How the Ukraine War Gave Venezuelan Oil an Opening
June 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of Geopolitical Futures, a report on how Caracas is taking advantage of a key opportunity to revive its energy sector: For years, the Venezuelan economy has been largely disconnected from Western markets. The war in Ukraine, however, initiated a sort of restructuring of the global energy market, sparking renewed interest in Venezuela’s potential as […]
Read more »2022: A Good Year for Petronas
April 27th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on how Petronas – Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant – benefited from the global spike in oil and gas prices, but its long-term future is less certain: By any measure, 2022 was a banner year for Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant. Petronas deals mainly in extracting, refining , and selling […]
Read more »What Russia’s First Gas Pipeline to China Reveals About a Planned Second One
April 25th, 2023
Via the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a report on how Russia is now in a far worse negotiating position regarding a gas pipeline to China than in 2014, finding itself at the mercy of a monopsonist buyer: A key topic of discussion during the Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Moscow was the […]
Read more »Will Sonatrach’s Hydrocarbon Discovery Make Algeria A Key Energy Partner For Europe?
April 14th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at a new energy discovery in Algeria: Following a record-breaking year in 2022, the national company Sonatrach has announced the discovery of six new deposits in the first quarter of 2023. In the midst of a global decline in production, the oil and gas boom shows no signs […]
Read more »Qatar Gives China Share of Landmark Natural Gas Field
April 14th, 2023
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report on a recent Qatari decision to give China a share of landmark natural gas field: Chinese oil giant Sinopec on Wednesday became the first Asian firm to get a stake in Qatar’s expansion of North Field East, the Gulf country’s energy company announced. North Field contains the world’s […]
Read more »Savannah Energy: Battered By Chad, Focuses On South Sudan
April 10th, 2023
Via Energy Voice, an article on how – at the same time that Savannah Energy was announcing the cancellation of its deal to buy the Petronas assets in Chad – it set out an even more ambitious plan with the Malaysian company: Savannah Energy is an independent with a plan for growth, but the plan […]
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.