War-Ridden Somalia Starts Payments System as It Rebuilds Nation
Via Bloomberg, an article on a national payment system recently set up in Somalia: Somalia has set up a national payments system as part of plans to develop the financial industry in one of the [...]
Can Turkmenistan Become A Serious Gas Player In Europe?
Via Oil Price.com, commentary on Turkmenistan’s potential to become a serious gas player in Europe: The Caspian Sea is one of the world’s largest and oldest oil and gas producing regions. [...]
Can China’s Belt and Road Open Up Landlocked Laos?
Via Geopolitical Monitor, an article on China’s investments in Laos: Around mid-August, the final tracks will be laid on a 420 km high-speed railway in Laos, enabling the first trains to [...]
Lukoil Retracts Decision to Sell Stake in Iraq’s Field
Via Bloomberg, an article on Lukoil’s recent decision not to sell its stake in West Qurna-2 field in the south to Chinese companies: Russia’s Lukoil PJSC is retracting its decision to sell [...]
The World’s Largest 10 Economies in 2030
Via Visual Capitalist, an interesting look at the world’s largest ten (10) economies in 2030: World’s Largest Economies in 2030 The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature [...]
Why Investor Jim Rogers Is Poking Around Uzbekistan
Via Forbes, an article on Uzbekistan: There’s an old Chinese proverb that goes like this: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” This should be on a [...]

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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.