Westwood Global Energy Group
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Westwood links 2026 exploration outcomes to policies, with operators offshore Norway finding seven times more resources than those offshore the UK. -
Big projects are expected to add oil and gas to the energy mix in some regions while maturing basins contribute to drops in other areas.
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Westwood Energy analysts suggest operators have an opportunity to secure rigs at lower rates for their 2027 drilling programs.
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The number of high-impact wells drilled across the globe this year are expected to be on trend with the most recent 5-year average.
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Oil and gas companies drilled 75 “high-impact” wells in 2024, representing 5.2 billion BOE.
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Subsidies lapse while others take hold in a bid to bolster offshore wind energy capacity around the globe.
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Through the end of October, 38 rigs have been retired this year. Predicting future rig attrition is not an exact science, but certain metrics help identify those rigs.
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Westwood Global Energy’s analysis looks at production, cost, and revenue estimates in the UK and Norway, should oil prices remain low. The research group also provided an outlook on drilling activity.
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In the fast-moving US shale sector, no market trend seems to last long. The pressure pumping market exemplifies the maxim.
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Companies are bringing satellite monitoring to the unconventional oilfield—namely the Permian Basin—where they are training machine learning models to track and predict drilling and completions work.
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