22 July 2019 Ha Nguyen
Production is declining at Brazil’s aging postsalt fields, but Brazil sees great potential in its presalt fields.
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19 July 2019 Siddhartha Sen
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation is viewed as Latin America’s most promising area for the development of unconventional oil and gas resources....
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18 July 2019 Jenny Yang
An overview of China’s current hydrogen market development
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17 July 2019 Teo Yun Yun
Gain insight into Southeast Asia’s current Jackup Rig market update.
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16 July 2019 Vidur Singhal
With the reappointment of the previous government during 2019 general elections, the target of a 15% gas share in the energy mix remains a top...
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16 July 2019 Roderick Bruce
Senegal’s new Petroleum Code and Local Content Law significantly raise tax take and increase regulatory burden, eroding the country’s upstream...
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15 July 2019 Geena Chatterji
Cambodia’s power plan has come a long way in the past decade. It’s power market has been growing rapidly, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down...
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12 July 2019 Premasish Das Kurt Barrow
Global energy markets are embarking on a transition to lower carbon sources. The pace of this change is uncertain, but the direction is set and...
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12 July 2019 Michael Dyer
In 2018, Brazil and Mexico held presidential elections and the results are complete opposites of the former political system ideologies. Brazil...
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11 July 2019 Kevin Birn Cathy Crawford
The need to understand not only emissions, but also how the value chain interacts chemically and economically to ultimately meet consumers’ needs....
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10 July 2019 Darryl Rogers
With the rise in US natural gas and oil production US ethane availability has increased significantly.
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10 July 2019 Deeksha Wason
India’s UDAY scheme failed to deliver promised relief. What happened?
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09 July 2019 Robert Labrum
How can we be sure the data we’re provided with is reliable?
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08 July 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
China’s contribution in the global economic growth has been unparalleled, with its economic rise mirroring an exponential demand growth for oil...
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04 July 2019 Isaac Nuti
Since the oil price collapse in late 2014, the U.S. deepwater Gulf of Mexico (DWGOM) has been in flux. The region has seen a series of mergers...
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04 July 2019 Robert Labrum
Where can we obtain formation pressure data from in the absence of wireline?
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02 July 2019 Brandon Savisky
A lingering state of oversupply in the first half of 2019 led proppant and sand suppliers to adapt an attitude of “survival of the fittest” when...
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01 July 2019 Tiziana Luzzi
As in many other parts of the world, oil and gas exploration in Latin America saw a dramatic decrease in the middle of the decade.
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28 June 2019 Darryl Rogers
Understand market factors affecting the US propane price
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28 June 2019 Robert Labrum
Over reliance on summary data from comp logs and final reports can lead to significant errors. Find out why…
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27 June 2019 Lisa McConnell
The floating rig market in the US Gulf has been relatively flat since the beginning of the year, but there was a slight improvement in May.
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18 June 2019 Emanuel Ozuna Vargas
Compared to the first quarter in 2019, IHS Markit estimates that for the second quarter, hydraulic fracturing demand in the US has increased....
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17 June 2019 Paola Perez Pena
IHS Markit estimates the US oilfield water management to be valued at around $37 billion in 2019, representing a 12% year-on-year (y/y) market...
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13 June 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
How has data and research moved the energy industry forward? We explore.
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12 June 2019 Jenny Yang
Midstream infrastructure network has long been a key bottleneck in China’s natural gas market development. Physically, the transmission length...
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11 June 2019
Aiming to curb the growth in coal imports, the Government of India (GoI) in 1993 opened the country’s coal sector to allow captive mining, albeit...
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10 June 2019
In May 2018, the Angolan government published a decree with new incentives for the development of marginal fields. In April 2019 a list of potentially...
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05 June 2019 Kevin Birn
There is upside growth potential in the coming decade for the Canadian oil sands, however the drivers of this growth will be fundamentally different...
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04 June 2019
Seven new deepwater prospects have been drilled so far this year in the US Gulf of Mexico, and those 7 prospects were drilled by five operators....
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03 June 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Important exploration potential continues to prevail in Mexico, and despite opportunities slowing down, the region will continue to be attractive...
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31 May 2019
What caused the US crude oil production to have an unprecedented growth?
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30 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The MSGBC, or Senegal, Basin off the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania in western Africa is one of the most exciting areas of frontier exploration...
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28 May 2019
Grid-sited procurements are driving storage growth and enhancing grid operations
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23 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The business of exploration is facing its most serious challenge; the competition for capital
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21 May 2019
Watch a 5 minute update on the role of naphtha markets today and if it will ever reach the level of its past.
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17 May 2019
As renewable tenders become widespread, seasoned developers are better able to price and reduce risks. What undervalued risks are at play?
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16 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
IHS Markit closely tracks wind turbine orders globally. Which continent had the most orders in 2018?
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15 May 2019 Oscar Abbink, Ph.D. Judson Jacobs Carolyn Seto, Ph.D.
Is digitalization delivering the outcomes we’re expecting?
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14 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Recently, the Powder River Basin activity has been imitating the rebirth of the Permian Basin. Operators have started to turn their attention...
