Turkmenistan and Iran Sign Deal To Supply Gas To Iraq
July 7th, 2024
Via Associated Press, a report on a recent deal between Turkmenistan and Iran sign deal to supply gas to Iraq. Iran will build pipeline to aid delivery. Turkmenistan and Iran on Wednesday signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship on to Iraq. The deal was […]
Read more »Bolivia Seeks Oil & Gas Investment, Russia’s Help To Solve Energy Crunch
July 7th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on Bolivia seeks oil and gas investment, Russia’s help to solve energy crunch: Bolivian state energy firm YPFB is looking to improve conditions for investment in the country’s flagging oil and gas sector and seeking help from Russia to overcome recent fuel shortages, the head of the company told Reuters. The […]
Read more »Chinese Firms Eye Morocco In Drive To Cash In on US EV Subsidies
July 7th, 2024
Via Associated Press, an article on Chinese firms setting up factories in Morocco as way to cash in on US electric vehicle subsidies: After the United States passed new subsidies designed to boost domestic electric vehicle production and cut into Beijing’s supply chain dominance, Chinese manufacturers began investing in an unlikely place: Morocco. In the […]
Read more »Vietnam, Not India, is in a Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Sweet Spot
July 7th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a comparison of India and Vietnam: Vietnam has demonstrated a dexterity in its foreign policy that few other countries can claim, having hosted U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping and most recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin within a span of nine months. This is even more impressive considering that it […]
Read more »Investment World’s Efforts To Navigate Geopolitics
July 5th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how the investment world is trying to navigate geopolitics: Attended by prominent figures such as tech billionaire Michael Dell, Blackstone chief Stephen Schwarzman and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the head of Saudi Arabia’s $925bn Public Investment Fund, the FII Priority conference in Miami in February was one of the […]
Read more »Oil Find Helps Namibia Transform Into Business Route for Airlink
July 5th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on the impact that Namibia’s oil and gas finds are having upon air travel: Airlink plans to upgrade to bigger aircraft in due time Airlink has commercial partnerships with Qatar and Emirates Oil and gas discoveries in Namibia are transforming the nation into a high-end business travel destination from a tourist […]
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.