Latin America: Set To Become A Major Oil Producer This Decade
July 12th, 2023
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at Latin America’s oil production future, where Brazil and Guyana are preparing for a bonanza but declining demand threatens the rest of the region: In deep blue waters off the coast of Guyana, gargantuan ships are sucking oil from reservoirs three kilometres below the surface. These machines are transforming the […]
Read more »China’s Growing Influence in Latin America
June 27th, 2023
Via the Council on Foreign Relations, a detailed look at how – for more than two decades – China has developed close economic and security ties with many Latin American countries, including Brazil and Venezuela: Summary China is South America’s top trading partner and a major source of both foreign direct investment and lending in […]
Read more »Venezuela Has More Than Just Oil and China Knows It
June 10th, 2023
Via National Interest, a look at why Venezuela’s mineral wealth is of particular interest to Beijing, and why the CCP is willing to invest heavily to ensure its extraction: On May 17, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro received a delegation group led by Lin Mingxiang, vice minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party’s […]
Read more »Petrobras Eyes New Investments In Guyana, Venezuela and Bolivia
June 3rd, 2023
Via Upstream Online, a report that Brazil’s Petrobras is eyeing new investments in Guyana, Venezuela and Bolivia: Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras is assessing the possibility of carrying out fresh investments throughout South America. The signalling of a possible to return to regional investments came as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva this week […]
Read more »How the Ukraine War Gave Venezuelan Oil an Opening
June 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of Geopolitical Futures, a report on how Caracas is taking advantage of a key opportunity to revive its energy sector: For years, the Venezuelan economy has been largely disconnected from Western markets. The war in Ukraine, however, initiated a sort of restructuring of the global energy market, sparking renewed interest in Venezuela’s potential as […]
Read more »Say Cheese! Argentina & Venezuela Produce More Cheese Than Switzerland
March 1st, 2023
Courtesy of Latinometrics, a surprising graphic on Argentina and Venezuela’s cheese production: The first cheese factory in the world opened its doors in Switzerland in 1815. However, the first concrete evidence of cheese-making comes from present-day Poland, making the food staple 7.5K+ years old and deeply ingrained in European culture. Needless to say, they’ve mastered the craft. In fact, […]
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.