• News Release

  U.S. energy storage market to double two years running

  • 06 3月 2019

  The U.S. energy storage market nearly doubled in 2018 and is expected to double again in 2019. According to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Energy Storage Association’s (ESA) freshly released U.S. Energy Storage Monitor 2018 Year-in-Review, 777 megawatt-hours of grid-connected energy st...

• Editorial

  Can the right fiscal terms revive Asia-Pacific's upstream sector?

  • 27 2月 2019

  Asia-Pacific's upstream industry has been plagued by declining oil production, exploration and licensing activity. Since 2014, exploration investment in the region has fallen 66% to around US$6 billion in 2018, reducing the hopper of new development opportunities.

• News Release

  Universal electricity access investment surpassed $500 million in 2018

  • 04 3月 2019

  Total annual investment in the off-grid energy access sector surpassed $500 million in 2018, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and Energy 4 Impact

• Comment

  ExxonMobil and QP land a giant with Glaucus

  • 28 2月 2019

  ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum today announced they made a major gas find with the Glaucus-1 well, drilled offshore Cyprus. “Glaucus is a giant,” Robert Morris, senior research analyst, Europe upstream, at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said. He added: “It will be one of the biggest discoveries of the year."

• Comment

  India commissions first east coast LNG terminal

  • 07 3月 2019

  India's first east coast regas project, Ennore LNG terminal, was commissioned yesterday by Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL). Wood Mackenzie's senior analyst Kaushik Chatterjee shares the significance of this project and how this marks the beginning of India doubling its regas capacity to 56.5 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) by 2025.

• News Release

  U.S. solar market adds 10.6 gigawatts of PV in 2018

  • 13 3月 2019

  For the third year in a row, the U.S. solar industry installed double-digit gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity, with 10.6 GW coming online in 2018. The amount was a 2 percent decrease from 2017. However, the forecast shows the market rebounding in the years ahead, according to the...

• Comment

  Buyers' market as Gulf of Mexico lease sale wraps up

  • 20 3月 2019

  The US Gulf of Mexico region wide Lease Sale 252 was held today, 20 March 2019. The sale attracted 257 bids from 30 companies, with high bids totalling US$244.3 million. An increase of about $66 million (37%) from the last region-wide lease sale in August 2018.

• News Release

  723GW of new global wind power capacity expected from 2019 to 2028

  • 19 3月 2019

  50.2GW of new wind power was added globally in 2018, a 4% increase YoY and the third highest annual total on record, according to the Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables 'Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update: Q1 2019' report.

• News Release

  South Korea could miss 2030 renewables target

  • 27 3月 2019

  South Korea is unlikely to meet its 2030 renewables target, says Wood Mackenzie at a media briefing in Seoul today. According to the consultancy's analysis, renewables will account for about 17% of the country's power mix, a little shy of its original target.

• News Release

  Global wind turbine order capacity increased 31% in 2018

  • 27 3月 2019

  Global wind turbine order intake was up 20% in Q4 2018 YoY to nearly 18GW, surpassing 2016's record by 5.4GW, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

• Webinar

  Webinar: The Future of Exploration Survey Results

  • 01 5月 2019

  Join us for our 'Future of Exploration' webinar when we will discuss the results of our annual exploration survey and help share future research.

• Podcast

  Crude for thought

  • 04 11月 2018

  Listen to the Crude for Thought podcast as our experts share their sometimes unconventional views on unconventionals and upstream as a whole.

• Podcast

  Murphy exits Malaysia as M&A momentum builds in SE Asia

  • 31 3月 2019

  Angus Rodger catches up on one of the biggest M&A deals so far this year: Murphy Oil’s announcement that it will sell its Malaysia business to PTTEP for US$2.1 billion.

• News Release

  Saudi Arabia to become largest Middle East wind power market by early 2020s

  • 08 4月 2019

  Saudi Arabia will become a regional heavyweight in wind power by the early 2020s, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

• Editorial

  How will 2019 elections in Asia Pacific impact the energy sector?

