• Opinion

  Climate change, indoor farming and implications for electricity demand

  • 03 3月 2020

  In addition to high capital and operating costs and a lack of crop diversity, a major issue is energy intensity and associated carbon emissions.

• Opinion

  Forget the lack of a GDP target, China is ready to go it alone

  • 27 5月 2020

  China’s most important annual political meetings lay out targets and goals for the next 12 months and this year gives the world a glimpse of the direction the country’s leaders are likely to be taking with the upcoming 14th five-year plan (2021-2025).

• Opinion

  Australia’s North West Shelf set for change

  • 24 6月 2020

  Chevron’s announcement to offer its 16.7% stake in the North West Shelf (NWS) LNG project for sale has surprised some.

• Opinion

  Is Asia’s offshore wind sector ready for take-off?

  • 01 7月 2020

  Costs will continue to fall with technology and scaling - average global offshore wind generation cost will be halved by 2028 - but without a clear route-to-market that requires policy and financial support from governments, developers will be hesitant to invest in offshore wind.

• Opinion

  Is Japan ready to tackle its coal problem?

  • 08 7月 2020

  Does LNG stand to benefit? What would it mean for Japan’s emissions?

• Opinion

  Australia’s upstream M&A market is hotting up

  • 13 10月 2020

  Deals are emerging across the sector, but finding the right buyer is a challenge. For the Majors, freeing up capital, bolstering balance sheets and clearing out assets which could be a drag on future cashflows is a priority. But it's a difficult time to sell.

• Opinion

  Asia Pacific energy outlook: surging power or lacking charge?

  • 05 7月 2023

  High prices have supported a surge in Asia Pacific energy investment, but prices are falling fast and undermining vital support for battery storage.

• Opinion

  Asia’s NOCs can now move through the decarbonisation gears

  • 30 3月 2022

  As the pressure to cut emissions intensifies, no company can remain above the fray. But while the Majors and other international oil companies face increasing calls to decarbonise, many of the world’s largest national oil companies (NOCs) have so far avoided the same level of scrutiny.

• Opinion

  ‘Dynamic clearing’ turns China’s economic indicators to red

  • 29 4月 2022

  China’s relentless battle against Covid-19 continues, with the country’s ‘dynamic clearing’ policy requiring all local governments to implement strict containment measures as soon as local cases climb into double figures.

• Opinion

  Asia’s power sector feels the burn

  • 12 5月 2022

  Everything across Asia’s power sector is heading north. With electricity demand continuing to climb, power prices are being pushed significantly higher by increasing fuel, equipment, land, and labour costs. Rising interest rates add further complexity.

• Opinion

  Australia’s energy revolution: the promise of battery storage and hydrogen

  • 12 7月 2023

  Abundant natural resources point to immense opportunities for battery storage and hydrogen in Australia – policy support will play a vital role.

• Opinion

  In conversation with Asia Pacific’s CEOs

  • 04 11月 2020

  We hosted the CEOs of PETRONAS, Santos and Medco, the chairman of Indian Oil Corporation, and many other senior executives from a range of leading oil and gas companies, utilities and banks over two days at our APAC Energy & Commodities Summit last month.

• Opinion

  Biden, China and politics of energy

  • 11 11月 2020

  As the new administration looks to take the US back into the Paris climate agreement, will the US and China work together on tackling global warming?

• Opinion

  What is carbon-neutral LNG?

  • 18 11月 2020

  LNG ranks among the most emission-intensive resource themes across the oil and gas sector.

• Opinion

  Dual circulation and China’s push for energy security

  • 25 11月 2020

  At its core, dual circulation is about relying less on the outside world.

• Opinion

  Three factors driving the upstream M&A market

  • 02 12月 2020

  Operators are under growing pressure to optimise portfolios. What are the forces having the biggest impact on decision-making?

• Opinion

  Will 2021 breathe life back into the Asia Pacific upstream M&A market?

  • 16 12月 2020

  The recovery in oil and gas prices should help bring buyers and sellers closer on price expectation, while ongoing consolidation among upstream producers in North America has driven a sharp uptick in global M&A in recent months, likely pushing more non-core APAC assets into the market.

• Featured

  Global upstream oil and gas: new challenges ahead in 2021

  • 19 1月 2021

  What does 2021 hold for the global upstream oil and gas industry? It will be a year of uncertainty and contingency – but resilience and recovery are also key themes.

• Opinion

  Australian coal exports bounce back from China’s ban

  • 04 3月 2021

  Australia’s coal exporters have staged a recovery after volumes to China plummeted.

• Opinion

  2021 – cheerful or fearful?

  • 13 1月 2021

  And after the 12 months we’ve all just experienced, making bold predictions for the year ahead is more fraught than ever: nothing is off the table.

• Opinion

  Suez blockage highlights Asia’s vulnerability to disruptions

  • 31 3月 2021

  The grounding of the 400-metre, 224,000-tonne Ever Given cargo vessel in the Suez Canal last Tuesday inevitably sparked concern across the global economy and, while the vessel is now afloat and traffic has resumed, will have once again reminded Asian countries of the risks such trade arteries continue to present.

• Opinion

  How Asia changed the global LNG market in the space of a year

  • 21 4月 2021

  The past year has undoubtedly been the most dramatic in the history of the global LNG industry. Demand buffeted by lockdowns and recession, liquefaction shut-in, pre-FID supply projects delayed and spot LNG prices crashing to all-time lows before going into orbit.

• Opinion

  There’s still life in China’s shale gas

  • 28 4月 2021

  Looking back over a decade as the US shale gas boom began to dramatically transform the country’s energy balance, driving down gas prices and ultimately creating one of the world’s largest LNG exporters, many speculated whether China could replicate this success.

• Opinion

  India in crisis

  • 06 5月 2021

  Given the scale of the crisis facing India and the potential for a further nationwide lockdown, I turned to our experts to hear how they are assessing the impact across the economy and energy sectors.

• Opinion

  Asia’s developing economies need more gas investment, not less

  • 27 5月 2021

  It is increasingly clear across Asia that governments, lenders, and both gas suppliers and consumers must prioritise the management of carbon emissions across the gas value chain.

• Opinion

  Opportunities abound in Asia Pacific’s transforming power markets

  • 01 7月 2021

  Last week we hosted our inaugural Asia Pacific Power & Renewables Conference. This three-day event tackled all aspects of the region’s power markets and their roles in the energy transition.

• Opinion

  China, coal and the big crunch

  • 07 10月 2021

  The impact of China’s power crunch is being felt globally. As Beijing’s ‘at all costs’ directive pushes coal and gas prices higher, governments, energy suppliers and customers across Asia and Europe are bracing for a tough winter ahead.

• Opinion

  Asia Pacific’s energy transition conundrum – is net zero possible?

  • 10 8月 2021

  The net zero race is on and Asia Pacific has joined the chase. But the scale of the APAC energy transition challenge is enormous.

• Opinion

  De-constructing India’s gas supply boom

  • 12 8月 2021

  India’s pipeline of pre-FID domestic gas supply is perilously thin; the current surge in supply is a short-term story at best.

• Opinion

  Onsan refinery case study: how much value will greater refinery-petrochemical integration add for S-Oil?

  • 23 8月 2021

  How can refiners assess the potential ROI of increased petrochemical integration? We explore how S-Oil’s plans to add steam cracking to its Onsan site will affect its competitive position.