China Energy Companies: Go East (and North, South, and West) Young Man!
December 24th, 2008
Via Stratfor (subscription required), a report that China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and other Chinese energy companies are actively hunting for new investments in foreign oil and natural gas projects. As the article notes: “…The combination of a global credit shortage and low oil prices has left many energy firms around the world in dire […]
Read more »LUKoil’s Iberian Ambitions
December 18th, 2008
Via Stratfor (subscription required), an update on Lukoil’s dalliance’s with Repsol YPF. As we have discussed previously, LUKoil, Russia’s largest privately-owned oil firm, is considering forming a partnership with Spanish energy company Repsol YPF. As the article notes: “…Spain’s Repsol YPF, a privately owned energy company with major assets in Latin America, and LUKoil, Russia’s […]
Read more »Calling Pyongyang … Orascom Eyes Cell Phone Venture in North Korea
December 17th, 2008
Via The Financial Times, news that Orascom is looking at setting up a mobile phone venture in North Korea. As the article notes “…Setting up a mobile phone service in North Korea – an authoritarian state that has banned mobiles – may sound like a misguided venture but Egypt’s Orascom reckons it can defy conventional […]
Read more »India & Russia: A Growing Petroleum Based Relationship
December 11th, 2008
Via Energy Daily, an interesting report on the growing linkages between India and Russia through petroleum. As the article notes: “…While India and China have booming economies, they share the similarity of both being energy-deficient and relying on imports. India is casting eyes across the Hindu Kush and is considering developing energy ties with its […]
Read more »Gazprom Looks To Fuel Growth
December 10th, 2008
As recently reported in The Financial Times, Gazprom – Russia’s state-controlled gas group – is “very comfortable” with commodity prices at present levels and is pressing ahead with its plans to increase capital spending next year, according to its deputy chief executive. As the article notes: “…In June, it was the world’s third-largest company by […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s Petro Optimism
December 10th, 2008
As recently featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes, Saudi Arabia continues to feel bullish about its petroleum prospects despite the falling price of oil. As the interview with Ali Al-Naimi, the Saudi oil minister and de facto head of the OPEC oil cartel, noted: “If most Americans had an opportunity to sit down with the oil […]
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.