Approaching Eurasia’s Tipping Point?
November 15th, 2007 As noted in a recent Stratfor report (subscription required), upcoming Azerbaijani and Turkmen talks about the legal status of the two countries’ maritime border in the Caspian Sea could well [...]
$100 Oil: Creating a New World Order
November 10th, 2007 An interesting look by The New York Times at how the approach of triple-digit oil prices has redrawn the economic and political map of the world, causing oil-rich nations to enjoy historic gains and [...]
A Rio Find: Brazil Finds a New Hydrocarbon Deposit
November 8th, 2007 Via RIA Novosti, news that a massive oil and gas deposit has been discovered in Brazil, which could make it one of the world’s leading hydrocarbon producers. “…the new field, [...]
Oiling the Silk Road…
November 8th, 2007 Kazakh national energy company KazMunaiGas announced that it – along with China National Petroleum Corporation – have agreed to build a natural gas pipeline linking Beijing to natural gas [...]
Iran: Refining its Decision to Import Oil Products
November 7th, 2007 As noted in a recent Stratfor report (subscription required), Iran’s national oil company announced plans to build eight new oil refineries with the ultimate goal of becoming a net exporter of [...]
Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. – A Study in Petrocracy
November 6th, 2007 I strongly recommend a terrific article by Tina Rosenberg in the New York Times magazine which describes the unexploited promise – and many problems – associated with Petróleos de [...]

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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.