A Future SCO Energy Club and China’s Increasingly Close Ties with Kazakhstan
As noted in a recent Central Asia News article, China and Kazakhstan signed several bilateral agreements during the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao, which some observers and analysts say will [...]
Iran’s Looming Energy “Catastrophe”?
Iran is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) number-two crude oil producer, and is also pinning major hopes on its gas reserves, estimated to be the second-largest proven [...]
Chavez’s Into Africa Tour…
Several interesting tidbits from this Energy Daily analysis, namely, Chavez’s continued engagement with African oil-rich nations and PDVSA’s plan to create its own equipment/services [...]
Chinese Carmaker Moves into Iran
Noticed this on Automotive World, and was struck by two things.  First, it is just yet another example of China reaching out to smaller developing markets, especially those [...]
China, Chad, and a Pan-African Aggregation Grid?
Noticed an interesting article in today’s International Herald Tribune, further emphasizing China’s interest in gaining access to Africa’s petroleum resources. While we have [...]
Pakistan’s Improved, but Fragile Economoy
When General Pervez Musharraf seized power in a 1999 military coup, Pakistan was nearly bankrupt and under numerous international sanctions. And, if one was merely reading the news of the past few [...]

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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.