Iraq To Receive Gas from Turkmenistan
Via Al Monitor, a report on a recent agreement between Iraq and Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan agreed on Thursday to export gas to Iraq, a move that could boost the Iraqi energy sector and lessen the [...]
Turkmenistan: Eurasia’s Transport Hub?
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at Turkmenistan’s potential as Eurasia’s transportation hub: In May 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan has announced the country’s [...]
China’s Africa Strategy: Shifting from Extraction to Investment
Via The Conversation, a look at how China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment – driven from the industry-rich Hunan region: China experienced a massive economic boom in [...]
Afghanistan, an Energy Eldorado for China?
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on China’s interest in Afghanistan’s energy resources: August 2021 was a key date for the Asian continent. That month was marked by the failure of the [...]
BRICS Bloc Grows Heft With Saudi Arabia and Other Mideast Powers
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on BRICS expansion: Major emerging market nations invited top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Argentina, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates to join their [...]
What Risks Does the Southern Corridor Project Pose for Kazakhstan?
Via the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, an article on the risks that the Southern Corridor project poses to Kazakhstan: The Southern Transport Corridor should not be viewed as a threat [...]

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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.