Lens Power & Renewables Americas

• 21 2月 2025

Make sense of the complex regional and sub-regional market structures with integrated analyses connecting power markets with commodity markets.

In 2025, Up to 3.5 Mcmd in play as spot gas market challenges firm contracts in Brazil

• 30 4月 2025

Brazil's Local Distribution Company (LDC) market dynamics are set for significant changes in 2025, with a notable shift towards spot market transactions, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

New mid-caps in Brazil aim to increase mature asset reserves almost 1 billion boe by 2035

• 06 12月 2022

With Petrobras divesting in many of its mature assets, new mid-cap upstream operators entering the Brazilian market will invest US$10 billion in capital investments during the next decade, boosting the production from these assets through 2027 and increasing remaining reserves by 980 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) by 2035, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business.

The complexity of capital allocation for oil and gas companies

• 10 10月 2024

The slower pace of the energy transition is influencing Big Oil’s capital allocation. What share of cash flow is the industry re-investing? How much will upstream spend rise in 2025? Why have NOCs become the biggest spenders on low carbon?

Uncertainty casts a shadow over US LNG

• 25 10月 2024

Politics and legal actions are clouding the outlook for US exports. The election could clear some of the uncertainty, but not all of it.

Power Market Fundamentals

Our power solutions combine multi-commodity data, proprietary cost intelligence, asset-level data, unique geospatial capabilities, and market fundamentals to help discover new opportunities while assessing risk.

Why 2022 will be a record year for Latin American power and renewables

• 21 1月 2022

An estimated 18 GW of wind, solar and storage is expected to come online in Latin America in 2022, representing 9% growth year-on-year.

US$210bn of new spend in firing line as players target cost cuts

• 02 4月 2020

The oil price crash has hit the upstream sector hard. Deep cuts are being made across the board, but it will have a dramatic impact on the industry’s project pipeline. Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes almost all pre-FID projects will be deferred. Of the 50+ projects we identified with potential to go ahead this year, only 10 have a chance of proceeding, but all are at risk.

Webinar: Oil price crash: navigating the impact on activity, supply chains and cost

• 08 4月 2020

In this webinar we bring together experts from Wood Mackenzie’s Lower 48, upstream and upstream supply chain teams as well as our sister company, Power Advocate, to discuss the impact of the oil price crash on activity levels, the service sector industry and costs.

Petrobras acts to protect gas value chain as Brazil demand slumps

• 24 4月 2020

Petrobras’ handling of the crisis it faced as Brazilian gas demand slumped earlier this month offers valuable lessons to integrated players, Mauro Chavez, head of Latin America Gas & LNG at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, says.

Webinar | Sub-Saharan Africa's response to low prices and coronavirus

• 13 5月 2020

Join Wood Mackenzie's Sub-Saharan African upstream team for its analysis on the fall-out from the oil price crash and the coronavirus pandemic. We will cover: • Not out of the woods yet: the impact of coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa • Before and after 9 March: Sub-Saharan Africa investment and production outlook • Cut, cut, cut: which projects are delayed in 2020/21? • What does it mean for the majors in Sub-Saharan Africa? • What can governments do to fight capital flight? A 20-minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with our expert panelists.

Mexico, Central America and Caribbean power up with record wind capacity

• 18 6月 2020

Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean saw a record 1,830 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity installed across the region in 2019 – a 126% year-on-year increase in additions, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

Webinar | New frontiers Order intake by Chinese wind turbine OEMs

• 30 9月 2024

Join Wood Mackenzie as we explore the global turbine OEM order intake recent trends.

What’s the biggest mistake clean energy developers make when chasing tax equity?

• 07 5月 2025

Are tax equity pitfalls costing your clean energy project? Learn how to turn incentives into smart investments

Tariffs begin to redirect global energy trade flows

• 06 5月 2025

The full impact of the new tariffs has not yet worked through world markets, but US energy exports to China have been falling

Has Covid-19 changed the economics of plastics recycling?

• 25 8月 2020

The global pandemic sent a shockwave through the plastic recycling industry. The impact of lockdown, industry closures and sudden shifts in product demand can be felt in every part of the recycling chain. What will the picture look like as the clouds begin to lift?

Horizons Live: The bridge

• 10 3月 2025

Can gas be the key to a lower-carbon future? Our expert panel explores its role in the energy transition and what’s needed to unlock its full potential.

Wood Mackenzie at GeoConvention

• 12 5月 2025

Wood Mackenzie is excited to be attending and speaking at Namibia International Energy Conference as an official Knowledge Partner

Solar PV to overtake onshore wind in Latin America from 2023

• 16 11月 2022

Solar PV will become the most cost-competitive technology in Latin America from 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest research report, ‘Latin America levelized cost of electricity (LCOE)’ which examines the power technology and generation landscape across the region to 2050. Solar will also displace onshore wind, currently the most attractive renewable energy source in Brazil, by 2025.

Bolivian gas production to decline faster than expected, exports to Brazil and Argentina to cease by 2030

• 18 1月 2023

Bolivian gas production will decline more rapidly than expected, falling from 1,400 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) in 2022 to as low as 400 mmcfd by 2030, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business.

High quality oil and gas supplies are scarce, threatening emissions targets and a healthy energy transition

• 16 2月 2023

The energy transition will require oil and gas for decades to come, but the supply of lower-cost, lower-carbon “advantaged” barrels remain scarce, threatening emissions targets and causing upstream providers to pivot to new strategies, according to “Scraping the Barrel” a new Horizons analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

South America’s offshore boom accelerates in Guyana and Brazil

• 30 8月 2018

South America has delivered on the offshore hype to become a top investment destination. Get the lowdown on discoveries in Guyanna, licencing in Brazil and untapped potential in the Campos basin.

Offshore exploration: Does volume equal value?

• 02 7月 2018

In our final video instalment of this three-part exploration series, Research Director Julie Wilson illustrates how Wood Mackenzie's tools can help evaluate subsurface risk and benchmark your peers.

Is the Southern Cone gas industry finally ready for lift off?

• 05 11月 2015

Brazil’s natural gas industry and that of its neighbors in the Southern Cone, such as Argentina and Chile, have labelled gas the ‘fuel of the future’. Has that future finally arrived?

Oil and gas M&A market in the Americas

• 01 11月 2016

Kristy Kramer, Principal Consultant for Americas Gas and Power, discusses the oil and gas M&A market in the Americas.

Corporate Service: Latin American NOCs' Q2 results evaluation

• 22 8月 2017

Following the Q2 reports, we spotted a common theme for Petrobras, Ecopetrol, YPF and Pemex: extensive efforts to cut costs and increase efficiency.

Colombia's natural gas sector gains momentum

• 26 5月 2017

Declining legacy production and growing demand creates a window of opportunity for the right players.

How the worst oil price crash in history changed the upstream industry

• 24 6月 2020

The oil price crash has wiped US$1.6 trillion off our valuation of the global upstream industry. This captures the impact of our downgraded long-term Brent price assumption – now US$50/bbl (2020 terms), previously US$60/bbl – and much more. Which regions and players have been hit hardest? What measures have been taken to survive?

It’s uncertain times in solar and storage

• 24 4月 2025

What’s next for solar? Dive into this live episode as industry leaders unpack market turbulence, smart strategies and the tech powering the next wave of solar growth.

Keeping cleantech investment alive

• 15 4月 2025

Can climate innovation survive the funding crunch? Discover how smarter investment strategies are keeping cleantech alive.