“It’s Electric!”: China’s Power Play in Latin America
April 10th, 2023
Via Wilson Center, a report on China’s focus on energy generation and transmission projects in Latin America: For a decade, China’s major electricity companies have been laser focused on energy generation and transmission in Latin America and the Caribbean, a trend accelerated by the departure of Western competitors, including Brazil-based Odebrecht and U.S. and European […]
Read more »Savannah Energy: Battered By Chad, Focuses On South Sudan
April 10th, 2023
Via Energy Voice, an article on how – at the same time that Savannah Energy was announcing the cancellation of its deal to buy the Petronas assets in Chad – it set out an even more ambitious plan with the Malaysian company: Savannah Energy is an independent with a plan for growth, but the plan […]
Read more »Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Kenya… Top-Performing Economies In Africa
April 10th, 2023
Via The Africa Report, a look at the top performing economies in Africa: The continent is experiencing an uneven economic recovery, with significant variations from one country to another, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s “Africa’s Pulse” report. Inflationary pressures, threats of recession, and declining investment have contributed to a weak economic […]
Read more »A Gas OPEC? Turkmenistan Being Pushed To Follow Russia’s Lead In Gas Games
April 10th, 2023
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on how – while China has been Turkmenistan’s top buyer of natural gas for more than a decade – Russia has regained some leverage over Ashgabat and intends to use it, experts say.: At a time when gas-rich Turkmenistan could be pushing to diversify its export paths, it is […]
Read more »A Chinese Businessman on Doing Business Inside North Korea
April 10th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, commentary from a Chinese businessman doing business inside North Korea: The land route between Hunchun in China and Najin-Sonbong in North Korea was recently reopened after being closed for close to three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening has enabled Chinese business owners who built factories in Najin-Sonbong – but […]
Read more »The Age of Energy Insecurity: How the Fight for Resources Is Upending Geopolitics
April 10th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, a look at how the fight of resources is upending geopolitics: As recently as 18 months ago, many policymakers, academics, and pundits in the United States and Europe were waxing lyrical about the geopolitical benefits of the coming transition to cleaner, greener energy. They understood that the move away from a […]
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.