Bolivia Authorizes State Oil Company To Tap Crypto for Fuel Trade
Via MSN, a report on Bolivia’s authorization of its state oil company to use cryptocurrency for energy imports: Key Takeaways Bolivia’s state energy firm, YPFB, will use cryptocurrency for [...]
The Unlikely Revival Of A Great Middle Eastern Railroad
Via Noema, a report on how a railroad that once linked Damascus to Medina, its tracks and stations now crumbling into the desert or destroyed by treasure hunters, could help stitch a fragmented [...]
Plans for a Chinese Port Roil the Politics of a Former Soviet Nation
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how Georgia’s government sparked an uproar by announcing that a port project on the Black Sea will be awarded to a company from China after canceling a [...]
Malaysian EV Brands Gain Speed On China’s BYD
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Malaysian EV brands plans to give China’s BYD a run for its money: Malaysian electric vehicles are gaining ground in their home market as local carmakers Proton [...]
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Bury Soviet-Era Border Legacy With Landmark Treaty
Via Havli, a report on the new agreement between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan that has set the stage for a major surge in trade and the promise of a new era of Central Asian unity: And so, with a few [...]
China Piles the Pressure on India in Its Own Backyard
Via Bloomberg, a report on Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at 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.