Russia Explores Plan to Merge Oil Giants Into Mega Producer
November 11th, 2024
Via the Wall Street Journal a look at Russia’s plans to merge its oil giants into a mega producer which would be the world’s second-biggest crude producer, after Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, pumping almost three times the output of Exxon Mobil: Moscow is working on a plan to merge its biggest oil companies into a single […]
Read more »Why Has High Speed Rail Failed in Kazakhstan?
November 9th, 2024
Kazakhstan once harbored grand plans for a high-speed rail network. The Diplomat examines why – while its neighbors have pushed ahead with such projects – HSR fallen out of favor in Astana: High-speed train travel can be a challenging prospect for any nation. To achieve speeds of 250 kilometers per hour, high-speed rail (HSR) requires […]
Read more »Peru New Megaport: Beijing’s ‘Playbook’ For Large Overseas Infrastructure Projects
November 9th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Peru’s new Chinese-built megaport: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to inaugurate the $1.3bn Chancay port on the Pacific coast when he visits Peru for a summit in mid-November, amid growing concerns among US security officials that the facility’s size, depth and strategic location make it suitable […]
Read more »The New Investment Superpower Outflanking China and the U.S. in Africa
November 9th, 2024
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a report on the UAE’s billions of dollars of investment into Africa’s mines, ports and other projects: Across the world, the U.S., China and Russia are rubbing up against each other as Beijing and Moscow try to establish a new international order. The tiny United Arab Emirates is looking closer […]
Read more »Playing Through: Will a New Golf Course Near Hanoi Cement Trump-Vietnam Relations?
November 8th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at the recent decision by the the Trump Organization to build a $1.5 billion course in Hung Yen, the home province of Communist Party chief To Lam: Who knows what Donald Trump recalls of his first presidency or how much of what went on during those four years will […]
Read more »Tullow CEO Sees Stunted Kenya Oil Project as Fix for South Sudan
November 8th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on a possible option to help transport South Sudan oil: Oil company made Kenya discoveries more than a decade ago South Sudan’s exports have been held up by a broken pipeline Tullow Oil Plc’s delayed project to export oil from discoveries in Kenya by pipeline to the coast could be 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.