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13 May 2019 Ha Nguyen
The path to self destruction: Recap of Venezuela’s Struggle Infographic
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10 May 2019 Adriana Hernandez
The EUR is one of the most important attributes calculated in unconventional wells. So, what steps are taken to correctly calculate the EUR?...
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08 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
With oil prices down and CAPEX cut backs, how will the US system react and what areas will survive?
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07 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Brazil, Mexico, and Guyana represent critical E&P hotspots within Latin America. However, Brazil and Mexico appear to be embarking on divergent...
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06 May 2019 Sergey Myakishev
With the Gas Directive amendment being adopted in mid-April, the project most threatened is Nord Stream 2. Find out why
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03 May 2019 Jenny Yang
Many non-NOCs have emerged as China’s new independent importers of LNG. What level of success will they achieve?
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25 April 2019 Mark Jelinek Justin Pettit
Asia has several large, oil-producing basins – from the Daqing Oil Field to the Malay Basin – but many are aging and in decline.
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22 April 2019 Krispen Atkinson
Shipyards will be kept busy over the coming months as ship owners scramble to ensure their ship can operate on the “cheaper” fuel come 1st January...
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17 April 2019 Reed Olmstead Lysle Brinker Lauren Droege Imre Kugler Chris DeLucia
Deal would be the largest upstream transaction since 2015, and fourth-largest upstream corporate transaction on record
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16 April 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Permian and Appalachia, respectively, are widely recognized as the two lowest-cost US onshore oil and gas basins. One might expect similarities...
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10 April 2019 Sergey Myakishev
An overview of the 2018 LNG market trends.
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08 April 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Southeast Asia coal-fired power expected to decelerate long-term
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03 April 2019 Raul Timponi Anna Shpitsberg
The year 2018 proved to be a difficult year for South Africa’s power sector, with the state-owned utility, Eskom, facing steep increases in debt...
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01 April 2019
The low demand and ample supply should keep utilization rates in the low 60% range in the near future.
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01 April 2019 Yanyu He, Ph.D. Veeral Mehta Bill Rawlusyk
NGL quarterly update: Focus on North American supply – April 2019
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29 March 2019 James Isaacs Clare Barker-White, Ph.D.
A short geological overview of the Mumbai Basin and a look at its future potential to support India's ongoing plans to reduce its reliance on...
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28 March 2019 Raoul LeBlanc
Will the Permian continue its meteoric ascent and dominate global markets?
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27 March 2019 Howard Ewan
2018 proved a historic year for the oil and gas industry in New Zealand.
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26 March 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
US proppant market fundamentals have remained stable with some unexpected volatility and depression, yet market balance and stability are improving....
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20 March 2019 Adriana Hernandez
How can gas lifted wells be evaluated in an easy and quickly manner?
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19 March 2019 Jenny Caddick
Petroleum Development Oman is well known for its advancements in Enhanced Oil Recovery technology and it has successfully implemented pilots...
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12 March 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Not at CERAWeek 2019? We recap the first two days for you in 30 seconds with the top Tweets from the show.
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11 March 2019 Spencer Welch
Top 3 revelations from the multi-client study on marine bunker fuel in a low sulfur, low carbon world
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04 March 2019 Kunfeng Zhu
There is a wide range of views regarding the world energy outlook, with several major points of uncertainty, including growth in renewables and...
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01 March 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Technology’s impact on improving energy efficiency includes materials and resource,
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27 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
On 19 February 2019, Repsol announced a gas discovery in the Sakakemang production sharing contract, located within the South Sumatra Basin...
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26 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Structural oil pricing volatility in the age of shale and implications for US production and detailed assessment of the global fundamentals and...
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25 February 2019 Yelena Shliomenzon Jim Thomas, Ph.D.
Legislation revisions and updates to the petroleum industry adopt stricter requirements and making regulatory compliance a moving target.
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22 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Upstream M&A activity has seemed to focus on the Permian Basin over the past 18 months as operators sought entry and/or consolidation opportunities...
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21 February 2019 Bill Rawlusyk
Several new events are set to have some implications on propane, butane, and condensate in 201
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21 February 2019 Amanda Nelson
Solar farms traditionally evoke images of vast plains of reflective PV panels, spread over otherwise spartan terrain, or more compact installations...
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20 February 2019 Basel Asmar, Ph.D.
The Upstream Innovation Index dropped by 15.7% from 2014 to 2018 and forecasts on cost reductions because of innovation could translate to an...
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20 February 2019 Rob Smith
Find out key questions that will steer downstream petroleum market analysis in 2019
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18 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The world is entering 2019 navigating a host of financial, economic and political fault lines, the deepening of any of which could severely impact...
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Operators cautious spending plans will slow down activity in North America the first quarter of 2019
14 February 2019 Paola Perez Pena
Operators cautious spending plans will slow down activity in North America the first quarter of 2019.
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12 February 2019 Sergey Myakishev
The controversy surrounding last year’s re-election of Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela came to a head in recent weeks, with continued...
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11 February 2019 Joo Yeow Lee
On 29 January 2019, the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the draft policy to extend the solar feed-in-tariff eligibility until 30...
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08 February 2019 Camilo Rodriguez
Geoscientists are expected to provide an interpretation and reliable prediction to inform confident decision making. The workflow that leads...
