The Politics Of Drilling In The Dark Zone
Courtesy of Foreign Policy’s Oil and The Glory, a look at exploration efforts in Cuba and Venezuela: In late January, Spain’s Repsol began drilling in the Northbelt Thrust, a stretch of [...]
The Colombian ‘Miracle’
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on Colombia’s economic success: The stereotype of Colombia — violent, chaotic, backward — seemed to be born out in recent days as the army and [...]
YPF: Here Today, Gone Today
Via The Financial Times, a report on Argentina’s re-nationalization of YPF: So that’s that then. YPF is, once again, Argentina’s state oil company. According to a flurry of news reports [...]
Dialing Down Corruption In Afghanistan
Via Foreign Policy, a look at Afghan efforts to tackle corruption via cellular technology: Last week, Afghan president Hamid Karzai surprised U.S. and coalition officials by announcing the creation [...]
Myanmar: Lots To Offer, But A Long Way To Go
Courtesy of The Financial Times, one observer’s look at Myanmar’s potential: I spent a few days in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, just before this month’s elections. It was my first [...]
Myanmar: An Exchange Rate That Makes Sense
Via Time’s Global Spin blog, a look at how Myanmar’s central bank has set a new value on the national currency to reflect what it’s actually worth. But much more needs to be done to fix [...]

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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.