Kazakhstan’s Energy Sector
October 29th, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, a detailed review of Kazakhstan’s energy sector: Kazakhstan is a major oil producer, and estimated total liquids production was 1.64 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2013. The key to its continued growth in liquids production from this level will be the development of its giant Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan fields. Development […]
Read more »Investment Opportunities In Cameroon
October 29th, 2013
Via Ventures Africa, a look at Cameroon: Things have continued to improve in Cameroon since the global recession in 2009 hampered its already delicate economy. The central African country endured a near-decade recession, which started in 1987 and ended in 1994. Real GDP per capital declined by more than 40 percent from $1,115 in 1987 […]
Read more »Mongolia, China: An Encouraging Signs for Investors
October 29th, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on Mongolia’s changing attitude towards Chinese investment: Mongolian Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Oct. 25. Summary On Oct. 26, less than a month after Mongolia’s parliament voted to scrap a foreign investment law designed to prevent Chinese state-owned enterprises from […]
Read more »Bringing Central Africa’s Minerals To Port
October 29th, 2013
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of how several southern African nations are competing to bring minerals produced in Africa’s landlocked regions to ports along the coastline: A freight train at South Africa’s port of Durban. Summary A competition is developing among several southern African nations to bring minerals produced in Africa’s landlocked regions to ports […]
Read more »Angola’s Rich Potential
October 28th, 2013
Via Ozy, an interesting look at Angola, a nation which could be the richest in Africa…if it could pull itself together: While it only has just over 20 million people, and it registers on the radars of very few foreigners, Angola is so rich in oil, diamonds and gold that if it were managed properly, […]
Read more »Forget China… Switch To Zimbabwe, Mexico Or Egypt
October 27th, 2013
Via the Financial Times, an interesting article on how growth is ‘driven by knowledge – at the level of society, not the individual’: Where does growth come from? Why do some countries “emerge” and take on “developed” status, while others flounder before reaching that stage? Some once highly unlikely candidates have emerged as powerful economies. […]
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.