BRICs & MORE-ter …. and The Curious Case of the Missing N-11
July 14th, 2007 Justin Fox offered an interesting 12 July post on the Time blog titled “Is it really BRICs, or just ICs?” in which he suggests that the use of the term BRIC may be somewhat misleading as [...]
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.