Archive for August, 2024

How Does Central Asia Cooperate With Iran to Access World Markets?

Via The Diplomat, an article on how the countries of Central Asia – particularly Uzbekistan – see an opportunity to diversity trade routes via Iran: Iran holds a pivotal role in bridging the geographically closed Central Asian region with the Middle East, South Asia, and the Caucasus, as well as Europe. As Uzbekistan’s economic growth […]

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Cameroon Signs Bauxite Deal with Canyon Resources

Via Reuters, a report on a new bauxite mining project in Cameroon: Cameroon on Tuesday signed a bauxite mining deal worth at least $2 billion with a subsidiary of Australia-based Canyon Resources (CAY.AX), opens new tab, as the central African nation seeks to become an upper middle-income country by 2035. Camalco, the Cameroonian subsidiary of […]

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BP To Develop New Oil & Gas Fields In Iraq

Via Al Monitor, a report on BP’s plans to develop new fields in Iraq: Iraq signed an agreement with British energy giant British Petroleum on Thursday to develop four oil and gas fields in the northern province of Kirkuk. A memorandum of understanding was signed by Iraq’s Oil Minister Hayan Abdel Ghani and BP’s CEO […]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.