• Comment

  Section 232 exemptions: Australia stands to gain significantly

  • 13 3月 2018

  Commenting on the likelihood that Australia will be exempt from Section 232 steel tariffs, Alex Griffiths, Wood Mackenzie Senior Research Analyst, said:

• Comment

  Without UK steel tariff exemption, US users will struggle to source high value-added steels

  • 09 3月 2018

  In response to Trade Secretary Liam Fox's announcement that the UK will seek an exemption from President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel imports to the US, Alex Griffiths, Wood Mackenzie Senior Research Analyst, said:

• Comment

  UK plastic bottle deposit scheme vital to changing consumer behaviour

  • 28 3月 2018

  Commenting on the UK Government's plans to introduce a plastic bottle deposit scheme, Helen McGeough, PCI Wood Mackenzie, Senior Consultant, commented:

• Comment

  Concho Resources buys RSP Permian in Largest Permian Deal Ever

  • 28 3月 2018

  Andy McConn, research analyst at Wood Mackenzie, shares his thoughts following Concho Resources announced acquisition of RSP Permian Inc. in an $8 billion all-share deal, the largest purely Permian deal ever.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie joins Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme

  • 21 5月 2018

  Being a Stonewall Diversity Champion is a key part of Wood Mackenzie’s Diversity and Inclusion initiative, ensuring that all employees feel engaged, protected and empowered to perform well at work.

• News Release

  UK taxation in isolation will not increase plastics collection rates

  • 21 5月 2018

  In response to HM Treasury's call for evidence on using the tax system to address single-use plastic waste, Wood Mackenzie Chemicals said there needs to be a bigger focus on behaviour change if current UK plastics collection and recycling rates are to reach the levels seen in a number of European countries.

• News Release

  Majors dig deep as Brazil's PSC Round 4 sets record

  • 07 6月 2018

  On 7 June 2018, Brazil held its fourth pre-salt auction, just eight months after the highly competitive second and third pre-salt rounds. US$818 million was collected in signature bonuses, the outcome was yet another big success for Brazil. With the successful conclusion of five licensing rounds in the span of less than a year, and a fifth PSC Round set for September 2018, interest in Brazil's upstream sector continues to be very strong.

• News Release

  LNG markets move from oversupply as rebalancing gets under way

  • 07 6月 2018

  Wood Mackenzie's short-term global gas and LNG outlook (Q2 2018) sees the market rebalancing as it moves from oversupply, although the global natural resources consultancy believes prices will remain relatively sustained into 2019.

• Comment

  Tokyo Gas and Centrica deal indicates optimism returning to global LNG markets

  • 15 6月 2018

  Commenting on the announcement that Centrica and Tokyo Gas have signed a heads of agreement for LNG procurement, Giles Farrer, Wood Mackenzie Research Director, said:

• News Release

  China's LNG trucking capacity to double in medium term

  • 18 6月 2018

  Wood Mackenzie estimates LNG trucking capacity in China to double to 38 million tonnes (mt) by 2025. China is the world's largest LNG trucking market. In 2017, 19 mt of LNG was transported via tanker truck from domestic liquefaction plants and LNG import terminals to downstream markets. This volume accounts for 12% of total gas consumption.

• Comment

  Indorama and Dhunseri Petrochem to restart 540 kt EIPET PET asset in Egypt

  • 15 6月 2018

  Commenting on the announcement that Indorama have joined forces with India’s Dhunseri Petrochem to buy and operate the Egyptian Indian Polyester Company PET asset (EIPET) in Egypt, Phil Marshall, PCI Wood Mackenzie Head of PET, said:

• Editorial

  Australasia - Five themes to look out for in 2019

  • 19 12月 2018

  As 2018 draws to a close, Wood Mackenzie's experts discusses five key themes to look out for in Australasia's oil and gas industry in 2019.

• News Release

  More than 680GW of new wind power to come online over next decade

  • 11 12月 2018

  More than 680GW of new wind power capacity will come online globally over the 10-year outlook, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Wood Mackenzie recently upgraded its Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update: Q4 2018 by 2% compared to the outlook published in the third...

• Comment

  Chevron loses second major production asset in South East Asia

  • 13 12月 2018

  Following today's announcement by Thailand's Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF) that PTTEP has won the auction round for both G1/61 (Erawan) and G2/61 (Bongkot) PSCs after putting an aggressive bid on the gas price and the profit share, Wood Mackenzie's research analyst Jean-Baptiste Berchoteau shares some insights.

• Content

  Outlook reports

  • 21 12月 2018

  Empower your decisions with our global energy outlook reports, including short-term and long-term forecasts on key industries like oil, metals, and more.