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07 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In the last installment of our three-part series on conventional opportunities in an unconventional world, Mark Savery, Executive Director Upstream...
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05 February 2019 Ankita Chauhan
The offshore wind announcements in India have been gathering pace in recent months. The most pertinent of these announcements was in June 2018...
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01 February 2019 Amanda Nelson
The deadly pipeline explosion in the Hidalgo state town of Tlahuelilpan has drawn attention to the chronic fuel shortages faced by consumers...
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30 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In part two a three-part series on conventional opportunities in an unconventional world, Mark Savery, Executive Director Upstream Product Management...
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29 January 2019 Stanislas Drochon Giacomo Boati
Sub-Saharan Africa has generated intense interest since the turn of the millennium as investors and governments increasingly focus on the region’s...
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29 January 2019 Ding Li Ang
A summary of all the things you need to know that happened in the offshore rig market in 2018.
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28 January 2019 Dongjie Zhang
Like many other countries, nuclear power development in China took a pause after the Fukushima accident. The government stopped new project approvals...
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25 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Oil and gas operators showed renewed confidence in 2018 as prices rose through September. But, did plunging oil prices in Q4 derail investment...
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22 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In this first of a three-part series on conventional opportunities in an unconventional world, Mark Savery, Executive Director Upstream Product...
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15 January 2019 Carlos Pascual
Four dynamics have changed in our global politics.
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14 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The European power market looks set for a good year in 2019—the fundamentals have turned a corner and investor interest is strong.
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10 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Russ Fontaine, Principal Researcher for North America Unconventionals shares the current state of the Powder River Basin and how operators are...
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09 January 2019 David Vaucher
IHS Markit’s Onshore Services & Materials team recently released its PumpingIQ report for the fourth quarter of 2018. The report estimates 201...
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08 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
IHS Markit experts discuss the development and application of new technology in the energy industry.
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07 January 2019 Spencer Welch
In just 12 months, the global bunker fuel specific reduces from maximum 3.5% sulfur to maximum of 0.5% and neither the refining nor shipping...
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04 January 2019 David Vaucher
Exploring the relationship between proppant supply and sand sourcing strategy.
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02 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The industry was marked the US claiming the title of world’s top oil producer, in part to the boom we continue to see in the Permian. But, Q4...
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02 January 2019 IHS Markit Expert
India CERAWeek: Atul Arya chairs the conversation of India’s energy market
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02 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
India Energy Forum by CERAWeek: Atul Arya chairs the conversation of what’s ahead for energy markets.
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27 December 2018 Yanyu He, Ph.D. Debnil Chowdhury
US NGL supply is expected to experience significant growth, how does Asia plan to absorb this increase in production?
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21 December 2018 Dr. Russell Roundtree
Artificial Intelligence (AI) within oil and gas.
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20 December 2018 Keefer Douglas
Since exporting its first waterborne ethane cargo in 2016, the United States has seen steady growth in China.
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18 December 2018 Laura Aristizabal Sanchez David Vaucher
IHS Markit’s Onshore Services & Materials team recently released our WaterIQ report for the second half of 2018.
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17 December 2018 Sarah Haggas
Sarah Haggas, Regional Director, gives an update on the Middle East E&P market.
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30 November 2018 Kareemah Mohamed
Description: The Gulf of Mexico is one of the most explored deepwater basins in the world that sees reduced investment and activity. Deepwater...
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28 November 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Upstream spending in the Middle East looks like it will continue to grow in the coming years.
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Upstream oil & gas industry outlook: Innovating for performance, but competition for capital remains
19 November 2018 Paul Markwell
What a difference a year makes; since the India Energy Forum by CERAWeek in 2017, we have seen a 50% increase in oil price, and that's good news....
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16 November 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Beyond the initial cost and economics, one of the key challenges to deepwater success is the long time it can take to reach Final Investment...
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15 November 2018 Michael Stoppard
This is an excerpt from Michael Stoppard’s India CERAWeek presentation.
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08 November 2018 Carolyn Seto
Over the past decade, oil and gas players have increasingly pursued open innovation strategies to complement internal research and development...
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07 November 2018
The fundamental points to take note of regarding the IMO 2020 transition
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06 November 2018 Shan Xue
China’s retail power tariff: Upward and downward pressure coexist
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01 November 2018
Late 2018 oil-price uncertainty may delay any potential deal
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01 November 2018
OPEC and Vienna Alliance Meeting: IHS Markit oil market outlook and insights – November 2018
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25 October 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The transition toward a lower-carbon energy world has traditional fossil-fuel based producers re-evaluating their business strategies.
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25 October 2018 Spencer Welch
Initial findings from the IHS Markit multi-client study on the impact of the IMO’s 2020 sulfur reduction plan
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18 October 2018 Matthew Piatek
Current spare capacity and planned expansions create room for local production to grow
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03 October 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Initial offshore results are in from key commercial tests offshore Namibia. What does it mean for the Southwest African Coastal Basin?
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02 October 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Wind and solar utility PV costs are expected to consistently decline as technology continues to improve and local project development experience...
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25 September 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
EPA’s proposed replacement for the Clean Power Plan, the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, will require efficiency improvements at coal plants....
