Gazprom reconsiders “going it alone” in Shtokman…
July 8th, 2007 Interesting change of pace by Gazprom: first, allowing foreign participation in the project; and second, the possibility of including an LNG plant in the project which could supply the U.S.  Seems [...]
Kazakhstan … Not Only Oil & Gas, But Uranium As Well
July 8th, 2007 Noticed yet another example of Kazakhstan – in this case, Kazatomprom – extending its influence in the world’s natural resource markets. Given its immense potential as a natural [...]
Should the West Pursue the New Trans Caspian Energy Project?
July 6th, 2007 Enjoyed Vasili Rukhadze’s interesting thoughts on a very strategic issue. You can read his entire article here at Neweurasia.net but, based on his analysis and my own experience in Kazahkstan [...]
Behind the Name…
July 6th, 2007 Why did I name this blog: Wildcats and Black Sheep? Wildcats draws it origin from wildcatting (in the petroleum / natural resource sense) and also has an implicit reference to the Asian [...]
Welcome
July 6th, 2007 Having traveled extensively around our ever shrinking globe and possessing a keen interest in business, investment, and economic development of emerging economies, it is my pleasure to introduce [...]

ABOUT
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.