Strategic Energy Transportation Corridor: Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan
Interesting analysis by John C.K. Daly about some possible projects that would see Russia gain the upper hand in the race to exploit the Caspian’s vast energy reserves, lead to the end of cheap [...]
China: Into Africa (continued)
Via Energy Daily, news that China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), has agreed to invest in a joint venture oil refinery near the capital of Chad.  Just a further example of China push into [...]
The Race for Turkmenistan’s Reserves
While Kazakhstan gets most of the press, perhaps the most interesting country in Central Asia – from a strategic hydrocarbon reserve perspective – is Turkmenistan.  As this article [...]
Gazprom, Russia’s International Energy Leverage, and a Predetermined Gas War
An excellent overview of Gazprom via The Independent, focusing primarily on Russia’s use of Gazprom as a means of projecting political power throughout the region. While the piece, by Anne [...]
The Nigerian Petroleum Co. – Nigeria’s Aramco?
News from the Energy Daily that Nigeria will replace the Nigerian National Petroleum Co. with the Nigerian Petroleum Co., which analysts say will function more like a state-owned oil firm modeled [...]
Gazprom’s Vertical Ambitions … At Home and Abroad?
The International Herald Tribune speculated about Gazprom’s vertical ambitions in a short note today. According to the report, “….Gazprom, which is controlled by the Russian [...]

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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.