Kazakhstan: Saving the State Oil Company May Devastate the Sector
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required) analysis on plans for KazMunaiGas to take full ownership of its lucrative subsidiary, KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP): Forecast As KazMunaiGas [...]
Iran’s Real Estate Market: Unlikely To Boom Anytime Soon
Via Al Monitor, a look at Iran’s real estate market: Signals from the Iranian real estate market suggest that a recovery is on the way, after an almost three-year-long recession. Yet there are [...]
Ten Emerging Markets Of The Future
Via the World Economic Forum, commentary on the top 10 emerging markets of the future: A new report from BMI Research has identified the “10 emerging markets of the future” — the [...]
Mongolia: Seeking A Path To Economic Recovery
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at Mongolia: Over the past five years, few other countries have experienced the highs and lows of the global economy as acutely as Mongolia. In 2011 the [...]
Iran’s Shanghai Dream
Via Foreign Affairs, an interesting article on the pros and cons of Iran joining China’s security club: In late June, during the 15th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a [...]
Iran Aims To Double Oil Exports, But There Are Hurdles
Via Oil Price.com, an article on Iran’s petroleum ambitions: Although its post-sanctions production boom appears to be have waned, the Islamic Republic of Iran still hopes to increase its [...]

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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.