Energy Giants Place Tentative Bets On Oil Finds In ‘Wildcat’ Uruguay
September 25th, 2023 Courtesy of Reuters, an article on firms’ exploration of potential oil finds in ‘wildcat’ Uruguay: Uruguay state-run energy firm Ancap is set to agree to final terms for a record [...]
Saudi Arabia: Redrawing The Map Of The Future With Fibre-Optic Cables
September 24th, 2023 Via Middle East Eye, a look at how Saudi Arabia is redrawing the map of the future with fibre-optic cables: Modern life is dependent on the internet and the hundreds of underwater fibre-optic cables [...]
The Horn Of Africa States: Financing Development Projects Through Crowdfunding
September 24th, 2023 Via Eurasia Review, commentary on how some Horn Of Africa states are crowdfunding development projects: Developmental projects such as rail and road building, port building, bridge building, airport [...]
Miners’ Hunt for Copper Takes Barrick to Pakistan’s Western Frontier
September 24th, 2023 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Reko Diq which has potential to be one of world’s biggest suppliers of copper needed for the global energy transition: For three decades, international [...]
The India-Middle East Corridor: A New Silk Route or Diplomacy by PowerPoint?
September 24th, 2023 Via Middle East Eye, commentary on the India-Middle East Corridor: The US’ bid to take on China with the new Imec transit corridor leaves regional powers jockeying for influence. But will it [...]
Why Is the US Ambassador’s Visit to Gwadar So Important?
September 23rd, 2023 Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on why – after staying away from Balochistan for over 15 years, the United States is showing increasing interest in the China-funded and operated strategic [...]

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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.