China and Venezuela: Increased Energy Cooperation
September 27th, 2008 Energy Daily recently reported that China and Venezuela signed several energy agreements that will allow the South American country to export half a million barrels of oil a day to the Asian giant [...]
KazMunaiGas and Shell Team Up For Kashagan Oil
September 22nd, 2008 According to Reuters, Kazakh state oil company KazMunaiGas will create a joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell to handle the production segment of the Kashagan oilfield.  As noted in the article: [...]
Gazprom’s South American Deals
September 22nd, 2008 Via The Moscow Times, a report that Gazprom was among eight companies that signed deals to develop offshore gas fields with state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela.  As the article notes: [...]
Iran and Turkey: Increasing Maritime Cooperation
September 20th, 2008 Via Energy Daily, an interesting report on that Iran and Turkey have recently signed a memorandum of understanding on maritime cooperation.  As the article notes, while this – at first glance [...]
Sun Is Shining on Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon
September 19th, 2008 Interesting perspective from Portfolio Magazine, noting that Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon are the only countries among 70 tracked by the MSCI that have stock markets in positive territory this [...]
Libya
September 18th, 2008 Via The Oil Drum, an excellent analysis of Libya’s oil production and consumption patterns, plus some projections going forward. As the article notes: “…The country’s oil [...]

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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.