Our analysts discuss key events over the past month. For September, Jean-Baptiste Bouzard and Lennert Koch talk to Gail Anderson about Congo’s licensing round and our findings on the gas and power market following our recent research visit to Ghana.

Analysts from Woodmac's Middle East and North Africa team discuss Qatari LNG expansions and recent M&A activity in the region

Is the Australian east coast market facing gas shortages? Will gas be redirected away from LNG exports? What is the potential impact of gas price? Angus Rodger, Chris Meredith and Nicholas Browne discuss the implications based on the brand new Australia east coast gas market report (https://www.woodmac.com/reports/chemical-markets-australia-east-coast-gas-market-outlook-28653).

Our experts discuss the latest takeaways from Wood Mackenzie's recent visit to Argentina, the country's macro-environment and what our shale benchmarking metrics really mean

Valentina Kretzschmar, Director, and Kevin Swann, North Sea analyst at Wood Mackenzie share insights on Total’s discovery in West of Shetland.

Research Director Rob Clarke and Senior Analyst Edward Sherfey join the podcast to share what they've learned about their recent trips visiting clients across North America.

Greig Aitken and Scott Walker from our M&A team discuss August's upstream M&A activity. Deal activity strengthened for the second consecutive month, with Diamondback's US$9.3 billion acquisition of Permian pure-play Energen providing further evidence that corporate consolidation is now a theme in the Permian.

We consider OMV’s US$0.8 billion acquisition of a 50% stake in Malaysia’s Sapura Energy

Roy Martin and Greig Aitken discuss Southwestern's exit from a shale play that was once the crowning glory of its portfolio.

Analysts from Woodmac's Middle East and North Africa team discuss South Pars 11 in Iran and the Majnoon project in Iraq.