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GLOBAL DEEPWATER PRODUCTION TO INCREASE 60%
Fraser McKay, Vice President, Head of Upstream Analysis Angus Rodger, Research Director, Asia ...
NORTH SEA SEMISUB FUNDAMENTALS IMPROVING BUT MORE RIGS LEAVING REGION
Westwood Insight Teresa Wilkie Utilisation of North Sea semisubmersibles (semis) as wel...
IS OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT IN MAINLAND CHINA SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT SUBSIDY?
Mainland China’s offshore wind market experienced phenomenal capacity growth in 2021, addin...
WHAT DOES THE GLOBAL ENERGY CRISIS MEAN FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION?
The global energy crisis has been brewing since the last quarter of 2021, caused by a mix of fact...
FINLAND, DENMARK AND SWEDEN LEADING ON THE GREEN REVOLUTION
Long considered pioneers in renewables, the Nordic region is preparing to further grow its renewa...
EIA: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL ANALYSIS BRIEF
Eastern Mediterranean in context Natural gas production grew significantly in the Eastern M...
HEALTHY DEMAND AND PREMIUM DAYRATES FOR LOW-EMISSION RIGS TO 2026
The energy crisis that has arisen during 2022 and the mounting importance of energy security has ...
ENERGY CRISIS: THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR GAS-FIRED POWER IN EUROPE
Carlos Torres Diaz, Head of Power, Rystad Energy Gas-fired power generation, which is currentl...
ONSHORE O&G PIPELINE CAPEX TO TOTAL $369 BILLION 2022-2028 AS WORLD CRIES OUT...
Initial findings from Westwood Global Energy’s upcoming onshore pipeline market forecast, i...
HOW WILL OIL AND GAS COMPANIES GET TO SCOPE 3 NET ZERO?
Only ten major oil and gas companies have set Scope 3 net zero ambitions – so far three bro...
CAN NORWAY MOVE FROM OIL AND GAS SUPPLIER OF CHOICE TO ENERGY SUPER BASIN?
Neivan Boroujerdi, Director, Research, Upstream Oil and Gas Fraser McKay, Vice President, Head o...
EUROPE’S RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN UNDER THREAT
Record-breaking electricity prices across Europe are damaging the continent’s attempts to b...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: THE NEED FOR COLLABORATION IN NEW ENERGIES PROJECTS
Net Zero targets and emission reduction initiatives in Northwest Europe (NWE) have created huge o...
BANKS ASSESS THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE COMMITMENTS
Lenders can still finance new oil and gas development, but emissions goals mean the balance of th...
FULL STEAM AHEAD: EUROPE TO SPEND $7.4 BILLION ON GEOTHERMAL HEATING
The European geothermal heating market, at one time dominated by only a handful of countries, is ...
WHAT WILL THE GAS MARKET LOOK LIKE IN A NET ZERO WORLD?
Gas and LNG have an important role to play in realising a 1.5-degree scenario by 2050 – but...
EU REVENUE CAP MAY END UP CAPPING EUROPE’S RENEWABLE ENERGY AMBITIONS
The European Union’s emergency measures to tackle the region’s energy crisis may fall...
EIA EXPECTS HIGH PRICES FOR NATURAL GAS THIS WINTER
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects higher-than-average natural gas prices g...
SOCIAL MEDIA: TOP 10 MOST MENTIONED OIL & GAS COMPANIES IN 1H, 2020
Analysis by GlobalData Energy of social media posts for the first half of 2022 revealed the Top 1...
LNG: SEISMIC SHIFTS AS RUSSIA/UKRAINE CONFLICT MAKES WAVES
LNG is plugging the Russian gas supply gap. Prices are volatile; buyers are rushing to secure lon...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: MAINLAND CHINA ADVANCES FLOATING WIND CAPACITY
About a year ago in the second quarter of 2021, Mainland China became the world’s largest o...
GLOBAL ONSHORE RIG DEMAND FORECAST FOR 24% GROWTH BY 2026
The outlook for onshore rig demand is improving with elevated commodity prices spurring increased...
