Archive for July, 2008

Qatar To Invest $8bn in Libyan Companies
July 2nd, 2008

Via The Financial Times, news that Qatar will invest about $8bn in Libyan companies in the financial services, energy and real estate sectors.  As the article notes: “…Libya, with a population of 5 million and the biggest oil reserves in Africa, is moving to modernise, but faces an uphill struggle in a command economy where […]

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Russia Oil Companies Eye Gulf Of Mexico Exploration via Cuba
July 2nd, 2008

Via DowJones, a report that Russian energy companies OAO Gazprom (OGZPY) and OAO Lukoil Holdings (LUKOY) may revive Soviet-era ties to enter the oil-rich Gulf of the Mexico – through its Cuban backdoor.  As the article notes: “…Gazprom and Lukoil “are interested by” Cuban hydrocarbons acreage, the country’s Basic Industry Minister Yadira Garcia told Dow […]

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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.

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