Namibia’s Top Energy Priorities Through 2030
March 11th, 2024
Via Namibia Business Express, a report on Namibia’s top energy priorities through 2030: Bryan Eiseb, Executive Director of Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has outlined Namibia’s top energy development priorities between now and 2030 highlighting amongst others a complete overhaul of the existing regulatory framework to ensure competitive, attractive terms for investors, as well […]
Read more »Big Oil’s Success In Namibia Will Push Others To Drill for Growth
March 10th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Namibia’s growing potential in the global oil markets: Those arguing that higher oil prices are ahead often point in evidence to a chronic lack of investment in oil exploration of late. Without sufficient capital put into large, offshore projects, crude supply will wither, they say. In fact, […]
Read more »Washington Wants to Revive a Critical Minerals Mega-Railway Through Africa
March 3rd, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, an article on the Lobito Corridor: As geopolitical tensions electrify the global scramble for critical minerals—the raw materials that underpin advanced defense systems and clean energy technologies—the United States and China have been racing to expand their influence over the mineral market in Africa. The world’s F-35 fighter jets, electric vehicle (EV) […]
Read more »Namibia’s Progressive Leap Towards a Green Hydrogen Economy
February 5th, 2024
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a report on Namibia’s green hydrogen ambitions: In the past 12 months, Namibia has seen several updates to its leading hydrogen projects, as well as launched new developments. Last November, the Namibia Green Hydrogen Institute partnered with Germany’s Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing to pilot a green hydrogen […]
Read more »New Scamble for Africa
February 3rd, 2024
Via the Belt and Road Blog, commentary on Africa, China, geopolitics, and the Global South: This January, the foreign ministers of China and the USA went on a tour of Africa in quick succession. US government circles described it as a coincidence, although it is clear that the respective Chinese foreign minister is making his first […]
Read more »Namibia: Black Gold – Boon, Boom or Bust?
January 29th, 2024
Via The Brief, commentary on Namibia’s hydrocarbon optimism: Namibia’s oil discoveries have been a source of optimism for the future trajectory of the economy. Yet with great excitement comes caution, as other countries’ experiences internationally, provide stark lessons on the double-edged sword of oil riches. Namibia stands at a crossroads – with a choice between […]
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.