Will the Trump Administration Grant the Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project a Sanctions Waiver?
January 22nd, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – if Pakistan does not keep its part of the pipeline agreement with Iran – it will have to shell out a potential $18 billion to Tehran: Pakistan’s Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik announced in December that he planned to request a sanctions waiver for the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project from […]
Read more »Namibia’s Oil Dreams In Danger, or Just Delayed?
January 20th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a look at whether – with Shell writing down a $400m investment, and Chevron backing out – questions should arise about Namibia’s hopes to become a frontier oil producer: Namibia, once considered the “last frontier” for untapped oil reserves, has been the focus of global energy giants since major offshore discoveries […]
Read more »Gwadar International Airport: A Catalyst for Regional Prosperity and Employment Opportunities
January 20th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the long-anticipated operationalization of the New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) which marks a transformative chapter in the development of Gwadar and its surrounding regions: The long-anticipated operationalization of the New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) marks a transformative chapter in the development of Gwadar and its surrounding regions. This state-of-the-art […]
Read more »Qatar Bets On Affordable Housing in India, Indonesia
January 20th, 2025
Via Semafor, an article on Qatar’s investment interest in affordable housing: Gulf real estate investments usually revolve around prime properties in cosmopolitan cities, but Qatar’s latest deals are a bit downmarket. The Qatar Investment Authority, Doha’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined private equity firm Warburg Pincus and other investors to buy a $141 million stake in […]
Read more »BRICS Adds Nigeria; Expands to 54.6% of World Population
January 19th, 2025
Via Geopolitical Economy, a report on BRICS addition of a new partner in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with no. 6 population on Earth. BRICS+ now has 10 members & 9 partners, comprising 54.6% of world population & 42.2% of global GDP (PPP) BRICS continues to grow. On 17 January, it officially admitted Nigeria as […]
Read more »Development Finance in Africa: The New Rerrain for US?China Rivalry
January 19th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, commentary on how – as tensions grow around issues like critical minerals and debt – Chinese discourse about development is increasingly becoming more geopolitical: The US and China spend billions of dollars annually on development finance initiatives in Africa. The continent is consistently the largest recipient of loans, humanitarian assistance and […]
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.