Laos Economic Crisis Intensifies Amid Massive Chinese Debt
August 23rd, 2022 Via Deutsche Welle, a report on Laos which is facing one of its worst economic crises in decades, with the country experiencing galloping inflation and staring at a debt default: Laos’ economy [...]
Taliban Wants Russian Oil In Exchange For Minerals and Medicinal Herbs
August 23rd, 2022 Via Business Insider, an article on the Taliban’s interests in importing oil from Russia in exchange for minerals and medicinal herbs: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is discussing a deal [...]
More Difficulties For The Caspian Pipeline Consortium
August 23rd, 2022 Via The Diplomat, a report of difficulties for the Caspian Pipeline Consortium: In a press release on August 22, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium confirmed reports that it had suspended oil loading [...]
East China’s Lianyungang Port Develops As Hub For Connecting Central & SE Asia
August 22nd, 2022 Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on  how Jiangsu’s Lianyungang connects trade between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Japan, South Korea, and Singapore: A new rail freight route from Wuxi in [...]
PGII vs. BRI: Developing Asia Spoiled For Infrastructure Choice
August 22nd, 2022 Via East Asia Forum, an article on developing Asia’s options for infrastructure financing support: Since its launch at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in June 2022, the Partnership for Global [...]
China Donates Communications Equipment To Syrian Regime
August 22nd, 2022 Via Enab Baladi, a report on China’s recent aid to the Syrian regime in the form of equipment and a communications network which has raised questions about the motives of Beijing: On 20 July, the [...]

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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.