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 growth of energy storage seems unstoppable

• 04 3月 2025

Uncover the explosive growth and game-changing potential of energy storage in the race towards a sustainable power grid

eBook | Understanding the metals and mining landscape in 2025

• 21 2月 2025

An integrated perspective for investors and financiers

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Our product suite gives you the deep insight and analytics you need to anticipate shifts in solar, wind and energy storage supply chains.

Wind: predictions for 2025

• 27 1月 2025

Analysis of the key themes to watch for offshore and onshore wind globally, including the impact of Trump's re-election, Chinese OEM ambitions, tender volumes, supply chain issues, technological innovation, government targets, competition, M&A, costs and risks.

The power to transform

• 28 1月 2025

Can the US sustainable energy industry build on a robust 2024 and navigate short-term uncertainty to accelerate the energy transition? Discover the unique investment opportunities shaping the market in our new partnered report with CRC-IB.

Subsurface predictions and wells to watch in 2025

• 23 1月 2025

Our pick of the themes that will shape exploration for both oil & gas and geothermal resources in 2025 – plus, the wells to watch, including those that will target frontier basins and underexplored plays.

Does clean hydrogen have a future?

• 22 1月 2025

Explore the potential of clean hydrogen energy with Ed Crooks, Dr. Melissa Lott and Austin Knight.

Electric vehicle & battery supply chain: 5 things to look for in 2025

• 20 1月 2025

From policy changes to supply chain dynamics this promises to be a pivotal year for electric vehicles and batteries.

Analysing the petroleum asphalt binder supply chain under energy transition scenarios

• 20 1月 2025

The Asphalt Institute Foundation commissioned Wood Mackenzie to analyse potential changes to asphalt binder supply chain in a world undergoing energy transition.

A delayed energy transition could make or break the upstream sector

• 16 1月 2025

As the risk of a delayed energy transition scenario increases, so does the possibility of a much greater pull on future oil & gas supply. But meeting this demand would require a significant increase in upstream investment, resulting in higher hydrocarbon prices and significant shifts in corporate strategy, according to the latest Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

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.

Solar: predictions for 2025

• 16 1月 2025

After years of exponential growth in global solar buildout could policy uncertainty, protectionist measures and interconnection and transmission bottlenecks halt that trend? A look at the solar industry outlook, costs, tech innovation and the opportunity to capitalise on data centre electricity demand.

Metals and mining: predictions for 2025

• 16 1月 2025

In a year of potentially momentous change for metals & mining what are the key themes for different commodities? Predictions and analysis for aluminium, copper, lithium, rare earths, graphite, steel, nickel, coal, zinc and more.

Upstream M&A: 4 things to look for in 2025

• 09 1月 2025

Will deal flow increase in 2025? Who’s best placed to buy and sell? Read our predictions for global upstream mergers and acquisitions for the year ahead.

Long-duration energy storage projects attract more than US $58 billion investment over last three years

• 07 12月 2022

Long-duration storage energy (LDES) projects around the world have attracted more than US $58 billion in commitments made by governments and companies since 2019. If all these projects went forward, it would lead to the installation of 57 gigawatts (GW) of LDES – the equivalent of three times the global energy-storage capacity deployed in 2022, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

OPEC+ prepares for market uncertainty with continued 2 million b/d production cut

• 06 12月 2022

Speaking after today’s OPEC+ meeting, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at Wood Mackenzie, said “The decision by OPEP+ to continue with its recently agreed 2 million barrels per day (b/d) production cut through the end of 2023 is not a surprise, given the uncertainty in the market over the impact of the 5 December EU Russia crude oil import ban and the G7 price cap. In addition, the producers group faces downside risk from the potential for weakening global economic growth and China’s zero Covid policy.”

Wood Mackenzie launches Lens Gas & LNG

• 15 11月 2022

Wood Mackenzie, the leading provider of decision intelligence for the world’s natural resources sector, has launched Lens Gas & LNG, a new data analytics solution that offers a uniquely integrated view that connects markets and assets on a global scale.

North America could play bigger role in future global bunker market

• 20 3月 2017

Alan Gelder, Vice President of Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets, believes that North America has the opportunity to take a much bigger role in the future global bunker market.

Market implications of Chinese tariffs on US LNG

• 03 8月 2018

Today China announced retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of American imports, in response to the Trump administration's latest trade threats. The list included a 25% tariff on LNG.

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.

US LNG deal 'could be significant for relationship with Europe'

• 27 7月 2018

What does the EU's agreement to buy US LNG - announced after a meeting between European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and US President Donald Trump - mean for producers and consumers?

OPEC producers key to world supply through to 2040

• 16 7月 2018

Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie sees OPEC maintaining its role as a key oil supplier through to 2040, although output from non-OPEC producers will help ensure adequate supply in the years to 2030.

China's mega crude-to-chemicals projects may deal knockout blow to regional PX exporters

• 21 8月 2018

Higher base chemicals demand and feedstock security for heavy naphtha are driving the development of a new wave of mega-integrated refinery and chemical sites in China. Private Chinese chemical producers, including Hengli and Rong Sheng, are back-integrating their chemical plants with refineries by building mega-integrated facilities. Wood Mackenzie expects these projects to come on stream in the next 12 to 24 months.

Permian producers hedge their bets against pipeline delays

• 11 9月 2018

Permian producers increased their 2020 oil-basis hedge positions by 431% during Q2. Such a sharp rise suggests producers perceive a higher risk that key pipeline projects fail to start up by 2019 target dates, according Wood Mackenzie's latest analysis of oil and gas activity.

Transocean’s $2.7bn Ocean Rig deal ‘a winner’

• 03 9月 2018

Rig provider Transocean is set to merge with Ocean Rig in a $2.7 billion deal, a move Wood Mackenzie says is a winning one for the rig market.

China's retaliatory tariff on US LNG

• 19 9月 2018

In the 12 months up until June 2018, China was the second largest buyer of US LNG, accounting for approximately 3 mmtpa of US LNG, with Shell being the largest seller. However as the US-China trade dispute escalated, Chinese buyers have gradually reduced purchases of US LNG.

Merger does the business for Wintershall and DEA

• 28 9月 2018

Wintershall and DEA set to merge to create independent exploration and production company

Is the end of the global energy transition closer than we think?

• 17 10月 2018

Is the Global Energy Transition on track? A new report by Wood Mackenzie, Thinking global energy transitions: the what, if, how and when, explores the forces shaping the energy transition, and pinpoints the sustainability tipping point – when the world shifts from the age of oil and gas to the age of power and renewables – will arrive by 2035.

Upstream players need to boost spending to meet future demand

• 24 10月 2018

Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global oil and gas development spend needs to increase by around 20% to meet future demand growth and ensure companies sustain production next decade.