India’s Track 3: Afghan-Iran Rail Link
November 2nd, 2011
Via The Hindustan Times, a report that India is planning a rail linkage of Iran and Afghanistan: “…In a bold move to assert itself in the Af-Pak region and reduce Pakistan’s room for manoeuvre, India is finalising a plan to construct a 900-km railway line that will connect Chabahar port in Iran, being built with […]
Read more »Afghan Iron Ore And India’s Resource Diplomacy
July 7th, 2011
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on the global competition for access to Afghanistan’s iron deposits: “…India is well-versed in resource diplomacy. Just a day after the Pentagon published projections for Afghanistan’s mineral fortune last year, New Delhi called itself Kabul’s ‘natural ally’ and set up ministerial meetings. Now, less than a year later, […]
Read more »India: Russia’ing Its Search For More Oil
December 22nd, 2010
Via The Financial Times, an article on India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s quest for Russian oil assets, in particular its consideration of an equity tie-up with Sistema, Russia’s fastest growing oil company. As the report notes: “…ONGC has made no secret of its desire to acquire Russian oil assets to ease India’s dependence on […]
Read more »A Tiger On The Prowl: India Invests In Africa
October 28th, 2010
Via Bloomberg, a report that Indian entrepreneurs and investors are actively investing in Africa. As the article notes: “…Indian billionaire Ravi Ruia flew to Africa every month for the past 18 months, buying coal mines in Mozambique, half an oil refinery in Kenya and a call center in South Africa for his Essar Group. This […]
Read more »A Tiger In Oman
July 21st, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting look at India’s efforts to cultivate emerging markets of its own, such as Oman. As the article notes: “…While Indian companies struggle to expand in neighbouring countries in south Asia, they are making considerable headway in the Gulf and Africa. Unlike their Chinese counterparts, many do so without […]
Read more »A Tiger On The Prowl In Africa
July 16th, 2010
Via Bloomberg, an interesting report on Indian Oil Corporation’s plans to acquire oilfields in Africa as part of a $1 billion overseas investment strategy. As the article notes: “…Africa is top of our list to buy assets because it is near India and has good quality crude,” Brij Mohan Bansal said in an interview at […]
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.