Not Just Oil: Wind Farms of the Middle East
May 5th, 2024
Via The Green Prophet, a look at some of the Middle East’s most significant wind energy projects: In recent years, the Middle East has emerged as a significant player in renewable energy, embracing the potential of wind power to diversify its energy mix and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Despite being synonymous with oil-rich landscapes, […]
Read more »Zain: The Remarkable Story of a Small Kuwaiti Telecoms Firm that Became a Global Giant
April 16th, 2024
Via Emerging World, a review of a book on a sleepy Kuwaiti telecoms firm which surged to prominence on the back of visionary leadership and a string of acquisitions, most notably a big bet on Africa from 2003-2009: “History will be be kind to me,” the late Winston Churchill once famously said, “because I intend […]
Read more »A Transformative Railway Bazaar
July 24th, 2022
Via The Economist, a look at how a new web of railways could transform the Middle East and Africa: Not since the Hijaz railway between Damascus and the holy city of Medina was ruptured by the British buccaneer-cum-scholar T.E. Lawrence in the first world war has overland travel out of Saudi Arabia’s hinterland seemed so […]
Read more »East Africa: The Last Great Frontier In the Hunt For Hydrocarbons?
March 13th, 2010
Via Time, an interesting report on the renewed interest in East Africa’s hydrocarbon potential. As the article notes: “…According to local lore, Portuguese travelers as far back as the late 19th century suspected that oil might lie beneath parts of East Africa after noticing a thick, greasy sediment wash up on the shores of Mozambique. […]
Read more »Noor and Far: Kuwaiti Investment In Gazprom
January 26th, 2009
Via The New York Times, a report that Kuwaiti investment firm Noor Financial Investment Co. will join with the Russian oil and gas giant’s Gazprom Geofizika subsidiary to form one venture in Russia and another in Kuwait. As the article notes: “…Both joint ventures will provide oil and gas production, repair and maintenance services. …Gazprom […]
Read more »City of Silk Rail Network to Link Middle East & China
August 4th, 2008
Via Inhabitat, news that Camassive urban masterplan has been approved for Madinat al-Hareer, or City of Silk, in Subiya, Kuwait. With a budget of £66 billion ($132bn USD), the project is an ambitious endeavor that will provide a rail network between major Middle East cities and China. As the article notes: “…Kuwait, Damascus, Baghdad, 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.