Brunei Firm Pitches 1,600 km High-Speed Rail Linking Indonesia, Malaysia
April 1st, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, an article on a bold Trans-Borneo project seeking to connect Kota Kinabalu and Nusantara: A Brunei-based infrastructure company has announced a proposal for the first high-speed [...]
Opinion: Egypt ‘Probably Different’ This Time
March 31st, 2024 Via Frontier Market News, commentary on the potential – if Egypt’s government can stick to its reform plans – for the country stands a good chance of resolving some of its most [...]
Oman Becoming Hot Spot for Ship-to-Ship Transfers of Russian Oil
March 31st, 2024 Via Bloomberg, a report on Oman’s role in the international transfer of Russian oil: Crude heading to India being reloaded in waters off the nation Rise in activity comes as US steps up [...]
Texan Bitcoiners Start Mining In Argentina, Where Peso Is In Freefall
March 31st, 2024 Via CNBC, an article on a Texas bitcoin company’s operations in Argentina: Giga Energy, based in Houston, has teamed up with Exa Tech and Phoenix Global Resources to mine bitcoin in Argentina. [...]
Nigeria To Grant Mining Licences Only To Companies that Process Locally
March 31st, 2024 Via Reuters, a report on Nigeria’s recent decision to grant mining licences only to companies that process locally: Nigeria will only grant new mining licences to companies that present a plan [...]
Iran Inks Agreements to Develop Six Oil Fields: Biggest Deals In Decades
March 31st, 2024 Via BNA Intellinews, a report that Iran and Iraq are teaming up to develop the Masjed Soleyman field: Iran has signed what it calls “the biggest deals in a decade” to develop six oil fields in [...]

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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.