How China Took Control of Ecuador’s Oil
November 27th, 2013
Via Reuters, an interesting article on China’s control of Ecuador’s oil: China’s aggressive quest for foreign oil has reached a new milestone, according to records reviewed by Reuters: near monopoly control of crude exports from an OPEC nation, Ecuador. Last November, Marco Calvopiña, the general manager of Ecuador’s state oil company PetroEcuador, was dispatched to […]
Read more »China’s New Friends In Its Quest For Energy
September 24th, 2013
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at China’s efforts to participate in petroleum projects around the world: On the northern reaches of the Caspian Sea, not far from this old Soviet town known for its oil and sturgeon, lies a vast new oil find, the biggest outside the Middle East. China was rebuffed […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan: Future Economic Colony Of Russian Gazprom And China?
August 18th, 2013
Via the Emerging Markets blog, an interesting report on Kyrgyzstan: The sale of Kyrgyzgaz company for a symbolic price of US $1 to Russian gas monopoly Gazprom OAO has been finalized and may represent a landmark of a new type of Russification of Kyrgyzstan. This new deal followed the one related to the military base […]
Read more »Mexico Opens Up Energy Sector
August 12th, 2013
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Mexico’s decision to open up its energy sector: President Enrique Peña Nieto has unveiled plans to change Mexico’s constitution and open up the country’s energy sector to foreign investors for the first time in 75 years, a move that could unleash billions of dollars of investment from […]
Read more »Pemex: How To Fix A State-Run Oil Monopoly That Hasn’t Returned A Profit In Seven Years?
August 7th, 2013
Via Quartz, a look at Mexico’s efforts to reinvigorate PEMEX and Mexico’s energy sector: The time has nearly come for Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, to unveil his plan to reform Mexico’s heavily protected energy sector. But is Mexico ready? Peña Nieto is slated to propose a sweeping energy reform this week, which could come as […]
Read more »The Geopolitics Of China’s New Energy Route
July 2nd, 2013
Via Global Policy, an interesting commentary on China’s new energy route via Myanmar: China’s state-run China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) completed construction of a natural gas pipeline from Myanmar to China on 28 May 2013 and is close to finishing an oil pipeline. The pipeline will start delivering gas from Myanmar’s west coast in the […]
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