• Opinion

  Ebook | How can the Super Region enable the energy transition?

  • 17 1月 2024

  Collaboration between governments and markets in the region spanning Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia can unlock the Super Region's full metals and mining potential. In this ebook, we explore the many opportunities for the region to play a vital role in the energy transition – and the challenges it must overcome.

• Opinion

  China’s zonal gas transmission tariff: changes and implications

  • 26 3月 2024

  Simplified tariffs will facilitate supply optimisation and gas-on-gas competition

• Opinion

  Battery storage in Asia Pacific: 5 things to know

  • 25 4月 2024

  A deep-dive into the supply-demand, cost, supply chain, tech and policy trends for battery storage

• Opinion

  Stepping on the gas: are Asia Pacific governments doing enough?

  • 26 6月 2019

  Find out which Asia Pacific countries are most attractive to investors as a gas supply crunch looms. And get your copy of the report by Graham Kellas, Senior VP of Global Fiscal Research.

• Opinion

  Three reasons why bauxite seaborne trade is set to grow sharply over the next decade

  • 21 6月 2019

  Three reasons why bauxite seaborne trade is set to grow sharply over the next decade

• Opinion

  ASEAN at 50: new ways to foster LNG and power cooperation

  • 17 10月 2017

  ASEAN has to explore new ways of energy cooperation among its members.

• Opinion

  Growth and opportunities in Southeast Asian LNG and power

  • 05 10月 2017

  As the region grows richer, energy demand is booming, leading to buoyant gas, LNG and power markets.

• Opinion

  Can Gazprom deliver Power of Siberia gas to China by 2020?

  • 06 9月 2017

  In July, Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced first gas supplies via the Power of Siberia pipeline for 20 December 2019. Alongside a raft of projects starting up in 2019-2021, tax increases and low gas prices are straining Gasproms finances. We explore the risks for the Power of Siberia project.

• Opinion

  2017 Gas Indonesia Summit: what lies ahead?

  • 07 8月 2017

  As Indonesia braces for higher LNG consumption, the country needs to address several issues, which can be used as learnings across emerging LNG markets around the world.

• Opinion

  Has DuPont left the building?

  • 31 5月 2017

  Does the recent sale of its BOPP and BOPET assets to Jindal Poly Films mean Dupont has left these markets for good? Simon King considers the deal.

• Opinion

  ExxonMobil acquires Southeast Asia's Jurong Aromatics

  • 15 5月 2017

  ExxonMobil acquired Jurong Aromatics in May 2017, strengthen its aromatics supply position in south east Asia.

• Opinion

  Oil price crash - where does Asia go from here?

  • 17 3月 2020

  Oil demand has gone into a tailspin. We now expect Q1 global oil consumption to be 2.7 million b/d lower than the same period a year ago.

• Opinion

  Coronavirus: could flexible packaging reduce the threat of future outbreaks?

  • 04 3月 2020

  The Covid-19 outbreak could spark an increase in China’s relatively low consumption of flexible packaging.

• Opinion

  Coronavirus: demand downgrades for bulk commodities

  • 06 3月 2020

  The coronavirus outbreak is a rapidly evolving news story – and a real wildcard for bulks demand. Here's a summary of our latest forecasts for steel, iron ore, metallurgical coal and thermal coal.

• Opinion

  Asia’s central banks are getting serious on sustainability

  • 10 3月 2020

  As the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent stock market rout and collapse in oil prices now highlights, central banks are critical players in efforts to ensure economic stability through monetary policy and market intervention.

• Opinion

  Coronavirus, China and the big oil crash

  • 12 3月 2020

  Recent events have created a perfect storm in the oil markets, the likes of which have never been seen before. Do these clouds carry any silver lining? Listen to the latest episode of the Asia Pacific Energy podcast.

• Opinion

  As politicians bicker, Australia’s energy and natural resources exports to China are booming

  • 09 6月 2020

  But the appetite of China’s consumers for Aussie tenderloin and Merlot is insignificant in terms of overall trade. Iron ore, coal and LNG are what really matter.

• Opinion

  How will the Asia Pacific upstream sector emerge from the crisis?

  • 17 6月 2020

  Clearly, economic and oil price recovery remains at risk. How much upstream capital will NOCs, Majors, IOCs and regional players allocate to Asia Pacific in this environment?

• Opinion

  The art of never letting a crisis go to waste

  • 15 7月 2020

  I asked our experts what they believe governments and companies should be doing to ensure that they emerge stronger from the crisis.

• Opinion

  Could coal and renewables put the squeeze on gas?

  • 16 9月 2020

  Current low gas prices are supporting demand growth in the sector and encouraging pro-gas policies and infrastructure developments

• Opinion

  Time for Asia’s Sputnik moment on decarbonisation

  • 22 9月 2020

  Halting the pandemic and rebuilding economies are the most urgent goals for the immediate future. Wood Mackenzie estimates that almost US$20 trillion – equivalent to a quarter of global GDP – will go towards stimulus packages, public health spending and delivering a vaccine over the next 12-18 months alone.

• Opinion

  The trillion-dollar question: how will Asia Pacific meet power supply needs in the next decade?

  • 28 9月 2020

  The Asia Pacific power generation market will attract US$1.5 trillion of investment in the next 10 years. So what are the opportunities in the world’s fastest-growing power market?

• Opinion

  Radical reform and China’s pathway to carbon neutrality

  • 30 9月 2020

  Despite being both the world’s largest energy market and largest carbon emitter, China’s position has long been that responsibility to reduce global emissions rests with rich countries: you broke it, you fix it.

• Opinion

  How hard will the oil price crash hit APAC upstream investment?

  • 19 3月 2020

  Fast, deep cuts lie ahead in the Asia Pacific upstream sector in the wake of the oil price crash.

• Opinion

  China’s bulks: the sentiment gap between steel and coal widens

  • 25 3月 2020

  The coronavirus outbreak means the outlook is evolving quickly. Here’s this week’s view from our analysts.

• Opinion

  Is China embarking on a major expansion of coal-fired power generation?

  • 31 3月 2020

  As energy companies worldwide grapple with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, long-term planning continues. Ahead of the release of the 14th five-year plan early next year, recent announcements from several key players in the country’s power sector indicate China is considering a major investment spree in coal-fired generation.

• Opinion

  How low could Asian spot LNG prices fall this summer?

  • 07 4月 2020

  Already oversupplied, the global LNG market has come out of a mild winter straight into the headlock of a global pandemic that is impacting demand across the world’s major gas markets as rapidly as it is damaging their economies.

• Opinion

  Saudi Arabia’s price push for oil market dominance in Asia

  • 21 4月 2020

  Competition is fierce and struggling Asian refiners must now take full advantage of the abundant crude options to maximise their margins.

• Opinion

  For Asia’s NOCs, it’s time to go big or stay home

  • 28 4月 2020

  Indeed, many Asian national oil companies (NOCs) have emphasised that they are seeking to broadly maintain their 2020 capital budgets for domestic investment.

• Opinion

  The outlook for renewable generation across Asia Pacific remains bright

  • 19 5月 2020

  Pre-pandemic, APAC would account for 67% of global power demand growth through to 2040. Such growth would require over US$1 trillion in new investment. Will the coronavirus pandemic derail this?