Russia Taking On China In Africa
Via Energy Daily, an interesting report on Russia’s renewed interest in African resources.  As the article notes: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit this week to Nigeria, [...]
China’s Loan To Turkmenistan
Via Energy Daily, a report that China has granted Turkmenistan a four- billion-dollar (2.9-billion-euro) loan for its gas sector and will receive additional supplies of Turkmen gas.  As the article [...]
Myanmar: Behind the Bamboo Curtain
Via The Wall Street Journal, an interesting look at Myanmar and its growing trade with India & China.  As the article notes: “…The divide between Myanmar’s shining new capital, [...]
Turkmenistan’s Search For New Energy Partners
Via Stratfor (subscription required), interesting analysis of Turkmenistan’s increasingly desperate efforts to diversify its energy partnerships beyond Russia which recently cut off its imports [...]
North Korean Trade With The Outside World
Via Yonhap, an interesting look at North Korea’s foreign trade.  As the report notes: “…North Korean trade with the outside world, excluding South Korea, hit a record US$3.8 [...]
Brazil Opens Up Offshore
Via The Financial Times, a detailed report on Brazil’s recent decision to invite iternational oil companies to bid for concessions in Brazil’s enormous “pre-salt” oil fields as early as [...]

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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.