Archive for the ‘Companies’ Category

China and Sri Lanka Eye New Phase of BRI with $3.7bn Investment

Via Nikkei Asia, an article on China’s renewed BRI interest in Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will wrap up his inaugural visit to China Friday after securing a landmark investment deal that can help his country’s struggling economy, while adding value to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative projects in the strategically-located island. […]

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Rosneft, Reliance Agree Biggest Ever India-Russia Oil Supply deal

Via Reuters, a report on a new oil supply deal between Rosneft and Reliance, the largest ever India-Russia oil supply deal: Rosneft to ship 500,000 bpd of various crude grades Biggest India-Russia energy deal ever worth $13 billion a year at current prices Pricing and volumes to be reviewed annually, sources say Agreement strengthens India-Russia […]

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Energy Offshoots: PDVSA

Via Phenomenal World, an article on transformations in Petróleos de Venezuela and geopolitical realignments: Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) has been integral to Nicolás Maduro’s government and the greater Chavista project. Despite the state-owned oil company controlling the largest crude oil reserves in the world, its production capabilities have fallen sharply since 2014: the country went […]

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Russia Explores Plan to Merge Oil Giants Into Mega Producer

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 […]

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Bolivia Stops Gas Sales To Argentina, Shifts Toward Brazil

Via MercoPress, a report on Bolivia’s shift towards Brazil for gas sales: After terminating the supply to Argentina, Bolivia will up its gas pumping towards Brazil according to an agreement between YPFB and Petrobras. Buenos Aires announced it would no longer be needing Bolivian gas since Vaca Muerta, the second-largest reserve in the world and […]

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Serbia Secures Winter Gas Supply and Expands Green Energy Cooperation with Azerbaijan

Via CE Energy News, an article on Serbia’s growing energy cooperation with Azerbaijan: Serbia’s Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka ?edovi? Handanovi?, announced that the country will have secure access to about one million cubic metres of gas from Azerbaijan this winter, enhancing Serbia’s energy security. After a bilateral meeting with Azerbaijan’s Minister of Energy, Parviz Shahbazov, […]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.