Qatar Wealth Fund Considers $3B Pakistan Investment
Via Bloomberg, a report that the Qatar Wealth Fund is considering $3B Pakistan investment, mostly in airports and hospitality: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund plans to invest $3 billion in key [...]
China Cements Influence In Iraq Through Oil, Infrastructure Deals
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a look at China’s growing influence in Iraq: China has gained a major foothold in oil-rich Iraq, shaking up Western domination in fields from energy to construction, even [...]
Iran: Even A Revived Nuclear Deal Would Unlikely Offer Widespread Economic Relief
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of how Iran’s weak economy will continue to deter foreign investment, even in the unlikely event the JCPOA is restored: An agreement to restore [...]
Laos Economic Crisis Intensifies Amid Massive Chinese Debt
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
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
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 [...]

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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.