Laos’ Economic Woes Will Continue In 2024
December 18th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on Laos’ economic woes: Most mornings your columnist must scroll through feeds of the latest Southeast Asian news headlines. The feed on Laos is, to put it mildly, beginning to get tiresome. For how many months can you read the same headline, “Lao PM Introduces New Measures to Tackle Inflation” […]
Read more »East Timor Gas Project Open to Chinese Firms, PM Gusmao Says
December 18th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Timor Leste’s Greater Sunrise offshore natural gas project: East Timor will choose partners for the Greater Sunrise offshore natural gas project that bring benefits to the Southeast Asian island nation, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao told Nikkei, signaling that it will not rule out participation by Chinese companies. “When we […]
Read more »How Coal Giant Colombia Is Trying to Wean Its Economy Off Fossil Fuels
December 17th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on how Colombia is trying to wean its economy off fossil fuels: Colombia has become the first major coal producer to join a group of nations calling for the end of fossil fuels, in a bid to escape the economic trap it could face as the world ditches the dirtiest forms of […]
Read more »Papua New Guinea in Advanced Talks with Chinese Banks to Fund LNG Megaprojects
December 17th, 2023
Courtesy of Reuters, a report that Papua New Guinea is in advanced talks with Chinese banks to fund its stakes in LNG megaprojects: Papua New Guinea’s state-owned petroleum company is in advanced talks with Chinese banks to help fund its stakes in the two major liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in the country, a senior […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Rare Earths May Fuel Energy Transition
December 17th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a look at Central Asia and Mongolia’s rare earth potential: The COP28 climate summit in Dubai produced an agreement that aims to triple the use of renewable energy, double energy efficiency, and “speed up the transition to a cleaner and healthier economy” by 2030, so the world can meet its Paris Agreement goals […]
Read more »Pakistan Leads Asia’s Frontier Markets in 2023
December 17th, 2023
Via PT Profit, a report on Pakistan’s KSE-100 Index which surged more than 60% in 2023, making it the best performer among the Asian frontier markets, which include Bangladesh, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam: Pakistan’s stock market has emerged as one of the best performers in Asia this year, as improving macroeconomic conditions and 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.