• Comment

  Full steam ahead for Tortue FLNG

  • 21 12月 2018

  Sanctioning the Tortue FLNG project, offshore Mauritania/Senegal is a 'major milestone' for BP and its partners

• Comment

  Ascend Performance Materials declares force majeure on HMD

  • 08 1月 2019

  Following Ascend Performance Materials' decision to declare a force majeure on hexamethylene diamine (HMD), Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Head of Thermoplastics, Quentin de Carvalho, commented:

• Comment

  US sanctions increase pressure on Venezuela

  • 30 1月 2019

  The US is poised to impose fresh sanctions on Venezuela, ratcheting up the stakes in the country's political crisis by curbing the Maduro government's access to cash from crude exports.

• Comment

  New opportunity in UK North Sea with Greater Buchan Area round

  • 31 1月 2019

  The Oil & Gas Authority's (OGA) decision to launch the 31st supplementary offshore licensing round, focusing on the Greater Buchan Area offers a material opportunity for players active in the UK North Sea

• Opinion

  How Chinese PTA and MEG futures impact the polyester industry?

  • 30 1月 2019

  The two polyester feedstocks – purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and monoethylene glycol (MEG) – in the world's most important polyester market China, have recently moved towards a total paper business.

• News Release

  Global offshore wind capacity will increase nearly sixfold over the next decade

  • 28 1月 2019

  By the end of 2017, offshore wind had only been deployed commercially across seven markets, with UK and Germany accounting for 68 percent of the grid-connected capacity. However, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables, global offshore wind power demand will increase...

• Content

  event-sponsorship

  • 22 1月 2019

  Get the opportunity to promote your brand and products at our chemical conferences. See three reasons to partner with Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Conferences.

• News Release

  Exploration’s back in the black

  • 04 2月 2019

  After a difficult few years, the exploration sector is back in the black – and keen to stay there. New analysis from Wood Mackenzie shows that explorers’ success in 2018 reflects a disciplined approach that’s set to continue this year.

• Comment

  Repsol-led consortium makes significant gas discovery in Indonesia

  • 18 2月 2019

  Following the announcement by Indonesia's upstream regulator SKK Migas on a gas discovery in the country, Wood Mackenzie's research director Andrew Harwood provides a commentary.

• Comment

  Will the Vale Malaysia fire cause more iron ore supply disruption?

  • 15 2月 2019

  Today, Friday 15th February 2019, Vale announced there was a fire affecting a conveyor belt system at its distribution centre in Malaysia. Vale anticipated that this would result in a 10 to 15 day halt in operations and noted that a planned 10 day shut down for maintenance was already scheduled for this period.

• News Release

  More than 61GW of US wind turbine equipment has qualified for production tax credits since 2016

  • 12 2月 2019

  Developers in the US purchased sufficient equipment to qualify 6.6GW of new wind power capacity in 2018 for 60% production tax credits (PTC) under the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) safe harbor provision law, according to recent analysis carried out by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Accordi...

• News Release

  US independents balance the books

  • 14 2月 2019

  The Lower 48 E&P sector is under pressure from investors demanding greater capital discipline, positive free cash flow and increasing returns. There’s a tug-of-war between value and volume, and value has emerged as the winner. The Lower 48’s independents, who traditionally pursued growth at all costs, must now rein in their impulses and focus on delivering returns to their shareholders. How does this affect their 2019 spending plans, and how do they manage volatile oil prices?

• News Release

  Macri reforms reshape Argentina's gas sector

  • 28 2月 2019

  When President Mauricio Macri took power in Argentina in 2015, one of his flagship energy policy programmes was to “normalise” the country’s gas and power markets. Macri set in train moves to gradually reduce government intervention, restoring free market dynamics and pricing driven by competition. The progress the Macri administration has achieved in reshaping the gas market environment has remarkable, helped in no small part by the prolific shale gas resources of the Vaca Muerta.

• Opinion

  Commodity slowdown in China could be different this time

  • 05 3月 2019

  In today's meeting of the National People’s Congress, China announced slower growth this year, with its gross domestic product (GDP) growth targeted at a range of 6 to 6.5% in 2019.

• News Release

  Amazon’s packaging transition boost for U.S. flexible plastics industry

  • 12 3月 2019

  Amazon’s decision to move towards lightweight flexible plastic mailers over its traditional cardboard boxes will likely set a trend for the rest of the industry, according to Wood Mackenzie Chemicals’ recent ‘Q1 2019 Flexible Packaging Global Market Overview’.