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19 September 2018 Blake Eskew
How growing US crude exports are changing global balances
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18 September 2018 Ha Nguyen
What happened in the global oil market?
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13 September 2018
The IHS Markit outlook is for robust jet fuel demand growth, especially in emerging markets.
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12 September 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The 2014–17 downcycle has taken a toll--especially on some producer governments that continue to struggle with its legacy. Many meaures taken...
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06 September 2018
By 2021, IHS Markit estimates Operations and Maintenance expenses for wind assets will cost the industry about $7.5 billion annually
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31 August 2018 Basel Asmar, Ph.D.
Development costs to rise in immediate term due to short-term cyclical factors
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30 August 2018 Fidel Gonzalez Parra David Crisostomo
Mexico’s power sector continues the transition towards a more open industry, most notably in the generation sector.
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27 August 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Oil and gas operators once strived for breadth, in technologies and geography. But, now compete against each other in narrower competitive bands...
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23 August 2018 Ha Nguyen
Refiners have been stung by declining Venezuelan exports, but importing countries are turning to other suppliers
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21 August 2018 Spencer Welch
Could the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s plan to reduce the sulfur content of marine bunker fuel, from 3.5% to 0.5% as of January...
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20 August 2018
Driverless technology, electric vehicles, new mobility services, and public policy are prime disruptive forces to the Energy, Chemical and Automotive...
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16 August 2018 Anusha de Silva
The US natural gas storage inventory deficit that developed last winter has not abated: strong demand from the electric power sector—driven by...
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13 August 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Latin America still plays a major role in the global oil market despite recent infrastructure and political challenges.
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10 August 2018
Short-cycle tieback and exploration opportunities supplement existing frontier deepwater portfolio outside of the US
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08 August 2018 Anna Wuchek
Deal count remains sluggish despite increasing spot crude oil prices, as the longer-term crude oil futures curve remains in steep backwardization...
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31 July 2018
To meet the goals set out at the Paris Climate Conference, Europe will need to go beyond the decarbonisation of power: the challenge lies in...
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27 July 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Decreased drilling in 2017 yielded the lowest discovery rate since the 1950s. But there are still exploration opportunities that can lead to...
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25 July 2018
By the end of 2017, China had 142 GW of coal-fired captive power plants, about the same size as the entire French power fleet and representing...
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19 July 2018
Three years ago, India’s government announced a 175 GW national renewable target to be achieved by 2022.
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18 July 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
How are suppliers planning for their short and long-term projects in today’s price environment?
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17 July 2018 Kevin Birn
Growth in the Canadian oil sands has made Canada the 5th largest producers of crude oil in the world and the largest source of US crude oil imports—exceeding...
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13 July 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
As optimism returns to the oil & gas industry, operators continue to invest in the North Sea. Where does the North Sea fit in the oil & gas sce...
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11 July 2018 Deeksha Wason
The southwest monsoon spans from June to September and contributes to more than 75% of the annual rainfall in India.
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10 July 2018
Despite upstream mergers, acquisitions and divestitures sinking to a 20-year low in 2017, Christopher Sheehan, Director of Transaction Research...
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09 July 2018
The further expansion of crude import quotas to Chinese independent refiners and slowing of Chinese demand growth have tipped Chinese middle...
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02 July 2018 David Gates Rachel Calvert
The surprising victory by Hope’s Pact (Pakatan Harapan: PH) in Malaysia’s May 2018 general election represents a deepening trend of contested...
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01 July 2018
NGL Quarterly Webinar Series: The effects of new US NGL supply growth on Mont Belvieu pricing – July 2018
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29 June 2018 Raoul LeBlanc
Permian Basin operators’ ability to squeeze more production out of seemingly every well drilled, has made the Midland Wolfcamp section of the...
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29 June 2018 IHS Markit Expert
SHORT-TERM NGL MARKETS INSIGHT: Record strong propane builds
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28 June 2018
Strong US natural gas supply growth—primarily driven by Appalachia, Permian Basin, and Haynesville volumes—will keep pace with end-use demand...
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27 June 2018 Xiao Lu
China experienced a serious gas supply shortage during the 2017–18 winter.
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26 June 2018 IHS Markit Expert
With the global economy growing, demand for dry bulk shipping is steadily increasing. What's in store for the bulk carrier segment for the deep...
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15 June 2018 Isabella Ni
Strong policy support and rapid cost decline led to phenomenal distributed solar photovoltaic (DPV) capacity additions in China.
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14 June 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Alaska’s North Slope receives little attention give the focus on North America unconventionals.
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13 June 2018 Jim Burkhard
What happens in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico reverberates through oil markets around the world—even all the way to the region’s...
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12 June 2018 Hassan Eltorie
During the oil boom, E&Ps financed rocketing production growth and sizable cash flow deficits with cheap money during a low interest rate env...
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08 June 2018
Taiwan's total installed power generation capacity has remained at around 50 GW for the past five years.
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31 May 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The US Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) market was expecting a far smaller stock change in NGLs than was revealed in Wednesday’s Energy Information...
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31 May 2018
Malaysia concluded its 14th general elections on 10 May 2018, resulting in an end to the 61-year reign of the Barisan Nasional coalition.
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30 May 2018
With the release of the North American power market outlook, our team reviews industry themes facing the wind industry.
