The Republic of Congo Leads Gas Drive
February 17th, 2024 Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a look at the Republic of Congo’s gas industry: The Republic of Congo is a mature hydrocarbon market with proven resources, numbering 1.8 billion barrels of oil [...]
What’s Happening With Indonesia’s Economy?
February 17th, 2024 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at the progress of Indonesia’s economic modernization program: Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy—and fourth-largest country overall—held a [...]
The Nepali Army’s Growing Business Interests
February 17th, 2024 Via The Diplomat, a look at the army’s growing commercial clout in Nepal: In an event in September 2022 to mark the completion of his first year as Nepal’s army chief, General Prabhu Ram [...]
The Final Countdown: Will Russia and Ukraine Renew Gas Transit Deal?
February 15th, 2024 Via Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, analysis of the potential for Russia and Ukraine to renew its gas transit partnership: Extending the transport of Russian gas via Ukraine after 2024 [...]
Rwanda Offers Security and Business Deals in Bilateral Package
February 15th, 2024 Via The Africa Report, a report on Rwanda’s bilateral security agreements which offer competitive business advantages, but at what (future) cost? Two buses chauffeuring journalists embedded with [...]
India and UAE Agree on Trans-Continental Trade Corridor
February 15th, 2024 Via Arab News, a report on a new trans-continental trade corridor agreement between India and the UAE: Route under framework accord would connect India with Europe via the Middle East Agreement 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.