COVID-19 Wipes Out East Timor’s Dreams of Oil and Gas Riches
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Timor Leste: COVID-19 and the global collapse in oil and gas prices appear to have put the final nail into the coffin of East Timor’s long-held dream to create a [...]
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s Return to the Shadows
Via The Diplomat, commentary on how the CPEC has been a chastening experience for China in the context of the BRI: In the five years since the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was launched, [...]
Will Laos Become a Model for China’s Economic Colonialism?
Via Fair Observer, a report on how – as Laos braces for the economic impact of COVID-19 – China’s Belt and Road Initiative project in the border town of Boten may become a model of [...]
Is Vietnam the Next ‘Asian Miracle’?
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on Vietnam: Within days of China’s announcing the first case of Covid-19, Vietnam was mobilizing to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Using mass texts, TV [...]
Colombia Pins Recovery Hopes On Technology
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Colombia’s plans for future economic growth: For the past two decades, oil has fueled Colombia’s economic growth, one of the strongest in Latin [...]
Iraq’s Oil Sector Facing Economic Downfall
Via The Frontier Post, an article on Iraq’s oil sector: Iraq’s oil sector is facing an economic emergency in the country. The slaries of the Iraq’s public sector employee salaries were [...]

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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.