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29 May 2018 Ford Tanner Carlos Bellorin
IHS Markit anticipates that Guyana's deepwater investment climate will remain regionally competitive over the next five years, despite the country’s...
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Interest in ship’s scrubbers is growing steadily, but still falling short of tipping the IMO balance
24 May 2018 Hedi Grati
Recent steady growth in ship scrubber installations supports IHS Markit’s view that more vessel owners would see a compelling economic case to...
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18 May 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
How are oil and gas companies using hedging strategies to mitigate oil price risk?
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16 May 2018
IHS Markit’s Companies and Transactions team estimates that 2018 corporate budgets for Latin American NOCs will increase by roughly 15% versus...
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11 May 2018 Amanda Nelson
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced the selection of ten proposed offshore wind projects.
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09 May 2018 Alejandra León
Given the energy reform process and an increase in gas and oil companies operating in Mexico, the country has the potential to produce 5.3 Bcf/d...
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CNPC and ONGC acquire strategic resources and can expect near-term payout from Abu Dhabi concessions
08 May 2018 Rajeev Lala Mariam Al-Shamma
By offering ADNOC market security, CNPC and especially Indian NOCs are signaling a clear willingness and inclination to leverage their growing...
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04 May 2018
Resource imbalance over a massive landmass and severe air pollution in populated coastal region enabled rapid development of long-distance power...
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03 May 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In our latest episode of Upstream in Perspective, we discuss trends within the mergers and acquisitions market, with Dan Pratt and Lysle Brinker...
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01 May 2018
Widening Chinese Transport Fuel Surplus to Pressure Asian Region – May 2018
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01 May 2018 Imre Kugler Reed Olmstead
IHS Markit’s North America Plays and Basins team recently completed its second quarter production forecasts. Here are some of the highlights....
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25 April 2018 Scott Dendy
The first Indonesian 4,200 kc GAR futures on Singapore Exchange traded on 9 April
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25 April 2018 David Vaucher
US onshore shale players have ramped up 2018–19 capital spending intentions and production targets across the board, from the smallest independents...
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19 April 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
E&Ps have reshaped their technology and innovation strategies over the past few years to better compete in a low-price environment.
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18 April 2018 Anusha de Silva
The timing and volume of Appalachian grid expansions - providing new pipeline takeaway capacity to downstream markets or expanding supply outlets...
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18 April 2018 Eleanor Budds Spencer Welch
Although electric vehicles are making headlines, oil demand is also growing strongly; at a similar rate to during the commodity supercycle and...
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17 April 2018 Michael Yu
China has expanded its coal import restrictions, with several more ports introducing heavier controls over shipments from overseas.
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16 April 2018 Morgen McGuire
Three observations based on recent drilling results of Concho Resources and RSP Permian
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11 April 2018 Jone-Lin Wang, Ph.D.
Key takeaways from CERAWeek 2018 within the power sector.
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10 April 2018 Zhi Xin Chong
An overview of the Myanmar energy market
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03 April 2018 Tim Staggs
Have you ever wondered about data transformation? What it is and how it’s done? Data transformation is the process of taking records or data...
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02 April 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Despite the craze around the Permian Basin, there are promising signs from other North American plays and basins.
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29 March 2018 Eduard Sala de Vedruna
Renewables were an integral topic throughout CERAWeek by IHS Markit, not just in discussions on power day but throughout the week.
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29 March 2018
Opportunities and challenges in the Perth Basin
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27 March 2018 Lauren Droege
Uinta Basin well productivity competes with other Rockies unconventional plays, though scale remains limited.
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26 March 2018 Paul Markwell
A record attendance at CERAWeek this year already provided a clue. Optimism – and a need to think longer term – was back in vogue for industry...
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26 March 2018 Wade Shafer
This week, a commissioner on the Arizona Corporation Commission (the regulatory body overseeing most electric utilities in Arizona) proposed...
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20 March 2018 Samuel Andrus
It has been 10 years since the “Shale Gale” first began to emerge from the Barnett Shale and commenced a wholesale turnaround of the U.S. natural...
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19 March 2018 Brian Ferguson
As we move through the first quarter of 2018, the upstream M&A market has changed too much so let’s take a look at the last full quarter of activity....
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16 March 2018 Shankari Srinivasan
With CERAWeek now complete, four words stand out to describe the presentation and tone of the discussion on natural gas.
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15 March 2018 Samantha Humphreys
Over the last few years Papua New Guinea has established itself as a strong player in the oil and gas industry.
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12 March 2018 Nick Trevethan
Progress in exploring the sale of Drummond’s Colombian assets has moved beyond assessing its equity options, and it is actively seeking buyers...
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09 March 2018 Marian Hookham
Glencore is facing regulatory delays over its proposed joint venture with Yancoal at the Hunter Valley Operations as Japan’s competition authority...
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09 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In the Global Oil Dialogue on Wednesday, HE Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates, speaks with Dr. Daniel Yergin...
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09 March 2018 Michael Stoppard
The world is changing. The world of gas is changing. What’s ahead for the gas markets and what are emerging global gas business models?
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08 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
On the 80th anniversary of Saudi Aramco discovering oil, Dr. Daniel Yergin spoke with the CEO of Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser about what lies ahead...
