Plastic demand: sectoral overview

• 15 8月 2024

Plastics have enjoyed popularity across multiple sectors for decades, but times are changing. As environmental and economic pressures mount, will demand hold up?

How will the oil price crash affect the ethylene cost curve?

• 17 3月 2020

Changing oil price dynamics add an extra dimension to ethylene’s overcapacity outlook.

ADNOC acquires 10.1% stake in CCUS player Storegga

• 19 1月 2024

ADNOC has taken a 10.1% stake in UK-based CCUS player Storegga. The transaction represents ADNOC’s first international equity investment in carbon management and supports its long-term strategy for the transition.

Wood Mackenzie at IMAGE 2025

• 25 8月 2025

Wood Mackenzie is hosting a Woodmac Strategic Panel on Global Upstream for the 2030’s at IMAGE 2025

Where next for metals markets in 2025?

• 07 5月 2025

Overcapacity, struggling prices, uncertain monetary settings, peaking demand growth and supply security concerns were all on the agenda at our recent Future Facing Commodities event

The strategic planning outlook for lithium | Video

• 23 5月 2025

We use Lens Metals & Mining to take you through our strategic planning outlook for lithium.

US gas goes global

• 09 6月 2025

Our new partnered report with CME Group explores why U.S. LNG pricing matters globally – and what it means for commodity traders around the world.

Aluminium Product Suite

Unparalleled analysis of aluminium value chain from mining, refining, and smelting to market

Iron Ore Product Suite

Gain clarity with industry-leading iron ore research and analysis in this fast-changing landscape

Coal Product Suite

Position your business for growth with the most rigorous global coal market research

Commodity Trading Analytics

• 15 6月 2023

Access real-time data and analytics in all major commodities with innovative datapoints and comprehensive insights.

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.

Oil and refined products in 2025: a commodity trader’s guide

• 14 4月 2025

In an energy hungry world beset by growing trade tensions and shifting energy policy, volatility creates opportunity for commodity traders who can stay one step ahead of market shifts. So, what are the opportunities and challenges set to shape crude and refined product markets as 2025 progresses?

Can the right fiscal terms revive Asia-Pacific's upstream sector?

• 27 2月 2019

Asia-Pacific's upstream industry has been plagued by declining oil production, exploration and licensing activity. Since 2014, exploration investment in the region has fallen 66% to around US$6 billion in 2018, reducing the hopper of new development opportunities.

Southeast Asian upstream M&A could hit US$14 billion

• 25 4月 2019

According to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, Southeast Asia could take centre stage in the region's upstream M&A activity in 2019, with up to US$14 billion worth of assets potentially switching hands.

IMO 2020 – what does it mean for downstream, upstream, LNG and bulks sectors?

• 07 5月 2019

Implementation of IMO 2020 regulation is just eight months away and its implications will be felt beyond refining and shipping. Wood Mackenzie's Asia Pacific experts weigh in on what this means for the different sectors.

Chevron exits bidding war for Anadarko

• 09 5月 2019

Chevron Corporation today announced that it would not offer a counterproposal to Occidental Petroleum's rival bid to acquire Anadarko Petroleum.

Trump's latest China tariffs - what do they mean for metals and mining?

• 10 5月 2019

The U.S has increased tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods to 25%, from 10%, impacting a number of metals. Commentary below comes from the Wood Mackenzie metals team:

Scott Morrison wins 2019 Australia election

• 20 5月 2019

Following PM Scott Morrison's win in the recent 2019 Australia election, Wood Mackenzie and Verisk Maplecroft analysts share their thoughts.

Angry tweets, a new long march and an escalating trade war

• 12 6月 2019

In the latest APAC Energy Buzz, Wood Mackenzie's Asia Pacific Vice Chair, Gavin Thompson, shares the implications of the ongoing US-China trade disputes on the energy sector.

Shell's Prelude ships first LNG cargo

• 12 6月 2019

Wood Mackenzie senior analyst Daniel Toleman shares his thoughts on the event of Prelude's first LNG cargo.

Top 5 turbine OEMs to rule two thirds of global market by 2020

• 19 6月 2019

After a decade of fragmentation, the top 5 turbine OEMs have reached industry consolidation. Key global players are expected to surpass a combined market share of 68% by 2020, up from 47% 5 years ago, according to recent research from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

Mitsui and JOGMEC join Arctic LNG-2

• 01 7月 2019

Arctic LNG-2 is a step closer to final investment decision (FID) with the entry of Japanese companies Mitsui and government-linked Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) into the project.

We need to talk about hydrogen

• 08 7月 2019

I’m just back from Tokyo and a key theme for many Japanese energy companies continues to be future investment in E&P and whether long-term growth in oil and gas demand will materialise given the pace of energy transition.

China’s textile production rises on fears of worsening trade tensions

• 15 7月 2019

According to research by Wood Mackenzie, Chinese textile producers are increasing production as fears grow that the trade war with the US will hurt exports of apparel and other textile products as soon as the fourth quarter of 2019.

Tsingshan Indonesia shakes up stainless steel markets in South East Asia

• 15 7月 2019

Shockwaves from Tsingshan's new stainless steel hub in Indonesia are reverberating across South East Asia and beyond, according to Wood Mackenzie

OPEC+ aims for balance as it rolls over output curbs

• 02 7月 2019

Speaking as the OPEC and OPEC+ meetings ended in Vienna today, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said: “The agreement to roll over production restraint was a foregone conclusion after the green light from Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, at the G20 meeting for continued production restraint."

Data consortiums signal the future of oil and gas

• 07 8月 2019

Wood Mackenzie believes that discovering new value requires going beyond isolated datasets. The solution lies in data consortiums – cooperative platforms where companies can safely share quality data.

TechnipFMC demerger 'a bold step to reposition for the long-term'

• 27 8月 2019

In 2017 Technip and FMC Technologies completed one of the hallmark oilfield service company mergers of the cycle. The business plans to split in the first half of 2020 – but not back into Technip and FMC - rather into ‘upstream’ and ‘mid/downstream’.

Can China’s CTO and MTO industries survive the threat of massive steam cracker investment?

• 06 9月 2019

In 2019, the total ethylene capacity from CTO/MTO units reached 5.21 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), accounting for 21% of China’s total ethylene capacity. However, CTO and MTO development has slowed due to high methanol prices and environmental controls, as well as the threat from a new wave of steam cracker investment in China.