Caspian Sea Energy Profile
August 29th, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, a detailed analysis of the Caspian Sea region’s energy profile: Caspian Region Oil and Natural Gas Infrastructure The Caspian Sea region is one of the oldest oil-producing areas in the world and is an increasingly important source of global energy production. The area has significant oil and natural gas reserves from both […]
Read more »Iran-Pakistan Natural Gas Pipeline To Extend To China?
August 29th, 2013
Via Oil Price.com, an interesting look at China’s potential involvement in an Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline: The energy relations between Iran and Pakistan are a marriage made in heaven, except for international politics. Pakistan’s current energy deficit problems are severe and increasing. Pakistan’s most respected English-language newspaper, “Dawn,” recently headlined an article, “Pakistan, Nuclear-armed but […]
Read more »Mongolia
August 26th, 2013
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at Mongolia through the lens of the development of a two-lane highway through the rural countryside: The braided hard-packed dirt roads of Mongolia are a feature of the country’s high steppes, the result of rain and mud forcing drivers to find alternative routes up and down long […]
Read more »Professional Services Firms: Looking Beyond South Sudan’s Challenges
August 26th, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, a look at South Sudan: Not put off by South Sudan’s lack of infrastructure and tensions with its northern neighbour, multinational professional services firms such as EY (formerly Ernst & Young) and Deloitte have opened offices in Africa’s newest country. In 2011 South Sudan declared independence after the […]
Read more »India’s Potential: Three Experiences Almost Not Possible Five Years Ago
August 26th, 2013
Via Emerging Markets Insights, some commentary on India: As one spends time in India at a point when the economy seems to be falling apart, it is easy to forget the advances this generally slow moving country has made on several fronts over the past few years. Though growth has moved off its high trajectory, […]
Read more »Nigeria Beckons Investors Fleeing The BRICs
August 24th, 2013
Via Forbes, an interesting article on Nigeria: With even Goldman Sachs turning cold on the core emerging markets basket of Brazil, India, Russia and China, investors are combing the world looking for a place to put their money to work. For this new generation of adventurers, the goal is to be on the ground in […]
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.