• Editorial

  New licensing rounds, upstream reform and the investment outlook

  • 30 6月 2017

  Our Asia Pacific upstream research team discusses the latest regional oil and gas developments, focusing on recent exploration licensing round announcements and the outlook for pre-FID projects in Asia.

• Editorial

  Everything is faster in the Permian - including decline rates

  • 11 12月 2018

  Listen to Crude For Thought, episode 43: Everything is faster in the Permian - including decline rates

• Editorial

  Oil and gas Majors in renewable energy: Finding the right business model

  • 03 12月 2018

  Corporate power purchase agreements (corporate PPAs) and merchant renewables projects are the most complex business models in renewable energy. Learn why.

• Editorial

  The digital imperative: why upstream oil and gas is embracing advanced analytics

  • 16 5月 2019

  Where and how is digitalisation likely to impact upstream oil and gas? In our latest research, we take a closer look at the huge prizes on offer at every stage of the upstream lifecycle.

• Editorial

  A new era for unconventional value

  • 30 11月 2018

  Project Production Management could reduce unconventional well cost and cycle time by more than 25%

• Editorial

  Chinese wind asset owners venture out on global stage

  • 30 10月 2018

  As conditions on their home ground become more challenging, Chinese asset owners are branching out abroad, investing in markets like Australia.

• Editorial

  5 factors that will cushion the PTC phase-out in the US

  • 07 8月 2018

  We present five drivers that will sustain demand for new wind capacity additions in the market during this time.

• Editorial

  Anticipating 88 GW of residential flexibility in the US

  • 04 10月 2018

  Grid-connected devices can help alter load shape, but the future hinges on customer demand, rate design and incentives. Read more.

• Editorial

  Electric vehicles – the story so far

  • 10 10月 2018

  How will the rise of electric vehicles impact the future of transport and the natural resources industry? In 2018, our experts have been exploring what that means for oil, metals and power markets around the world.

• Editorial

  How private equity is revitalising offshore exploration and production

  • 01 10月 2018

  Private equity is revitalising offshore exploration and production, with smaller operators bringing new life to the US Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and Brazil. Get the latest analysis here.

• Editorial

  The rise of electric vehicles and the cobalt conundrum

  • 25 9月 2018

  The electric vehicle exuberance has been gaining traction in recent years. Governments are setting ever more aggressive targets on internal combustion engine bans, while automakers have been jockeying to outdo each other by laying out bullish production plans for new electrified models.

• Editorial

  What the surge in oil-basis hedges tells us about Permian operators

  • 11 9月 2018

  Permian producers increased their 2020 oil-basis hedge positions by 431% in Q2 2018. What does the surge in oil-basis hedges tell us about Permian operator sentiment? And what is the implication for projects due to start up in 2019? Find out in our latest analysis of oil and gas hedging activity.

• Editorial

  European PET market turmoil could see knock-on effects for brand owners

  • 10 6月 2018

  The European PET market is currently in a state of turmoil, which has principally been caused by a lack of PTA feedstock and reduced imports.

• Editorial

  India’s flexible packaging enjoys continuing growth despite a stuttering economy

  • 23 1月 2018

  Our latest study of the Indian flexible packaging market place ‘Flexible Packaging Supply Demand Study – India’ shows that despite the current uncertainty in the Indian economy, demand for flexible packaging continues to grow at a pace, reaching an estimated $5.6 billion in 2017. India now has the fourth largest flexible packaging market, representing around 6% of the global market, behind the US, China and Japan.

• Editorial

  OPEC remains key to price recovery through 2040

  • 16 7月 2018

  Despite record-breaking gains in the Permian, strong demand growth and heightened geopolitical risk pushed Brent to USD80/bbl in May. For the market to truly rebalance, OPEC will remain key to price recovery over the short to medium term.

• Editorial

  Meeting gas demand in China - the role of LNG trucking

  • 21 6月 2018

  We're seeing phenomenal growth in China's LNG demand, driven by government-mandated coal-to-gas switching. Serious air pollution issues have led to new environmental policies prompting a reduction in coal in favour of cleaner fuels, including gas. How can China ensure local gas demand is met, without the price hikes seen last winter?

• Editorial

  OPEC opts for clever compromise – and a show of unity

  • 22 6月 2018

  Focusing on market fundamentals, we look at the impact of three possible options for OPEC and co-operating non-OPEC producers.

• Editorial

  Boom times: American ethylene’s reversal of fortunes

  • 26 7月 2017

  Steve Zinger, Senior Vice President Chemicals, assesses changing investment patterns of US chemicals companies in a major article by the Wall Street Journal entitled The shale gas revolution in just one word: Plastics

• Editorial

  EV growth will require massive charging infrastructure build-out

  • 01 8月 2018

  Why the growth of Electric Vehicles will require massive charging infrastructure build-out? Learn more.

• Editorial

  Propylene Global Supply Demand Analytics Service

  • 04 3月 2018

  As global propylene consumption continues to grow, petrochemical companies will need to invest in novel on-purpose technologies to meet demand.

• Editorial

  Qatar Petroleum plans new world-scale ethane cracker

  • 14 5月 2018

  Qatar Petroleum (QP) recently announced it has invited a group of leading international companies with extensive experience in the petrochemical industry to submit proposals for partnering with QP in the development and operation of a new world-scale petrochemicals complex at Ras Laffan Industrial City. If completed, how will it fit into Qatar’s existing ethylene asset portfolio?

• Editorial

  From Russia with love: the olefins chain

  • 19 4月 2018

  What are our petrochemical industry colleagues in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) thinking about?

• Editorial

  Global polyethylene: 6 key things for 2018 (Part 1)

  • 28 2月 2018

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

• Editorial

  The impact of global events on Latin America’s PET industry

  • 25 1月 2018

  Maritza Ramirez recently presented at the LAPET Meeting in Mexico city. In her presentation, “Are Changes in Global Supply and Demand Helping or Hindering the Latin American PET Industry?”, Maritza, Senior PET Consultant for Wood Mackenzie Chemicals, explained that PET events in China or Europe can have immediate effects in Latin America.

• Editorial

  Is the outlook for China’s petrochemicals market hanging in the balance?

  • 09 1月 2018

  We posed 8 questions to Steve Jenkins, Vice President Consulting – Chemicals, Polymers & Fibres about China’s petrochemicals market...

• Editorial

  DuPont has almost ‘left the building’

  • 31 5月 2017

  The show will soon be over for Dupont and we can say that this respected name once synonymous with polyester film has “left the building”.

• Editorial

  Spandex market growing twice as fast as other fibres

  • 23 5月 2017

  Understand why Spandex market growing twice as fast as other fibres. See more.

• Editorial

  Acquisition challenges facing all large converters

  • 05 10月 2017

  What’s next for the flexible packaging market? Learn more.

• Editorial

  Poland, Italy and Turkey experiencing fastest flexible packaging growth

  • 29 9月 2017

  What is driving flexible packaging growth in Poland, Italy and Turkey? Read more.

• Editorial

  The opportunities and challenges of CTO/MTO development

  • 07 11月 2017

  Kelly Cui, Olefins Senior Consultant, provides a high-level overview of China’s CTO/MTO development opportunities and challenges to assess the sustainability of this emerging olefin force.