Azerbaijan-Russia-Iran Railway Corridor
June 20th, 2008
From Today.az, news that the construction of the Kazvin-Resht-Astara railroad is scheduled for completion in 2012. As the article notes: “…the Azerbaijan-Russia-Iran meeting of the work groups, engaged in the implementation of the international North-South transport corridor finished in Baku yesterday. At the session the Iranian side informed about work conducted in the construction of […]
Read more »Gazprom and China: Race to Ogoniland
June 16th, 2008
Via Robert Amsterdam’s excellent blog, news that Gazprom and several Chinese state-held firms are aggressively pursuing these gas field stakes left behind by Shell in Nigeria’s troubled Ogoniland- and the government of Umaru Yar’adua has indicated that it will entertain an offer from the group bringing the best infrastructure (read corporate foreign policy) package to […]
Read more »A Knot of Pipeline Projects/Proposals: The Caspian Conundrum
June 13th, 2008
Via Radio Free Europe, an insightful look at the multitude of Caspian pipeline projects that leaders of the Caspian Sea littoral states — Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran — and others such as the EU and U.S. are discussing, debating, funding, and developing. As the article notes: “…we are in the middle of a […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Great (Oil and Gas) Game
June 13th, 2008
Via The Geotimes, an interesting look at the machinations around Central Asian hydrocarbon resources. As the article notes: “…Today for Central Asiatic countries of the Caspian project (via Russia), there are only two alternatives for the West and the East. The Western direction is represented by the trans-Caspian gas pipeline, which passes at the bottom […]
Read more »Resource Nationalism and The New Seven Sisters
June 8th, 2008
A very interesting Reuters article on how resource nationalism — countries nationalizing and controlling their domestic oil industries — is changing the way global oil markets respond to higher prices. After all, when you can revenue acceleration from a finite resource without increasing supply, why bother pumping more? As the report notes: “…Resource nationalism in […]
Read more »A Knot of Pipeline Projects/Proposals: The Caspian Conundrum
June 6th, 2008
Via Radio Free Europe, an insightful look at the multitude of Caspian pipeline projects that leaders of the Caspian Sea littoral states — Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran — and others such as the EU and U.S. are discussing, debating, funding, and developing. As the article notes: “…we are in the middle of a […]
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.