Russia’s High Stakes Energy Geopolitics
November 16th, 2011
Via Global Research, a report on Russia’s energy geopolitics and the opening of Nord Stream: On November 7 the first of two pipelines for Nord Stream, the huge Russian-German gas pipeline project, began delivery of gas. The event was no minor affair. German Chancellor Merkel and Russian President Medvedev along with the prime ministers of […]
Read more »China’s African Safari: Hitting Bumpy Ground
November 16th, 2011
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at China’s investment in Africa and how its unwillingness to recognize changing political realities there may prove to undo some of its African business gains of the last few years: China is accustomed to being welcomed across Africa, by democrats and dictators alike. Recent changes of government, however, have […]
Read more »The New Silk Road?
November 12th, 2011
Via The Diplomat, an article on the United States’ hopes that a combination of trade and infrastructure can help steer Afghanistan away from unrest – and Russia. As the report notes: The United States has launched a new strategy for Afghanistan’s economic development, aimed at making the war-torn country a hub of commerce rather than […]
Read more »Look South, Not East
November 12th, 2011
Via Parag Khanna, an interesting commentary on his view that – while the Obama administration is turning to Asia for the defining competition of the next century – if the United States actually wants to win, it’ll need Latin America. As the article notes: With Barack Obama’s administration pivoting toward Asia and with the U.S. […]
Read more »Iran Forgets India and Keeps Pitching Peace Pipeline to Pakistan
October 25th, 2011
Via GreenProphet, an interesting article on Iran’s efforts to woo Pakistan to join in a natural gas “peace” pipeline project. As the report notes: Iran, becoming more isolated appeals to Pakistan to move ahead with natural gas “peace pipeline.” Saboteurs have already had their say in the idea. Image via BSO-NA As Iran becomes […]
Read more »Mozambique: The World’s Newest Petro-State
October 21st, 2011
Via Oil and Glory, a report that U.S. and Italian companies say they have found the natural gas equivalent of more than 4 billion barrels of oil offshore from Mozambique. As the article notes: “…The news is larger than Mozambique, as we see again that long stretches of the African continent from north to south […]
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.