Iran’s Lithium Lode: A Potential Strategic Game-Changer
Via The Lowy Institute, a look at how Iran’s lithium deposit could shift global dynamics: Iran’s recent unearthing of a vast lithium deposit – potentially the world’s second largest – [...]
From Beijing to Chengdu, UAE’s ENOC Establishes First China Jet Fuel Network
Via Al Monitor, an article on expansion of UAE’s national oil company’s jet fuel network into China: Dubai’s Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) announced the first expansion of its [...]
Indonesian ‘Hybrid Megaproject’ Could Deliver Cheap Solar Energy To Singapore
Via Recharge News, a report on a megaproject that would see Indonesian solar energy power Singapore: Singapore could see some of its future power needs met by a new “hybrid megaproject” that [...]
The New Commodity Superpowers
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at nations such as the DRC, Argentina, Chile, and Indonesia, – the countries that produce the metals central to the energy transition who want to rewrite [...]
China’s Xi Meets Mauritania, Burundi Leaders, Signs Cooperation Agreements
Via Reuters, a report on China’s continued outreach to African countries: China signed a cooperation agreement with Mauritania and pledged to strengthen collaboration with Burundi on Friday in [...]
China Boosts BRI Talks With Indonesia, Guyana and Georgia
Via the South China Morning Post, a report on China’s outreach to Indonesia, Guyana, and Georgia: The global infrastructure strategy is Chinese president’s main talking point during meetings [...]

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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.