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  Portugal's world record-breaking solar PV auction

  • 12 8月 2019

  Portugal is now the country with the world’s lowest-cost solar PV contract. The lowest tariff awarded in the country’s first solar PV auction – held in July 2019 – was just €14.76/MWh, or US$16.54/MWh at today’s exchange rates. This narrowly beats the recent US$16.95/MWh contract awarded in Brazil.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Regional vs. Northern Sands: is the Permian proppant debate over?

  • 27 8月 2019

  Please join our premier US Lower 48 research team's webinar to hear our take on this long-standing industry debate on Regional vs. Northern Sands. Our latest analysis will put the Permian proppant debate to a standing still.

• Comment

  Aramco takes slice of Reliance’s refining and petchems businesses

  • 11 8月 2019

  Saudi Aramco is to set to take a 20% stake in Reliance Industries' refining and petrochemical businesses.

• Comment

  Jethro-1 delivers the goods for Tullow

  • 13 8月 2019

  The Jethro-1 well, drilled in the Orinduik block, offshore Guyana, has delivered for Tullow Oil, with chief executive Paul McDade saying the prospect could hold more than 100 million barrels of recoverable oil, subject to appraisal.

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  ExxonMobil poised to sell ‘attractive’ UK North Sea portfolio

  • 13 8月 2019

  Commenting on reports that ExxonMobil is preparing to sell its UK North Sea portfolio, Neivan Boroujerdi, principal analyst, North Sea upstream, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “A proposed UK exit was expected. We value the portfolio at around US$2 billion.

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  Sinopec bolsters coal-to-chemicals investments in China

  • 14 8月 2019

  Sinopec will take over the 800-ktpa coal-to-olefins (CTO) project in Erdos from State Power Investment Mengxi Energy.

• Comment

  Motiva enters US chemical industry

  • 20 8月 2019

  Motiva, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, has signed an agreement to acquire full ownership interest in Flint Hills Resources Port Arthur, LLC.

• Comment

  BP sells Alaska business to Hilcorp in US$5.6bn deal

  • 27 8月 2019

  Speaking after BP announced the sale of its Alaska business to Hilcorp in a US$5.6 billion deal, Wood Mackenzie analyst Rowena Gunn said: “The Majors are making progress with their divestment campaigns. This will mean long-held assets and territories will be let go. BP made such a deal today with its sale of all US Alaska assets to privately-owned Hilcorp."

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  TechnipFMC demerger 'a bold step to reposition for the long-term'

  • 27 8月 2019

  In 2017 Technip and FMC Technologies completed one of the hallmark oilfield service company mergers of the cycle. The business plans to split in the first half of 2020 – but not back into Technip and FMC - rather into ‘upstream’ and ‘mid/downstream’.

• Webinar

  Webinar: Update on Mexico Power Markets

  • 12 9月 2019

  Join us for our 'Update on Mexico Power Markets' webinar when we will discuss the rapid changes facing Mexico's gas, power, and renewables markets.

• News Release

  Has M&A created value in the North Sea?

  • 04 9月 2019

  Since the turn of the decade, it’s been a frenetic period for M&A in the North Sea. Against a backdrop of oil price volatility and a dramatically changing corporate landscape, activity reached record levels. But have acquisitions created value so far? Wood Mackenzie recently analysed 55 of the largest North Sea deals announced between 2012 and 2018 from today’s vantage point to quantify underlying value creation.

• News Release

  Wind turbine order capacity hit a record high in Q2 2019

  • 04 9月 2019

  Global wind turbine order intake increased 111% YoY, overtaking the previous record set in Q4 2018 by 13.2GW, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  US PET and aromatics markets face major restructuring if plastics recycling goals met by 2030

  • 10 9月 2019

  Meeting current US recycled plastics content goals by 2030 would significantly alter the region's PET resin and upstream aromatics markets, according to a recent analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Strategic vendors and European utilities dominate EV charging M&A activity

  • 05 9月 2019

  Strategic vendors - companies that offer products or services in the EV market - and European utilities were responsible for over 80% of electric vehicle (EV) charging M&A activity from 2010 through H1 2019, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

• Opinion

  Can China’s CTO and MTO industries survive the threat of massive steam cracker investment?

  • 06 9月 2019

  In 2019, the total ethylene capacity from CTO/MTO units reached 5.21 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), accounting for 21% of China’s total ethylene capacity. However, CTO and MTO development has slowed due to high methanol prices and environmental controls, as well as the threat from a new wave of steam cracker investment in China.

