Iran, Russia Map Out Rival To Suez Canal
August 7th, 2016
Via Iran’s PressTV, a look at the potential International North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC), a multi-model route to link India and the Middle East to the Caucasus, Central Asia and Europe: The International North-South Transport Corridor, shown in bold green dots, will significantly reduce costs and travel time. A major project to foster trade connectivity through […]
Read more »Sri Lanka
August 7th, 2016
Via Frontrera News, a report on Sri Lanka: At the tip of the teardrop of India, as Sri Lanka is often described, lies the Thalsevana Holiday Resort. From here you could once walk to India over 30 miles of limestone shoals. Long since washed over by the Palk Strait, its silver shoreline and turquoise waters […]
Read more »Angola In Crisis
August 7th, 2016
Via The Washington Post, a look at Angola, where the sharp decline in international oil prices has hit the economy hard: As the price of oil rose earlier this decade, this capital city did as well. Glass skyscrapers soared above the rubble of a 27-year civil war. American pop stars such as Mariah Carey were […]
Read more »Kazakhstan: Saving the State Oil Company May Devastate the Sector
August 2nd, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required) analysis on plans for KazMunaiGas to take full ownership of its lucrative subsidiary, KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP): Forecast As KazMunaiGas struggles to secure international investment, it will prepare to take full ownership of its lucrative subsidiary, KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP). The aggressive move could drain KMG EP’s cash […]
Read more »Iran’s Real Estate Market: Unlikely To Boom Anytime Soon
August 2nd, 2016
Via Al Monitor, a look at Iran’s real estate market: Signals from the Iranian real estate market suggest that a recovery is on the way, after an almost three-year-long recession. Yet there are contradictory statements being made about the likelihood of a property boom. Indeed, those who are practically engaged in the housing industry are […]
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.