Africa: Courted By The World & A Chance to Build Itself Anew
Via The Economist, an interesting report on sub-Saharan Africa’s opportunity to build itself anew and attract needed investment & economic growth, despite the global financial chaos.  As [...]
Cuba Claims Much Larger Offshore Oil Reserves
Via BBC, an interesting report that Cubapetroleo, the state-owned Cuban oil company, recently announced that the country may have more than 20bn barrels of oil in its offshore fields – more [...]
Iran: Energy Transport Route
Courtesy of Energy Daily, an interesting look at how – in the aftermath of the August military confrontation between Georgia and Russia –former Soviet republics and rising petro-states [...]
Kazakhstan Support The BTC Pipeline
Via Energy Daily, a report that oil from Kazakhstan’s Tengiz field will be delivered by tankers across the Caspian Sea to the BP-led consortium’s Sangachal Terminal on Azerbaijan’s [...]
Who’s Next – Emerging Markets “On The Bubble”
As noted in The Wall Street Journal, as the shockwaves from the U.S. financial crisis ripple across the globe, the big question on many investors’ minds is: who’s next?  As the article states: [...]
China’s Shrewd Long-Term Oil Plan
From Money Morning, a report detailing how – in the author’s eyes -China is Beating the United States in the global oil “game.”  As the article notes: “…According [...]

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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.