Bangladesh: Will Congested Ports Choke Its Economy?
February 14th, 2020 Courtesy of STRAFOR (subscription required), a look at how Bangladesh’s efforts to maintain the country’s explosive economic growth will require updating its overburdened trade [...]
Lukoil’s Strategic Interests in Turkmenisan
February 11th, 2020 Via Times of Central Asia, a report on Lukoil’s strategic interests in Turkmenistan: President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on February 5 in Ashgabat received Vagit Alekperov, [...]
UAE Allocates $2 Billion For Investment In Mauritania
February 9th, 2020 Via The Middle East Monitor, a report on a recent announcement of UAE investment in Mauritania: The UAE announced, Sunday, that it has allocated $2 billion to Mauritania for the implementation of [...]
Turkmenistan’s Latest Boondoggle: A New $1.5 Billion City
February 7th, 2020 Via The Diplomat, a report on Turkmenistan’s plans to to build a $1.5-billion city amid spending cuts: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has reportedly allocated $1.5 billion to [...]
Africa: The Last Frontier For Global Growth?
February 4th, 2020 Via Project Syndicate, a report on Africa’s potential which – if the continent sustains and accelerates structural reforms over the next half-century – some believe can emulate [...]
Tajik Claim Of Pipeline Progress Is Welcome News In Turkmenistan
February 3rd, 2020 Via Radio Free Europe, a report on the latest status of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline: When it comes to energy pipelines in Central Asia, the news is usually bad — delays or disruptions [...]

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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.