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  Fire at Alpek's Altamira Mexico PTA plant to impact Americas and Europe PET resin production

  • 17 7月 2018

  Following a major fire at Alpek's Altamira Mexico PTA plant, which broke out on Sunday 15th July, PCI Wood Mackenzie Head of PET, Phil Marshall, said:

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  China tariffs on US chemicals adds uncertainty to capital investment

  • 03 8月 2018

  Commenting on the news that China is planning to place tariffs on chemicals from the US, Senior Vice President Chemicals, Stephen Zinger, said:

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  Escalation of US sanctions on Turkish aluminium imports would devastate Turkish downstream sector

  • 10 8月 2018

  Commenting on today's announcement from Donald Trump regarding the US' intentions to double tariffs on aluminium imports from Turkey, Wood Mackenzie Senior Research Analyst, Kamil Wlazly, said:

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  Global upstream project delivery is finally hitting the mark

  • 14 8月 2018

  Has the oil and gas industry finally turned around its reputation for always delivering upstream projects behind schedule and overbudget? Emerging signs of improved execution suggest companies are getting it right after a period of dismal performance on project returns, according to a new Wood Mackenzie report.

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  Bidding down but sums higher in US Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 251

  • 15 8月 2018

  On Wednesday, 15 August 2018, the US held its region-wide Lease Sale 251, attracting 171 bids from 29 participating companies, with high bids totalling US$178.1 million. An increase of about $53 million from the last region wide lease sale in March.

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  Alternate battery technology vendor ecosystem growing rapidly

  • 16 8月 2018

  Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables expects new flavours of NMC chemistry, including 532 (5 parts nickel, 3 parts manganese, and 2 parts cobalt) and 622 (6 parts nickel, 2 parts manganese, and 2 parts cobalt) to start gaining market share by 2019.

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  Decommission or redevelop? Brazil's mature Campos basin oil fields await resurgence

  • 28 8月 2018

  Brazil’s Campos basin is awaiting a resurgence in production according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, analysing the impacts redevelopment of the basin's mature oil fields could have on production, royalty collection and job creation.

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  ExxonMobil and Guyana hit Jackpot with latest offshore discovery

  • 01 9月 2018

  ExxonMobil’s exploration success in the last few years has established the Guyana basin as one of the world’s offshore exploration hotspots. Accounting for 15% of all conventional crude found globally since 2015, no other area has delivered as much conventional oil resource.

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  EVs up to 67% less emissions intensive than ICE cars

  • 05 9月 2018

  A typical mid-size electric vehicle (EV) can generate up to 67% lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than a gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) car on a well-to-wheel basis.

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  Australian gas shortages loom as LNG exporters and domestic consumers compete for supply

  • 11 9月 2018

  The pace and scale of transformation in the east Australian gas market over the past five years has put gas – both its availability and its pricing – firmly on the country’s political agenda. Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie today releases its Australia East Coast Gas Market Outlook 2018-2032. The report offers a comprehensive overview of the dynamics shaping the gas market, including the drivers of domestic gas demand, how gas flows will change and price dynamics.

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  Total hits the jackpot at Glendronach

  • 24 9月 2018

  Total has made a major gas discovery in the UK's West of Shetland region, hitting an estimated 1 trillion cubic feet of gas

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  Wood Mackenzie focuses Lens on data

  • 02 10月 2018

  Fresh new design, cutting-edge cloud technology and open-source solutions are the hallmarks of Wood Mackenzie’s all-new platform, Lens. It enables the consultancy’s natural resources clients to access, analyse and model data in every major commodity, in every market, in ways they have never been able to do before.

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  Ensco beefs up fleet with Rowan deal

  • 08 10月 2018

  Offshore driller Ensco is poised to buy smaller rival Rowan in an all-stock deal valued at $2.38 billion.

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  How do the Majors stack up in the Lower 48?

  • 16 10月 2018

  The Major oil and gas companies have made big strategic bets on the US Lower 48's unconventional plays. The scale, returns and investment flexibility offered by tight oil and gas has made it an essential part of most major players’ portfolios. But how do the players compare to each other?

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  US-China trade dispute will disrupt global polyolefins trade

  • 16 10月 2018

  Following the escalation of trade tariff disputes between the world’s two largest economies, China and the U.S., Wood Mackenzie Chemicals expects that U.S. polyolefins exports to China will be negatively impacted by 50% in 2019.

