• The Edge

  Six themes shaping the energy world in 2024

  • 09 1月 2024

  What opportunities, challenges and risks does the world of energy and natural resources face in 2024? Our experts share their thoughts.

• The Edge

  COP28 key takeaways

  • 14 12月 2023

  The challenges in accelerating the energy transition

• Opinion

  COP28: A nuclear COP?

  • 11 12月 2023

  Join Ed Crooks and Henri Paillere as they dissect the global nuclear industry's current state and the implications of governments aiming to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050. Special insights from Reta Lewis on US Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Dr Sama Bilbao y Leon on the future of nuclear energy.

• Opinion

  What does the world need from COP28?

  • 24 11月 2023

  Join the conversation with Angela Wilkinson and Elena Belletti as they discuss the crucial actions needed at COP28 to limit global warming.

• The Edge

  Big Oil: upstream M&A gets serious

  • 26 10月 2023

  How do the Euro Majors respond?

• Editorial

  North America’s crude oil storage problem

  • 13 5月 2020

  Oil demand hit record lows. Combine that with volatile prices and a global supply glut, and you have all the ingredients for a perfect storm. With the oil market in turmoil, all eyes have now turned to storage. And North America’s primary crude storage destination, Cushing, is being pushed to its limits.

• Editorial

  What crashing LNG prices mean for renewables

  • 05 5月 2020

  What falling gas and LNG prices mean for solar, wind and energy storage markets around the world in the short and long term.

• Editorial

  The impact of coronavirus on vessel traffic and the shipping industry

  • 28 4月 2020

  While cruise ship companies have seen activity stop during the coronavirus pandemic, data from Vesseltracker shows us that maritime traffic in the bulk, container and chemicals industries have proved more resilient.

• Editorial

  Perfect storm sees May WTI settle in negative territory

  • 21 4月 2020

  May WTI futures settled at -$37.63 on April 20. Get the latest analysis from Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils.

• Opinion

  The devastating impact of the great lockdown

  • 17 4月 2020

  There are signs that the coronavirus is gradually being brought under control in many countries, but any pick-up in activity will be tentative and uneven, and will face headwinds from the chaos in the global economy.

• The Edge

  Low oil price could squeeze out 4 million b/d of non-OPEC supply

  • 19 4月 2020

  The OPEC+ ‘deal of the century’ last weekend changes oil market dynamics in the short run. Find out more in this week's Edge.

• The Edge

  Coronavirus pushes oil towards the abyss

  • 06 4月 2020

  As demand collapses, how will the market deal with oversupply? Find out in this week's Edge.

• Opinion

  The coronavirus crisis: assessing the impact on energy

  • 27 3月 2020

  Demand for oil, gas and power is recovering in China, but falling sharply in the rest of the world. The coronavirus pandemic has already had a profound impact on energy, with oil prices plunging and companies taking an axe to their capital spending plans. But the implications of the crisis are only just starting to emerge.

• The Edge

  The oil industry’s rapid response to the crisis

  • 31 3月 2020

  The oil industry has moved fast in response to the dual crisis that's undermining the crude market and price. But this may be just the beginning.

• Opinion

  Five ways the coronavirus changed the world of energy this week

  • 20 3月 2020

  The US government is starting to buy crude and facing calls for it to manage the oil market, as demand continues to weaken. In this week's Energy Pulse by Ed Crooks.

• The Edge

  Refining set for a challenging 2020

  • 11 2月 2020

  Buoyed by steady growth in oil demand and a culture of capital discipline, refining has been a rock for Big Oil in recent years. Suddenly, there are challenges – not least the threat from coronavirus to oil demand. Where does that leave the outlook for refining in 2020?

• The Edge

  What the energy world looks like in 2030

  • 28 1月 2020

  This decade promises unprecedented change in the way we produce and consume energy. Find out how that will take shape in this week's Edge.

• The Edge

  Global upstream investment – the trends in 2020

  • 21 1月 2020

  Upstream spend on development and exploration is a barometer of the industry’s mood. A muted recovery has been underway since the collapse in investment levels after the 2014 fall in oil price. What’s the forecast for spend in 2020?

• Editorial

  Lower 48 cost outlook: what is the market telling us about 2020?

  • 21 1月 2020

  Will this deflationary period last?

• Featured

  The oil market shrugs off the attacks in the Gulf

  • 10 1月 2020

  Oil prices recovered their equilibrium after the US killing of Qassem Soleimani, but tensions in the Gulf region have remained high

• Featured

  Europe’s moonshot moment as it aims for zero net emissions in 2050

  • 12 12月 2019

  The European Commission plans radical change to cut EU emissions to zero by 2050, with potentially huge implications for energy companies. This and more from Ed Crooks.

• The Edge

  The Edge: Asian NOCs, the energy transition and ESG

  • 19 11月 2019

  Where does Asia stand on the energy transition? What are energy companies in the region doing to adapt? Are some further down the road than others? Much of LNG’s strong growth outlook reflects Asian demand but are its credentials as a bridging fuel for the transition all that good? And what does the US-China trade dispute mean for the region?

• The Edge

  Private equity – big buyers of oil and gas in the downturn

  • 12 11月 2019

  Private equity firms have been among the big buyers of oil and gas assets in the last few years, taking advantage of portfolio restructuring among traditional players during the downturn. What’s the plan for success? And how are the exit options shaping up?

• The Edge

  How to stay investible – the oil industry’s challenge

  • 05 11月 2019

  Big Oil faces sluggish oil demand, weak gas prices, the energy transition and the implications of next year’s US Presidential election. How can Big Oil stay investible in this environment?

• Featured

  Three forces weakening US dollar’s grip on commodity pricing

  • 04 11月 2019

  In the commodity world, the US dollar is king. The currency dominates pricing and payments of energy and metals. In this new piece of research Principal Economist Perter Martin asks whether dollar dominance is set to end.

• Featured

  Could a future US president ban fracking?

  • 05 11月 2019

  Democratic presidential challengers have pledged to end fracking. That’s not a realistic aim, but their commitments are still significant. Get the latest from Ed Crooks, Vice-Chairman, Americas.

• Featured

  Can the energy industry rise to the challenge of climate change?

  • 02 8月 2019

  Our energy transition experts take on some of the trickiest questions about how to meet the world’s future energy needs while managing climate change.

• Featured

  China’s energy markets feel the squeeze

  • 11 6月 2019

  When the US sneezes, China catches a cold or so they say. Certainly when the US decides to stack tariffs onto the price of imported Chinese goods, China’s economy, central to global economic growth, slows down. That’s already started to happen – even before the latest increase in tariffs starts to have an effect.

• The Edge

  What's on CEOs' minds

  • 28 9月 2023

  Climate policy, commodity prices and corporate strategies

• The Edge

  Three lessons for decarbonising power markets

  • 07 9月 2023

  Investment in the grid and storage must match renewables growth