  • 08 4月 2019

  It is election season in Asia Pacific. While Thailand heads for the by-elections following voting irregularities, India, Indonesia and Australia will also head to the polls this year. Who will win? How will the energy sector be impacted? What do investors need to consider?

• Podcast

  Saudi Aramco reveals finances for the first time

  • 08 4月 2019

  Saudi Aramco grabbed the headlines last week when it revealed its finances for the first time. Get our analysis of the numbers.

• Comment

  Santos makes significant gas discovery at Corvus-2 appraisal well

  • 16 4月 2019

  Santos' announced the confirmation of a significant gas resource at Corvus-2 appraisal well. Wood Mackenzie senior analyst Daniel Toleman comments on the announcement.

• Podcast

  Corporate Week in Brief show notes

  • 18 3月 2019

  In this week’s episode of Corporate Week in Brief, Tom Ellacott, Senior Vice President of Corporate Research joins Roy Martin to discuss highlights from Eni’s 2019 strategy day.

• Comment

  Indonesia elections and impact on energy and mining and metals sectors

  • 16 4月 2019

  Indonesia heads to the polls on 17 April 2019. Wood Mackenzie and sister company Verisk Maplecroft discuss what this means for the energy, and mining and metals sectors.

• Comment

  BP’s US$6bn Azeri Central East project gets the nod

  • 19 4月 2019

  BP and partners have taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Azeri Central East (ACE) platform, the latest phase at Azerbaijan's super-giant Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oilfield. The US$6 billion project will be one of the biggest upstream FIDs of the year.

• News Release

  Southeast Asian upstream M&A could hit US$14 billion

  • 25 4月 2019

  According to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, Southeast Asia could take centre stage in the region's upstream M&A activity in 2019, with up to US$14 billion worth of assets potentially switching hands.

• News Release

  What would Australia's Labor win mean for the resources, energy and power sectors?

  • 06 5月 2019

  Australia's general election is around the corner and Labor looks set for victory. Labor has announced its commitment to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions by 45% between 2005 and 2030, and to reach net-zero pollution by 2050. It has also proposed changes to existing mechanisms to lower energy and gas prices.

• Comment

  IMO 2020 – what does it mean for downstream, upstream, LNG and bulks sectors?

  • 07 5月 2019

  Implementation of IMO 2020 regulation is just eight months away and its implications will be felt beyond refining and shipping. Wood Mackenzie's Asia Pacific experts weigh in on what this means for the different sectors.

• Comment

  Chevron exits bidding war for Anadarko

  • 09 5月 2019

  Chevron Corporation today announced that it would not offer a counterproposal to Occidental Petroleum's rival bid to acquire Anadarko Petroleum.

• Comment

  Trump's latest China tariffs - what do they mean for metals and mining?

  • 10 5月 2019

  The U.S has increased tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods to 25%, from 10%, impacting a number of metals. Commentary below comes from the Wood Mackenzie metals team:

• Comment

  Equinor takes extra slice of Caesar-Tonga

  • 13 5月 2019

  Equinor has exercised its preferential rights over Delek Group to acquire an additional 22.45% interest in the Caesar-Tonga oil field from Shell, for a total consideration of US$965 million in cash.

• News Release

  Saudi Aramco and Sempra Energy sign largest LNG deal for 6 years

  • 22 5月 2019

  Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco today announced their respective subsidiaries, Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company, have signed a heads of agreement (HOA), which anticipates the negotiation and finalisation of a definitive 20-year sale-and-purchase agreement covering 5 million metric tons each year from the Port Arthur LNG export project under development.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Getting to grips with big data in oil and gas

  • 19 6月 2019

  Join us and learn more about how you can handle the millions of variables and terabytes of data to unlock insights and productivity gains for your business.

• Comment

  Scott Morrison wins 2019 Australia election

  • 20 5月 2019

  Following PM Scott Morrison's win in the recent 2019 Australia election, Wood Mackenzie and Verisk Maplecroft analysts share their thoughts.

• News Release

  Montney total production to increase by 16% in 2019

  • 16 5月 2019

  Total production in Canada's Montney play will likely reach 10 billion cubic feet equivalent per day (bcfe/d) in 2019, an increase of 16% from 2018, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.