China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan: A Strategic Trade & Energy Corridor
Via The Asia Times, a very interesting analysis of China’s strategic interest in capitalizing on the convenience that Afghanistan and Pakistan offer for the exploitation of energy resources of [...]
Gazprom Explores Southeast Asia
Reuters recently reported that Gazprom signed a deal with Vietnam’s state-owned energy company, Petrovietnam, to explore four new offshore fields. Gazprom says that their joint venture company [...]
A New Look at Gazprom
Via The New York Times, an in-depth look at Gazprom.  As the article notes: “…It’s hard to overemphasize Gazprom’s role in the Russian economy. It’s a sprawling [...]
Private Equity into Iraq: A New Definition of Risk Management?
Via Reuters, a recent report that influential emerging markets fund manager Mark Mobius said on Friday that he was in talks for private equity investments in Iraq.  As noted in the article: [...]
Iran as a Counter Balance to Gazprom’s Energy Power
Robert Amsterdam (one of our favorite blogger analysts) recently offered interesting insight into the geopolitical importance of Iran in terms of EU energy security vis-à-vis Gazprom’s [...]
Frontier Investing
While we’ve been following this topic for some time, popular financial columnist Jane Bryant Quinn recently noted that investing in emerging markets isn’t optional anymore. Globalization [...]

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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.