Sudan: A Market Overview in the Face of Conflict
April 25th, 2023 Via GlobalEDGE, a look at Sudan as conflict rages: The two leading generals of the third largest country in Africa have clashed over the country’s vast economic and political power. So, what is [...]
Opening A Trans-Caspian Corridor
April 25th, 2023 Via Geopolitical Futures, an article on the potential opening of a trans-Caspian corridor: A trans-Caspian energy and trade corridor has long captured the interest of many nations that would benefit [...]
South America Looks At Creating “Lithium OPEC”
April 25th, 2023 Via Mining.com, a look at ongoing discussions over the creation of a lithium OPEC: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil are analyzing the creation of a lithium cartel of sorts in charge of expanding [...]
What Russia’s First Gas Pipeline to China Reveals About a Planned Second One
April 25th, 2023 Via the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a report on how Russia is now in a far worse negotiating position regarding a gas pipeline to China than in 2014, finding itself at the mercy of a [...]
Russia Returns To The Graveyard of Empires, Economically
April 23rd, 2023 Via the Asia Times, a look at Russia’s economic re-engagement with Afghanistan: Even as Russia struggles to achieve military and political success in Ukraine, its leaders have turned their [...]
Chad Nationalized all Assets and Rights of Esso Chad
April 23rd, 2023 Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on Chad’s recent decision to nationalize all assets and rights of Esso Chad: The President of the Transition of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, by decree [...]

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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.