Iran’s Natural Gas Rush Won’t Bring Export Riches — For now
March 16th, 2017
Courtesy of The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s natural gas resources and potential for export led growth: Mohammed Sergie: Iran is on track to out-produce Qatar, the world’s biggest LNG exporter, at the vast natural gas deposit they share in the Persian Gulf. But as much as they might want, the Iranians won’t have much […]
Read more »‘The Time To Invest In Iran Is Now’
March 15th, 2017
Via the Asia Times, a look at how the shift in the global balance of financing power towards Russia, India and China — especially China — is opening up opportunities for Tehran: It’s a beautiful late winter morning, the snowy Alborz mountains glittering under the sun, and Professor Mohammad Marandi from the faculty of world […]
Read more »How Iran Should Translate Its Geopolitical Advantages into Economic Opportunities
March 4th, 2017
Via Iranian Diplomacy, commentary on how Tehran could increase its geopolitical weight by serving as transit route for energy pipelines, and exporting its gas to emerging markets: By serving as transit route for energy pipelines, and exporting its gas to emerging markets, Tehran could increase its geopolitical weight. . Despite an economy revolving around energy, Iran […]
Read more »Privatization In Iran’s Energy Sector
February 4th, 2017
Courtesy of The Iran Project, a report on the pace of privatization of Iran’s oil and gas industry: The recent news that Austrian oil firm OMV has signed a preliminary agreement with Dana Energy, Iran’s largest and perhaps most capable private oil exploration and production firm, heralds the future of Iran’s energy sector. The agreement between an […]
Read more »Pakistan and China: Don’t Fear Chabahar Port
February 1st, 2017
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at what Iran’s Chabahar port deal with India and Afghanistan really means for China and Pakistan’s CPEC: Recently, on the sidelines of the sixth Heart of Asia Conference-Istanbul Process in Amritsar, India, Afghanistan and India planned to start air cargo transportation over Pakistan. The move will help greatly in exporting Afghan goods, such […]
Read more »India, Iran: Cooperating On Central Asia
January 27th, 2017
Via the National Interest, some commentary on how – from security to energy – the two rising powers of India and Iran have many interests in common: Iran and India have long had historical, cultural, and commercial ties. Tracing back a millennium, both countries have framed their shared roots as a “civilizational relationship.” Over the […]
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.