Abu Dhabi Energizes its Investments in China with a Jolt of Coffee
Via CNN, a look at Abu Dhabi’s recent investment in Luckin: One billion dollars is a lot to pay for a morning brew, but that’s what Abu Dhabi spent in September for a minority stake in Luckin [...]
Exxon Hopes to Repeat Guyana’s Oil Boom Offshore Trinidad and Tobago
Via Seeking Alpha, a look at Exxon Mobil’s growing interest in Trinidad and Tobago: ExxonMobil is looking to replicate Guyana’s oil and gas boom off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, the [...]
Iran War Pushes QatarEnergy into Africa for Expansion
Via The Africa Report, a look at QatarEnergty’s push into Africa: QatarEnergy, the world’s second-largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), is pushing deeper into Africa in search of [...]
Houthis Tighten Grip on Bab el-Mandeb – and African Ports May Lose Out
Via The Africa Report, a look at how soaring fuel costs are tempting carriers back to Bab el-Mandeb, threatening West Africa’s mega-ship boom. Only a handful of deepwater hubs, and Djibouti, look [...]
How China Took Control of Africa’s Lithium
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – from Zimbabwe to Mali and Ghana – Chinese companies have come to dominate Africa’s emerging lithium industry, bringing an ability to buy, build [...]
Egypt’s Next Economy Lies Beyond the Suez Canal
Via AllAfrica, a look at how – for centuries – Egypt’s power has flowed from the Nile and its position between continents. In the twenty-first century, the question is whether [...]

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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.