Taklimakan Desert: From Death To Green Development In Xinjiang
Via the Technology Times, an article on the transformation of the Taklimakan Desert into a hub for sustainable development: The Taklimakan Desert, formerly referred to as the “sea of death,” is [...]
Africa: The Clean Energy Hub of the Future
Via TED, an interesting talk on Africa’s clean energy potential: Africa is perhaps the continent that needs least convincing about the clean energy opportunity for health, livelihoods and [...]
Billionaire Forrest ‘Can’t Wait Forever’ for $80 Billion Congo Hydro Deal
Via Bloomberg, a report on the planned Grand Inga hydro dam in the DRC which would be about twice as big as Three Gorges Dam and Africa’s biggest investment project yet: Australian mining [...]
Gabon: Banking On Untapped Mines For Its Post-Oil Energy Era
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how Gabon is banking on its untapped mines for the post-oil energy era: As Gabon seeks to transition away from an oil-dependent economy, mining – mainly for [...]
Iran, Uzbekistan Reach Agreement on Developing Transportation Corridor
Via The Financial Tribune, a report on an agreement on the development of the multimodal “Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran” transport corridor: Uzbekistan’s Transport Minister Ilkhom [...]
Qatar Strikes Second Big LNG Supply Deal With China
Via Reuters, a report on Qatar second big LNG supply deal with China: Qatar on Tuesday secured its second large gas supply deal with a Chinese state-controlled company in less than a year, putting [...]

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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.