• News Release

  New regulations to fast-track Brazil FPSO deployment and boost pre-salt oil production

  • 20 6月 2018

  Brazil's new local content regulations could fast-track the deployment of FPSO units, speeding up the pace of pre-salt oil production by more than 21 billion barrels by the mid-2020s, a new report by Wood Mackenzie analysing the impact of new local content rules on production, royalty collection and job creation has found.

• News Release

  Floating rig utilization rebounds to pre-COVID levels

  • 12 6月 2023

  Rig utilization has returned to pre-COVID levels, driving rates up 40 percent in the past year as demand is forecast to increase another 20 percent from 2024-2025, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  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).

• News Release

  Permian operators cash in ... by thinking inside the box

  • 21 8月 2019

  As the tight oil sector continues to mature, producers are looking for ways to optimise their operations, improving efficiency of both production and costs. It's a battle to win back investor confidence. New research from Wood Mackenzie underscores the fact tight-oil operators are no longer chasing growth at all costs. Development strategies have firmly shifted to focus on scale: drilling sections instead of wells, with compressed paybacks, at the lowest possible cost. Many are favouring a “cube” development strategy, viewing it as the most efficient way to capitalise on cost savings.

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  20K technology to unlock more than 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent in resources in the US Gulf of Mexico

  • 12 8月 2024

  Chevron announced first oil at the Anchor field in the US Gulf of Mexico deepwater, unlocking the potential for a considerable amount of new production.

• News Release

  US energy dominance faces long-term challenges

  • 17 4月 2025

  While the United States currently dominates global oil and gas production, it faces significant challenges to maintaining the same level of leadership in the coming decades, according to the latest Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  As project economics rebound, upstream FIDs to increase in 2024, with focus on deepwater resources

  • 14 3月 2024

  Up to 30 upstream projects larger than 50 million of barrels of oil equivalent (boe) could reach FID in 2024, an increase from 22 in 2023, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  An additional £10 billion of North Sea value could be extracted from existing assets if the right fiscal and regulatory regime is established

  • 23 10月 2024

  Up to £10 billion of North Sea oil and gas pre-tax value could be unlocked from existing assets if the UK government was to implement a fiscal system that encourages investment – and restores trust with the industry – according to new analysis by Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  ConocoPhillips acquisition of Marathon Oil creates third largest producer in the US Lower 48, says Wood Mackenzie

  • 30 5月 2024

  Addressing ConocoPhillips (COP) acquisition of Marathon Oil (MRO) in an all-stock transaction valued at US$22.5B, Alex Beeker, research director, corporate research for Wood Mackenzie said, “The addition of Marathon further solidifies ConocoPhillips in a league of its own, with few true peers. For ConocoPhillips, this is a diversified and balanced move across multiple geographies.”

• News Release

  World heading for a 3°C warming trajectory, as political headwinds slow the energy transition

  • 02 5月 2024

  A five-year delay to the energy transition could see the global average temperature rise to 3°C above pre-industrial levels.

• News Release

  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

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie predicts European gas demand will continue to fall, helping gas storage outlook for this winter and the following

  • 01 9月 2022

  High natural gas prices will continue to drive down European demand to seven percent below the five-year average through March, leaving a best-case scenario of storage levels at 31% at winter’s end, in line with the five-year average, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).

• News Release

  Domestic UK oil & gas can reduce reliance on energy imports

  • 07 4月 2022

  High commodity prices and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have called into question the UK’s reliance on energy imports. In response, the UK government is set to unveil a new ‘energy security strategy’.

• News Release

  How the energy transition can reduce the risk of future shocks

  • 21 4月 2022

  Five key lessons from today's energy crisis on how to manage the shift to lower-carbon sources while strengthening energy security

• News Release

  Market searches for new Henry Hub ceiling price as supply/demand response remains unusually muted

  • 22 4月 2022

  The recent run up in natural gas prices - hitting its highest at Henry Hub since 2008 - is a result of more muted market balancing mechanisms than in the past, say analysts from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK).

• News Release

  UK government swoops on North Sea windfall profits

  • 27 5月 2022

  Wood Mackenzie’s research indicates that UK North Sea oil and gas producers are making more profits than ever before, in an era where the industry is in progressive decline.

• News Release

  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.

• News Release

  Half of traditional super basins are future-fit and they have three things in common

  • 21 7月 2022

  Energy super basins of the future must fulfill three key criteria - abundant resources, access to low-cost renewables and hub-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Stability of Russian gas flows remain uncertain, despite the reopening of Nord Stream

  • 21 7月 2022

  Gazprom confirmed today that regular annual maintenance of Nord Stream is officially over and gas flows restarted at 63 million cubic metres per day (mcm/d) – 40% of the pipeline’s overall capacity. The European gas market has reacted, with prices down by 5%; but the stability of Russian gas flows is by no means a given, according to analysts at Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Upstream sector on the rebound – but ‘peak uncertainty’ fears weigh in 2022

  • 13 12月 2021

  The oil and gas sector will continue to rebound in 2022, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK) But the positive outlook will be tempered by concerns about its future. In its Global Upstream Outlook 2022, Wood Mackenzie points out the upstream industry must respond to the implications of the pledges made at COP26 and governments must set a course for the industry to follow.

• News Release

  Oil price windfall a ‘golden opportunity’ to speed up sector’s decarbonisation

  • 19 8月 2021

  – Oil and gas companies must use the current cash flow windfall opportunity to speed up decarbonisation of their businesses, global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK) said in a report released today.

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  Wood Mackenzie and Ball Corporation announce satellite data analytics collaboration

  • 11 11月 2021

  Wood Mackenzie, Inc. a Verisk business (NASDAQ:VRSK), and Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) announced today that they have formed a strategic agreement between the two organisations to accelerate the development of advanced analytics for energy markets.

• News Release

  OPEC+ maintains production plan

  • 27 4月 2021

  OPEC+ is, as expected, holding firm to its decision to increase supply, gradually and carefully, over the coming months.

• News Release

  Will higher oil prices spell trouble for upstream discipline?

  • 19 4月 2021

  In its rebound from the 2020 downturn, Brent flirted with US$70 per barrel. Higher prices in 2021 mean higher cash flow for producers, perhaps even record-setting highs. Have the good times returned? Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes operators need to be cautious.

• News Release

  Producing green LNG is key for Australia to remain competitive

  • 17 6月 2021

  Australian producers need to be at the forefront of green LNG to remain competitive, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie’s new multi-factor analysis pin-points advantaged reservoirs

  • 30 3月 2021

  Granular subsurface data is key to understanding advantaged resources

• News Release

  European gas storage plans for 2023 still stand despite cold snap

  • 14 12月 2022

  Colder temperatures across Europe have increased month-on-month heating demand by 20% in December, but behavioural change in households and services means the amount of gas used in these sectors is 16% lower than previous average consumption patterns for similar temperatures says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).

• News Release

  Few oil and gas companies commit to Scope 3 net zero emissions as significant challenges remain

  • 28 10月 2022

  Scope 3 emissions account for 80-to-95% of total carbon emissions from oil and gas companies. But only a small number of these firms have set Scope 3 net zero ambitions, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Offshore CCS projects could breathe new life into Gulf of Mexico

  • 04 11月 2022

  As the US looks for innovative ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, offshore carbon capture storage (CCS) projects in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) could play an influential role in meeting future goals, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Bolivian gas production to decline faster than expected, exports to Brazil and Argentina to cease by 2030

  • 18 1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.