• Editorial

  Up for the challenge? Supermajors' new aggressive Permian targets

  • 06 3月 2019

  While smaller E&Ps are being forced to tap the breaks in the Permian shale basin, Exxon and Chevron have laid out ambitious production targets for the next four to five years.

• Editorial

  Soaring Permian water costs complicate production growth ambitions

  • 25 3月 2019

  Lower 48 benchmarking tools add valuable insight as producers reign in spending

• Editorial

  Can power and export demand support burgeoning US gas production growth?

  • 22 2月 2019

  Short-term NYMEX natural gas prices are lacking support, despite the widening storage deficit and production interruptions spurred by wintry weather. As temperatures rise and outages drop moving into summer, Northeast year-on-year production growth is set to rise above 3 bcfd.

• Editorial

  US residential energy storage soars in Q1, home solar stays flat

  • 11 6月 2018

  Deployment numbers are in for the first quarter of the year.

• Featured

  The changing face of global energy: Latin America takes centre stage

  • 14 5月 2018

  As market share for renewables gains momentum, key players are entering the scene across Latin America. With Mexico's Energy Reform enabling solar and wind capacity to grow, Brazil making a comeback in wind power and Argentina emerging as the fastest-growing regional market for renewable energy, it's clear that these countries will continue to dominate the spotlight.

• The Edge

  Why the Permian is set for a shakeout

  • 24 4月 2018

  The best accessible upstream growth opportunity in fifty years? US tight oil. Correction: the Permian Basin. Second correction: the Wolfcamp formation spread across the Delaware and Midland sub-basins.

• Editorial

  Building grid resilience with microgrids

  • 17 4月 2018

  Conversations on grid resilience have come to the fore in the wake of severe weather.

• Editorial

  Six Questions About Wind & Storage

  • 26 3月 2018

  GTM Research and MAKE Analysts answer six questions about coupling wind and storage.

• Editorial

  Time to get involved with the offshore wind business?

  • 12 4月 2018

  Policies and technology build positive momentum for global offshore wind

• Featured

  Boomtown or bust: Can technology sustain US tight oil?

  • 05 3月 2018

  US tight oil is seeing unparalleled boom days -- but how long can they last? Research Director Jonathan Garrett breaks down the upside and downside to drilling technologies that could boost production even further.

• Featured

  US crude exports set to more than double: where, what, how, when?

  • 04 4月 2018

  The global crude export landscape continues to shift as the US Lower 48 pumps more light sweet crude into the market. With little forecast incremental demand for these volumes domestically, US producers will look first to Europe and then Asia to absorb this excess production.

• Editorial

  Delaware Wolfcamp still leads the pack

  • 26 2月 2018

  The Delaware Wolfcamp has been the focus of much of the increase in Lower 48 drilling activity in the past eighteen months. While breakevens continue to trend down and the play has attracted a number of new entrants, there are clear signs that growth is plateauing. Is tight oil's crown jewel losing some of its shine?

• Editorial

  Mexico and Shell win big in Round 2.4

  • 01 2月 2018

  Our Latin America Upstream analysts share insights from Round 2.4 closing and what it means for Mexico's future.

• Editorial

  What's old is new again

  • 04 12月 2017

  With capex up 8% in 2017 over 2016, the Eagle Ford is showing signs of renewed interest as rig count trends up and DUCs are drawn down. But what about project economics?

• Editorial

  Will the Permian peak early?

  • 21 9月 2017

  For nearly two years, investment has poured into the Permian with the fervor of a new Gold Rush. But can the US deliver the oil sector to its Permian promised land?

• Featured

  Shifting tides of global crude oil trade and its impact on Asia

  • 12 12月 2018

  With significant changes already underway for global crude trade, what will this mean for the industry in Asia?.

• Featured

  Shifting tides of global crude oil trade: Six emerging themes

  • 05 12月 2018

  We've identified six key themes that will influence the global crude and refining markets in the next five years. Read on for a high level overview of these key areas.

• Editorial

  Merger Mania: Denbury Chesapeake and Encana announce deals

  • 11 12月 2018

  Listen to Crude For Thought, episode 44: Merger mania: Denbury Chesapeake and Encana announce deals

• Editorial

  What's top of the agenda at industry and investor roadshows?

  • 11 12月 2018

  Listen to Crude For Thought, episode 42: What's top of the agenda at industry and investor roadshows?

• Featured

  The changing global crude trade landscape

  • 28 11月 2018

  Over the next five to six years global crude trade is expected to significantly change. This will impact the entire chain, from producers to investors. In this three part series, we look at the global story, the six key themes and finally, we focus on the likely impacts for Asia.

• The Edge

  Capital efficiency: the big question for US unconventionals

  • 09 10月 2018

  Is US shale the paragon of upstream productivity it’s cracked up to be? As the marginal suppliers, shale gas and tight oil operators ought to be adept at managing for margin and all that’s about. Simon Flowers investigates.

• Editorial

  Where will a global LNG price reference emerge?

  • 17 9月 2018

  Where will a global LNG price reference emerge? Find out why the US Gulf Coast is likely to take the lead in the short term, with the global LNG market looking to China in the long term.

• Editorial

  Unconventional operators can unlock US$10 billion in cash from DUC wells

  • 12 9月 2018

  Following the oil price crash, operators undertook multiple initiatives to reduce costs and become more efficient. Lower equipment costs, improvements in productivity and reduced headcounts are just some of the measures that helped drive 2018 breakevens down to under US$50/bbl from US$76/bbl in 2014.Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement.

• Editorial

  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.

• The Edge

  Securing exposure to Permian tight oil – Part 1

  • 03 7月 2018

  What do Total, BP, Eni, CNPC, Sinopec Group have in common? Each is among the biggest oil and gas producers in the world, with a portfolio diversified geographically and across multiple resource themes.

• Editorial

  Global polyethylene: 6 key things for 2018 (Part 2)

  • 01 3月 2018

  What should the global polyethylene industry brace themselves for in 2018?.

• Editorial

  Corpus Christi: A game-changer for the polyester chain

  • 30 4月 2018

  With the new Corpus Christi plant coming online, organisations in the PTA and PET markets are aware that change is expected. However, the impact of these changes and the realisation that they will span the entire polyester chain is less understood.

• Editorial

  US flex packaging majors losing market share

  • 18 6月 2017

  US flex packaging majors losing market share

• Editorial

  Ethane to Polyethylene: Advantage North America

  • 04 2月 2018

  Even after growing by 3 million tons since 2012, the North American ethylene industry has 10 firm cracker projects currently underway – adding another 10 million tons by 2020. Where will all the extra polyethylene go? Surely it won’t stay in the North American markets, and it seems that this expansion is just the beginning.

• Editorial

  Zero-royalty mineral drilling: a saving grace?

  • 18 7月 2016

  Drilling zero-royalty minerals is giving some US Lower 48 operators a competitive advantage in the down commodities market.