The Shell-Backed Gas Project Poised To Profit Iran
May 14th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Shell’s Iraqi joint venture which will draw power from plant whose revenues mostly flow to a Tehran-based company: An Iranian company is the biggest beneficiary of a power plant poised to supply a Shell-backed gas project in Iraq, showing the pervasive presence of Tehran’s business interests in […]
Read more »20 African Startups To Watch In 2023
May 13th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a ranking of 20 high potential African startups: Remember these names: In a few months, these companies will probably make headlines on news sites – specialised or not – on the continent, and perhaps beyond. To establish the list of the 20 startups to watch in 2023, we took the […]
Read more »Bolivia’s Economic Model Is Running Out of Gas
May 13th, 2023
Via World Politics Review, commentary on how Bolivia’s hydrocarbon-led economic model is running out of gas: In the past 15 years, the Bolivian economy tripled in size and poverty was cut in half, achievements built in large part on state spending fueled by the income from natural gas exports. But since 2013 those exports have […]
Read more »Kazakhstan: Eurasia’s Next Middle Power
May 12th, 2023
Via National Interest, a look at Kazakhstan’s rise as a middle power: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is certainly on a path to enhance his country’s diplomatic profile by turning it into a “middle power,” a concept born during the Cold War to characterize states that “punch above their weight” in world politics. Considered to be […]
Read more »China and Sudan: An Investment in Peace?
May 12th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on the potential that Beijing could hold the key to any future peace in Sudan: Sudan is now in the fourth week of intense military confrontations in the ongoing armed conflict between two warring military factions. A U.S.-brokered framework agreement had fallen through in Sudan, which has historically had more […]
Read more »China-North Korea Truck Trade May Fully Resume In 1 Month, Along With Tourism
May 11th, 2023
Via South China Morning Post, a report that China-North Korea truck trade may fully resume in 1 month, along with tourism: North Korea may reopen its border with China as early as next month to fully resume truck shipments and personnel travel, according to a source briefed by officials on both sides. Two travel agencies […]
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.