GLOBAL LNG INVESTMENTS SET TO PEAK AT $42 BILLION IN 2024
As the global energy crisis deepens and countries scramble to secure reliable energy sources, inv...
RUSSIAN CRUDE OUTPUT REBOUNDS STRONGLY, BUT HARD TIMES LIE AHEAD
Russia has so far demonstrated high resilience to the unprecedented pressure imposed by Europe an...
HIGH-IMPACT WELL ACTIVITY SET TO REBOUND THIS YEAR AFTER 2021 SLUMP
Drilling of high-impact oil and gas prospects is set to rebound this year after a disappointing 2...
US SHALE HEDGING LOSSES COULD TOP $10 BILLION THIS YEAR
US shale oil producers are in line to suffer more than $10 billion in derivative hedging losses t...
BIG OIL SET TO CASH IN ON THE TRILLION-DOLLAR OFFSHORE WIND PRIZE
Akif Chaudhry, Principal Analyst, Corporate Research No longer in its infancy, offshore wi...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: FLEXIBILITY IS KEY IN A ZERO-CARBON ENERGY WORLD
As the oil and gas sector’s biggest markets are set to shrink over the long term, because o...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT – UK CFD AUCTION: 7 GW SUPPORTED, BUT PRICE DROP SLOWS
The UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has played a key role in developing the coun...
ALBERTA, ON TRACK TO BECOME RENEWABLES LEADER
The Canadian province of Alberta, home of the country’s oil and gas sector for decades, is ...
HIGH IMPACT EXPLORATION SHOWS SIGNS OF RECOVERY
Eight of the wells tested frontier plays, with significant basin-opening discoveries at Venus and...
ADDRESSING THE HIGH REAL COST OF RENEWABLE GENERATION
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Over the past few months we have been inundated with claims ...
E&P'S UNDERWHELMING FLARING & EMISSIONS REPORTING AND PLANNING
David Bamford, Director at Future Energy Partners/Publishing This is about a study into flarin...
NG ESO EXPECTS TO RELY ON INTERCONNECTORS THIS WINTER: THIS LOOKS LIKE WISHFU...
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic National Grid ESO has published its early view of the W...
BEIS SELECT COMMITTEE SEEKS RETAIL ENERGY MARKET REFORM
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Following on from my previous post describing the BEIS Selec...
EU TAXONOMY WILL LEAD TO NEW NUCLEAR PROJECTS AND MORE EXPENSIVE GAS
The impact of the new EU taxonomy – the system that classifies which investments are sustai...
CAPACITY MARKET NOTICES IN SUMMER ARE A WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE WINTER
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic On Monday 18 July, National Grid ESO issued two Capacity Mar...
CONTRACTORS IN BUOYANT MOOD AS FIVE-YEAR OFFSHORE EPC SPEND TO TOTAL $276 BIL...
Mark Adeosun, Manager – Offshore Energy Services, Westwood Global Energy A review of...
EUROPE’S POWER PAIN ARRIVES EARLIER THAN EXPECTED
Europe is heading into a predicted power crunch earlier than expected despite recent moves to cur...
UPSTREAM M&A FALLS TO $12 BILLION IN A VOLATILE MARKET
Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR), a subsidiary of Enverus, the leading energy data analytics a...
RUSSIA COULD LOSE $85 BILLION IN TAX INCOME OVER URALS CRUDE PRICE DISCOUNTS
Russia’s government could lose as much as $85 billion in oil and gas tax income this year d...
APAC JACKUP UTILISATION RAMPS UP, BUT MAYBE NOT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS
Rig activity in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, which comprises Southeast Asia and Australia, has...
WESTWOOD GLOBAL INSIGHT: GLOBAL LAND RIGS 2Q 2022 REVIEW
As we reach the second half of 2022 oil and gas (O&G) prices remain at high levels. Russia&rs...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT – WILL ONSHORE PIPELINE DEMAND TAKE OFF WITH ROCKETING OIL P...
Onshore pipeline installations have dropped dramatically in recent years, with the industry badly...
GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE TO MORE THAN DOUBLE IN 2030
Installations and investments in the global offshore wind industry are set to surge this decade a...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: NEAR 15GW OF FLOATING WIND CAPACITY EXPECTED ONLINE BY 2030
The global floating wind market is a rapidly developing one with a very strong portfolio of p...
METHANE EMISSIONS - MEASUREMENT CHANGES EVERYTHING!
David Bamford Director at Future Energy Partners/Publishing This really useful graphi...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: NORWAY STATE OF EXPLORATION 2012-2021
Exploration activity over the last decade has been impacted by two major oil price crashes and a ...
SSE’S RESULTS SUGGEST IT IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK
By Julian Singer, GreenBarrel On 25 May Scottish and Southern Electricity (SSE) reported preli...
US GASOLINE PRICES HIT RECORD HIGHS
Refining capacity constraints, OPEC+ strategy and investor demands have driven up fuel prices wor...
GLOBAL ACTIVE OSV FLEET BOOSTED BY SIGNIFICANT REACTIVATIONS
Higher oil prices in the first half of 2022 and its impact on oil market fundamentals is already ...
CORE US BASIN’S OIL PRODUCTION GROWTH TO OUTPACE RIVALS THIS YEAR AND NEXT
Permian oil production growth is set to outpace OPEC heavyweight Iraq this year and next as deman...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT – THE STATE OF EXPLORATION 2022
Oil and gas exploration in 2021 was remarkably resilient despite the COVID-19 pandemic and accele...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: SAUDI ARAMCO SAVES THE DAY FOR THE JACKUP FLEET
Saudi Aramco’s initial push to nearly double its jackup fleet by the end of 2024 will resul...
REPOWEREU: EUROPE’S BIG BUDGET AND BOLD ENERGY PLAN MAY FALL SHORT OF OBJECTIVES
The European Union’s REPowerEU seeks to reduce the European Union’s dependency on Rus...
PERMIAN DELAWARE OUTPUT TO HIT RECORD IN 2022
Total hydrocarbon production in the Permian Delaware Basin, the top-producing play in the Permian...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: OFFSHORE RIG UTILISATION UP TO 18% HIGHER THAN TYPICALLY RE...
Teresa Wilkie, Research Director of RigLogix Utilisation is one of the key barometers on t...
GAS STARVED EUROPE LOOKS TO AFRICA FOR NEW SUPPLIES
Africa is conservatively forecast to reach peak gas production at 470 billion cubic meters (Bcm) ...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT – ASIA PACIFIC SET FOR SUBSTANTIAL 123% GROWTH IN OFFSHORE W...
Mainland China grabbed the headlines in 2021 after expanding its installed capacity base by an en...
LNG SUPPLY CRISIS WILL MAKE LANDFALL IN WINTER 2022
A liquified natural gas (LNG) crisis is brewing for European countries dealing with energy insecu...
VIDEO: 1ST SUBSURFACE HIGHLIGHTS SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE'S LONG AWAITED WELL
Jaca-1 is the first well to be drilled of São Tomé & Príncipe. The well ...
BLOCKBUSTER YEAR FOR PUBLIC E&PS AS PROFITS SET TO SOAR TO $834 BILLION IN 2022
Public exploration and production (E&P) companies are on track to shatter previous record pro...
PEAK REVENUE: USD 2.5 TRILLION IN CASH TO FLOW FROM OIL AND GAS SECTOR TO GOV...
Sustained high commodity prices and increasing oil and gas supply are set to push upstream sector...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT – KEY OFFSHORE THEMES FROM 1Q 2022
Westwood Global Energy Group has released its latest tranche of comprehensive quarterly offshore ...
GLOBAL INVESTMENT IN LOW-CARBON ENERGY TRANSITION HIT $755 BILLION IN 2021
BloombergNEF’s annual investment report records a 27% rise from 2020 to 2021, with almost h...
OFFSHORE WIND CAPACITY ADDITIONS IN EUROPE TO BREAK RECORDS IN 2022
New offshore wind capacity additions in Europe are poised to hit a record high this year, topping...
