A Gas OPEC? Turkmenistan Being Pushed To Follow Russia’s Lead In Gas Games
April 10th, 2023
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on how – while China has been Turkmenistan’s top buyer of natural gas for more than a decade – Russia has regained some leverage over Ashgabat and intends to use it, experts say.: At a time when gas-rich Turkmenistan could be pushing to diversify its export paths, it is […]
Read more »A Chinese Businessman on Doing Business Inside North Korea
April 10th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, commentary from a Chinese businessman doing business inside North Korea: The land route between Hunchun in China and Najin-Sonbong in North Korea was recently reopened after being closed for close to three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening has enabled Chinese business owners who built factories in Najin-Sonbong – but […]
Read more »How Viable Is Russia and Iran’s ‘Sanctions-Evasion’ Corridor?
April 10th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Monitor, an article on the proposed Russia/Iran trade corridor: Isolated by the West, Russia and Iran are looking to ease sanctions pressure by forging a new economic corridor that boosts bilateral trade and connects them with fast-growing India – but the project’s effectiveness could yet be undermined by sanctions as well as logistical […]
Read more »China’s $540 Million Energy Deal With Taliban in Afghanistan: What Does It Mean?
March 4th, 2023
Via The Geopolitics, an article on China’s $540 million energy deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan: The Taliban celebrated the signing of their first international deal since taking power in August 2021 with a televised event on January 5, 2023. The document signed is a contract for the exploitation of oil reserves in northern Afghanistan with a […]
Read more »UAE Working On 26 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements
March 4th, 2023
Via National News, a report that the UAE is working on 26 comprehensive economic partnership agreements with foreign countries: The UAE is working towards signing 26 comprehensive economic partnership agreements (Cepas) as it seeks to attract more investments and diversify its economy, said Abdulla bin Touq, UAE Minister of Economy. “We have already signed Cepas with India, Indonesia and […]
Read more »How Algeria Aims To Boost Its Non-Oil Exports
March 4th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Algeria’s efforts to diversify its exports: Between 2019 and 2022, international sales of sugar, oil, cement and steel quadrupled. Algiers is now hoping to make $10bn annually to accelerate its economy’s diversification. In these vast arid plains where no trees grow, there are endless rows of greenhouses […]
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.