Libya … a future investment haven?
Lots in the news recently regarding Libya’s agreement to release the foreign medical workers held in the HIV/AIDs scandal, ostensibly partially in return for greater interaction with the EU. [...]
A ‘China opening’ to Iran?
Have not yet written much on the National Oil Company of Iran but, despite all the negative press, rhetoric, and bashing by both sides, I personally believe that Iran is a market we should examine [...]
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: [...]

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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.