U.S. Grants License To Trinidad And Tobago To Develop Venezuelan Gas Field
January 27th, 2023
Via OilPrice.com, a report that the U.S. has granted a license to Trinidad and Tobago To develop a Venezuelan gas field: The U.S. Treasury has granted a license to Trinidad and Tobago, allowing the Caribbean nation to develop a gas field offshore Venezuela and do business related to the gas field with Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA, […]
Read more »Colombia, Venezuela Reach Joint Investment Protection Agreement
January 22nd, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on Colombia and Venezuela’s steps to cement warmer ties after years of tension: Colombia and Venezuela reached an agreement to strengthen investment protections between the two nations, the latest accord to cement warmer trade relations between the South American neighbors. The agreement is the culmination of talks that sought to “promote […]
Read more »Venezuela’s Economic Inequality
January 19th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, an article on Venezuela’s economic inequality where, as high-end stores open in Caracas, the poor are getting poorer: In mid-November, a glassy Saks Fifth Avenue-like department store opened in Caracas’s wealthy commercial district of Las Mercedes. The store, Avanti, is owned by a Palestinian-Venezuelan businessman and sells high-end fashion brands—Balenciaga, Gucci, Versace, Valentino—and […]
Read more »Venezuela Grows Closer to Mercosur and Argentina
January 1st, 2023
Via MercoPress, an article on Venezuela’s moves to grow closer to Mercosur and Argentina: Venezuela’s return to Mercosur, the resumption of flights between Buenos Aires and Caracas, and an invitation to President Nicolás Maduro to attend the CELAC summit in Buenos Aires next month are some of the signs showing the Argentine government’s rapprochement with Chavismo. […]
Read more »Russia, Venezuela Trade, Energy & Economic Ties On Fast Track Development
December 15th, 2022
Via Russia Briefing, a look at growing economic connections between Russia and Venezuela: Russia’s trade and development strategy with Venezuela has been taking significant steps as the two countries coordinate and enhance their joint investment plans, with significant implications for the global energy market and other markets. We explain these developments as follows: Energy Venezuela […]
Read more »Iran-Venezuela Relationship Expands Beyond Energy
November 24th, 2022
Via Press TV and the Iran Project, a report on the growing relationship between Iran and Venezuela: Iran is planning to ship another 2,000 cars to Venezuela, an Iranian trade official says, in a further sign of a burgeoning relationship that appears to be developing beyond energy. It comes after the first shipment of 1,000 […]
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.