Mexico Weighs Options to Absorb $40 Billion of Pemex Debt
May 13th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, a report on the Mexican government’s plans for Pemex: Mexico is studying options to absorb as much as $40 billion in Pemex debt, the equivalent of what will come due in the next [...]
Chinese to Explore Iraq’s Oil and Gas
May 13th, 2024 Via GeoPolitics in South Asia, a report on Chinese interest in Iraq’s petroleum assets: According to Reuters, Chinese companies won bids to explore five Iraqi oil and gas fields on Saturday in [...]
India Inks 10-Year Deal To Operate Iran’s Chabahar Port
May 13th, 2024 Via Dawn, an article on India’s 10-year contract with Iran on Monday to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar, strengthening relations with a strategic Middle Eastern nation: India [...]
What South Sudan Can Learn from Neighboring Gold Producers
May 13th, 2024 Via Capital, Energy & Capital, a report on South Sudan’s gold sector: While remaining underexplored, South Sudan is considered to hold significant commercial quantities of mineral [...]
Malaysia’s Appetite For Oil and Gas Puts It On Collision Course With China
May 12th, 2024 Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on Malaysia which – as reserves closer to shore run dry – is venturing farther into disputed waters of the South China Sea claimed and [...]
Patrice Motsepe To Invests Billions in Congo Mega Phosphate Project
May 12th, 2024 Via The Africa Report, an article on Patrice Motsepe plans to invest billions in a Congo mega phosphate project: Patrick Motsepe, a South African billionaire, met with authorities in Brazzaville, [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.