• News Release

  US residential energy storage surges

  • 10 9月 2019

  A record 35 megawatts of residential storage was deployed in Q2 as a result of rising customer interest and support incentives in more state markets

• Webinar

  Webinar | Strategic Banking Webinar Series - Part 1

  • 26 9月 2019

  Join our upcoming webinar, held exclusively for our investment banking customers, to learn more about how geology impacts well performance. Your dedicated client solutions team will demonstrate how our integrated analysis of subsurface and production data improves decision making.

• News Release

  Coal is still king in Southeast Asia’s power market

  • 25 9月 2019

  According to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, coal will continue to be the dominant fuel source in power generation, peaking at 2027 before slowing down and accounting for 36% of the region’s generation mix in 2040.

• Comment

  Record low price for offshore wind in CfD round 3 auction

  • 20 9月 2019

  The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) this morning revealed the results of the UK government’s third Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction round.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Brazil 2019 licensing bonanza: offering up pre-salt blocks

  • 13 11月 2019

  This particular webinar topic covered the highly awaited exploration bid rounds over the pre-salt blocks on offer in Brazil. On October 16th, our experts shared their perspectives and discussed the licensing bonanza comprising of three rounds scheduled within a month of each other.

• Comment

  CPIH and Equinor sign cooperation agreement on offshore wind

  • 25 9月 2019

  CPIH (China Power International Holding) and Equinor have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on offshore wind in China and Europe.

• News Release

  What are ExxonMobil’s top 5 divestment targets in Asia Pacific?

  • 07 10月 2019

  Wood Mackenzie has identified the five most likely disposal candidates after ExxonMobil signalled the start of its Asia Pacific divestment programme. Together, these opportunities are worth US$5 billion, and could contribute a third of the Supermajor's global divestment target.

• News Release

  Unplanned solar plant repairs to cost industry $16 billion over next 6 years

  • 08 10月 2019

  Annual solar plant operations and maintenance (O&M) costs will grow from nearly $4.5 billion in 2019 to just over $9 billion in 2024. This increase is due to future demand growth and current installed capacity. Unplanned repairs alone can cost owners up to $3,000/MW/year, based on an average-sized solar power system of 50MW, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

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  Red-letter day for Norway as Johan Sverdrup comes on stream

  • 08 10月 2019

  First oil from Johan Sverdrup – Norway’s sixth-largest discovery, with reserves of around 2.7 billion barrels – is a red-letter day for the partners and the Norwegian state. The decision to sanction the development was the country's largest final investment decision in more than 30 years.

• Comment

  Santos to acquire ConocoPhillips northern Australian assets

  • 14 10月 2019

  Santos announced today its plans to acquire ConocoPhillips’s northern Australian portfolio. This is a logical and attractive transaction for a number of reasons.

• Comment

  Total expands partnership with Adani on India's gas market

  • 14 10月 2019

  Total announced today its partnership with Adani Group which includes two LNG terminals, Dhamra in East India and potentially Mundra in the West, as well as Adani Gas Limited, one of the 4 main distributors of city gas in India of which Adani holds 74.8% and of which Total will acquire 37.4%.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie’s new data technology transforms upstream valuations

  • 09 10月 2019

  Natural resources research and consultancy Wood Mackenzie launches the world’s first Global Upstream Valuation solution, enabling organisations from the largest oil and gas companies to global banks to value assets around the globe in seconds.

• Comment

  Acciona in Nordex takeover bid

  • 08 10月 2019

  Acciona will launch a 100% takeover of German manufacturer Nordex after increasing its majority share in the turbine maker to 36.27%.

• Comment

  Trump raises Turkey's steel import tariff to 50%

  • 15 10月 2019

  US President Donald Trump has announced an increase in Section 232 tariffs on Turkish steel from 25% to 50%

• Webinar

  Webinar | The Transformation of North America Power & Renewables Markets

  • 05 12月 2019

  The future course of North America Power & Renewable markets is being molded by an ongoing transformation of the energy industry. The sector now serves as the central conduit to decarbonize the energy sector via electrification of fossil-based technology sources like transport and large scale renewable use for power generation. Register to join Wood Mackenzie’s power analysts on Thursday, December 5 at 10 a.m. CT for a discussion on key themes shaping the industry in the near and long-term, including: • Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy • The declining costs of renewable energy and battery storage technologies • The energy transition between coal and natural gas • Is the shift away from traditional baseload supply straining the existing generation fleet? • As coal retires in PJM, why aren’t renewables filling the vacuum?