World heading for a 3°C warming trajectory, as political headwinds slow the energy transition

• 02 5月 2024

A five-year delay to the energy transition could see the global average temperature rise to 3°C above pre-industrial levels.

The Energy Gang podcast: What Does The World Need From COP26?

• 08 11月 2021

The Energy Gang podcast: The European energy crisis – a failure of policy?

• 29 7月 2022

Host Ed Crooks is joined by regular contributor Amy Myers Jaffe from the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University, and a new voice on the Energy Gang, Vicky Bailey, founder of Anderson Stratton Enterprises.

North Sea upstream: 5 things to look for in 2024

• 08 1月 2024

Fiscal and political uncertainty will weigh on the UK upstream sector, Norway will continue to grow and Denmark will ramp up gas production.

A new way of producing green hydrogen | Podcast

• 24 11月 2022

This week our Interchange Recharged podcast we are joined by Fredrik Mowill, CEO at Hystar. A company with unique and patented technology, which they hope to make the production of hydrogen from renewable electricity significantly more affordable and more accessible.

How Covid-19 is changing Europe’s power and renewables markets

• 26 5月 2020

Listen to this webinar to find out how Covid-19 and the emerging global recession are affecting European power and renewables markets.

Why Covid-19 is the ultimate energy transition stress test for refiners

• 20 7月 2020

Covid-19 is a threat to global refiners. Who will thrive? Who will merely survive? And what does this tell us about refiners’ resilience and readiness to take on the energy transition?

The EU’s new carbon tax at the border

• 31 1月 2020

The European Commission is proposing a new emissions-based import duty to prevent “carbon leakage”, but could face opposition from the US. This and more from Ed Crooks in this week's Energy Pulse.

Predictions for 2020

• 19 12月 2019

For the last Energy Pulse of 2019, WoodMac experts have given their predictions of what to expect in 2020. Their forecasts include: a slowdown in US oil production growth; further asset sales by the large international oil companies; strong growth in solar power to give another record year for installations; mounting pressure from investors over climate risk and financial strength; rising carbon emissions, and a revival in awareness of the importance of metals to the energy transition. There are also our selections of the Quote of the Year and Chart of the Year.

When will Tesla make a profit?

• 22 1月 2020

When will Tesla make a profit? Will Tesla make a small car? Who makes Tesla batteries? Wood Mackenzie answers your frequently asked questions about US car manufacturer Tesla.

The greening of BlackRock: What it means for energy

• 17 1月 2020

In Ed Crooks' Energy Pulse this week: BlackRock puts sustainability front and centre, China agrees to import more US energy and Microsoft aims for negative emissions.

The IEA’s outlook to 2040

• 15 11月 2019

The latest edition of the International Energy Agency's flagship World Energy Outlook highlighted its concern that the world is "well off track from the aim of a secure and sustainable energy future". This and more from Ed Crooks, Vice-Chair, Americas.

How to thrive in the petrochemicals downturn

• 23 9月 2019

The petrochemicals industry has been enjoying boom conditions. But after several years of strong margin generation, storm clouds are gathering.

How will the closure of Philadelphia Energy Solutions impact US aromatics?

• 15 7月 2019

Philadelphia Energy Solutions has announced its intention to shut down refinery operations permanently following a fire at the facility on June 21, 2019. Understand the impact of the closure of the 600,000-tonnes-per-year cumene unit at the site on global and US cumene markets.

How cities can accelerate the energy transition

• 02 7月 2019

What role do cities play in driving the energy transition? Find out in this complimentary report from Alan Gelder, VP of Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets.

Europe’s solar renaissance is on the horizon

• 26 4月 2019

European solar installations hit a five-year high in 2018, and the annual market should crack 20 gigawatts by 2021.

IMO 2020 - Countdown to 1 January 2020

• 07 6月 2019

The implementation date for the IMO’s global fuel sulphur content cap is not far away. How will these changes affect the downstream, upstream, LNG and bulks sectors? And how prepared is the industry? Our experts share their views in this webinar.

The Energy Gang at the London Hydrogen Conference: part two | Podcast

• 27 9月 2023

Host Ed Crooks brings you the second of two special episodes recorded live from Wood Mackenzie’s Hydrogen Conference

Enlit Europe 2023

• 03 8月 2022

Meet our team at this year's Enlit Europe 2023, taking place in Paris, France | 28-30 November

Energy Pulse: in brief (28 July)

• 28 7月 2023

News and views in brief from some of our global energy specialists, including challenges for offshore wind in Europe, Equinor buys renewables assets in Brazil, China adds to its LNG import capacity, and a potentially revolutionary scientific discovery.

Breakthrough technologies for the energy transition

• 20 7月 2023

CCUS, hydrogen, grid edge, next-gen solar and new nuclear

PowerRT Europe

Identify new trading opportunities, optimise asset utilisation and assess market trends.

The tide is turning on marine power investment | Podcast

• 31 3月 2023

On The Interchange: Recharged today we look at the technology that could drive marine power into the same league as wind and solar.

Hydrogen powering our future: would you bet on it?  

• 20 1月 2023

We are joined by Luke Johnson from H2 Green, and Melany Vargas, Head of Hydrogen Consulting at Wood Mackenzie. They are discussing hydrogen and how it will play a key part in powering our future.

Will a shifting global market embrace US crude?

• 05 3月 2018

A new study by Wood Mackenzie, examines this shift in the oil market, and assesses the challenges and opportunities facing the market and US producers and midstream operators.

Medco Energi's potential takeover of UK-listed Ophir Energy

• 02 1月 2019

On the first day of 2019, Ophir announced it was in talks with Indonesia's Medco Energi regarding a cash takeover. No amount or other details have yet been released, other than Medco has to make a clear binding offer by the 28th of January if a deal is to proceed. Ophir's upstream portfolio includes assets in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. It also has exploration acreage in Mexico and Bangladesh.

Glengorm ‘largest UK gas find since 2008’

• 29 1月 2019

CNOOC Ltd and Total's Glengorm gas discovery, in teh Central North Sea, is the largest gas find in UK waters since Culzean in 2008

Spanish renewables targets undermined by political uncertainty

• 20 2月 2019

Today, Wednesday 20th February 2019, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez presented the country’s climate action plan for 2030 to 2050. Commenting on the announcement, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables Senior Research Analyst, Brian Gaylord, said:

ExxonMobil and QP land a giant with Glaucus

• 28 2月 2019

ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum today announced they made a major gas find with the Glaucus-1 well, drilled offshore Cyprus. “Glaucus is a giant,” Robert Morris, senior research analyst, Europe upstream, at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said. He added: “It will be one of the biggest discoveries of the year."

How should Cyprus' giant gas discoveries be commercialised?

• 04 6月 2019

Cyprus has been a bright spot for exploration over the last 7 years, with a string of giant gas discoveries. We estimate a total of 11 tcf of recoverable gas resource has been found. Can these be commercialised?