle-class and the material requirements of the energy transition.