New Sister Secrets: In Depth Analysis of Pemex, PDVSA, and Petrobras
Via The Oil & Gas Journal, an in-depth comparison of Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Venezuela’s Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), and Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), [...]
Brazil: Looking Inward On Oil
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the Brazilian government’s decision to step back from more than a decade of close cooperation with foreign oil companies and more directly control [...]
Turkey’s New Delight
Via Robert Amsterdam, an interesting look at Turkey’s role in the new emerging “Great Game”.  As the article notes: “…Why would Turkey sign on to a massively expensive [...]
Ni Hao, Repsol
Via The Wall Street Journal, a report that China National Petroleum Corp. and Cnooc Ltd. have proposed paying at least $17 billion for all of Repsol YPF SA’s stake in its Argentine unit YPF [...]
Turkey’s Political Pipelines
Via Robert Amsterdam, a slightly dated analysis of Turkey’s strategic role in the region that has regained relevance in the face of the recent agreements signed between Russia & Turkey over [...]
Digging For Hope In Afghanistan
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting look at Afghanistan’s mining development and mineral potential.  As the article notes: “…Afghanistan’s mining ministry, [...]

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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.