Bolivia Stops Gas Sales To Argentina, Shifts Toward Brazil
October 6th, 2024
Via MercoPress, a report on Bolivia’s shift towards Brazil for gas sales: After terminating the supply to Argentina, Bolivia will up its gas pumping towards Brazil according to an agreement between YPFB and Petrobras. Buenos Aires announced it would no longer be needing Bolivian gas since Vaca Muerta, the second-largest reserve in the world and […]
Read more »Petrobras in Transition
March 8th, 2024
Via Phenomenal World, an interview on Brazil’s Petrobras: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign for his third term as Brazil’s president was defined by the idea of reconstruction. This encompassed a political recovery from the antidemocratic reign of Jair Bolsonaro, as well as the promise of reindustrialization and a green transition for Brazil’s economy. Key […]
Read more »Petrobras Looks to China for Green Partners – and More Oil
December 7th, 2023
Via Dialogo Chino, a report on Petrobras, Brazil’s state oil firm, which has signed deals with Chinese companies on clean energy and oil exploration: As the COP28 climate conference opens in Dubai next week, Brazil will be presenting a contradiction to the world: while promising to accelerate its energy transition, the country continues to invest massively in oil. One […]
Read more »Petrobras Eyes New Investments In Guyana, Venezuela and Bolivia
June 3rd, 2023
Via Upstream Online, a report that Brazil’s Petrobras is eyeing new investments in Guyana, Venezuela and Bolivia: Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras is assessing the possibility of carrying out fresh investments throughout South America. The signalling of a possible to return to regional investments came as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva this week […]
Read more »Bolivia Diverts LNG To Argentina, Leaving Brazil In The Dark
May 26th, 2022
Via MercoPress, a report that Bolivia is diverting LNG to Argentina, leaving Brazil 7 million cm short per day: Bolivia is diverting natural gas to Argentina, and unexpectedly has reduced the supply to Petrobras by 30% this month, catching the state-owned company off guard. As a result, Petrobras experienced a loss of more or less than […]
Read more »The World’s Largest State-Owned Oil Companies
January 12th, 2021
Via Visual Capitalist, a look at the world’s largest state-owned oil companies: Oil is one of the world’s most important natural resources, playing a critical role in everything from transportation fuels to cosmetics. For this reason, many governments choose to nationalize their supply of oil. This gives them a greater degree of control over their 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.