Caspian Pipeline Politics: Gazprom’s Monopolistic Actions Backfiring
July 7th, 2008
 As we have discussed many times previously, the existing pipeline architecture of Central Asia represents the regional imperialism of Cold War Russia, despite Turkmen and Kazakh flirtations with new Trans-Caspian pipeline projects to Azerbaijan to circumvent the Russian control over exports to Western Europe. A recent article by Robert M. Cutler of Carleton University in […]
Read more »India & Iran: Gas Pipeline Project
July 4th, 2008
From AFP, a report that India expects to finalize a deal “by next month” on a pipeline that will transport gas from Iran. According to the article, Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora said:  “The only one issue is where to take the delivery, the delivery point. We wanted it on the border of India and […]
Read more »Libya & Egypt: Refining Relations
July 4th, 2008
Via Stratfor, news that Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi said that Libya is planning to invest $10 billion in Egypt over the next two years including the development of an oil refinery in Alexandria and a natural gas pipeline that will run between Alexandria and Tobruk. The refinery would have a capacity of 250,000 […]
Read more »Angola’s Oil Future
July 2nd, 2008
From The Oil Drum, an excellent analysis of Angola’s oil future. As the article notes: “Angola is one of the few oil producing countries with a bright future ahead. Decades of war prevented the country from developing its energy resources properly, but is now becoming one of the largest world oil exporters in a period […]
Read more »Qatar To Invest $8bn in Libyan Companies
July 2nd, 2008
Via The Financial Times, news that Qatar will invest about $8bn in Libyan companies in the financial services, energy and real estate sectors. As the article notes: “…Libya, with a population of 5 million and the biggest oil reserves in Africa, is moving to modernise, but faces an uphill struggle in a command economy where […]
Read more »Russia Oil Companies Eye Gulf Of Mexico Exploration via Cuba
July 2nd, 2008
Via DowJones, a report that Russian energy companies OAO Gazprom (OGZPY) and OAO Lukoil Holdings (LUKOY) may revive Soviet-era ties to enter the oil-rich Gulf of the Mexico – through its Cuban backdoor. As the article notes: “…Gazprom and Lukoil “are interested by” Cuban hydrocarbons acreage, the country’s Basic Industry Minister Yadira Garcia told Dow […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.