• The Edge

  Should IOCs invest more in upstream?

  • 28 4月 2023

  This week's Edge asks, should IOCs invest more in upstream?

• The Edge

  Is there more upside for oil prices in 2023?

  • 13 4月 2023

  OPEC+ output cuts hasten market tightening

• The Edge

  How the war is shaping Big Oil’s transition strategy

  • 09 3月 2023

  The Majors have shown there can be different approaches to decarbonisation and achieving net zero, but divergent strategies are showing signs of converging again.

• The Edge

  How India is redefining its energy future

  • 17 2月 2023

  Investors eye up huge low-carbon and oil and gas opportunities.

• The Edge

  The new investment cycle in energy and metals

  • 03 2月 2023

  On this week's The Edge, Simon Flowers examines the new investment cycle underway for commodities to meet the growing demand from both a recovering global economy and the energy transition.

• The Edge

  Decarbonising crude

  • 11 11月 2022

  Crude oil’s centrality to the global economy has been reinforced in the energy crisis of 2022. Oil demand has recovered strongly from the Covid-induced dip and, despite an economic slowdown, could reach record highs next year. But COP27, underway in Egypt, is a reminder that oil consumption must fall if the world is to achieve net zero.

• The Edge

  Building upstream portfolio resilience

  • 12 6月 2020

  How resilient are the Majors' upstream portfolios? Which Majors lead on resilience metrics? How do companies build resilience into portfolios? Find out in this week's Edge.

• The Edge

  Why oil price recovery has further to run

  • 05 6月 2020

  Will the effect of coronavirus be more lasting for demand or supply? Will the oil price be lower-for-longer? Or, if demand recovers, could the sharp reduction in upstream investment lead to a tighter market and higher prices? Find out more in this week's Edge.

• The Edge

  How will Covid-19 change corporate strategy?

  • 01 6月 2020

  Future energy demand patterns could look very different depending on policy choices and the societal response to the pandemic. Our three scenarios suggest oil demand in particular is at risk. How will the increased uncertainty influence corporate strategy? Will we see diversifying companies speed up investment in decarbonisation? What are the options for pure oil and gas players, big or small?

• The Edge

  Future energy – zero-carbon heating

  • 12 5月 2020

  Heat pumps are proven zero-carbon technology that could displace fossil fuel systems in the home. How do they work? What are the economic challenges to scale up for the mass market? How is policy shaping up to incentivise switching? How much gas demand is at risk and when? Find out in this week's Edge.

• The Edge

  Rebooting Asia’s energy transition

  • 16 5月 2024

  Last week in Singapore, sector leaders, including CEOs, took to the stage for Wood Mackenzie’s 6th APAC Energy and Natural Resources Summit. The theme was ‘Rebooting Asia’s energy transition’.

• The Edge

  US tight oil – the investment dilemma

  • 05 3月 2021

  US Lower 48 Independents’ finances are looking rosier as capital discipline and higher oil prices work their magic. Will a cash flow bonanza lead to more drilling?

• The Edge

  Will oil companies start spending again?

  • 26 2月 2021

  The oil and gas sector is bouncing back strong. After savaging costs and spend in response to last year's crisis, and with Brent soaring over US$65/bbl, we expect a resurgence of upstream cash generation in 2021. How much free cash flow will the sector generate? What will companies do with it?

• The Edge

  Could 2021 be the start of a new super-cycle?

  • 29 1月 2021

  Led by Asia, and with vaccine roll-out underway, global economic growth should bounce back strong in 2021. It sets the scene for a much better year in commodity markets. But do surging oil, gas and metals prices point to something more lasting?

• The Edge

  Is the world sleepwalking into an oil supply crunch?

  • 16 7月 2021

  Where new oil supply to 2030 will come from and what it costs

• The Edge

  How to scale up carbon capture and storage

  • 09 7月 2021

  Industrialising a nascent technology that’s critical for net zero targets

• The Edge

  Why upstream needs to be more ambitious to cut emissions

  • 25 6月 2021

  What is the oil and gas industry doing to cut carbon emissions? Tougher policy will help but much is in the upstream industry’s gift.

• The Edge

  How the oil market would deal with the return of Iranian exports

  • 16 4月 2021

  The return of Iranian exports to the oil market in 2021 was a clear risk. If sanctions are lifted, how much oil could Iran produce and how quickly? What wiggle room would OPEC+ have to accommodate Iran's exports? What would be the effect on the oil price?

• The Edge

  The rising hurdles for investment in upstream

  • 30 4月 2021

  A healthy crop of oil and gas projects are up for FID in 2021. If they go ahead, the spend could reverse the downward trend in upstream investment. But sanctioning new projects is getting harder.

• The Edge

  Did the oil and gas industry change forever last week?

  • 04 6月 2021

  Last week's big announcements for ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell show that stakeholders are intensifying the pressure on Big Oil to speed up action on climate. What are the implications for the wider industry?

• The Edge

  Why oil and gas exploration is still important

  • 27 5月 2021

  As the energy transition gains pace, questions are being asked about exploration's continued relevance. Does the industry still need to find new barrels? How committed are the Majors to exploration?

• The Edge

  Africa’s energy challenge

  • 12 11月 2021

  African nations see oil, gas and coal as the fast-track way to improve energy access. But there is uncertainty about future demand, ESG and net zero ambitions.

• The Edge

  What’s on the minds of CEOs?

  • 07 10月 2021

  A host of senior leaders joined our virtual Global Energy Summit last week to discuss the commodity supercycle, investment, business models and net zero

• The Edge

  What's driving energy investors?

  • 14 7月 2022

  The oil and gas sector is back with a bang in the stock market this year, reversing the flow of capital towards low-carbon energy plays. Investors have found the surging cash flow and dividends irresistible.

• The Edge

  How to rate IOCs’ resilience and sustainability

  • 20 5月 2022

  The big themes of resilience and sustainability will be increasingly important for oil and gas as the transition gains pace. Our new CoRSI analysis shows how the industry is preparing for tougher times.

• The Edge

  How Europe breaks its dependence on Russia

  • 12 5月 2022

  Germany is on the front line of the energy security crisis and has a radical plan to break its dependence on Russian gas, oil and coal. What can other countries learn from Germany's pivot?

• The Edge

  How the war is choking energy demand

  • 14 4月 2022

  US utility-scale solar: will policy power a rebound?

• The Edge

  Upstream cash machines

  • 24 3月 2022

  Upstream has never made so much money. Higher oil and gas prices resulting from the Russia/Ukraine conflict are delivering undreamt-of cash generation in 2022.

• The Edge

  Why oil is pushing towards US$100/bbl…

  • 18 2月 2022

  What's driven the rally, what is the outlook for supply and demand fundamentals in 2022, and how will geopolitics, including the Russia/Ukraine crisis, play out?

• The Edge

  The domino effect of the Ukraine crisis on gas and LNG

  • 07 2月 2022

  The effect of any reduction in Russian gas exports will ripple out much more widely into global gas, LNG and power markets.