PERMIAN DRILLING PERMITS HIT ALL-TIME MONTHLY HIGH IN MARCH
Horizontal drilling permits for new wells in the Permian Basin hit an all-time high in March,...
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IF RUSSIA CUTS ITS GAS SUPPLY?
By Julian Singer, Green Barrel Europe, including the UK, Norway and other non-EU countries, im...
WAR IN UKRAINE COULD WIPE OUT 1 MILLION BPD OF REGIONAL OIL DEMAND
War in Ukraine could result in as much as 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil demand being rem...
OIL AT $100 COULD TRIGGER AN ADDITIONAL 2.2 MILLION BPD OF US TIGHT OIL OUTPU...
Up to 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) of US tight oil could be unleashed in the event of a supe...
OIL, GAS AND NUCLEAR: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Westwood Global Energy Transition Insight Some things are certain in the quest for a low-c...
THE COMING CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE BOOM – WE HAVE LIFT OFF
Policy and carbon pricing are critical to incentivising investment Simon Flowers Chairman...
ESGIAN’S TOP 5 EXPECTATIONS FOR THE OCEAN INDUSTRIES IN 2022
Graeme Johannessen, Esgian What does the new year hold for offshore wind, shipping, drilli...
UPSTREAM: SHORT-TERM SPEND AND LONG-TERM TREND
Upstream capital requirements depend on expected demand and achievable capital efficiency ...
200% UPLIFT IN OFFSHORE INVESTMENT ENCOURAGING FOR THE DRILLING MARKET
Westwood Insight – RigLogix Advanced: Launch of the Global Offshore Rig Market Report ...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: SIX KEY OFFSHORE WIND THEMES TO WATCH IN 2022
The offshore wind sector had another record-breaking year in 2021. Some 18.6 GW of capacity w...
KEY THINGS TO WATCH IN THE EUROPEAN GAS MARKET FOR 2022
Risk of a cold winter, uncertainty around pipeline imports and low gas inventories have set the s...
GLOBAL OIL AND GAS INVESTMENTS TO HIT $628 BILLION IN 2022
Global oil and gas investments will expand by $26 billion this year as the industry continues its...
EIA EXPECTS ANNUAL U.S. CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION TO SURPASS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS I...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that U.S. oil production will average ...
FPSO CONTRACTS SURGED TO PRE-COVID LEVELS IN 2021
The market for floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units almost brushed off the p...
HOW INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS SEE THE FUTURE OF OIL AND GAS
By Maurice Berns, Rebecca Fitz, Lars Holm, Jamie Webster, and Betsy Winnike - Boston Consult...
2021 GLOBAL OIL AND GAS DISCOVERIES PROJECTED TO SINK TO LOWEST LEVEL IN 75 Y...
Global oil and gas discoveries in 2021 are on track to hit their lowest full-year level in 75 yea...
ESG TRENDS 2021: RISE OF GREEN FINANCE
Green bond issuance is expected to reach an all-time high of $500bn this year Demand for...
BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE HORIZONS YEAR IN REVIEW
COP26 may not have ended with a bang, but the series of announcements made at the global climate ...
ENERGY TRANSITION - FRAMING A BUSINESS CASE FOR HYDROGEN IN NORTHWEST EUROPE
Hydrogen has both enormous potential but also an uncertain future. As we noted earlier this y...
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION STRUGGLES TO GET A GRIP ON FUEL PRICES
Rising prices at the pump have become a political problem for President Biden, and nothing he is ...
AS FALLING COSTS MAKE NEW OIL CHEAPER TO PRODUCE, CLIMATE POLICIES MAY FAIL U...
Rystad Energy’s annual cost of supply analysis has revealed that costs within the upst...
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE?
Islamic finance industry is tipped to grow by 10-12% over 2021 and 2022 Sharia-compliant...
ESGIAN: RIG ANALYTICS WEEKLY RIG ROUND-UP
Hans Jacob Bassoe, Esgian BP has now officially declared the two-year option on its contra...
TRANSACTION ANALYSIS – MAERSK AND NOBLE MERGER
By Hans Jacob Bassoe & Teresa Wilkie, Esgian On conclusion of the transaction, the new...
