Pipeline Politics Prominent at SCO Summit
September 20th, 2022 Via the Asia Times, an article on how China – while it can’t openly support Russia in Ukraine – has lent a hand by vowing to build game-changing Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline: [...]
Why Xi Jinping Chose Central Asia for His First Post-COVID-19 Trip
September 18th, 2022 Via Foreign Policy, a report on why Xi Jinping chose Central Asia for his first post-COVID-19 trip and how the region has long served as a testing ground for Beijing’s economic and foreign-policy [...]
Paraguay
September 18th, 2022 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on recent US moves that deepen worries over organized crime in Paraguay: Paraguay has long been a haven for smuggling anything from cigarettes to luxury [...]
Namibia Discovers Oil While Pursuing Green Energy
September 17th, 2022 Via VOA News, a report on huge oil deposits recently discovered in Namibia: The first “green hydrogen” power plant being built in Africa is expected to begin producing electricity in [...]
Russia Says Pipeline To China Will Replace Nord Stream 2
September 16th, 2022 Via Oil & Gas Daily, an article on Russia’s decision to build a new pipeline to China to replace Nord Stream 2: A Russian pipeline to China will replace the Nord Stream 2 gas link to [...]
Trial Run for China-Afghan Rail Corridor
September 15th, 2022 Via The Diplomat, an article on the trial period for the new China-Afghan rail corridor: A trial period of three months will see freight trains from China deliver goods to Afghanistan via Kyrgyzstan [...]

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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.