Sun Setting On Timor-Leste’s Pipe Dream
Via The Asia Times, a report on Timor Leste where the Greater Sunrise gas field was supposed to lift the young nation out of poverty but that once hopeful vision is now dissipating: It was a bit [...]
Beijing Ramps Up Investment Push In Pakistan, Afghanistan, Despite Risks
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on China’s investment activity in Pakistan and Afghanistan: China is cautiously increasing its role in South Asia by rejuvenating economic interests in [...]
Gwadar: China’s Potential Strategic Strongpoint in Pakistan
Via the U.S. Naval War College, a detailed analysis of Gwadar: Gwadar is an inchoate “strategic strongpoint” in Pakistan that may one day serve as a major platform for China’s economic, [...]
Egypt’s Golden Triangle
Via Al Monitor, a look at how Egypt is currently developing the Golden Triangle area, which was recently designated as the richest in iron, copper, gold and phosphate minerals: The Egyptian [...]
The Taliban, at Least, Are Striking Gold in Afghanistan
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how the militant group mines almost half a billion dollars a year from Afghan soil—and wants more: For decades, Afghanistan’s untapped mineral wealth has been [...]
Angola’s Privatization Program to Generate $160 Million
Via Africa Oil & Power, an article on Angola’s planned privatization program: Angola’s Privatization Program is expected to generate over $160 million (100 billion Angolan Kwanzas) 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.