TRADE BECOMES A NEW TACTIC FOR CURBING EMISSIONS
The US and EU have agreed to draw up the world’s first carbon-based trade arrangement, cove...
OFFSHORE DRILLERS START RESUSCITATING IDLE DRILLSHIPS
Teresa Wilkie, Esgian Offshore drilling rig reactivations have begun as utilisation and da...
FLARING & GHG EMISSIONS REPORTING BY 6 EUROPEAN MAJORS AND 7 E&PS
David Bamford, Future Energy Partners Ltd There is increasing suggestion that ESG performa...
BORIS JOHNSON’S RENEWABLES FANTASIES ARE A NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM
Dr John Constable, GWPF Energy Editor There is a clear danger that the growing reliance on int...
EIA PROJECTS INCREASES IN GLOBAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS THROUGH 2050
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that, absent significant changes in pol...
GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT PIPELINE EXCEEDS 400 GIGAWATTS
New research by RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team shows that the total pipeline of of...
RECORD YEAR OF OVER £900 MILLION INVESTMENT IN UK OFFSHORE WIND MANUFACTURING
Analysis published today by RenewableUK shows that major investment announcements totalling over ...
SEISMIC VESSEL UTILIZATION RECOVERS TO PRE-COVID-19 LEVEL
The Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating for the seismic industry for several quarters, keeping...
GLOBAL FLOATING WIND PIPELINE REACHES 54 GIGAWATTS - WITH UK LEADING THE WORLD
Research by RenewableUK into the total size of the pipeline of floating offshore wind projects wo...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: GLOBAL LAND RIGS DEMAND ON A PATH TO 30% INCREASE BY 2025
Demand for Land Rigs expected to be c. 30% higher in 2025, from the lows of 2020, driven primaril...
HOW CAN EMERGING MARKETS CAPITALISE ON GEOTHERMAL ENERGY’S POTENTIAL?
Various countries are turning towards geothermal energy Kenya hopes to double capa...
ONSHORE PIPELINE PROJECT COSTS ARE SET TO INCREASE BY 4%-6% GLOBALLY BY THE E...
The costs associated with onshore pipeline projects are likely to increase by between 4% and 6% g...
CAN THE US OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY REACH BIDEN’S 30 GW TARGET?
Lucas Stavole, Senior Analyst – North America Wind, Wood Mackenzie State-level manda...
WORLD’S RECOVERABLE OIL NOW SEEN 9% SLIMMER
Every year and following the publication of the BP Statistical Review, Rystad Energy releases its...
ALGERIA: CALLS FOR ‘SEPARATISM’ AND ‘AUTONOMY’ ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SIGNALS
Deadly forest fires - especially in the eastern Khenchela region - and the growing water shortage...
EXPECTED SURGE IN FPSO AWARDS IN 2021 AND 2022 IS SET TO DOUBLE FABRICATORS’ ...
Τhe FPSO market is booming this year, with more contracts awarded in the second quarter of 20...
NEW INDEX HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO END GAS FLARING
Photo: Ed Kashi/World Bank Gas flaring, the burning of natural gas associated with oil ext...
CAN THE CASPIAN REGION STILL COMPETE FOR UPSTREAM CAPITAL?
To avoid an investment cliff edge, future projects must be made lower risk, lower cost, higher re...
CANADIAN OIL SANDS PRODUCTION EXCEEDS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS
Canadian oil sands production has fully recovered from last year's 'COVID-19 Shock...
ALERTS SEND WARNINGS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF POWER
Ed Crooks, Vice-Chair, Americas Grids in Texas and California last week urged customers to...
PIPELINE INSTALLATIONS SPEND TO INCREASE BY C. 10% TO $45 BN IN 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic and collapse in oil prices saw global pipeline installations fall from high...
NET ZERO BY 2050 – IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS SECTOR OF THE IE...
The release of the IEA’s Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050 report on 20 May is a potential bo...
GLOBAL PETROSTATES CAN FORGET TRILLION-DOLLAR OIL AND GAS TAX REVENUES AS ENE...
