Ruaraidh Montgomery, Principal Analyst – Corporate Research and Luiz Hayum, Analyst – Upstream Research, discuss Petrobras' Q1 results and its long-term outlook

Our US analysts explain why shale players' Q1 results weren't all roses during oil prices' rise.

Valentina Kretzschmar, Director, Luke Parker, Vice President and Tom Ellacott, Senior Vice President at Wood Mackenzie share insights on the Supermajors financial and operational performance reported in Q1 2018.

With the LNG supply demand balance set to turn in 2022, this month we hear from Saul Kavonic, principal analyst for Gas & LNG, on the outlook for new LNG project sanctions in the LNG space.

Greig Aitken and Scott Walker from our M&A team discuss upstream M&A activity in Q1 2018. A subdued start to the year received a ten billion dollar jolt near quarter end as Concho pounced on fellow Permian pure play RSP Permian. Meanwhile, SPACs and private equity kept busy, while Shell continued to make progress towards its US$30 billion divestment target.

Luke Parker, Vice President, and Valentina Kretzschmar, Director at Wood Mackenzie Corporate Research Team, discuss Total’s acquisition of Direct Energie and BP’s new strategy on energy transition.

Valentina Kretzschmar and Alan Gelder discuss Saudi Aramco's entry into what will be Asia's largest refinery – the proposed $44 billion Ratnagiri complex in India.

Will shale plays create value for operators in the long run? Robert Clarke sits down to discuss his recent insight "Lifecycle shale economics: where instincts end and analysis begins". The US unconventional track record to date isn't great, but it's not horrible either.

We look the latest proposal by private equity backed Harbour Energy for Australia’s Santos.

Listen to our new podcast in which the SE Asia upstream team, just back from a research trip to Bangkok, discuss the latest updates on Thai license expiries, the opportunities available, why this is so important for the country, the role of decommissioning and what we see happening next.