Persian Glut?
June 26th, 2015
Via Quartz, a look at Iran’s investment potential and impact on global oil markets: Businesses around the world are preparing for the largest geopolitically triggered financial bonanza since the 1991 Soviet breakup: Iran’s reopening for business. Look for large new oil and other commercial deals, and lower global oil prices. The last stage of talks […]
Read more »Turkmenistan: Potential To Alter the Russia-West Standoff
June 25th, 2015
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of Turkmenistan’s potential role in altering the Russia-West standoff: On Thursday, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak expressed interest in potentially increasing Russia’s natural gas imports from Turkmenistan. The same day, the Kazakh parliament ratified an agreement on the delineation of the Caspian Sea boundaries between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. While […]
Read more »North Korea: The Secrets Of Office 39
June 24th, 2015
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on how a shadowy organization’s alliance with the Queensway Group is helping Pyongyang bring in cash in the face of isolation: In the middle of last year, the residents of Pyongyang began to notice a new fleet of taxis operating in the North Korean capital. With their maroon and gold […]
Read more »The Grand Design Of China’s New Trade Routes
June 24th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), detailed analysis of China’s new trade routes: Forecast Over the next several years, China will devote significant resources to the construction of Eurasian trade routes under its Belt and Road Initiative. As transit routes come online, the proportion of Chinese maritime trade passing through South China Sea chokepoints will shrink. The […]
Read more »Tajikistan: At The Center Of Central Asian Energy
June 13th, 2015
Via The World Folio, an in-depth look at Tajikistan: The commissioning of a $3.2 billion gas pipeline and hydrocarbon exploration activities put Tajikistan at the center of greenfield energy projects in the region Tajikistan is quickly transforming into a hub for international electro-energy, gas transit and transportation projects. This is largely a result to its unique […]
Read more »Somalia’s Premier Bank To Bring ATMs, Debit Cards To Mogadishu
June 13th, 2015
Via Reuters, an article on Somalia: Somalia’s Premier Bank has struck a deal with Mastercard and will issue debit cards and install ATM machines in the capital of the war-ravaged country, the Islamic lender’s top executive said on Wednesday. The east African nation has struggled for more than two decades with civil war and containing […]
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.