The global government income from oil and gas taxation fell to a multi-year low in 2020 of around...
HOW WILL NET ZERO 2050 PLANS AFFECT EMERGING MARKETS?
Energy majors face public challenges to improve carbon neutrality efforts G7 governments...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: THE STATE OF EXPLORATION 2021
The State of Exploration report is published at a time which may come to be seen as a watershed m...
ENERGY TRANSITION REPRESENTS A US$14 TRILLION UNCERTAINTY FOR UPSTREAM OIL AN...
The energy transition represents US$14 trillion worth of uncertainty for upstream oil and gas, ac...
UPSTREAM SPENDING, CUT BY $285 BILLION IN TWO YEARS
The toll of the Covid-19 pandemic on upstream investments in the first two years of the downturn ...
WESTWOOD: OFFSHORE WIND FIDS TO SKYROCKET 57% OUTSIDE CHINA BY 2022
New analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research ...
A GAS BOOM IS COMING IN THE US
Natural gas production in the US is set to grow to a new record in 2022, at 93.3 billion cubic fe...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: FARM-OUT LEVELS DROP TO A RECORD LOW IN 2020
Oil companies are constantly seeking to access new exploration opportunities or to share the risk...
ELECTRIFICATION IN TRANSPORT AND OTHER OIL-DEPENDENT SECTORS IS ACCELERATING
The adoption of electrification in transport and other oil-dependent sectors is accelerating and ...
AUTOMATION – KEY DRIVER FOR PREMIUM MIDDLE EAST ONSHORE RIG DAY RATES
The Middle East is a significant contributor to onshore rig demand, accounting for c.10% of t...
SAKARYA GAS DISCOVERY: PRODUCTION TESTING COULD PROVE TRANSFORMATIONAL
Ciaran Nolan Director, Nolan Geoscience Limited Location of the Sakarya gas discovery...
US E&PS TO FOCUS ON COMPLETIONS AND FINISH DRILLED UNCOMPLETED WELLS
E&Ps, oilfield service, and supply companies made significant cuts during 2020 in order to su...
OFFSHORE WINDFARM DEVELOPMENTS TAKE HOLD IN THE US
For a country with such a significant hydrocarbon industry, is it any wonder that other sources o...
ROBOTS COULD REPLACE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OIL AND GAS JOBS
Even when the Covid-19 downturn is finally past us, operators will have to continue exploring new...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: DRILLSHIP UTILIZATION SURPASSES PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS
Terry Childs - Head of RigLogix - reviews historic and future drillship rig utilization and share...
RENEWABLES TAKE CENTRE STAGE – BUT COULD BECOME A VICTIM OF THEIR OWN SUCCESS
Rory McCarthy Senior Research Manager, European Power, Wood Mackenzie The current decade ...
DRILLING ACTIVITY IS SET FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF GROWTH
After a challenging 2020, oil and gas demand recovery – supported by vaccination efforts an...
VACCINATION HICCUPS COULD PREVENT THE RECOVERY OF UP TO 1 MILLION BPD OF OIL ...
The vaccine distribution cycle was not expected to be perfect, but the recent spike in cases in E...
TECTONIC SHIFT: CHINA’S WORLD-CHANGING PUSH FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
China’s phenomenal growth has been fuelled by hydrocarbons and built with metals. China rel...
RENEWABLES SPENDING SET FOR NEW RECORD IN 2021
Capital expenditure for renewable energy projects is set for a new record in 2021, a Rystad Energ...
WHY EXPLORERS ARE NOT TARGETING MORE GAS IN RESPONSE TO THE ENERGY TRANSITION
There has been much talk about natural gas as a transition fuel, primarily in helping to lower em...
EXPLORATION ACTIVITY IN GUYANA TO SPEED UP
Guyana has started the year with an exploration disappointment as a partner in the ExxonMobil-ope...
WILDCAT SAFARI RUNNING DRY: ONSHORE SUCCESS RATE DIPS TO LOWEST ON RECORD
The success rate of global conventional oil and gas exploration has declined in recent years, but...
