India’s Efforts To Build Energy Interdependence With Sri Lanka
April 16th, 2024
Via the Lowy Institute, a look at how India’s takeover of the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm will help build energy interdependence with Sri Lanka India has recently moved to take effective control over the giant oil tank farm in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. This marks is a key step in integrating Sri Lanka into India’s national […]
Read more »Mexico Presidential Frontrunner Pledges $13.6 Billion For Energy Investments
April 16th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on the Mexico presidential frontrunner pledge of $13.6 billion for energy investments: The favorite to win Mexico’s presidential election in June, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Monday outlined a plan to invest $13.57 billion in new energy generation projects through 2030. The ambitious program plans to increase wind and solar power generation and […]
Read more »Southeast Asia’s Potential in Critical Minerals
April 15th, 2024
Via the Australia Strategic Policy Institute, a report on Southeast Asia’s potential in critical minerals: Global critical mineral demand is expected to increase dramatically in coming decades, from a 7.1 million tonnes in 2020 to 42.3 million tonnes in 2050. Global commitments to decarbonisation are the main drivers of this growth, because clean-energy technologies depend […]
Read more »Washington’s Failed Africa Policy Needs a Reset
April 15th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at the U.S. Africa policy: The latest evidence that Washington needs a new Africa policy is on display in Niger. After many months of intense political jockeying, the United States’ security partnership with the country looks likely to end. Following a recent visit by Molly Phee, the U.S. assistant secretary […]
Read more »Uzbekistan Chases Chemical Hub Dream with Chinese Polymer Tech
April 15th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Uzbekistan’s aims to export value-added products made from its natural gas: An ambitious economic transformation effort gaining steam in Uzbekistan hinges on Chinese technology. At the heart of the plan is a project that would make value-added products from natural gas instead of simply burning it for energy. The […]
Read more »Solomon Islands Tribes Sell Carbon Credits, Not Their Trees
April 15th, 2024
Via Yale e360, an article on the Solomon Islands where – in a South Pacific nation ravaged by logging – several tribes joined together to sell “high integrity” carbon credits on international markets. The project not only preserves their highly biodiverse rainforest, but it funnels life-changing income to Indigenous landowners: When head ranger Ikavy Pitatamae […]
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.