India’s Efforts To Build Energy Interdependence With Sri Lanka
April 16th, 2024 Via the Lowy Institute, a look at how India’s takeover of the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm will help build energy interdependence with Sri Lanka India has recently moved to take effective control over [...]
Mexico Presidential Frontrunner Pledges $13.6 Billion For Energy Investments
April 16th, 2024 Via Reuters, a report on the Mexico presidential frontrunner pledge of $13.6 billion for energy investments: The favorite to win Mexico’s presidential election in June, Claudia Sheinbaum, on [...]
Southeast Asia’s Potential in Critical Minerals
April 15th, 2024 Via the Australia Strategic Policy Institute, a report on Southeast Asia’s potential in critical minerals: Global critical mineral demand is expected to increase dramatically in coming decades, [...]
Washington’s Failed Africa Policy Needs a Reset
April 15th, 2024 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at the U.S. Africa policy: The latest evidence that Washington needs a new Africa policy is on display in Niger. After many months of intense political jockeying, [...]
Uzbekistan Chases Chemical Hub Dream with Chinese Polymer Tech
April 15th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Uzbekistan’s aims to export value-added products made from its natural gas: An ambitious economic transformation effort gaining steam in Uzbekistan hinges on [...]
Solomon Islands Tribes Sell Carbon Credits, Not Their Trees
April 15th, 2024 Via Yale e360, an article on the Solomon Islands where – in a South Pacific nation ravaged by logging – several tribes joined together to sell “high integrity” carbon credits on [...]

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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.