Exxon Hopes to Repeat Guyana’s Oil Boom Offshore Trinidad and Tobago
October 8th, 2026
Via Seeking Alpha, a look at Exxon Mobil’s growing interest in Trinidad and Tobago: ExxonMobil is looking to replicate Guyana’s oil and gas boom off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, the company’s head of exploration told the Financial Times in an interview Tuesday. “A lot of people ask, where’s the next Guyana? In Trinidad, […]
Read more »Iran War Pushes QatarEnergy into Africa for Expansion
October 6th, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at QatarEnergty’s push into Africa: QatarEnergy, the world’s second-largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), is pushing deeper into Africa in search of growth as conflict in the Middle East chokes its exports. In September, the Qatari state group took a stake in Blocks 8 and 22 off Angola […]
Read more »Houthis Tighten Grip on Bab el-Mandeb – and African Ports May Lose Out
September 28th, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how soaring fuel costs are tempting carriers back to Bab el-Mandeb, threatening West Africa’s mega-ship boom. Only a handful of deepwater hubs, and Djibouti, look set to gain. Iran’s Houthi allies have tightened their grip on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, opening a second front against global shipping just […]
Read more »How China Took Control of Africa’s Lithium
September 25th, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – from Zimbabwe to Mali and Ghana – Chinese companies have come to dominate Africa’s emerging lithium industry, bringing an ability to buy, build and process when western rivals hesitate. The latest piece of Africa’s lithium industry to fall into Chinese hands is in Ghana. On 17 […]
Read more »Egypt’s Next Economy Lies Beyond the Suez Canal
September 24th, 2026
Via AllAfrica, a look at how – for centuries – Egypt’s power has flowed from the Nile and its position between continents. In the twenty-first century, the question is whether geography can become industry—and strategic relevance become broadly shared prosperity. Few countries possess geography as economically consequential as Egypt’s. More than 110 million people live […]
Read more »Why Is the US Eyeing Gwadar Port?
September 24th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Washington may translate its interest in Gwadar and the region around it into a policy to establish its presence there? In May, Gwadar Port handled a 53,277-ton steel billet shipment aboard a Chinese vessel whose original destination was Sohar Port in Oman. The ship was diverted to Gwadar […]
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.