Archive for the ‘Iraq National Oil Company’ Category

China Cements Influence In Iraq Through Oil, Infrastructure Deals
August 23rd, 2022

Via Oil and Gas Daily, a look at China’s growing influence in Iraq: China has gained a major foothold in oil-rich Iraq, shaking up Western domination in fields from energy to construction, even as some warn that infrastructure projects could leave Baghdad in debt. After decades of conflict, Iraq is “badly in need of foreign […]

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Russia’s Chess Match in The Middle East & North Africa
August 1st, 2008

From The National, an interesting analysis of Russia’s recent diplomatic and trade activities in the Middle East and North Africa in a bid to enhance its geopolitical clout and gain access to, and at least partial control over, the region’s oil and gas reserves.  As the article notes: “…Among the former global superpower’s tactics: linking […]

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Posted in Algeria, Gazprom, Iran, Iraq, Iraq National Oil Company, Libya, Libya National Oil Company (NOC), National Oil Company of Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, Sonatrach, Syria, Turkmenistan, UAE | Comments Off on Russia’s Chess Match in The Middle East & North Africa

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.

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