Caspian Pipeline Politics: Gazprom’s Monopolistic Actions Backfiring
July 7th, 2008
 As we have discussed many times previously, the existing pipeline architecture of Central Asia represents the regional imperialism of Cold War Russia, despite Turkmen and Kazakh flirtations with new Trans-Caspian pipeline projects to Azerbaijan to circumvent the Russian control over exports to Western Europe. A recent article by Robert M. Cutler of Carleton University in […]
Read more »Russia Oil Companies Eye Gulf Of Mexico Exploration via Cuba
July 2nd, 2008
Via DowJones, a report that Russian energy companies OAO Gazprom (OGZPY) and OAO Lukoil Holdings (LUKOY) may revive Soviet-era ties to enter the oil-rich Gulf of the Mexico – through its Cuban backdoor. As the article notes: “…Gazprom and Lukoil “are interested by” Cuban hydrocarbons acreage, the country’s Basic Industry Minister Yadira Garcia told Dow […]
Read more »Lukoil, Cuba, and Venezuela
June 27th, 2008
As adroitly analyzed in Stratfor (subscription required), Russian oil firm LUKoil’s plans to purchase a refinery in Cuba are on hold because of the difficulty of investing in crude production in Venezuela. As the article notes: “…Russian oil firm LUKoil’s plans to expand into Cuba have been put on hold. LUKoil wanted to buy a […]
Read more »Gazprom’s Vision
June 27th, 2008
As reported by The Financial Times, Gazprom recently set out a vaulting vision of its future status as the world’s most powerful energy company. As the article notes: “…Alexey Miller told the Financial Times that the world was undergoing “a great surge in oil and gas prices . . . which will end with prices at a radically new […]
Read more »Russia’s Gas Market
June 26th, 2008
Via The Financial Times, an interesting look the future of the Russian gas market as the long-awaited natural gas price liberalization slowly begins to take hold in that country. As the article notes: “…With energy prices riding high you might expect investors would be lining up to invest in a fund that bets on Russia’s […]
Read more »Iran
June 26th, 2008
Via Arabian Business, an interesting look at Iran’s petroleum and shipping sectors. As the article notes: “…According to most independent analysis, Iran has proven oil reserves of around 136 billion barrels, with 40 production sites – 27 of which are onshore and 13 offshore. In 2006 Iran produced 3.8 million bbl/d of crude oil, equal […]
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.