Central Asia’s Railroad Ambitions
November 23rd, 2012
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting article on potential Central Asian railway development: A train passes the Tian Shan mountains in China’s far western Xinjiang region By the end of 2012, most of the pieces could be in place for an agreement on building a railway linking China to southern Central Asia along the […]
Read more »Somalia: Avoiding Business As Usual
November 22nd, 2012
Via The Economist, a report on Somalia: A SOOTY new shadow has been cast over Somalia’s port city of Kismayo since the militias of the violent Islamist movement, the Shabab, were chased out two months ago. Piled up all over the quay and at the entrances to the city, which is the economic hub of […]
Read more »Perils of Petrobras
November 22nd, 2012
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at Petrobras’ efforts to get back on track: BRAZIL’S discovery of oodles of offshore oil in 2007 felt like a transformative moment. For Petrobras, the state-controlled oil company, it raised the prospect of pumping 5m barrels a day by 2020, up from around 2m—meaning a windfall for the government […]
Read more »The Secret War Between China and the US for Africa’s Oil Riches
November 21st, 2012
Via Oil Price.com, an interesting look at the race between China and the US for access to Africa’s oil resources: In the struggle to secure energy resources, the great powers consider all states to be fair game. Indeed, this is precisely what characterizes American foreign policy in the modern era. When it comes to economic […]
Read more »BRICS To BRICSIT?
November 21st, 2012
Via Global Geopolitics, an interesting article on the possibility of Indonesia and Turkey joining the BRICS group: Will the BRICS expand into the BRICSIT? One expert on emerging markets believes this will happen, with the BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – extending invitations to Indonesia and Turkey to join the […]
Read more »Chinese Inroads Into Central Asia: Focus on Oil and Gas
November 21st, 2012
Via the Journal of Energy Security, a report on China’s efforts to focus on oil & gas opportunities in Central Asia: There is no question that if any country has experienced unprecedented economic growth over the past two decades, it is China. Since 2008, at a time when global economies recorded one of their slowest […]
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.