• Editorial

  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.

• Opinion

  Assessing the risks to future oil demand

  • 15 5月 2020

  A weak world economy, the backlash against globalisation, and more ambitious climate policies threaten to put a brake on growth

• The Edge

  Future energy – zero-carbon heating

  • 12 5月 2020

  Heat pumps are proven zero-carbon technology that could displace fossil fuel systems in the home. How do they work? What are the economic challenges to scale up for the mass market? How is policy shaping up to incentivise switching? How much gas demand is at risk and when? Find out in this week's Edge.

• Opinion

  Lower 48: How low can costs go?

  • 08 5月 2020

  Tight oil is in turmoil. The sector was already under pressure before the coronavirus crisis knocked the bottom out of oil demand. Ever nimble, operators moved quickly, revising down CAPEX and production guidance. But the WTI crude futures benchmark plunging below zero for the first time in history this April is a sign of just how much pressure US producers are under. Now, more than ever, players in the Lower 48 need to focus on what they can control. And managing unit costs is one of the few remaining survival levers available. But just how low can costs go? Pricing for key components had already fallen by double-digit percentages last year.

• Opinion

  Energy demand starts on its long road to recovery

  • 08 5月 2020

  As businesses start to reopen in Europe and the US, fuel use has risen from its lows last month. But returning to pre-pandemic levels will take time.

• Editorial

  How will India’s extended lockdown impact the energy sector?

  • 06 5月 2020

  Our experts unpack the effect of the coronavirus crisis on energy demand in India, the world’s fifth-largest economy.

• Opinion

  Coronavirus puts more than a third of seaborne coal supply at risk

  • 06 5月 2020

  With seaborne thermal and metallurgical coal prices in near-freefall, production curtailment is likely.

• Editorial

  Will the natural resources sector recover from Covid-19?

  • 07 5月 2020

  The outbreak of coronavirus, the oil price crash and the impending global recession present an enormous challenge for energy and natural resources. Keep up with the spread of Covid-19 and its impact on your sector.

• Opinion

  How coronavirus could affect the grid edge in 2020

  • 30 4月 2020

  The start of 2020 has already seen significant momentum around electrification and grid edge innovation. However, challenges lie ahead due to the pandemic.

• Opinion

  Is green hydrogen metallurgical coal’s kryptonite?

  • 11 5月 2020

  With all carbon-intensive industries firmly in the crosshairs of international emission reduction targets, the steel industry has no choice but to investigate low or zero-carbon emission technologies. Enter green steel and green hydrogen – will this duo be the end for metallurgical coal and carbon-based steel production?

• 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.

• Editorial

  10 factors that influence upstream production shut-in decisions

  • 23 4月 2020

  How do oil and gas producers decide when to shut in production? Asset economics are critical, but are not the only factor leading to production being shut-in. Here we look at 10 factors that influence upstream shut-in decisions.

• Opinion

  European gas markets feel the pressure – but there are signs of recovery

  • 28 4月 2020

  As the number of new cases of coronavirus starts to slow across Europe, there have been moves to ease restrictions in some markets. As a result, while milder weather and an oversupplied market are still putting gas demand under significant pressure, signs of demand recovery are slowly emerging.

• The Edge

  Oil closes in on peak oversupply

  • 28 4月 2020

  The steep decline in oil demand is putting the entire system under pressure. Will there be sufficient storage globally to cope? Will we see more production shut-in? What are the prospects for demand recovery? Find out more in this week's Edge.

• Opinion

  Coronavirus: tracking the impact on European gas, power and chemicals

  • 22 4月 2020

  The coronavirus outbreak is having a seismic effect. How is it affecting gas, power and chemicals markets?

• 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

  Batteries: powering the fight against climate change

  • 22 4月 2020

  Why investment in battery manufacturing and storage technologies is critical to limiting global warming to 2°C

• Editorial

  Below zero: what the WTI crash means for US and global markets

  • 21 4月 2020

  On Monday, April 20, WTI dipped to minus $37.63, collapsing under the weight of global oversupply and sharply reduced demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We asked our experts on supply and demand dynamics, infrastructure, and financial markets to shed light on these historic numbers and discuss what we can expect in the near and longer-term.

• Opinion

  Trump's art of the OPEC deal

  • 13 4月 2020

  In this episode of our Asia-Pacific energy podcast, we discuss this weekend's OPEC agreement.

• Opinion

  Has the Lower 48 got the financial strength to ride out the storm?

  • 17 4月 2020

  From revised capex to distressed debt, we track the health of the sector in the wake of the oil price crash.

• Opinion

  Coronavirus oil and gas supply chain risks are hidden in your backyard

  • 08 4月 2020

  How confident are you that your oil and gas supply chain can withstand the impact of novel coronavirus?

• Opinion

  2020: the new oil sector supplier crunch bites

  • 14 4月 2020

  The 2020 oil price crash is very different from the 2015 crash. Supply chain leaders will need to consider their contingency plans.

• Featured

  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?

• 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

  Can the world agree a deal to boost oil prices?

  • 03 4月 2020

  As oil demand plunges, companies and governments are looking for ways to manage the market to bring it back to equilibrium. Leading oil-producing countries will hold an online meeting on Monday to try to agree a plan.

• Opinion

  Three signs that a global recession is imminent

  • 02 4月 2020

  From the coronavirus lockdown to economic meltdown, Peter Martin explains why we’re downgrading our economic outlook for 2020 as a result of Covid-19.

• Editorial

  What does the oil price crash mean for you?

  • 01 4月 2020

  How much do we think investment is going to fall this year, why is it different to the last price crash, and where are the costs most likely to be cut? Our team of global upstream experts tackles the industry’s burning questions in this 35-minute webinar.

• 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

  Beyond inexpensive supply in North American power markets

  • 31 3月 2020

  The margin of error for meeting project returns has narrowed substantially in recent years. Competition for offtake contracts in wind and solar that secure the bottom for investors has become intense. This means that developers are increasingly taking more power delivery risks in the near-term to win contracts, while backloading their own returns into the distant future. 

• Opinion

  Oil price crash: how Middle East, Russian and US upstream industry responses compare

  • 01 4月 2020

  In this month's MENA in Brief podcast: how the oil price crash is affecting upstream activity in the Middle East – and how that differs from the dynamics in Russia and the US.