China’s Largest Green Hydrogen Mega Project Hints at Vast Potential
September 30th, 2023
Courtesy of Caixing Global, a report on a mega solar-to-hydrogen factory has been commissioned in China: A mega solar-to-hydrogen factory has been commissioned in China, marking a milestone for the country’s — and potentially the world’s — effort to produce more green hydrogen, a fuel seen as key for slashing global greenhouse gas emissions. The […]
Read more »Sonatrach, QatarEnergy Face Off Over Gas Supply To Europe
September 27th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on how Algeria’s Sonatrach and QatarEnergy are battling to bolster their status as key partners on the Old Continent as winter approaches: Algerian Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab and Qatari Ambassador Abdulaziz Ali Al-Naama met in Algiers in mid-August to discuss the development of new bilateral projects. Behind this […]
Read more »China’s Sinopec Dives Deeper Into Geothermal Energy
September 22nd, 2023
Courtesy of Caixin Global, a report on China’s Sinopec’s deeper exploration of geothermal energy: China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., the state-owned energy giant known as Sinopec, is making a bigger push into a renewable energy generated by heat within the earth as the country looks to diversify its sources of green energy. Sinopec’s push could serve […]
Read more »Gas Pains: Bolivia Running Out of Natural Gas
September 10th, 2023
Via Merco Press, an article on Bolivia’s natural gas woes: Bolivian president Luis Arce, announced on September 1st. that the country’s natural gas reserves have been depleted, and exports to Argentina and Brazil will be interrupted, leaving a massive hole in the economy of the country. “We have hit rock bottom,” Arce said in a […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Signals Major Change In Energy-Export Stance
August 19th, 2023
Via Eurasianet, a report on Ashgabat’s shifting position which opens the way for expansion of natural gas supplies to Europe: A big shift is brewing for Caspian Basin energy exports. In a diplomatic about-face, Turkmenistan has signaled its readiness to develop a Trans-Caspian pipeline that potentially could increase natural gas deliveries to the European Union. […]
Read more »Niger Tensions Threaten Chinese Pipeline and Dam Projects
August 11th, 2023
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on how current turmoil in Niger has impacted Chinese investment projects: Rising tensions in Niger are casting a shadow over Chinese interests there, following reports that the construction of a dam has been suspended, adding to worries that a PetroChina-backed export pipeline set to be completed at the end […]
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.