• Opinion

  Could the Majors take a fast-track route to lower emissions intensity?

  • 05 12月 2019

  A handful of assets account for almost a third of the Majors’ upstream carbon emissions – and that presents an opportunity for rapid progress against emissions targets.

• Opinion

  Greener LNG is vital to Asia’s sustainable development

  • 29 11月 2019

  Gas will play a vital role in Asia’s fight against air pollution, and in meeting its future energy demand. But with its environmental impact under new scrutiny, is it time for LNG to get greener?

• Opinion

  Why women will shape the future of natural resources

  • 25 9月 2019

  Wood Mackenzie CEO Neal Anderson shares his views on the importance of gender diversity in the natural resources sector

• Opinion

  How South Texas market shifts will create gas price divergence

  • 13 9月 2019

  Permian and Eagle Ford gas production growth are meeting robust LNG export in South Texas. What does this mean for Katy, Agua Dulce and HSC price hubs?

• Opinion

  Revisiting the landmark Caspian Sea agreement

  • 06 9月 2019

  A year since the much-anticipated Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea was signed, how much has changed?

• Opinion

  Who will make money on the second wave of US LNG?

  • 06 9月 2019

  Commercial structures are evolving as the second wave takes shape, changing the balance of risk and reward for project developers, suppliers and offtakers.

• Opinion

  Do European utilities still have an appetite for LNG?

  • 03 9月 2019

  European utilities are re-evaluating their exposure across the gas value chain against the backdrop of the energy transition.

• Opinion

  Notes from URTeC and our views on development cubes and in-basin sand

  • 26 8月 2019

  Listen to the latest episode of Crude For Thought: Notes from URTeC and our views on development cubes and in-basin sand

• Opinion

  ONGC outlines 2040 strategic vision

  • 24 8月 2019

  India's national oil company ONGC has just unveiled its 2040 strategy. Get our latest analysis.

• Opinion

  How will Russia respond to Europe's changing gas market?

  • 22 7月 2019

  Changing European gas market dynamics present new challenges and opportunities for Russia, Europe's largest supplier. How can Russia monetise giant gas reserves while mitigating the risks of European decarbonisation and diversification efforts?  

• Opinion

  Asian LNG demand can’t be taken for granted

  • 15 9月 2022

  Where in Asia is demand at greatest risk, can suppliers still count on Asian LNG demand recovery, and what do Asian buyers really want from suppliers amidst the current crisis?

• Opinion

  UK energy exports and fracking: aspiration or pipe dream?

  • 23 9月 2022

  The UK has announced plans to become a net energy exporter by 2040. This includes lifting the 2019 ban on hydraulic fracturing in unconventional shale plays in England.

• Opinion

  Banks assess the impact of climate commitments

  • 30 9月 2022

  Lenders can still finance new oil and gas development, but emissions goals mean the balance of their operations is shifting.

• Opinion

  US gas exporters target a changing European market

  • 21 10月 2022

  Europe is replacing its lost imports from Russia with LNG. The shift is putting its gas infrastructure under strain.

• Opinion

  How will oil and gas companies get to Scope 3 net zero?

  • 27 10月 2022

  Only ten major oil and gas companies have set Scope 3 net zero ambitions – so far three broad business models for dealing with this complex challenge are emerging.

• Opinion

  Headwinds on the upstream energy transition journey

  • 18 4月 2023

  The oil and gas industry has proved its resilience in recent years – but wherever you look there are more costs and more risk. Can it rise to the sustainability challenge?

• Opinion

  Will a supply response help avoid US gas storage containment this summer?

  • 27 4月 2023

  Henry Hub gas prices have fallen as concerns of oversupply rise – a multitude of supply responses may be necessary.

• Opinion

  The Middle East steps on the gas

  • 04 5月 2023

  What’s driving the impressive growth of the gas sector in the Middle East?

• Opinion

  Oil and gas Majors: venture capital strategies for the energy transition

  • 01 5月 2023

  The Majors have focused investment in nine areas of energy transition technology

• Opinion

  Drilling down into the UAE’s exploration renaissance

  • 17 5月 2023

  ADNOC has aggressive decarbonisation targets under a strategy that includes, somewhat counterintuitively, oil and gas growth and a renewed emphasis on licensing and exploration.

• Opinion

  Petrobras kicks off Marlim revitalisation project in Brazil

  • 23 5月 2023

  Market activity is picking up for Petrobras – developments are moving forward quickly, while exploration remains slow.

• Opinion

  What will the 2020 elections mean for US energy?

  • 21 10月 2020

  The 2020 elections bring US energy policy to a fork in the road. Trump offers continuity, with some further easing of regulations on the oil, gas and coal industries. Biden offers a return to the Obama administration’s strategy of using regulation to cut emissions, and more ambitious moves if the Democrats win control of Congress.

• Opinion

  Can the UK lead the world in carbon capture, utilisation and storage?

  • 24 11月 2020

  Technological innovation could shift challenging economics, accelerate net zero ambitions and create a world-class CCUS industry on the UK Continental Shelf.

• Opinion

  Henry Hub prices have gone global

  • 24 11月 2020

  Henry Hub gas prices have gone global. Historically, unlike WTI oil prices, Henry Hub gas prices were an “island” and not impacted by global market dynamics. However, times have changed as US LNG feed gas requirements for exports have reached close to 10 bcfd, or 10% of the total US gas market.

• Opinion

  North Sea Financial Flexibility Index: surviving – and thriving – in a volatile environment

  • 27 11月 2020

  With price volatility in the oil and gas industry looking increasingly endemic, financial flexibility is more crucial than ever. Wood Mackenzie has created its inaugural North Sea Financial Flexibility Index (FFI) to determine which companies are best placed to survive – and thrive – in the North Sea.

• Opinion

  Is net zero oil and gas production possible?

  • 05 1月 2021

  The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has committed to cutting operational emissions in half by 2030 and achieving net zero production by 2050. Operators have taken significant steps towards decarbonisation – but achieving these goals will take leaps forward in technology, policy and investment.

• Opinion

  Could oil Majors and Independents generate record free cash flow this year?

  • 25 2月 2021

  IOCs have just been through one of their toughest ever years. But the sector is primed for a V-shaped free cash flow recovery, potentially to record levels. What’s fuelling the shift in fortunes, and how will it shape corporate priorities?

• Opinion

  Asian buyers stay cool as US LNG hit by the deep freeze

  • 24 2月 2021

  So, when freezing conditions hit the southern US last week, resulting in feedgas into LNG plants collapsing from above 10 bcfd to just below 2 bcfd, and with some Texas price markers soaring north of US$400/mmbtu, anxiety levels should have been rising.

• Opinion

  Making sense of Asia’s sky-high spot LNG prices

  • 20 1月 2021

  None of us could have foreseen what happened this winter. Cost of supply became an irrelevance as Asian spot LNG prices went into orbit. From lows of around US$2/mmbtu in April, the JKM price soared north of US$32/mmbtu last week, with media reports of Trafigura purchasing a cargo from Total at US$39.3/mmbtu.

• Opinion

  Australia’s gas conundrum

  • 19 3月 2021

  While it may well claim the crown of world’s largest LNG exporter in 2021, Australia faces rising problems with its gas.