Welligence Global | Beyond Fiscal Terms: Turning Reforms into Results
This report is the second in our two-part series on the evolving fiscal and regulatory landscape and what actions help realise tangible projects. CLIENT ACCESS…
Read MoreGuyana among nations overhauling petroleum laws to attract investment – GEOExPro
The report, authored by Carlos Bellorin and Ruaraidh Montgomery of Welligence Energy Analytics, stated that between 2019 and 2025, at least 72 countries implemented major…
Read MoreEU MERR Primer – Dates, definitions, obligations, and implications for the global oil and gas sector
Methane emissions regulation is transforming the global oil and gas sector. The EU’s Methane Emissions Reporting Regulation (MERR) framework sets new measurement, reporting, and verification…
Read MoreWelligence Mexico | Mexico’s fiscal changes: meaningful reform or a half step?
The government of Mexico has introduced two new changes to its fiscal regime. The first is a new tax framework called “Derecho Petrolero del Bienestar”…
Read MoreUK Fiscal & Policy | The potential of undeveloped gas discoveries to boost the UK’s energy security
In May 2025, Welligence presented the following analysis at the DEVEX conference in Aberdeen, examining if the remaining undeveloped discoveries in the UK could supplement…
Read MoreWelligence Global Fiscal | Global trends in petroleum fiscal terms – a race to the top?
Since the 2014 oil price crash, countries have increasingly competed for limited upstream investment by adopting investor-friendly reforms—driven by declining investment, tighter capital availability, and…
Read MoreWelligence US Gulf of America (GoM) | Trump plans to loosen decommissioning rules
On 2 May, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its intention to revise BOEM’s 2024 rules regarding financial assurances for decommissioning liability in…
Read MoreEnergy Transition | ‘Green-plating’ – a guide to cheap and effective decarbonization
In the oil & gas industry, ‘gold-plating’ emerged as a strategy for consortiums to increase revenue by driving up development costs. However, with a global…
Read MoreWelligence Senegal | Beyond the first barrels: what’s next for Senegal?
This has been a pivotal year for Senegal – it became an oil producer in June with the start-up of Woodside’s Sangomar field, and it…
Read MoreNorth Africa Benchmarking | Balancing the barrels (part 2): How do North Africa’s fiscal regimes stack up?
Following on from our study on the impact of fiscal policies on Middle Eastern oil finds, published in August, Welligence Energy Analytics has now modelled…
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