How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother Secure Lucrative Mining Deals with a U.S. Contractor
Via OCCRP, a report on President Ghani’s involvement in a special mining license issued to his family member: With the stroke of a pen, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put his sibling into the [...]
Who Will Control Iran’s Chabahar: India Or China?
Via Eurasia Review, an interview with Behrouz Aghaei, Director General, Ports and Maritime Department, Sistan-Baluchestan province of Iran on Chabahar: Iran calls Chabahar port the “Gate of [...]
Prospects of Iran-Afghanistan Railroad Evaluated
Via The Financial Tribune, an article on the potential of an Iran-Afghanistan railroad: A new railroad running between Khaf in Iran and Herat in Afghanistan has generated much optimism in the two [...]
North Korea’s Oil Procurement Networks
Via The Diplomat, an interesting interview on the subject of North Korea’s oil procurement network: Briefly explain North Korea’s fuel-procurement strategy. North Korea is completely [...]
Did Egypt Make Oil Bloc Concessions In Halayeb and Shalateen To Satisfy Sudan?
Via Al Monitor, an article on a recent annoucement by Sudan’s Ministry of Energy and Oil regarding an update of the map of the oil blocs in Sudan to be put up for international oil and gas [...]
On Tap(i): Turkmenistan Seeks Path To Revive Key Gas Pipeline To India
Via Upstream Online, a report on Turkmenistan’s recent agreements with Afghanistan to avoid potential attacks on pipeline builders after holding previous meeting with Taliban: Authorities in [...]

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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.