Will New Pipelines Get Russian Oil To Serbia?
October 26th, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on how Serbia will get Russian oil in the future: In less than two months, the European Union is expected to cut about 90 percent of oil imports from Russia. The decision was announced back in May as a part of a sanctions package that was adopted in response to Moscow’s […]
Read more »China Carves Path To Indian Ocean With Myanmar Rail Network
October 24th, 2022
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on China’s BRI investment in Myanmar: When the West cut off aid to Myanmar after the military took control in 2021, China rushed to fill the vacuum under its Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative. But growing concern over China’s so-called debt trap diplomacy threatens the of progress of a jewel […]
Read more »Somalia Signs Oil Production-Sharing Agreement With US Company
October 24th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report that Somalia has signed an oil production-sharing agreement with a US company: Somalia’s government signed an oil-production sharing agreement with US-based Coastline Exploration Ltd., the latest step toward developing the war-torn nation’s energy industry. Coastline, based in Houston, Texas, paid $7 million to the government for seven agreements and will now proceed […]
Read more »Safaricom’s Ethiopia Market Strategy
October 23rd, 2022
Via Business Daily Africa, a look at Safaricom’s recent entry to Ethiopia, the first competitive telco to the state run provider in history: Listed telco Safaricom has recently made its official entry into Ethiopia, launching its telecommunications business with a mobile money nod expected within the next one month. Business Daily sat with the company’s chief […]
Read more »New Era of China’s Belt and Road Initiative Will See Less Risk and More Focus
October 23rd, 2022
Via the South China Morning Post, commentary on how the new era of China’s BRI is likely to see a more focused portfolio, greater international cooperation on finance and repaired relationships: Some of China’s Belt and Road Initiative projects have not been doing well, and it is not all China’s or the host countries’ fault. […]
Read more »Creativity Key For U.S. To Best China In Infrastructure Race
October 23rd, 2022
Via Nikkei Asia, commentary on how the US government’s PGII can take lessons from successes involving private sector: The White House has styled the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment announced by U.S. President Joe Biden in June as a $40 billion pathway to work with allies, partners and the private sector to offer sustainable, green […]
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.