China boosts South Pacific influence with Solomon Islands port deal
Via Channel News Asia, an article on a recent Chinese port deal in the Solomon Islands: A state-backed Chinese company has won a contract to develop a key Solomon Islands port, a major victory in [...]
Planting A SEED: The Horn Of Africa States’ Development Prospects
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the Horn of Africa states’ economic potential: We must once again revert back to the definition of the Horn of Africa States. It is the easternmost outcrop of [...]
All Eyes on Chile amid Global Scramble for Lithium
Via The Wilson Center, a look at Chile’s lithium industry: Chile’s lithium industry is at a crossroads. At stake is Chile’s future as one of the world’s leading lithium producers, and [...]
Will Sonatrach’s Hydrocarbon Discovery Make Algeria A Key Energy Partner For Europe?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at a new energy discovery in Algeria: Following a record-breaking year in 2022, the national company Sonatrach has announced the discovery of six new deposits in [...]
China-Russia Cooperation in Africa and the Middle East
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on how Africa and the Middle East provide conducive conditions for China and Russia to advance their shared and separate agendas: Beijing aspires to restore [...]
Qatar Gives China Share of Landmark Natural Gas Field
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report on a recent Qatari decision to give China a share of landmark natural gas field: Chinese oil giant Sinopec on Wednesday became the first Asian firm to get a stake in [...]

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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.