Colombia’s Oil Boom
March 18th, 2012
Via The Economist, a look at Colombia’s oil boom: IT HAS attracted much less attention than the big deep-sea oil finds in Brazil, but Colombia is also enjoying an oil boom. Its output of crude has nearly doubled in the past six years, from 525,000 b/d in 2005 to a daily average of 914,000 last […]
Read more »Africa: Ten Cities To Watch
March 17th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a look at some African cities to watch. As the article notes: Everyone is talking up Africa’s potential for growth – but in a continent with more than a billion people, where should foreign companies focus their attention? According to research by Frontier Strategy Group, Africa will have 73 cities of […]
Read more »Mozambique: Share And Share Alike…
March 16th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a report on Mozambique’s efforts to balance its agreements with international companies interested in investing in its natural resources. As the article notes: Mozambique is attracting the interest of foreign investors with its potentially huge coal and gas riches – which has sparked a debate in the country about whether the […]
Read more »Venezuelan Oil: A Risky Investment For China
March 16th, 2012
Via The Washington Times, a report on China’s investment in Venezuelan oil: China has poured billions of dollars into Venezuela’s oil sector to expand its claim over the country’s massive oil reserves. But Beijing is getting relatively little for its investments, and Chinese officials are increasingly frustrated with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, according to energy […]
Read more »Afghanistan Joins The Railroad Era …100 Years Late
March 12th, 2012
Via The Globe and Mail, a report on Afghanistan’s railway dreams: More than a century ago, fearing that his country might be swallowed up in the Great Game rivalry between the British empire to the east and the Russian army to the north, an Afghan king made a radical decision: He banned railroads. That edict […]
Read more »MNCs and Local Companies Fight for Brazil’s Middle Class
March 12th, 2012
Via Frontier Strategy Group, a look at Brazil’s market segmentation: Multinationals in the consumer space are looking increasingly to the middle class for growth as high-end segments mature. Local firms are following their traditional customer base as it moves into the middle and upper middle class, putting them on a competitive collision course with multinationals […]
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.