North Africa: Investing Post-Arab Spring
Via Ventures Africa, an article on investing in North Africa: It is time to invest in North Africa. Or that is the vibe emanating from Islamic finance circles. Speculative western investors generally [...]
Mongolian Investor Heads For North Korea
Via Business News Europe, an interesting article on a new venture aimed at North Korea: A small yet bold Mongolian firm is preparing to launch a new oil enterprise in North Korea. It’s an unlikely [...]
Kazakhstan’s Energy Woes
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on Kazakhstan: The Bolashak oil plant on the Kashagan offshore oil field June 30. (LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) Summary Kazakhstan is struggling [...]
‘There’s No Such Thing as a Failed State’
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at one investor’s take on failed states: Mark Mobius is the kind of guru to whom other gurus turn for advice. With his signature white suits and gleaming, [...]
The Geopolitics Of China’s New Energy Route
Via Global Policy, an interesting commentary on China’s new energy route via Myanmar: China’s state-run China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) completed construction of a natural gas [...]
Russia: Victorious In Battle Of Pipeline Politics, But Now What?
Via Quartz, an interesting article on Russia’s pipeline politics victory: Russia has won a big round in an almost two-decade battle with the West over the flow of natural gas from the Caspian [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.