The Promises and Problems of Gwadar Port
August 29th, 2013 Courtesy of Future Directions, some analysis on Gwadar Port which, though plagued with problems, is likely to succeed in becoming an economic hub: Background Gwadar Port is a deep water port being [...]
Afghanistan’s Rare Earth Element Bonanza
August 29th, 2013 Via The American, a report on Afghanistan’s After more than a decade of war and nation building, members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan are heading for the [...]
Terrorism, Petrol And International Competition: Turkey In Somalia
August 29th, 2013 Via The Eurasia Review, an interesting article on Turkey’s interest in Somalia: At the start of the month the Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu was the target of a suicide car-bombing. A Turkish [...]
Caspian Sea Energy Profile
August 29th, 2013 Via Eurasia Review, a detailed analysis of the Caspian Sea region’s energy profile: Caspian Region Oil and Natural Gas Infrastructure The Caspian Sea region is one of the oldest oil-producing [...]
Iran-Pakistan Natural Gas Pipeline To Extend To China?
August 29th, 2013 Via Oil Price.com, an interesting look at China’s potential involvement in an Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline: The energy relations between Iran and Pakistan are a marriage made in heaven, [...]
Mongolia
August 26th, 2013 Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at Mongolia through the lens of the development of a two-lane highway through the rural countryside: The braided hard-packed dirt roads of Mongolia are [...]

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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.