Sanction Busting In Strait of Hormuz
November 28th, 2024 Via Semafor, a look at how sanction busting occurs in the Strait of Hormuz: They move best at night, in a swarm. Twenty, maybe 25 small boats side-by-side. Up to 100 boats at a time: “Waterworld” [...]
Colombia Expands Commercial Ties with China Amid Belt and Road Concerns
November 28th, 2024 Via Finance Colombia, an article on Colombia’s growing BRI ties with China: The Colombian government continues to enhance its commercial and industrial ties with China, as evidenced by the [...]
Between China and the EU: A Race to Exploit the Fish-Rich Waters of Western Sahara
November 27th, 2024 Via The Africa Report, an article on the race to exploit the fish?rich waters of Western Sahara: Lying in wait for several years, Beijing, which operates several fishing vessels in Morocco, is [...]
Suriname Oil Boom Back On Track As New Discoveries Excite Investors
November 27th, 2024 Via Brazil Energy Insight, a report on Suriname’s oil industry: Suriname, struggling with political unrest and a debt crisis, pins hopes on its oil sector after TotalEnergies delayed the [...]
India-Kazakhstan Cooperation in Critical Minerals Signals a Shifting Regional Approach
November 27th, 2024 Via The Diplomat, a report on growing India- Kazakh cooperation in critical minerals: The critical minerals sector has attracted significant global attention, including from New Delhi and Astana. On [...]
Tuvalu: The Disappearing Island Nation Recreating Itself in the Metaverse
November 26th, 2024 Via BBC, a report on Tuvalu – one of the nations most at risk from climate change: Facing erasure due to climate change, the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu is digitally backing up everything [...]

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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.