Venezuela’s Regional Geopolitics of Oil & The Unsustainability of Petrocaribe
December 30th, 2007
Several articles have recently been tracking Venezuela’s increasing efforts to utilize its energy reserves & expertise to influence politics in Latin America. As Energy Daily points out, Venezuela is helping a Soviet-era oil refinery in Cuba get back online. As the report notes: “…Chavez is an ardent supporter of improving Cuba’s oil-producing capacity in light […]
Read more »More on the Axis of Oil: Venezuela Pumps (Up) Cuba’s Oil Industry
October 18th, 2007
News via Energy Daily that Cuba and Venezuela have signed agreements aimed at strengthening their economic ties, particularly in the energy sector, where Caracas hopes to bolster Cuba’s oil industry. “…Potential oil reserves off the coast of Cuba have in recent years piqued the interest of both regional and global oil powers like Venezuela, the […]
Read more »Post-Castro Cuban economy … unfolding right now
July 28th, 2007
Tucked neatly into Forbes’ current International Investing Guide edition is Alex Davidson’s interesting piece on Cuba’s investment potential. While much of the focus is on post-embargo opportunities that may emerge in the tourism, agricultural, transport, and infrastructure sectors (especially those for American companies with a large presence in Miami), I found his discussion of Cuba’s […]
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.