Angola: Private-Sector Agriculture Partnerships Key To Diversification
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Angola’s efforts to diversify its economy: Agricultural partnerships between the state and private sector are crucial to diversifying Angola’s economy away from oil dependence, Manuel Francisco Pedro, chairman of the Luanda/Bengo Special Economic Zone (SEZ), tells The Africa Report. More than 80% of Angola’s agricultural produce comes […]
Read more »China-Kazakh Energy Deal
June 7th, 2023
Via KazInform, a report on a deal between the China National Petroleum Corp. and Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Kazyna Group for the joint development of the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan. CNPC will help expand the throughput capacity of two Kazakh oil pipelines and participate in the construction of the second strings of a natural gas pipeline […]
Read more »Efforts Underway To Turn Iran Into Regional Gas Hub
June 7th, 2023
Via Tasnim News, a report on Iran’s plans to create a natural gas hub in the south along the Persian Gulf coast. Russia, Qatar and Turkmenistan are also involved in the project in the Asalouyeh industrial area in Bushehr province. The gas hub will provide an alternative route for exports of Russian and Turkmen gas, […]
Read more »India and the Gulf Are Getting Cozy With Infrastructure To Counter China
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on an ambitious new project that aims to link New Delhi to the Middle East through roads, rails, and seaports: Last weekend, national security advisors from India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United States met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh to discuss an […]
Read more »Orlen: Is Poland’s Energy Giant A Tool Of The Government?
June 4th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Poland’s energy giant, Orlen: Until a few years ago, Daniel Obajtek was the mayor of Pcim, a village whose name gets used in a derogatory way by other Poles to refer to a place in the middle of nowhere. Now, Obajtek stands at the main crossroads of […]
Read more »India’s Opportunity To Shape The New BRICS Moment
June 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on India’s opportunity to shape the new BRICS direction and prevent China from using BRICS expansion to grow its strategic influence in the developing world: In the current tumult of world politics, one would have expected BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) to follow the route of the South Asian Association for Regional […]
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.