Iron ore prices exhibited an unexpected show of strength in late November, with prices lifting towards $70/t CFR by the end of the month. Alex Griffiths, Senior Analyst of Global Iron Ore and Steel Markets and Rory Townsend, Research Analyst for our Institutional Investor Service, discuss some of the themes shaping our short-term outlook.

Ashima Taneja discusses exploration results in Asia Pacific in 2017 and highlights the key wells to watch in 2018 with Angus Rodger, Research Director and Matthew Howell, Senior Analyst.

Read more from the Wood Mackenzie Asia-Pacific upstream month in brief:

https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-asia-pacific-upstream-month-in-brief-vietnam-lands-premiers-tuna-10300?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wmresearch

Wood Mackenzie's North Sea in brief podcast on the latest UK budget and big deals from the majors.

We look at Statoil’s acquisition of Total’s operated portfolio in Norway.

Understanding the regulatory and financial risk - our methodology for the carbon benchmarking study by Wood Mackenzie

Ruaraidh Montgomery is joined by Roy Martin to discuss the key themes from our recently published insight on US shale gas producers.

Major takeaways from our latest meetings in Colombia and Peru. Oil and gas is running into headwinds driven by community apprehension and stalled by upcoming election cycles. Elena Nikolova and Pablo Medina sit down with Amanda Kupchella to share the latest.

Valentina Kretzschmar, Director – Corporate Research and Lucas Schmitt, Senior Gas and LNG Analyst, discuss Total’s acquisition of Engie’s LNG portfolio

Amy Bowe and Dr. Catriona Reynolds discuss the methodology they followed for "Positioning for the future: Benchmarking upstream corporate carbon emissions and value at risk".

Drilling and subsequent oilfield activity has "boomed" in 2017 compared to 2016 in the US. Jonathan Garrett and Evan Tikka join to share what they heard from the oilfield service providers in at the end of the third quarter.