How Venezuela Ruined Its Oil Industry
Via Forbes, a look at how Venezuela ruined its oil industry: Venezuela is a country in crisis. Protesters that are opposed to the socialist government are being killed, and Venezuelan citizens are [...]
Politics Chill Iran’s Attempts To Attract Foreign Capital
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at the impact of global politics on Iran’s ability to source international capital: When Iran last year cemented a landmark nuclear agreement with six [...]
Kazakhstan: Second-Largest Oil Reserves Among Former Soviet Republics
Via Eurasia Review, a summary of Kazakhstan’s energy sources / uses: Kazakhstan is a major oil producer. The country’s estimated total petroleum and other liquids production was 1.70 million [...]
Trilateral Cooperation Between Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan On The Belt and Road
Via The Diplomat, commentary on how trilateral cooperation between Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan on the Belt and Road would benefit all three states: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is [...]
The Central Station Of The New Silk Road Has Emerged
Courtesy of Forbes, a look at the Khorgos Gateway in Kazakhstan: Khorgos Gateway, a major new dry port that’s rising up from the desert in Kazakhstan’s eastern borderlands, has just taken the [...]
Georgia: The Black Sea Hub for China’s ‘Belt and Road’
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on some new investments (some not even involving China) that are making Georgia an attractive link between Asia and Europe: Ask anyone about the South Caucasus [...]

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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.