Our analysts discuss key events over the past month. For November, Adam Pollard and Lennert Koch talk to Gail Anderson about M&A activity in Angola and Ghana's first licensing round.

Andy McConn and Roy Martin discuss the key themes from the US tight-oil E&Ps' Q3 2018 results

Analysts from Wood Mackenzie’s Middle East and Global Oil Supply teams discuss the implications of new sanctions on Iran.

Merger mania kicked off with Denbury-Penn Virginia, Chesapeake-Wildhorse, and Encana-Newfield all announcing deals. The reaction has been mixed, so our analysts discuss the pros and cons of the mergers and acquisitions. Is this the beginning of major consolidation in the US?

we review the highlights from the Majors third quarter results

Appetite is building for Malaysia's upcoming licensing round, on the back of recent exploration success. But it is M&A that has really got tongues wagging around the PETRONAS towers - Alex Siow discusses the latest gossip from his recent research visit to Kuala Lumpur with Andrew Harwood.

Greg Roddick talks to Tom Ellacott, SVP of Corporate Research, to discuss the first week of the Q3 2018 results season in which Equinor, Total and Eni highlighted the impact of rising prices and capital discipline. They also touch on what to look out for over the next couple of weeks.

Greig Aitken and Scott Walker from our M&A team discuss upstream M&A activity in Q3 2018.

Senior Vice President Tom Ellacott weighs in on what we expect from the Majors and US tight oil players in Q3

We look at Murphy’s plans to deepen its US GoM portfolio through a deal with Petrobras worth up to US$1.1 billion