A Delayed Energy Transition and the Upstream Sector

LONDON, ENGLAND (Woodmac, 16.Jan.2025) — As the risk of a delayed energy transition scenario increases, so does the possibility of a much greater pull on future oil & gas supply. But meeting this demand would require a significant increase in upstream investment, resulting in higher hydrocarbon prices and significant shifts […]

TotalEnergies Energy Outlook 2024 (PDF Download)

(TotalEnergies, 4.Nov.2024) — To contribute to the public debate on the energy transition, TotalEnergies is publishing the 6th edition of its “TotalEnergies Energy Outlook”, which presents three scenarios for the possible evolution of the demand and the global energy system up to 2050 (documents available at this link). TotalEnergies Energy […]

Speed and Scale of Energy Transition Must Increase, Equinor Says

(Equinor, 6.Jun.2024) —  In 2024, almost half of the world’s population go to the polls. Many elections will demonstrate some of the key trends shaping world politics: geopolitical competition, economic nationalism, and political polarisation. This in turn will impact global energy markets and the progress of the energy transition. Energy […]

An African Gas Renaissance En Route to a ‘Just Energy Transition’ [PDF Download]

(The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 5.Sep.2023) — The impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the natural gas trade, inter alia, continues to be felt well beyond Europe’s borders. As the accelerated decarbonisation of the world’s economies is being pushed forward, Europe’s unexpected interest in alternative sources of gas imports […]

High Quality Oil and Gas Supplies are Scarce, WoodMac Says

(WoodMac, 16.Feb.2023) — The energy transition will require oil and gas for decades to come, but the supply of lower-cost, lower-carbon “advantaged” barrels remain scarce, threatening emissions targets and causing upstream providers to pivot to new strategies, according to “Scraping the Barrel” a new Horizons analysis from Wood Mackenzie. Wood Mackenzie’s analysis […]

Baker Hughes And Shell To Accelerate Energy Transition

(Baker Hughes, 10.Nov.2021) — Energy technology company Baker Hughes (BKR: NYSE) and Shell Global Solutions BV signed a broad strategic collaboration agreement to accelerate the global energy transition by helping each other achieve their respective commitments for net-zero carbon emissions and advancing solutions to decarbonize energy and industrial sectors. The […]

Energy Transition Represents $14tn Uncertainty For Upstream Sector

(WoodMac, 20.May.2021) — The energy transition represents US$14 trillion worth of uncertainty for upstream oil and gas, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie.  Oil and gas is a risky business. Over the years, those risks have been tempered by a single tenet – that demand would continue to […]

Women At The Top Of UK Energy Sector Rises

(PwC, 3.Jun.2020) — POWERful Women and PwC have today published the latest ‘state of the nation’ on the gender balance at the top of the UK energy industry. The 2020 annual board statistics1 show progress in the number of women occupying board and executive board seats – now 21% and […]