The great reopening: what the end of China’s ’zero-Covid’ strategy means for global energy and natural resources.

• 23 March 2023

What the end of China's 'zero Covid' strategy means for global energy and natural resources

Silver linings playbook: five reasons to be cheerful

• 08 December 2022

Our analysts have identified five developments that suggest that, despite the setbacks of the past year, the world is laying the foundations for a decade or more of sustained opportunity that will deliver better outcomes for the reliability, affordability and sustainability of our energy and natural resources.

Location, location, location: the key to carbon disposal

• 24 June 2021

By our calculations, even if we manage to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and limit global warming to 1.5 °C of pre-industrial levels, fossil fuels will still account for close to 37% of the world’s primary energy demand in 2050.

Fast and Furious: Europe's race to slash emissions by 2030

• 18 February 2021

Renewables are the proven zero-carbon technology where much of the capital funding the energy transition will be invested.

Tariff shockwaves: what trading professionals need to know

• 27 June 2025

Wood Mackenzie investigates how each sector is being affected by recent US tariff policies, and what traders and strategists should be watching.

Global Renewables Data Hub

An interactive tool spanning solar, wind, energy storage and grid edge markets.

MAKE

MAKE provides global wind-power coverage with research, forecasts, data and a multifaceted view of the industry.

Metaxylene & Purified Isophthalic Acid Study

Assess the risks of tight supply and obtain insights on capacity and forecast demand for purified isophthalic acid (PIA) and metaxylene.

Cumene-Phenol

Optimise your commercial strategy with an integrated view of long-term market dynamics and strategic insights into the global cumene-phenol markets.

About Us: Our Values

• 25 July 2017

Our company's core beliefs follow the Verisk Way of respect for the individual, integrity, persistence, confidence, excellence and teamwork. Find out more.

How and why big oil is strengthening its oil and gas exposure

• 25 April 2024

Big oil is doubling down on oil and gas. Discover the reasons and implications in our latest Edge article.

Why Brent isn’t reacting to escalating geopolitical risk

• 08 February 2024

Today’s geopolitical temperature is close to boiling point. So why haven’t oil prices leapt in response, as we’ve seen in the past?

Resource nationalism and energy transition metals

• 24 August 2023

Moves to maximise revenue as demand accelerates

Making Australia an energy transition leader

• 03 August 2023

Investment barriers still to be tackled

Energy transition – reset required

• 12 September 2022

The energy crisis is raising doubts about the pace the world can move towards net zero. Governments' more urgent priorities are to keep the lights on and economies ticking even if that means more fossil fuels.

Global gas and LNG’s biggest challenges

• 31 August 2022

Europe’s energy market is out of control. Current stratospheric prices for gas and power pose risks to economies and households. Minimising collateral damage to economies – not to mention, saving lives – depends on the energy industry, governments and consumers themselves all doing the right things

How the energy crisis is a boon for hydrogen exporters

• 21 April 2022

Hydrogen is central to achieving net zero and getting the world onto a 1.5 °C pathway. How will the energy crisis affect the global hydrogen trade?

How solar is central to the energy transition

• 19 March 2021

Solar's plunging costs have made it the go-to technology to decarbonise the power sector. What innovations are coming to make it even more competitive? Could too much solar be a problem for power markets? And does green hydrogen offer a second wave of growth?

Five constraints on US tight oil production

• 23 October 2020

The 2020 collapse in oil price hasn’t just killed tight oil’s growth, it smashed volumes down in the space of just a few months. The big question is whether it will ever return to a growth path.

Guyana – global oil’s new king of the heap

• 10 March 2020

Guyana’s oil, only just being commercialised, promises to transform the nation’s wealth. How can the South American country make the most of it? Find out more in this week's Edge.

The Majors have got bigger – but are they better?

• 29 October 2019

Bigger the Majors may be, but are the companies better placed to cope with future price uncertainty and the energy transition? Find out in this week's Edge.

OPEC gets to eat the Permian’s lunch

• 30 May 2018

In any commodity market, the marginal supplier makes hay when the sun shines. Oil prices are rampant, but tight oil is not behaving quite as expected. I caught up with R.T. Dukes, Head of US Lower 48 oil supply.

Positioning for the energy transition

• 23 January 2018

We've seen a wave of new energy deals by the Majors. The spectre of peak oil demand and disruption from renewables and EVs has sparked a response – if you can’t beat them, join them. 2017 was the year Big Oil started to position for a low-carbon future.

Upstream KPIs turn positive

• 19 December 2017

We've had the best year for the oil and gas industry for some time: KPIs have turned positive. Brent looks set to end 2017 over US$60/bbl, up 40% from the summer lows.

The commodity upcycle and the end of the dollar’s bull run - implications for oil, gas and mining producers

• 11 May 2017

A strong US Dollar means weak commodities. With the greenback at record highs, and commodities buoyant, is a reverse looming?

How deep water projects can compete with tight oil - more progress on costs and tight oil may get a run for its money

• 28 March 2017

Tight oil has garnered all the plaudits in the last few months, but we can foresee in the not too distant future green field deep water projects giving tight oil a run for its money in competing for capital.

Upstream M&A: taking advantage of the down-cycle

• 22 November 2016

With the M&A market showing signs of life and the value of the M&A being done rising, the time is ripe for buyers in the upstream market.

What a future Ukraine peace deal means for energy (part 1)

• 19 March 2025

How will a Ukraine peace agreement reshape global gas and LNG markets? Discover key scenarios and their far-reaching consequences for energy trade and prices.

The narrowing trans-Atlantic divide on the energy transition

• 24 April 2025

Big Oil is rebalancing. Discover how strategy shifts, energy security and policy are reshaping oil, gas and low-carbon investment outlooks across the Atlantic.

The case for high-impact exploration through the downturn

• 01 May 2025

As oil prices dip, energy giants turn to bold exploration strategies in frontier basins to unlock the next wave of low-cost, high-value discoveries.