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  New Turkmengaz gas and chemical complex good news for domestic petrochemicals industry

  • 18 10月 2018

  Following the opening of the new Turkmengaz gas and chemicals complex, located in Kiyanly, Turkmenistan, Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Analyst Laurie Baxter commented:

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  Petronas takes 10% stake in Oman’s Khazzan development

  • 23 10月 2018

  Malaysian NOC Petronas buys a 10% interest in Oman's Khazzan development

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  OGA gives Alligin and Finlaggan the green light

  • 23 10月 2018

  UK Oil & Gas Authority gives the Alligin and Finlaggan developments the green light

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  Hammond raises hopes of decommissioning hub role for Scotland

  • 30 10月 2018

  In the Autumn Statement, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond did not make any headline changes to oil and gas tax rates, setting out instead plans to make a "call for evidence" on how to establish Scotland as a global hub for decommissioning.

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  Big Data adds up to big savings for upstream players

  • 12 11月 2018

  The upstream sector could save as much as US$75 billion annually thanks to digitalisation and Big Data. In its new report, Digitalisation in upstream: Show me the money, global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie dug into the numbers to see exactly what Big Data could do for Big Oil – and smaller players too.

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  What do the US mid-term election results mean for renewable energy?

  • 21 11月 2018

  The results of this year's U.S. mid-term elections may open a path for higher renewable portfolio standards and gigawatts of solar and wind deployments, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

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  2-degree world out of reach even under accelerated energy transition

  • 30 11月 2018

  The global energy transition is underway, but is a 2-degree world within reach? In its alternative energy outlook, Carbon-constrained scenario 2018: Navigating a challenging path to lower global emissions, Wood Mackenzie explores how commodity demand and carbon emissions react by an accelerated deployment of power and transport sector technologies.

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  ExxonMobil's Pluma marks a perfect 10

  • 04 12月 2018

  ExxonMobil’s exploration success in the last few years has established the Guyana basin as one of the world’s offshore exploration hotspots. Luiz Hayum, research analyst with Wood Mackenzie's Latin America upstream oil and gas team, comments on Exxon's latest find, Pluma.

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  US energy storage project pipeline doubles in 2018, nears 33 GW

  • 06 12月 2018

  The pipeline for energy storage projects in the U.S. has doubled this year, ballooning to 32.9 gigawatts, according to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Energy Storage Association (ESA). While not all of the projects will come to fruition, this ...

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  OPEC and Russia agree output deal

  • 07 12月 2018

  OPEC and its allies agreed a 1.2 million barrel per day cut after two days of tense meetings in Vienna.

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  Major LNG buyers' uncontracted demand to quadruple by 2030

  • 13 12月 2018

  Wood Mackenzie's latest research reveals that uncontracted demand by the world's seven largest LNG buyers could quadruple to 80 million tonnes per annum (mmtpa) by 2030.

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  Solar tariffs hold back Q3 installations, scramble project timelines as procurement pipeline booms

  • 13 12月 2018

  The Section 201 solar tariffs took a toll on U.S. utility-scale solar installations in the third quarter according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Report for Q3 from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The residential market, meanwhile, continued...

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  Upstream companies positioned to thrive in 2019

  • 17 12月 2018

  Price volatility. Market turbulence. Geopolitical tensions. As 2018 draws to a close the stage is already set for a fascinating 2019 in the upstream industry. In the recently published 2019 upstream and corporate outlook reports, Wood Mackenzie highlights how well prepared the industry is to adapt and thrive in tumultuous times.

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  North America to lead next wave of global LNG projects

  • 18 12月 2018

  North America will lead the next wave of global LNG project sanctions in 2019, with three US Gulf Coast developments expected to reach final investment decision (FID) in the first half of 2019, according to Wood Mackenzie's latest quarterly North America LNG projects update.

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  US Gulf of Mexico poised for historic year in 2019

  • 19 12月 2018

  Next year is shaping up to be a good one in the US Gulf of Mexico, with the first increase in drilling in four years, first-ever production from a Jurassic play, key new project sanctions and an uptick in M&A all in the cards, according to Wood Mackenzie's annual US Gulf of Mexico outlook.