2022: A Good Year for Petronas
April 27th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on how Petronas – Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant – benefited from the global spike in oil and gas prices, but its long-term future is less certain: By any measure, 2022 was a banner year for Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant. Petronas deals mainly in extracting, refining , and selling […]
Read more »First “French Postal Express” Freight Train Left Chengdu for Europe
April 27th, 2023
Via New SilkRoad Discovery, a report on the first “French Postal Express” freight train from Chengdu to Europe: On April 26, the first “French Postal Express” China-Europe freight train was launched at the Chengdu International Railway Port in Sichuan and is expected to arrive in Europe in 14 days. This is also the first time […]
Read more »Guyana Greenlights $12B Oil Development Plan
April 27th, 2023
Via Energy Daily, a report on Guyana;s $12B oil development plan: Guyana has approved a more than $12 billion investment proposal by a US and Chinese consortium seeking to develop an offshore oil field, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Wednesday. The consortium is led by ExxonMobil, and includes the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and […]
Read more »Laos Is Not in a Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ – But It Is in Trouble
April 27th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on Laos, which is disturbingly reliant on investment from China – and no one knows how much, or under what terms: China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) turns 10 this year. Much ink has been spilled, digitally and otherwise, about the global infrastructure project. The “debt-trap diplomacy” claims that arose […]
Read more »Forget U.S. Ban — TikTok is Thriving In Its Second-Biggest Market: Indonesia
April 26th, 2023
Courtesy of Rest of World, an article on how TikTok Shop, the controversial app’s ambitious next phase, has caught fire in Indonesia: In the U.S., TikTok’s ambitions to level up into a shopping empire have stumbled on the possibility of a countrywide ban, and a miscalculation of shopping behaviors. But over in Indonesia, the app’s […]
Read more »How Partnering With Jordan Can Help Revitalize The U.S. Semiconductor Industry
April 26th, 2023
Via Forbes, commentary on how partnering with Jordan can help revitalize the U.S. semiconductor industry: Texas is the leading exporter of semiconductors in the U.S. and is in the best position to revitalize domestic semiconductor manufacturing, research, and design. But we can’t do it alone, and the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 acknowledges 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.