• The Edge

  How to tackle the upcycle’s big challenges

  • 11 2月 2022

  Could the margin-boosting gains shrink under the pressure of supply chain challenges, and what can companies do to ensure their supply chain meets ESG requirements?

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  How Africa maximises its oil and gas riches

  • 14 10月 2022

  The upstream industry in Africa is thriving. Giant oil discoveries in the last two years add to a positive investment outlook that's the envy of other oil and gas provinces. What can African governments do to maximise the value of their resources?

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  Oil in a decarbonising world

  • 22 9月 2022

  What is the trajectory of oil demand in a world that’s decarbonising and how will that influence prices?

• The Edge

  Big oil, new energy and the stock market

  • 19 6月 2020

  Big Oil is on the move, feeling its way into a changing energy world. There are two sides to adapting: how to decarbonise oil and gas and how to build a sustainable business around zero-carbon technology. European and US Majors are following two very different paths.

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  Oil refining – facing up to structural overcapacity

  • 03 7月 2020

  Refining has been hit hard by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Profitability in 2020 will be the lowest this century. When will margins recover? And how will the industry respond to this challenge?

• The Edge

  Competing for capital in a downcycle

  • 11 9月 2020

  The economic fall out from Covid-19, the energy transition and tight finances exacerbated by low prices are three of the big challenges facing energy companies today. How much money is available to invest? Where best to spend it, on legacy oil and gas or new energy? And how will another lurch down in upstream investment affect the global oil market and price?

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  New LNG projects – all dressed up and no place to go

  • 25 9月 2020

  LNG demand is set to grow strongly out of the downturn, driven by Asia. A plethora of new projects is lining up to meet a sizeable supply gap that emerges by the end of the decade. What are the risks to our bullish demand scenario? How will new investment in supply be affected by rising ESG concerns? And which pre-FID projects are best placed to fill the supply gap?

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  Exploration - where less can be more

  • 20 11月 2020

  How capital discipline led a return to value creation

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  A Biden administration: implications for the energy industry

  • 09 11月 2020

  The energy sector faces a very different future under President-elect Biden. What are the implications for the oil market? How will key US geopolitical relationships change? And can a Biden administration push through its climate change goals?

• The Edge

  Big themes and risks for energy in 2021

  • 11 12月 2020

  After a tumultuous 2020, what will shape the energy world in 2021? We look at five themes to watch – economic boom, action on climate change, oil demand, industry finances and upstream investment.

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  The Euro Majors’ big bet on new energy

  • 04 12月 2020

  The Euro Majors are building new energy businesses as a key part of net carbon-neutral targets for 2050. How and when will they be able to demonstrate value from renewables investments?

• The Edge

  Upside pressure mounts on US gas prices

  • 15 5月 2025

  Surging gas demand set to push Henry Hub higher

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  Tariffs - implications for the oil and gas sector

  • 10 4月 2025

  Tariffs could shake up oil and gas markets – find out how companies are preparing for price volatility, capital discipline and potential M&A opportunities in a turbulent landscape.

• The Edge

  What a future Ukraine peace deal means for energy (Part 2)

  • 26 3月 2025

  A windfall for Russian oil producers and impetus for upstream investment

• The Edge

  Majors' capital allocation in a stuttering energy transition

  • 03 3月 2025

  As energy transition challenges mount, oil and gas Majors are pivoting back to upstream - while NOCs step up their low-carbon commitments. What does this mean for the industry's future?

• The Edge

  CCUS’s breakthrough year

  • 16 1月 2025

  Explore the latest trends in CCUS as 2025 shapes up to be a breakthrough year, with rising optimism and record FIDs expected. Learn about project financing, policy support and the companies leading the charge in carbon capture and storage.

• The Edge

  OPEC’s battle for control of the oil market

  • 18 6月 2019

  Persistent non-OPEC volume growth poses a challenge. Get our latest OPEC and non-OPEC supply forecasts.

• The Edge

  The new wave of internationalising NOCs

  • 04 6月 2019

  Oil and gas producing giants, Rosneft, Saudi Aramco and Qatar Petroleum, broaden their growth options with new international investments. Get Simon's analysis of what's driving the trio's moves.

• The Edge

  3 things to consider before you buy a deepwater rig

  • 21 5月 2019

  Rising drilling activity could lead to a rig market squeeze. The collapse of upstream investment since 2014 has hit the offshore rig market hard. But signs of recovery may be emerging with more new projects coming forward to FID.

• The Edge

  Permian consolidation heats up and there's more to come

  • 07 5月 2019

  Anadarko bids echo the big M&A themes of the downturn. Simon Flowers investigates.

• The Edge

  LNG investment needed through the downturn

  • 16 4月 2019

  Oversupply in LNG markets will soon turn into a shortfall. Simon Flowers turns to Massimo Di-Odoardo, Head of Global Gas Research, to make sense of what’s going on.

• The Edge

  The automotive sector – twists on the road to transition

  • 02 4月 2019

  The future of light vehicles is electric; in time, perhaps autonomous. But the disruption won’t be quick, and the rise of the EV won’t be linear. Get our analysis here.

• The Edge

  Technology may be a game changer for future oil supply

  • 26 3月 2019

  A giant oil supply gap looms. How to fill it? It’s the preoccupation of the E&P sector. Harry Paton, Senior Analyst, Global Oil Supply, identifies the contribution from each of the traditional four sources.

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  Tight oil news: Majors go bullish as Independents rein in

  • 12 3月 2019

  The Permian is being industrialised – fact. Chevron and ExxonMobil aggressively raised production targets this week, underlining the basin’s potential for growth.

• The Edge

  What can Guyana learn from the Venezuela crisis?

  • 19 2月 2019

  Lessons for Guyana's oil and gas industry from Venezuela.

• The Edge

  How explorers can make money – three strategies

  • 12 2月 2019

  How have oil and gas explorers started to make money at US$60/bbl? The industry finally got a grip on economic reality – lower costs and faster project delivery have begun to transform development economics. Get the analysis from our exploration team.

• The Edge

  Who needs to beef up Permian tight oil exposure?

  • 29 1月 2019

  US tight oil has been the biggest theme in the upstream M&A market over the last three years. We've mined our US L48 database of companies’ exposure to the basin, making a judgement on the depth and quality of portfolios by ranking metrics such as production growth, experience, productivity, variability, capital efficiency, asset size and location.

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  How the big Gulf producers are investing in 2019

  • 15 1月 2019

  What are the upstream investment strategies of big Gulf producers? And how much are they spending? Find out here. With analysis from Simon Flowers and Jessica Brewer.

• The Edge

  What are the key risks and uncertainties in 2019?

  • 18 12月 2018

  What are the key risks and uncertainties in 2019? Simon picks the ones our analysts worry could threaten our base case, including oil demand downside, tight oil upside and Iran export volumes.

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  Exploration gets its mojo back

  • 12 6月 2018

  Exploration is staging a remarkable turnaround in its fortunes, with a string of big discoveries in recent months. Many of these look to be potentially commercial, a sign that the industry can still create value.