Archive for 2022

Mukesh Ambani: Indian Economy Likely To Grow 13x To $40T by 2047

Via LiveMint, commentary by Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani on how the Indian economy is likely to grow 13 folds from its current size to become a $40-trillion economy by 2047: Indian economy is likely to grow 13 folds from its current size to become a $40-trillion economy by 2047 said Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani […]

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Guyana: A Nation in the Crosshairs of Climate Change Is Ready to Get Rich on Oil

Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on how – as rising seas imperil Guyana – leaders sign sweetheart deals with Exxon to help fund the transition to a sustainable future. Go to the seawall in Georgetown late on a Sunday afternoon, and you’ll find Guyana with its guard down. Everyone’s “liming”—a term that washed onto this […]

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Europe’s New Gateway To Asia Through Azerbaijan

Via New Silk Road Discovery, commentary on the Middle Corridor project: Azerbaijan sees the Middle Corridor project as another opportunity to boost fruitful partnerships with China, Kazakhstan, and other parts of the landlocked Central Asian region. Among the many significant geopolitical consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been the reinvigoration of the Middle Corridor, both as […]

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Venezuela After Guyana’s Oil Claiming Border Dispute In The Hague

Via MercoPress, a report on Venezuela’s interest in Guyana’s oil: “We will demonstrate Guyana’s claim is inadmissible,” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on Thursday to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which is the United Nations’ highest for resolving disputes between states. Venezuela had ramped up its claims to a huge, sparsely […]

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Vietnam Urged To Get China-Backed Railway Project On Track

Courtesy of the South China Morning Post, an article on Vietnam being urged to get China-backed railway project on track and avoid ‘missed opportunities’ despite concerns: For the past seven years, the name of a Vietnamese railway project has appeared in every diplomatic joint statement and declaration between Beijing and Hanoi. But so far, it […]

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China Seals One of the Biggest LNG Deals Ever With Qatar

Via Bloomberg, an article on a recent LNG agreement between China and Qatar: China signed a landmark $60 billion agreement for purchases of liquefied natural gas from Qatar, as the world’s second-largest economy looks to bolster its energy security for decades. Qatar Energy will send Sinopec 4 million tons of LNG a year starting in 2026, the state-controlled […]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.