Gazprom Grapples With Collapse In Sales to Europe
February 21st, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how Gazprom is grappling with the collapse of its sales to Europe: Vladimir Putin was effusive late last year after Gazprom reported record sales to China, telling chief executive and longtime ally Alexei Miller: “This is great, I congratulate you on the results of your work.” But the […]
Read more »The Final Countdown: Will Russia and Ukraine Renew Gas Transit Deal?
February 15th, 2024
Via Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, analysis of the potential for Russia and Ukraine to renew its gas transit partnership: Extending the transport of Russian gas via Ukraine after 2024 would likely benefit both Russia and Ukraine. Stopping the flow of gas, on the other hand, would be painful for whichever side initiates it. At […]
Read more »India’s ONGC Videsh to Get Some Oil from Venezuela In Lieu of $600M Dividend
February 10th, 2024
Via Reuters, an article on a growing petroleum connection between India and Venezuela: Venezuela has agreed to give some oil to India’s ONGC Videsh to help it recoup its pending $600 million dividend for a stake in a project in the South American nation, India’s oil secretary said on Wednesday. Indian refiners have resumed purchase […]
Read more »Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline: What it Means for West Africa
February 5th, 2024
Courtesy of Energy, Capital, and Power, a report on the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline and what it means for nations such as Nigeria, Algeria, and Niger: The aim of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline – set to run from Nigeria’s resource-rich fields in the Warri region through Niger and to the town of Hassi R’Mel in Algeria […]
Read more »TotalEnergies Lifts Namibian Stakes in Boost for Oil Development
January 14th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on TotalEnergies decision to increase its Namibian development program: CEO says deal is ‘key step’ toward developing Venus discovery Shell and TotalEnergies have made large oil finds off Namibia TotalEnergies SE said lifting its stake in two Namibian oil blocks is a “key step” toward developing the Venus field off the coast […]
Read more »TotalEnergies Expands Its Suriname Presence
December 16th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, a report on TotalEnergies growing activity in Suriname as it takes a new offshore exploration license: TotalEnergies’ presence in Suriname. Credit: TotalEnergies TotalEnergies and its partners QatarEnergy and Petronas have signed a production sharing contract for Block 64 with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie), the State-owned oil company of Suriname. Block 64 was awarded […]
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.