Cuba’s Black Gold…
March 19th, 2009
Via Energy Daily, details on Cuba’s recent efforts to negotiate oil exploration and production deals with Russia, China and Angola, with its focus on Moscow shaping up as the partnership that could make the communist island nation energy self-sufficient. As the article notes: “…The Cuban oil industry’s venturing out into deep sea waters in the […]
Read more »Venezuela and Russia Form JV To Explore For Oil
March 18th, 2009
Courtesy of The International Herald Tribune, a report detailing the plans for Venezuela and Russia to form a joint company to work together on oil projects. As the article notes: “…Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called the formation of a Russian-Venezuelan energy company an important step. He said it will “open operations not only in Venezuela, […]
Read more »Venezuela’s Oil: “At The Service of China”
March 16th, 2009
Via Bloomberg, a report that PetroChina Co. and Venezuela will build a refinery in Guangdong province that will rival the biggest Chinese oil-processing plant by capacity as the two nations reinforce their energy ties. As the article notes: “…PetroChina, the country’s largest oil company, will “further realize” the agreements with Venezuela on the 400,000 barrel-a-day […]
Read more »Axis of Oil Springs A Leak…
February 18th, 2009
Via Newsweek, an interesting look at the impact that plunging oil prices have had upon what many consider to be “unfriendly” regimes such as Iran and Venezuela. As the article notes “…What a difference a half a year makes. Last summer, when oil prices hit an all-time high of $147 a barrel, so did the […]
Read more »Venezuela Quietly Courting Big Oil Once Again
January 15th, 2009
Via The International Herald Tribune, a report that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who initially reveled in describing the crash as proof of capitalism’s flaws, is now quietly courting Western oil companies once again. As the article notes: “…Until recently, buoyed by the surging price of oil, Chávez had pushed foreign oil companies here into a […]
Read more »Part of the Axis of Oil Springs A Leak
October 21st, 2008
Via The International Herald Tribune, an interesting look at the recent (mis)fortunes of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela in their bids to challenge United States hegemony in the aftermath of falling oil prices. As the article notes: “…For all three nations, oil money was a means to an ideological end. President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela used […]
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.