How Trump Turned the Gulf’s Oil Kingdoms Into Silicon Superpowers In is Four-Day Trip
May 16th, 2025 Via Rest of World, an article on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE which have pledged trillions of dollars in return for access to cutting-edge chips for AI development: The UAE committed $1.4 [...]
ADNOC Buys Into Turkmenistan Gas
May 16th, 2025 Via XRG, a report that XRG, the international investment arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., is acquiring a stake in an offshore gas and condensate field in Turkmenistan: XRG expands footprint in [...]
Risk and Reward in Central Asia’s Critical Raw Materials Boom
May 15th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a look at how – as Brussels, Beijing, Moscow, and Washington scramble to secure key materials for clean energy and new tech – they have begun to size up the region’s [...]
Colombia Moves to Join China’s Belt and Road
May 10th, 2025 Via France24, a look at Colombia’s move to join China’s Belt and Road: Colombia’s president on Tuesday said he intends to sign an accord to join Beijing’s Belt and Road [...]
Oman Sovereign Wealth Fund In Preliminary Pact With Algeria For Investment Fund
May 10th, 2025 Via Reuters, a report on the preliminary pact between Oman’s sovereign wealth and Algeria for a new investment fund: The Oman Investment Authority signed a preliminary agreement with [...]
Bezos-Backed Firm Signs Deal to Advance Congo Lithium Mine
May 10th, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a report on KoBold Metals Co’s agreement to develop one of the world’s largest hard rock lithium deposits in the DRC: KoBold Metals Co. has reached a preliminary agreement [...]

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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.