Looking Back at a Hot Railroad Summer for Central Asia and Afghanistan
September 11th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a look back at the summer of Central Asian railroads, when – in July – Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan all signed agreements with Afghanistan related to the [...]
China’s Pipeline Diplomacy Is a Nightmare for U.S. Gas
September 9th, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a look at how the revival of a project that would transport Russian gas to China has the potential to upend Trump’s plans for energy dominance: It’s a potential prize fight for the [...]
The Quad can Break China’s Mineral Stranglehold
September 6th, 2025 Via Nikkei Asia, commentary on how – the Quad can break China’s mineral stranglehold: Critical minerals are the building blocks of modern civilization. They underpin every sector of the [...]
Namibia’s Big Ambition to Become Oil Hotspot Tested By Wildcatter
September 5th, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a report on Namibia’s oil ambitions: Rhino Resources Ltd. made a significant oil discovery off Namibia’s coast after diverting the Noble Venturer drillship to a new [...]
Iran’s SCO Entry Turning Into a Road to Nowhere
September 4th, 2025 Via Asia Times, a report on how Iran’s SCO inclusion has brought Tehran little relief from Western sanctions and even less from promised but stalled economic projects: For a nation under the [...]
How The Trumps Won The Gulf
September 4th, 2025 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on the first family’s complex, lucrative and growing business interests in the Gulf region: Donald Trump Jr looked completely at ease as he strode across [...]

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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.