Guyana: A Tiny Rainforest Country Growing Into a Petrostate
March 29th, 2025
Via CNN, a report on Guyana, a tiny rainforest country is growing into a petrostate: Guyana’s destiny changed in 2015. US fossil fuel giant Exxon discovered nearly 11 billion barrels of oil in the deep water off the coast of this tiny, rainforested country. It was one of the most spectacular oil discoveries of recent […]
Read more »Building Critical Minerals Cooperation Between the United States and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
March 29th, 2025
Via CSIS, a new report on potential critical minerals cooperation between the U.S. and DRC: The Issue The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the world’s most resource-rich countries, and in 2024, it attracted the largest volume of mineral exploration investment in Africa. Enhancing U.S.-DRC cooperation is critical to counterbalance China’s dominance. […]
Read more »In War-Torn Sudan, a Gold Mining Boom Takes a Human Toll
March 28th, 2025
Via Yale e360, a look at how – as civil war rages in Sudan – a surge in gold production is helping finance and arm the warring factions: Amid Sudan’s brutal civil war, where famine threatens millions of displaced people, many have turned to small-scale gold mining, risking their lives by using toxic chemicals to […]
Read more »Somalia Offers U.S. ‘Control’ Over Strategic Ports
March 28th, 2025
Via Semafor, a report on Somalia’s outreach to the U.S. over port access: Somalia’s government has offered the US “exclusive operational control” over strategic ports on the Gulf of Aden in a bid to derail any recognition by Washington of breakaway regions in the troubled Horn of Africa nation. It made the offer despite not […]
Read more »Myanmar Rebels Disrupt China Rare Earth Trade, Sparking Regional Scramble
March 28th, 2025
Via Reuters, a report on Myanmar’s rare earths industry: Ethnic army controls area accounting for nearly half of global heavy rare earths production Rebels seek leverage against Beijing, which invested heavily in rare earths and supports Myanmar’s junta Price of key mineral used in EVs and wind turbines has soared since rebel takeover India has […]
Read more »TikTok, CPEC and the Digital Battlefield
March 26th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which stands as a $65 billion flagship initiative that promises economic transformation and regional connectivity: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) stands as a $65 billion flagship initiative that promises economic transformation and regional connectivity. However, this monumental project is increasingly becoming a target of […]
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.