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08 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In a CERAWeek interview, Dr. Daniel Yergin speaks with Sarah Ortwein, Tim Dove, Mark Little and Lorenzo Simonelli about North American oil supply....
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07 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Not able to attend CERAWeek by IHS Markit this year? We'll recap the first two days for you in 30 seconds with the top Tweets from the show!
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07 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
At CERAWeek 2018, Dan Yergin speaks with HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General of OPEC and Fatih Birol, Executive Director of International...
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01 March 2018 Tony Reinsch
IHS Markit has identified NOC competition in domestic basins as one of its top 10 upstream issues for 2018.
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28 February 2018 Yelena Kiyanitsa Siddhartha Sen
Several years of weak commodity prices have significantly reduced offshore exploration activity in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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26 February 2018 Michael Dyer Ford Tanner
On 31 January, Mexico awarded 19 out of 29 deepwater blocks on offer across three areas – the Perdido area, the Mexican Ridges province, and...
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23 February 2018 Emilie Gubian
While US Onshore crude oil production economics have improved markedly across all major basins over the past several years, there is significant...
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21 February 2018 Nathan Amery
With data volumes growing rapidly, good data management is a significant challenge for upstream oil and gas companies.
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21 February 2018 Dylan Lougheed
The main measurement of a well’s value is its Net Present Value (NPV).
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14 February 2018 Walt Hart, Ph.D. Manish Sejwal
The Pakistan LPG market is expected to grow gradually in the coming years.
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12 February 2018 Lauren Droege
The Bone Spring play continues to compete with other headline unconventional plays across the Lower 48 in daily output, producing about 460,000...
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09 February 2018 Zhi Xin Chong
13 million metric tons by 2030. That is the forecast of LNG demand into these frontier markets – Vietnam, Philippines and Myanmar.
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08 February 2018 James Fressineau Danilo Doninelli
Country-level case studies of field redevelopment in Europe...
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05 February 2018 James Fressineau Danilo Doninelli
Continental Europe’s hydrocarbon industry is characterised by its mature onshore fields
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01 February 2018 Andrew Neff
The unconventional story in the CIS countries is quite mixed. In much of the CIS, a key ingredient to the recipe has been missing: motivation....
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25 January 2018 Marian Hookham
In 2017 India’s steel sector achieved a long-anticipated new record, producing 101.23 mt of crude steel over the calendar year, up 5.87% on 2016...
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23 January 2018 Eric Thorpe
A new wave of technology including autonomous vehicles and aircraft as well as integrated monitoring systems will unlock new levels of efficiency...
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19 January 2018 Alex Connell
A broad set of forces from global energy markets to state/provincial policies are reshaping the North American power, gas, coal, and renewable...
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19 January 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Our experts share three significant energy-related discoveries in 2017 which we think every energy fanatic should know about...
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17 January 2018 Jim Thomas, Ph.D. Yelena Shliomenzon
Exploration spending fell by more than 50% from 2014 to 2016 with all oil and gas players forced to retrench spending.
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05 January 2018 Kareemah Mohamed
IHS Markit expects global E&P sector exploration budgets to remain flat in 2018 as operators continue to focus on efficiencies and improved rec...
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03 January 2018 Paul Markwell
For upstream players to win in the industry's "lower for longer" environment, a sharp focus on cost competitiveness is needed at the project...
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01 January 2018
Which Way for Oil Prices & Refining Margins in 2018? – Jan 2018
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26 December 2017 Divya Parambi
Despite an expected slowdown in drilling activity in 2018, IHS Markit forecasts an uptick in frac demand as built-up drilled uncompleted wells...
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20 December 2017 Spencer Welch
The end of the year is drawing near. We thought we'd take a break from last-minute online holiday shopping for a little introspection.
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18 December 2017 Siddhartha Sen Monica Hoz de Vila
Ixachi 1 could be an important addition to the portfolio of PEMEX, a company trying to restructure its holdings, improve its financial outlook...
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14 December 2017 William Plampton
The Perth Basin, situated onshore and offshore, southwest Australia, is a basin with particular interest. It carries previous exploration success...
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07 December 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
From facts about the energy industry and career progression to offshore opportunities and estimations of production dates, these are some of...
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01 December 2017
Naphtha and Natural Gasoline: Balancing The Surplus - Dec 2017
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20 November 2017 Lauren Droege Imre Kugler
The last several years have seen a resurgence of interest in the Mississippian play in the northern Anadarko Basin, largely due to the advent...
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16 November 2017 Jim Thompson
US coal producers are changing their attitudes about coal exports and are indifferent to who the counterparty is due to the extreme short-term...
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13 November 2017 Jim Burkhard
Every day there are new stories and announcements about changes in the automotive industry, especially around electric cars and driverless technology....
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09 November 2017
Long Goodbye: The Coming Quest for Oil Demand & the Competition it is Provoking by Jim Burkhard - Vice Presidents, Oil Markets, Bhushan Bahree...
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09 November 2017 Bruce Jacques
Last week's fraud charge instigation over Rio Tinto's $3bn Mozambique fiasco pulsates an edgy echo from a seminal moment in recent coal history....
