Into Africa …
Was pleased to read Wednesday’s Globe & Mail article which discussed Merrill Lynch’s recent report that Africa could be the “final frontier” of the world’s emerging [...]
Indonesia … the forgotten member of OPEC?
Given my last post and as further reminded by an article at Stockerblog.com, we should keep Indonesia in the back of our minds. I am personally less than bullish on the specific companies mentioned [...]
China’s Expanding Petroleum Ties with Sudan
Noticed this article in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks back detailing China’s growing energy-related relationship with Sudan. Interestingly, Sudan is identified as being among [...]
CNPC’s deal with Turkmengas … really a done deal for the first non-Russian route for gas exports out of Central Asia?
Given Turkmenistan’s tendency to “revisit” agreements (especially when other potential customers such as Turkey, Pakistan, Europe, and Russia are also knocking on the door re: [...]
The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Pipeline
Via RIA Novosti, news that Iran, Pakistan, and India have agreed on a formula for the price of natural gas to be pumped through a pipeline that will link the three countries. According to the report, [...]
Investing in North Korea…
Noticed in today’s Wall Street Journal that Orascom Construction Industries S.A.E. of Cairo is going to invest US$115 million in a North Korean cement plant. Realize there have been private [...]

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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.