Qatar Wealth Fund Considers $3B Pakistan Investment
August 24th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report that the Qatar Wealth Fund is considering $3B Pakistan investment, mostly in airports and hospitality: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund plans to invest $3 billion in key sectors of Pakistan’s economy as the gas-rich Gulf state extends its support to the cash-strapped South Asian nation. The $445 billion Qatar Investment Authority is evaluating strategic investments in […]
Read more »Qataris Invited To Explore Investment Opportunities In Uzbekistan
March 1st, 2021
Via The Peninsula, an article on an invitation to Qatari businessmen to explore investment opportunities in Uzbekistan: Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan H E Furqat Sidikov has invited Qatari businessmen and investors to invest in his country which is replete with plenty of opportunities in several sectors such as energy, agriculture, tourism, and infrastructure. This […]
Read more »Qatar: Taking Over The World
September 2nd, 2013
Courtesy of Fortune magazine, a detailed look at Qatar: As I stepped out of the car on my first full day in Qatar, the 120-degree heat made me feel as if someone had suctioned the oxygen out of my lungs, then pressed down on my chest. But through the front door of a small building […]
Read more »First Africa, Now The Middle East: Beijing’s Drive To Establish Links With Oil Rich States
May 31st, 2010
Courtesy of Terra Daily, a report that China is negotiating with the Persian Gulf state of Qatar to sell an additional 10 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year, on top of the 5 million it already buys. As the article notes: “…This is part of Beijing’s drive to establish strategic energy links with […]
Read more »Go, Go, GOPEC…
December 24th, 2008
Via The Financial Times, a report on the recent meeting of gas exporting countries during which ministers meeting in Moscow transformed what had been an occasional talking shop into a formal body with a permanent secretariat. While, for now, Russia is probably right that “GOPEC” cannot control output and prices, (unlike oil, natural gas relies […]
Read more »GOPEC, Go Figure…
October 27th, 2008
Via The Financial Times, another look at the possibility of a Gas OPEC (GOPEC) and, more specifically, the unlikelihood of its success until LNG infrastructure becomes more pervasive around the world. As the article notes “…Exactly 35 years ago, the Arab oil embargo sent western economies into their worst downturn of the postwar period. So […]
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