Djibouti’s Energy Answer Is Blowing In The Wind
September 10th, 2023
Via Semafor, a look at Djibouti’s inaugural wind farm: Djibouti made its formal debut as a player in renewable energy with the launch on Sunday of its first-ever wind farm. The $122 million Red Sea Power project, which will provide 60 megawatts from a farm near Lake Goubet, will be followed by an additional 45 […]
Read more »Gas Pains: Bolivia Running Out of Natural Gas
September 10th, 2023
Via Merco Press, an article on Bolivia’s natural gas woes: Bolivian president Luis Arce, announced on September 1st. that the country’s natural gas reserves have been depleted, and exports to Argentina and Brazil will be interrupted, leaving a massive hole in the economy of the country. “We have hit rock bottom,” Arce said in a […]
Read more »Work Begins on Iraq-Iran Rail Link
September 10th, 2023
Via France24, a report on a rail line linking Iraq’s southern port city of Basra to Iran’s broader rail infrastructure, a 32-kilometer-long line that is part of Iraq’s $17-billion “Route of Development” project, meant to build a north-south corridor within the country: Iraq’s prime minister on Saturday inaugurated construction work on what is slated to […]
Read more »China’s Pinglu Canal: A Game Changer or White Elephant?
September 10th, 2023
Via South China Morning Post, a report on China’s efforts to widen Asean trade with first major waterway in 700 years China kicked off construction of the 135km-long (84-mile), 72.7 billion yuan (US$10.1 billion) Pinglu Canal in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in August It is hoped that the waterway can facilitate trade with Southeast Asian […]
Read more »Mozambique Plans Climate Announcement Worth Billions at COP28
September 10th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an article on Mozambique’s energy transition plans: Country in talks with Germany, UAE, Belgium and the UK Plans to harness country’s hydro and solar power potential Mozambique is seeking to become the latest country to secure an energy-transition pact with wealthy nations and is targeting an announcement at the COP28 climate summit later […]
Read more »Namibia-South Korea Form Long-Term Energy and Resources Partnership
September 10th, 2023
Via Eagle FM, a report on a new Namibia-South Korea partnership: Namibia and South Korea have joined forces to form important and long-term relationships in order to transform the landscape of energy and resource collaboration. The Korea-Namibia Energy and Resources Business Forum, held on 4 September in Windhoek, represented a significant step in fostering collaboration […]
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.