South Sudan’s State-Owned Nilepet To Take Over Petronas Oil Fields
August 25th, 2024
Via S&P Global, a report on South Sudan’s state-owned Nilepet plans to take over Petronas oil fields: Highlights Nilepet to assume Petronas assets after official withdrawal Savannah Energy abandoned plans to acquire assets Aug 7 Petronas had stakes in fields that pumped 153,000 b/d in 2021 South Sudan’s state-run Nile Petroleum is set to assume ownership […]
Read more »Ghana Breaks Ground on Africa’s Next Major Petroleum Hub
August 25th, 2024
Via OilPrice.com, an article on Ghana’s plans to become Africa’s next major petroleum hub: Ghana has officially embarked on constructing a massive $12 billion petroleum hub, a project expected to significantly enhance the country’s position in the global oil and gas industry. Located in the southwestern city of Jomoro, the hub will include a 300,000-barrel-per-day […]
Read more »China in Central America: Just a Mirage?
August 25th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at China’s presence in Central America: Although Costa Rica has recognized Beijing as its diplomatic partner since 2007, the regional avalanche in favor of China truly began with Panama in 2017, followed by El Salvador in 2018, Nicaragua in 2021, and Honduras in 2023. The rapprochements between Central American nations […]
Read more »China is Winning the Global South
August 24th, 2024
Via National Interest, commentary on how – wthe United States and its allies have focused extensively on the military and technological fronts in competing with China – the third front in the Global South remains critical yet underappreciated: Great Power Competition, sometimes called the Second Cold War, is unfolding on a global scale. The United States […]
Read more »Taliban Wants Tourists To Visit Afghanistan
August 24th, 2024
Via CNN, an article on tourism in Afghanistan: Ben Herskowitz stood on a hill overlooking the ancient archaeological landscape of Bamiyan, nestled among the high mountains of the Hindu Kush. In the distance, he could see white snow-capped mountains, greenery and blossoming trees spread across Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley. It was “one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to in my […]
Read more »YouTube in Africa: Offering a New Kind of News
August 24th, 2024
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on the rise of video news via YouTube in Africa: Salam madior fall has been a pioneer more than once. In 1999, while studying in America, he and a friend founded Seneweb, one of the first websites devoted to news from Senegal, his home. By 2002 Seneweb was the most […]
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.