OFFSHORE PROJECT COMMITMENTS COUNT SET FOR RECORD IN COMING YEARS
Offshore project commitments are expected to not only recover going forward, but their number is ...
COULD 2021 BE A TIPPING POINT FOR ENERGY TRANSITION INITIATIVES IN EUROPE?
TGS insights provide the stories behind Energy data. These regular short 3-5 minute reads feature...
MCKINSEY & COMPANY: GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY-AND-DEMAND OUTLOOK TO 2040
COVID-19 sent shocks through global oil markets, with oil demand and supply still struggling ...
2021 AND ENERGY TRANSITION - THE OUTLOOK FOR ENERGY PORTFOLIOS AND M&A
The Energy Transition towards the post-hydrocarbon age is happening now and will involve energy s...
HIRING WAVE COMING: OFFSHORE WIND STAFF DEMAND TO TRIPLE BY 2030
The Covid-19 downturn has once again caused employment rates to plummet in the oil and gas indust...
BIG OIL INCURRED RECORD LOSS IN 2020, JOINT OUTPUT FELL BY 0.9 MILLION BOEPD
The downturn brought by the Covid-19 pandemic and the accelerating energy transition has created ...
TOTAL TO OUTPACE IBERDROLA AND ØRSTED ON RENEWABLE POWER CAPACITY BY 2030
New analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research ...
MORE THAN 200 OIL PROJECTS CAN HIKE OUTPUT, AND PROFITS, FROM SUBSEA BOOSTING
The saying has it that in every crisis there is opportunity, and the oil industry is no exception...
RYSTAD ENERGY: AUSTRALASIA IN REVIEW
Even though 2020 was the year oil and gas producers reduced output to balance the pandemic-hit de...
AFRICA AND THE AMERICAS HOST MOST OF THE TOP 30 HIGH-IMPACT WELLS FOR 2021
Drilling of high-impact oil and gas prospects in 2020 suffered at the hands of the global pandemi...
GLOBAL INSTALLED OFFSHORE WIND CAPACITY TO SEE 37% GROWTH IN 2021, FUELED BY ...
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the world’s installed offshore wind capacity rose by 15% in ...
SAKARYA GAS DISCOVERY UPDATE - TÜRKALI-1 AND 2 APPRAISAL WELLS
Ciaran Nolan Director, Nolan Geoscience Limited Black Sea Deepwater Wells: 1999-2021,...
ARGENTINA’S VACA MUERTA TIGHT OIL DEPOSIT IS NOW PRODUCING AT RECORD LEVELS
The oil production decline that the Covid-19 pandemic brought to Argentina’s Vaca Muerta fo...
OFFSHORE EPC INVESTMENT PRIMED FOR A RAPID BOUNCE-BACK IN 2021
Offshore EPC investment is primed for a rapid bounce-back in 2021, boosted by projects deferred f...
TOTAL OUTPERFORMED PEERS IN 2020, A YEAR OF COST REDUCTIONS AND POOR DISCOVERIES
Despite the devastating downturn of 2020, most global majors held up quite well during the market...
US DRILLED BUT UNCOMPLETED WELLS ALREADY AT PRE-COVID-19 LEVELS
The number of drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs) that accumulated at the height of the pandemic...
US OIL PRODUCTS DEMAND SET FOR AN ADDITIONAL 350,000 BPD ‘BIDEN BOOST’ IN 2021
After a devastating 2020, Rystad Energy projected demand for oil products in the US to grow by 1....
THE UK OFFERS OPERATORS BEST PROFIT CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BIG OFFSHORE FIELDS
This year marks the beginning of a recovery after a disappointing 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemi...
SHARE OF GAS FLARED IN THE PERMIAN FALLS TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL OF THE SHALE ERA
The share of gross gas output that is flared at the wellhead in the US’ prolific Permian Ba...
ENGIE CHOOSES A DIVERSIFIED AND COMPLEMENTARY RENEWABLE ENERGY MIX
Solar or wind? Biomethane or green hydrogen? For ENGIE, a pioneer in the development of renewable...
