China’s Global Oil Ambitions
November 4th, 2009
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an excellent look at the reach of China’s state oil companies around the globe. As the article notes: On a leafy street in Almaty, a few hundred miles from Kazakhstan’s border with China, the elegant mansion of China National Petroleum Corporation is kept under close guard. Behind its closed shutters, […]
Read more »An Energy Corridor For China’s Oil In Sudan?
October 16th, 2009
Courtesy of Energy Daily, a report that China and Kenya are discussing a huge project to develop a port on the Kenyan coast and a corridor creating a new export route for China’s oil in Sudan’s secessionist south. As the article notes: Most of Sudan’s oil is in the south — which has a semi-autonomous […]
Read more »Russia Gives China Gas
October 13th, 2009
Via The New York Times, news that Gazprom signed a general trade agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation during a state visit by Russian officials. As the article notes: “…The deal calls for the supply of nearly 2.5 trillion cubic feet of gas per year via two potential routes originating from Siberia. China has one […]
Read more »China: Interested In Mining North Korea’s Mineral Wealth
October 7th, 2009
Via The Financial Times, a report that China aims to gain access to North Korea’s mineral wealth. As the article notes: “… if resource-hungry China hopes revived camaraderie will also grant it a large bite of North Korea’s massive untapped mineral wealth, analysts and diplomats warn, Beijing could be sorely disappointed. North Korea’s mineral wealth […]
Read more »CNOOC’ing On Nigeria’s Door…
September 29th, 2009
Via The Globe and Mail, a report that China is in talks with Nigeria to buy large stakes in some of the world’s richest oil blocs in a deal that would eclipse Beijing’s previous efforts to secure crude overseas. As the article notes: “…The attempt could pitch the Chinese into competition with western oil groups, […]
Read more »In From The Cold: Myanmar No Longer An Outpost of Tyranny
September 27th, 2009
Courtesy of Stratfor (subscription required), analysis of recent U.S. moves to modify its policy toward Myanmar by moving beyond the current sanctions regime to include direct engagement with the military government, a strategy that could weaken China’s influence in a country that is playing an increasing role in China’s overseas energy strategy. As the article […]
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.