Namibia’s Oil Riches May Require Large Developments Mirroring Guyana’s,
April 26th, 2024 Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on Namibia’s growing hydrocarbons potential: Companies have discovered ‘a big chunk of oil’ off Namibia TotalEnergies expects to begin first Namibia project [...]
UAE: Using Its Wealth Fund For Investment…and Diplomacy
April 26th, 2024 Courtesy of The Economist, a report on the UAE’s use of its wealth fund to place global investments and gain diplomatic influence: Sovereign wealth funds seldom worry about foreign policy. [...]
Thailand’s Soft Power Splash
April 25th, 2024 Via East Asia Forum, a report on Thailand’s soft power splash: The Thai government under Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has made soft power — the ability to influence others through attraction [...]
Asia: Much More Important To U.S. Than Middle East
April 25th, 2024 Via Noahopinion, commentary on why Asia – not the Middle East – is much more important to U.S. interests than the Middle East: “Some damn fool thing in the Balkans” — Otto von [...]
 Juan Valdez: Colombia’s Global Success Story
April 25th, 2024 Via Latinometrics, a look at the striking global success of Colombian coffee: In 1927, the National Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers (NFCGC) was established to promote the production and [...]
Niger, Benin: Oil Pipeline Begins Operations
April 25th, 2024 Via Stratfor’s Rane Worldview, a report on Niger, Benin’s operationalization of a new pipeline: What Happened: Nigerien oil arrived at the Beninese oil terminal of Seme using the [...]

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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.