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08 November 2017 Isaac Nuti
In a word, booming describes the status of the Guyana offshore oil and gas exploration scene.
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07 November 2017 Eric Thorpe
A myriad of logistics issues and supply and demand factors are hampering the flow of metallurgical coal supply from Australia, according to IHS...
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02 November 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The coal assets of Johannesburg-listed African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) could become "a permanent drag" on the earnings performance of the black-controlled...
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01 November 2017
Onwards and Upwards: The Oil Supply Outlook for 2018-19 Oil Supply Outlook - Nov 2017
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01 November 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In a major surprise to many market players, the dramatic slide in coal stocks at Indian power plants between April and October has not seen a...
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01 November 2017 Spencer Welch
The move by OPEC and certain non-OPEC countries to reduce oil supply, by 1.8 MMb/d starting in January 2017, is making inroads in shrinking global...
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31 October 2017 Ford Tanner
The political desperation of Venezuela's ruling elite will necessitate efforts aimed at generating upstream investment, new source hydrocarbon...
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29 October 2017 Gael Hankus
Grid defection, or at least partial grid defection, is an increasingly attractive alternative for residential customers
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26 October 2017 Matthew Bax
Rate Transient Analysis (RTA), unlike traditional reservoir engineering methods such as Decline Analysis (DCA), incorporates both fluid rates...
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26 October 2017 Silvia Macri
Microgrids offer an economically viable solution for emerging economies to meet their national electrification targets and to address growing...
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26 October 2017 Efcharis Sgourou
Last year's verdict by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on compensation for the phasing out of the country's nuclear fleet could also mean...
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25 October 2017 James Isaacs
The Kutch Basin is set to become the eighth successful basin to produce hydrocarbons from India
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18 October 2017 Renat Balandin
The US onshore cementing services market, which was estimated to be valued at $3.5bn in 2014, has fallen by 81% by mid-2016.
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16 October 2017 Dr. Piotr Gawenda
Poland announced in June 2015 ten blocks for licensing in 2016. A year later, in June 2016, the authorities presented a further ten areas for...
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15 October 2017 Marian Hookham
Caveat emptor, the venerable Latin term denoting 'buyer beware,' apparently originates from ancient Roman real estate reports. It could be almost...
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13 October 2017 Jim Thompson
The Department of Energy proposal to reform competitive electricity markets, a move that could be deeply positive for many coal and nuclear power...
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11 October 2017 Alessandro Piccoli
How have incoming IOCs impacted the E&P scene and envision the future operations in Romanian & Bulgarian waters
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11 October 2017 Marian Hookham
Coal of Africa (CoAL) has reshuffled its project pipeline so that the Vele mine will be kept in mothballs and the Makhado project will be developed...
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10 October 2017 Jonathan Pascoe
Japan has more than 40 coal-fired power plants
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09 October 2017 Stevenson, James
Low gas prices in Europe will cause a steady increase in coal-to-gas displacement
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05 October 2017 Hassan Eltorie
During the oil boom, upstream companies financed rocketing production growth and sizable cash flow deficits with cheap money during a low interest...
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04 October 2017 Renat Balandin
US onshore oilfield water management services market has regained momentum after a two year decline and is on track to recover to 2014 highs...
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03 October 2017 Marian Hookham
Widely anticipated interest from Indian spot buyers of seaborne coking coal has been quickly choked by the reversal of prices in recent weeks....
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02 October 2017 Patel, Sareena
South Korea is the world's fourth-largest coal-importing country.
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01 October 2017 Nick Trevethan
A combination of improving GDP outlooks around the world, more positive industrial sentiment, low interest rates and high margins for steelmakers...
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29 September 2017 Eric Thorpe
New Hope Corporation returned a significantly improved financial result for the latest financial year ending 31 July, with a significant turnaround...
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28 September 2017 Jim Thompson
Prolonged strength in the metallurgical coal market reflects continued tight supply, defying earlier conventional wisdom that suggested producers...
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26 September 2017 John Howland
India's appetite for imports continues to firm on the back of lower-than-expected availability of domestic coal and a nominal rise in coal fired...
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19 September 2017 Eric Thorpe
Glencore's proposed sale of its 13 mt/y Rolleston thermal coal mine has cast doubt over the viability of the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal...
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11 September 2017 Pritesh Patel
The Permian Basin is the most dynamic play in North America today. The Wolfcamp Delaware is holding its own at a price under $30 as breakeven...
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06 September 2017 Marian Hookham
Increased demand for metallurgical coal from China and higher prices has provided Mongolia's financially troubled coal miners some relief.
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05 September 2017 Jim Thompson
Price consensus has begun to build regarding North American domestic coal purchases for calendar year 2018.
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28 August 2017 Brian Ferguson Sam Hanna
Total's US$7.42 billion acquisition of Maersk Oil & Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of shipping giant A.P. Møller–Mærsk, fits strategically wit...
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24 August 2017
Managing Resin Price Risk in a Volatile World
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24 August 2017 Hamed Tabatabaie Louis Mattar
The distance of investigation concept is often used to answer two different types of questions
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21 August 2017 Emilie Gubian
The industry adapted remarkably fast to the 2014 collapse in crude oil prices
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18 August 2017 Marian Hookham
Coal operations in New South Wales are bracing for protracted industrial action as the strident CFMEU hits picket lines across Glencore's Hunter...
