TotalEnergies Expands Its Suriname Presence
December 16th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, a report on TotalEnergies growing activity in Suriname as it takes a new offshore exploration license: TotalEnergies’ presence in Suriname. Credit: TotalEnergies TotalEnergies and its partners QatarEnergy and Petronas have signed a production sharing contract for Block 64 with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie), the State-owned oil company of Suriname. Block 64 was awarded […]
Read more »How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time
December 16th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how more than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa and – despite growing resentment at France – Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language: French, by most estimates the world’s fifth most spoken language, is changing — perhaps […]
Read more »China’s Essential Role in the Gulf States’ Energy Transitions
December 16th, 2023
Via the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an article on China’s essential role in the Gulf States’ energy transitions: After a sluggish start, Gulf states are getting serious about the energy transition. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are embarking on a concerted effort to decarbonize their power grids and seek regional and international […]
Read more »Kudu Gas: A Transformative Leap for Namibia Towards Energy Independence
December 16th, 2023
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a report on Namibia’s Kudu Gas project: Expected to start commercial production in 2026, the Kudu Conventional Gas Development in Namibia’s Orange Basin is poised to be a game changer for the country’s energy sector. Last month, the government announced plans to collaborate with oil and gas supermajors TotalEnergies and […]
Read more »Mexico’s Banking Industry
December 16th, 2023
Via Latinometics, a look at Mexico’s banking industry and the surprising ascendancy of Mercado Pago: Longtime Latinometrics readers – intelectuales, as we call them – will know that we once called Brazil the banking capital of Latin America. We stand by that assessment, given that five of the region’s biggest banks are based there. But don’t think for one second […]
Read more »Billionaire Mark Cuban Backing $1 Billion Congo Carbon Plan
December 15th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on a $1B project in the Democratic Republic of Congo related to carbon credits: dClimate signs MoU with Congo government to start registry Deal eyes $1 billion in credits over 10 years at $7 to $10 A climate startup backed by investors including billionaire Mark Cuban signed a preliminary deal to generate […]
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.