Angola’s Oil Future
July 2nd, 2008
From The Oil Drum, an excellent analysis of Angola’s oil future. As the article notes: “Angola is one of the few oil producing countries with a bright future ahead. Decades of war prevented the country from developing its energy resources properly, but is now becoming one of the largest world oil exporters in a period […]
Read more »A Scramble to Exploit Africa’s Significant Gas Reserves
January 28th, 2008
As reported in a recent Financial Times article, with Europe concerned over Russia’s political motives in exploiting its energy wealth and big international companies shut out or deterred from investing in the Middle East, many eyes have turned to Africa in the hope of securing future supplies of gas. However, as companies scramble to gain […]
Read more »Scramble for Africa…The “Final Frontier” of Conventional Sources of Oil
January 25th, 2008
As reported by Reuters, high oil prices and the onslaught of resource nationalism from Russia to South America have sent Western majors delving ever deeper into the waters of the Gulf of Guinea, triggering a new scramble for Africa. As the article notes: “…Unlike more established oil-producing regions, the Gulf of Guinea offers easy access […]
Read more »Angola + Brazil = The World’s First Supermajor from The Developing World
January 1st, 2008
Via Stratfor (subscription required), a highly interesting report about an emerging partnership between state-owned Angolan oil company Sonangol and Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras). The results could transform the global oil industry as any Brazilian-Angolan cooperation could herald the large-scale entry of Petrobras into the Angolan offshore, giving the world its first (but certainly not last) supermajor […]
Read more »$100 Oil: Creating a New World Order
November 10th, 2007
An interesting look by The New York Times at how the approach of triple-digit oil prices has redrawn the economic and political map of the world, causing oil-rich nations to enjoy historic gains and opportunities, while major importers — including China and India — confront rising economic and social costs. “…Managing this new order is […]
Read more »CHIMEA: A New Hub of International Commerce?
October 22nd, 2007
Martin Walker offers an interesting look at the emergence of a new hub of international commerce around the India Ocean which he has dubbed CHIMEA (China, India, the Middle East and Africa) in which Arab capital and energy — along with Indian & Chinese skills, investments and markets — are combining to present Africa with […]
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.