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17 August 2017 Thomas Parambil Jacob
The frac sand industry is in a transition phase, seeing the emergence of regional Texas mines potentially becoming more and more important over...
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11 August 2017 Jim Thompson
While hard coking coal prices have moved upward rather violently in recent days, some suppliers are concerned the basis for the increase is thin...
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10 August 2017 Vadim Milovanov
Surface recorders can be used along with bottomhole recorders to eliminate the guesswork in determining when a well test can be terminated when...
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09 August 2017 Marian Hookham
Mining giant Glencore is the apparently unwilling recipient of a mining lease for its proposed thermal coal development in Queensland's untapped...
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08 August 2017 Tiziana Luzzi
The latest update on bid rounds from across Latin American countries
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03 August 2017 Marian Hookham
As spot prices for prime hard coking coal hover in the mid $170's, several private and smaller Indian steel mills are priced out of the spot...
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02 August 2017 Cyrus Daftary
Fresh off the heels of the annual Tax Withholding and Information Reporting Conference in NYC, the oil and gas industry should have one takeaway...
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31 July 2017 Amanda Nelson
The recent news of a major discovery and a planned fast-tracked development in the Sureste Basin comes as a validation both of Mexico's celebrated...
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28 July 2017 Jim Thompson
The bear lurks on the fringe of the global metallurgical coal market, but for now supply has been fragile as china in a closet, thus keeping...
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26 July 2017 Carlos Rocha
2017 has been a decisive year for Brazil local content requirements changes. The government halved the local content requirements for this year's...
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21 July 2017 Marian Hookham
Despite relatively minor impacts on recent supply demand fundamentals, seaborne coking coal spot prices managed to rally over the past fortnight...
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20 July 2017 Marc Messner
Recognizing how important it is to our customers to have access to the most complete and accurate production data available, IHS Markit has made...
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19 July 2017 Jim Thompson
The first tickets have been issued to the annual dance among United States (US) cokemakers and metallurgical (met) coal suppliers.
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13 July 2017 Dale Struksnes
Consistency of interpretation" is the hallmark of quality work for the IHS Markit sub-surface consulting team
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12 July 2017 Jennifer Thomas
The IHS Markit North American upstream capital cost index is down slightly in first quarter 2017, while the North American operating cost index...
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29 June 2017 Michael Wynne
Information quantity has exploded in the last decade, with "Big Data" made readily available by a wide range of sources.
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28 June 2017 Spencer Welch
For more than 30 years, Dated Brent has been the world's most important crude benchmark, it is estimated that Dated Brent is currently used to...
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23 June 2017 Adrian Heafford
The Sri Lankan Government (PRDS) is conducting a limited tender for offshore block M2, Mannar Basin. Applications are due by 29 September 2017...
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22 June 2017 Reed Olmstead
By 2013, the industry began to realize the impact the Permian Basin could have on US production, but many operators, service companies, and financial...
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20 June 2017 Rachael Moreland
The Wolfcamp Formation within the Permian basin and each of its shale benchmarks provides an excellent example of how we can use petrophysical...
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15 June 2017 Kevin Birn
Over the next two years Canadian oil production growth will be exceeded only by US tight oil.
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14 June 2017 MacKnight, Bob
Mexico's Round 2.1 offers 15 shallow water blocks in the Tampico Misantla, Veracruz, and the Sureste Basins.
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13 June 2017 Bruce Smith
Allocation is the process of estimating the portion of the monthly volume from each well on the lease.
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07 June 2017 Jim Bock
Pattern recognition has long been a key to our understanding of geologic landforms and depositional regimes.
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01 June 2017 Raoul LeBlanc
The Permian Basin in Texas is currently the most exciting place in the world for upstream companies.
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30 May 2017 Dr. Russell Roundtree
In a resource constrained world, one always looks for potential efficiencies.
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25 May 2017 Caldwell Bailey
After two years in the doldrums, the hydraulic fracturing services industry is on pace for significant improvement.
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23 May 2017 Kelvin Gan
A software upgrade or update process can be a confusing and daunting task. To some users, the process can also be a time consuming endeavor.
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16 May 2017 Jeff Meyer
The oil price crash of 2014–15 sparked a difficult recalibration between upstream oil revenue and oil field development costs.
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11 May 2017 Michael Ryan
On balance, the global economy is expected to accelerate in 2017 but not without considerable risks that have the potential to disrupt world...
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08 May 2017 Adriana Hernandez
Worried about the production of your gas well?
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04 May 2017 Edward Kelly
Natural gas production in the Permian Basin is growing rapidly along with oil.
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03 May 2017 Thomas Parambil Jacob
The frac sand sector has re-entered bullish territory in 2017 as demand is expected to exceed peak 2014 levels before the end of the year.
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25 April 2017 Carlos Pascual
The broader security and commercial impacts of US-Russia relations are global, not least in the energy sector.
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19 April 2017 Brad Taggart
Assignments are the missing piece in identifying your competition.
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12 April 2017 Dominik Rozwadowski
Canada poised to add to new crude supply from its complex production matrix
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