NOCs begin a new phase of upstream internationalisation

• 23 October 2025

How are the world’s leading NOCs reshaping their upstream strategies? Explore what’s driving their next wave of international expansion

Can conventional oil projects compete with L48 oil?

• 14 March 2018

US tight oil has arrived with a bang, disrupting the oil market. But can conventional oil projects compete? Our latest report looks at where tight oil and other pre-FID conventional projects sit on the global cost curve.

ExxonMobil sets a net zero emissions goal

• 21 January 2022

Over the past decade, the European and US oil and gas Majors have chosen divergent strategic directions. The European companies have set more ambitious goals for emissions reduction, and moved faster to diversify into low-carbon energy sources. Recently, however, that gap has begun to close.

Ten predictions for energy in 2024

• 15 December 2023

A solar slowdown, relief for OPEC+, the rise of blue hydrogen, and other trends to watch out for in the year ahead

Energy appointments signal Trump administration goals

• 18 November 2024

“Personnel is policy” is what they say in Washington, and President-elect Donald Trump’s first two nominations for senior energy roles in his administration send a clear signal about the policies he hopes to pursue.

Global power demand surge puts net zero by 2050 out of reach as world heads toward 2.6°C warming

• 29 October 2025

Surging power demand and mounting geopolitical tensions have made 2050 net zero goals unattainable, with the world now on track for 2.6°C of global warming.

What ‘vehicle-to-everything’ electric vehicle pilots mean for the grid

• 23 June 2021

As rates of bus electrification continue to rise globally, fleet operators are looking to a novel solution to drive down costs and smooth the transition: vehicle-to-everything (V2X). What’s the potential of this technology, and what stands in the way of commercialisation?

How NOCs compare with IOCs on energy transition strategy

• 12 October 2023

There’s more than one route to resilience and sustainability

Oil Refining

With the rise in biofuel production, tracking conversions from crude to renewable feedstocks in real-time enables you to understand how this impacts the mix of transportation fuels.

GHG accounting reform could change energy investment

• 28 April 2023

Standards for greenhouse gas reporting are being reviewed. New rules could shift incentives for corporate renewables procurement.

Inflation Reduction Act propels the global wind outlook

• 03 October 2022

The IRA and other global policy drivers yield a 25.6 GW quarter-on-quarter upgrade to the wind outlook – though Asia Pacific is bucking the trend.

Copper: strategic insight amid policy risk and smelter margin pressures

• 30 April 2025

How will trade tensions and falling smelter margins shape copper’s future? Discover what industry leaders had to say at CESCO 2025.

How off-grid energy access is shaping the energy transition

• 05 March 2019

Get Wood Mackenzie and Energy 4 Impact's latest analysis of off-grid energy access, the energy access investment landscape and strategic investments in energy access markets.

Global nickel outlook: a pendulum of uncertainty

• 24 March 2017

Since 1 January 2017, the nickel price has swung wildly on sentiment alone. Facing a relaxed export ban in Indonesia and potential mine closures in The Philippines, a great deal of uncertainty surrounds the market, which feeds China’s nickel pig iron (NPI) production and thus, the market for stainless steel.

Tensions over “green protectionism” emerge at COP28

• 01 December 2023

Countries including China and India want the climate talks to address unilateral measures such as the EU’s CBAM and the US Inflation Reduction Act.

Metals and Mining Briefing | Capturing value from carbon taxes

• 08 July 2021

Join us on Thursday 8th July for a discussion with Wood Mackenzie’s senior metals and mining experts to understand how carbon taxes and stakeholder pressure are reshaping the metals and mining investment environment.

BP sells petrochemicals business to INEOS in US$5bn deal

• 29 June 2020

Steve Jenkins, vice president of Wood Mackenzie’s petrochemicals team, comments on this morning’s announcement from BP that it is selling its petrochemicals business to INEOS in a US$5 billion deal.

The biggest topics in global upstream

• 06 March 2024

Some upstream oil and gas sectors gave us supply surprises in 2023, with some regions producing above expectations, others disappointing. What didn’t disappoint was the level of excitement around M&A, which features throughout the regions in our latest global upstream update.

Energy storage technology: three trends to watch

• 25 April 2023

Energy storage market dynamics are shaping the evolution of battery formats, components and production.

Russia/Ukraine War

• 14 March 2022

The crisis in Ukraine is having a major impact on the global economy and markets. Read Wood Mackenzie's analysis of the impact on commodities, energy markets and the energy transition.

Where do polyolefins and olefins fit into the 2019 petrochemicals story?

• 07 January 2019

What's in store for global polyolefins and olefins markets in 2019?

Wood Mackenzie 2023 Research Excellence Awards

• 19 March 2024

Celebrating the very best of another year of outstanding analysis, with insights into CBAM, energy transition scenarios, solar-plus-storage, RNG, tight oil cost inflation and more.

Iron ore – 5 things to watch in 2020

• 20 January 2020

Slower demand growth (especially in China) and a decent recovery in seaborne supply will continue to feature prominently in the iron ore industry in 2020. Prices will fall, with annual average price forecast for 2020 at $80/t.

Half of traditional super basins are future-fit and they have three things in common

• 21 July 2022

Energy super basins of the future must fulfill three key criteria - abundant resources, access to low-cost renewables and hub-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie.

China could ease restrictions on Australian coal and increase supply to alleviate power crunch

• 08 October 2021

Wood Mackenzie believes that Chinese authorities could allow customs clearance of stranded Australian thermal coal. In addition, the local governments in Yulin region of Shaanxi province and Inner Mongolia have announced yesterday that they will be increasing coal supply to meet demand.

Global energy storage set to triple in 2021

• 07 October 2021

New research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK), shows annual global storage deployments will nearly triple year-on-year, reaching 12 GW/28 GWh in 2021. Across the world, economic recovery is top of mind for politicians, with renewable energy integration taking centre stage. Despite disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic, Wood Mackenzie’s Global Energy Storage Outlook, released today, forecasts nearly 1 TWh of total demand from 2021-2030.

Horizons podcast: The blue-green planet

• 08 November 2021

Dr. Liz Dennett joins special guests Gavin Thompson and Prakash Sharma to explore hydrogen's role in the future of the global energy trade.

The UK's critical role in Europe's integrated oil system

• 20 November 2025

Europe’s oil supply system is highly integrated, with the United Kingdom occupying a central and strategically significant position. Our independent analysis, commissioned by Ithaca Energy and endorsed by OEUK, examines how UK crude production supports European refining, trade flows and regional energy security. The full findings are available in the report.

Energy Transition Service

Quantify the pace and change of the energy transition across all commodities, markets, technologies and segments.

What Trump's tariff policy means for energy and natural resources

• 08 April 2025

Analysing the global impact of new US trade measures on power and renewables, oil, gas and metals and mined commodities