YPF: Is The End Near?
April 5th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a look at how Argentina’s turmoil is affecting its largest oil company, YPF: As chess players know, the queen is the most powerful piece, able to advance a number of steps in several directions at any time. It looks like Cristina Fernández, Argentina’s president has been honing her chess skills as […]
Read more »Don’t Cry For Me: Argentina Clobbers ‘Big Oil’
February 6th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a report on the Argentinian government’s decision to scrap an incentives plan to encourage big oil companies to produce and refine more. As the article notes: As usual, Argentina has a ready explanation. But the timing of the government’s decision to scrap an incentives plan to encourage big oil companies to […]
Read more »Argentina: China’s New Investment Frontier
December 18th, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on China’s increased investment in Argentina. As the article notes: When China’s largest oil producer looked overseas 14 years ago for places to invest, it settled on the then-untapped riches of Sudan.That investment, in 1996, kicked off a string of deals in Africa, as Chinese state-owned oil companies […]
Read more »Argentina: China’s New Africa
July 14th, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting analysis of China’s interest in – and approach towards – Argentina. As the article notes: Being a commodity-hungry emerging power with plenty of cash can be a frustrating occupation sometimes. The goods are out there, the price is right, but getting hold of the stuff (be it oil, […]
Read more »CNOOC Finds A Willing Argentinian Bridas
March 16th, 2010
Via Energy Daily, a report that China’s overseas hydrocarbon acquisition activities continue, this time in Argentina. As the article notes: “…China’s state-owned energy giant Cnooc said Sunday it would pay 3.1 billion US dollars for a 50-percent stake in an Argentinian-owned energy company , the latest in a string of acquisitions. Cnooc said the deal, […]
Read more »Latin America 2009
January 2nd, 2009
Via NuWire Investor, an interesting analysis of investment & economic prospects in Latin America. As the article notes The “right” Latin America will thrive in the New Year, fueled by ts own growth—with an assist from the continued hot growth from China—while the “wrong” Latin America will get left behind. The second phase of emerging […]
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.