South Stream Pipeline: On Stream
As reported by AFP, Russian President Vladimir Putin clinched a key pipeline deal with Bulgaria on Friday that strengthens Moscow’s grip on European gas markets.  As the article notes: [...]
Ecuador Invests in its Oil Industry, but Following the Chavez Model?
As detailed by Xinhua Financial News, Ecuador – South America’s fifth-largest oil producer with an average of 510,000 barrels of crude a day – will invest U.S. $2 billion in its oil [...]
Cuba’s Oil-Rich Waters
As reported by Energy Daily, Brazil has signed a deal that would give Brazil’s Petrobras access to Cuban potentially oil-rich waters, where it hopes to begin drilling in the next two years. As [...]
Emerg(ing / ed) Markets?
While past performance can never be considered as a strong indicator of future returns (in investment term), Time’s Curious Capitalist offered an interesting look back at the world’s ten [...]
Turkmenistan’s Pipeline Politics: Turkey, Iran, and Others Shiver Together
There have been stories this past week or so about the severe winter and  gas shortages  in Iran, and their resulting cut in supplies to  Turkey.  The Iranian domestic shortage was [...]
Big Oil Beaten In Kazakhstan
Two interesting articles (among many) on the conclusion of months of protracted negotiations that have landed Kazakhstan with double its previous stake in the lucrative Kashagan oil fields, at the [...]

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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.