2020 HIGH IMPACT EXPLORATION AND 2021 KEY WELLS TO WATCH
High impact exploration has weathered a perfect storm of a pandemic, an oil price crash and an ac...
WHAT DO THE GEORGIA SENATE RACES MEAN FOR OIL & GAS?
Analysis from PESA Vice President Government Affairs Tim Tarpley With 98% of votes current...
AFRICA: ECONOMIC YEAR IN REVIEW 2020
Efforts to address structural vulnerabilities to the economic and health effects of Covid-19 ...
E&P CAPITAL EXPENDITURE - WHAT IS THE OUTLOOK FOR 2021?
Westwood’s analysis of 3 E&P peer groups – the five Supermajors, four selected Na...
NORWAY IS 2020’S GLOBAL LEADER IN AWARDED ACREAGE IN CENTURY’S POOREST LICENS...
The end of this year is set to make 2020 the year with the fewest concluded licensing rounds of t...
WESTWOOD GLOBAL: UK AND NORWAY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OUTLOOK FOR 2021
After a turbulent 2020 for the oil and gas industry, 2021 is expected to see a modest rise in...
CHINA TO BE TOP MARKET FOR ONSHORE SEISMIC IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS; GLOBAL RECO...
The global onshore seismic market has had a devastating 2020 with a 27% slump in purchase value. ...
THE WORLD WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH OIL TO MEET DEMAND THROUGH 2050 UNLESS EXPLORA...
The world is on track to run out of sufficient oil supplies to meet its needs through 2050, despi...
OILFIELD SERVICE PURCHASES SET TO LOSE $340 BILLION UNTIL 2028 AS PEAK OIL IS...
The oilfield service (OFS) market is projected to lose a cumulative $340 billion in purchases val...
RYSTAD ENERGY: IF OPEC+ INCREASES OUTPUT IN JANUARY, A 200 MILLION-BARREL GLU...
As the world is aching to put an end to a devastating 2020, oil producers are now assessing the l...
THE WORLD MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH HEAVY LIFT VESSELS TO SERVICE THE OFFSHORE WIND...
Offshore wind is booming, and as turbine and project sizes grow, demand for specialized insta...
GLOBAL E&P PLAYERS MAY INVEST $380 BILLION IN 2021, BUT ABOUT 20% IS AT RISK
Investments from global exploration and production companies (E&P) in 2021 are projected to r...
RYSTAD ENERGY: HYDROGEN OPENS A PROLIFIC SERVICE INDUSTRY
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GLOBAL OFS DEMAND IS SET FOR A 25% DECLINE IN 2020
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RECOVERABLE OIL LOSES 282 BILLION BARRELS AS COVID-19 HASTENS PEAK OIL
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KENYA: YEAR IN REVIEW 2019
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The Energy Transition and Extinction Rebellion may have led the energy news agenda and stimulated...
GLOBAL OIL AND GAS DISCOVERIES REACH FOUR-YEAR HIGH IN 2019
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RYSTAD ENERGY REPORT HIGHLIGHTS FALL IN PRODUCTION COSTS GLOBALLY, LED BY THE UK
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Natural resources research and consultancy Wood Mackenzie launches the world’s first Global...
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On July 24 Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for energy aff...
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International fleet conditions improve with onshore rig utilisation to tick past 50%, despite wea...
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Saudi Arabia has rapidly been increasing its business footprint overseas, last year tripling its ...
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Patrick Cooke Asia Regional Editor, Oxford Business Group In an era marked by rapid techn...
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ROMANIA UPSTREAM FISCAL AND REGULATORY REPORT 2019
The "Romania Upstream Fiscal and Regulatory Report - Frequent Legislative Changes Create Unc...
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Since the start of 2008, 153 exploration wells have been drilled in the SE Asia exp...
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The US Unconventional industry continues to see increasing completion intensity per well. Thi...
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According to analysts Rystad Energy, 2018 was the best year for hydrocarbon discoveries since 201...
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Souhir Mzali Africa Regional Editor, Oxford Business Group With the i...
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Exploration Drilling Industry attention is very much focused on Namibia this month, with t...
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