Namibia Becomes Oil Drilling Hot-Spot With 13% of Africa’s Rigs
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at Namibia’s growing petroleum sector: Namibia’s status as an oil exploration hot-spot was bolstered by the arrival of a third rig, following discoveries last year by TotalEnergies SE and Shell Plc. The Deepsea Mira entered Namibian waters and is preparing to start work for TotalEnergies, according to ship-tracking data compiled […]
Read more »Eritrea: Latest Geostrategic Puzzle Piece and Future Transportation Hub
June 9th, 2023
Via New Eastern Outlook, commentary on the potential for Eritrea to not only become a regional transportation hub at the center of trade between the most distant partners on the planet, but also a geopolitical player as larger nations such as Russia, China, and others angle for influence in Africa: On May 31st, Vladimir Putin […]
Read more »Pakistan, Iran Seal Energy Deal to Power Gwadar
June 9th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on joint Pakistani and Iranian efforts to provide electricity to Gwadar: In May, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated a border marketplace and a power transmission line at the Mand-Pishin border crossing. The new transmission line is expected to provide an additional 100 MW of […]
Read more »The Revolutionary Potential of the ‘Lagos Model’
June 9th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on Bola Tinubu’s potential to transform Nigeria: In one of his parting comments after eight years of leading Africa’s largest and most important country, outgoing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to his distant roots as a politician by echoing—seemingly inadvertently—the views he held of his fellow citizens the first time he […]
Read more »DRC, Morocco, Kenya… Africa’s Energy Independence, Myth or Reality?
June 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the potential for African energy independence: Despite abundant resources, Africa still lacks electricity. An increased focus on renewable energy could remedy this paradoxical situation. According to a World Bank estimate, DRC’s resources are ranked third worldwide in the hydroelectric sector, trailing only China and Russia. “With approximately […]
Read more »Revival of TAPI Pipeline Project Brings Serious Geopolitical Implications for Russia
June 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Jamestown Foundation, an article on how the revival of the TAPI project has serious geopolitical implications for Russia: Turkmenistan and Pakistan continue their talks on the revival of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) pipeline, and a bilateral meeting on the issue in Islamabad will be announced soon—possibly in late June 2023. For its part, […]
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.