The Central Station Of The New Silk Road Has Emerged
May 3rd, 2017
Courtesy of Forbes, a look at the Khorgos Gateway in Kazakhstan: Khorgos Gateway, a major new dry port that’s rising up from the desert in Kazakhstan’s eastern borderlands, has just taken the next step in the process of developing into the great crossroads of nations that it has been posited to become — a central […]
Read more »Inside Kazakhstan’s Incredible Economic Transformation
December 7th, 2016
Via Forbes, an interesting look at Kazakhstan: Suitably, the headquarters of National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna is located in a pair of opulent gold-mirrored towers that rise up from the heart of Astana, the 19-year-old planned capital of Kazakhstan. Standing out stark and meaningfully from the menagerie of futuristic, contorted, anachronistic, and otherwise mismatching architecture of […]
Read more »Kazakhstan: Saving the State Oil Company May Devastate the Sector
August 2nd, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required) analysis on plans for KazMunaiGas to take full ownership of its lucrative subsidiary, KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP): Forecast As KazMunaiGas struggles to secure international investment, it will prepare to take full ownership of its lucrative subsidiary, KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP). The aggressive move could drain KMG EP’s cash […]
Read more »Energy: Key To India’s Central Asia Reset
July 11th, 2015
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the energy objectives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s current tour of the five Central Asian republics: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s current tour of the five Central Asian republics will signal whether India has the capacity to become a major power in Eurasia. Occurring half on his way to the July 9-10 […]
Read more »Delays At Kazakhstan’s Kashagan Energy Project Could Benefit Russia
April 15th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an analysis of how delays in Kashagan could benefit Russia: A general view on June 30, 2013, shows the Bolashak oil plant on the Kashagan offshore oil field near Atyrau in Kazakhstan. Summary Reports have surfaced in recent weeks that production at the massive Kashagan oil project in Kazakhstan may […]
Read more »Kazakhstan’s Downturn Ripples Into Neighboring Economies
April 11th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed analysis of the impact of Kazakhstan’s economic downturn on its neighboring countries: The Byterek Tower is viewed from outside the Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, as a soldier stands guard July 1, 2013. Summary Central Asia’s economic stability is in question after the Kazakh economy began declining and […]
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.