Qatar Strikes Second Big LNG Supply Deal With China
June 20th, 2023
Via Reuters, a report on Qatar second big LNG supply deal with China: Qatar on Tuesday secured its second large gas supply deal with a Chinese state-controlled company in less than a year, putting Asia clearly ahead in the race to secure gas supplies from Doha’s massive production expansion project. China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) […]
Read more »Russian Oil Shipment Arrives in Pakistan
June 19th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how a recent oil shipment from Russia to Pakistan shows how the global south is balancing relations with Moscow and the West: A Russian cargo ship delivered barrels of crude oil to Karachi, Pakistan, last Sunday. It was the first shipment in a deal struck in April to send […]
Read more »Southeast Asia Rides Fourth Wave of Regional Growth
June 19th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on how youth, education and urbanisation make Southeast Asia ripe for foreign investment: The US-China trade war is over, runs an often-made joke in Singapore. “And the winner is Vietnam.” Actually, the war shows little sign of easing, even as the combatants reel from the coronavirus, but the punchline […]
Read more »US Commitments To Angola Highlight Shifting Strategies
June 19th, 2023
Via The African Energy View, a look at Us commitments to Angola: Not since the Cold War have countries in the Global South featured so prominently in the thinking of the world’s major powers – something clearly visible in the shifting patterns in energy markets and renewable investments. For many, that presents an opportunity. Angola’s […]
Read more »A Crude Relationship: Russia Turns Oil Tap for North Korea Back On
June 19th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on Russia’s crude relationship with North Korea: Russia has resumed sending oil to sanctions-hit North Korea for the first time since 2020, deepening cooperation between the two nations that the US claims also includes sending arms from Pyongyang to help the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. A report released this week […]
Read more »How Vietnam Can Disrupt China’s Dominance in EVs
June 19th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how – while there is a long way to go – Vietnam has most of the ingredients it needs to be a significant player in global EV supply chains. Vietnam has one of the fastest growing middle classes in Southeast Asia, with a recent McKinsey report estimating that […]
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.