Gazprom Takes A Fall
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting article on Gazprom: After years as Eurasia’s energy bully, Russia’s state-controlled natural gas monopoly, Gazprom, is getting a taste of its own [...]
ONGC’s $5 Billion Kazakhstan Oil Deal May Fall Through
Via NDTV, a look at the status of India’s bid to acquire a large stake in the Kashagam oil field: Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) $5 billion deal to acquire US energy giant [...]
Building The Economy Of Post-Qaddafi Libya
Courtesy of Ventures Africa, some thoughts on Libya: Libya has never been a country with a good reputation, and with all of the bad news about terrorism, chaos and disorder that has appeared since [...]
In Frontier Markets, Invest For The Long (And Longer) Term
Via HBR, an interesting commentary on frontier markets: Earlier this year, I received some lessons on what wins in frontier markets from former Coca Cola CEO Neville Isdell. “Young markets need [...]
Pyongyang Glitters, But Rest of North Korea Still Dark
Via Time magazine, an interesting look at North Korea: The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon. Glossy construction downtown has altered the Pyongyang [...]
Silicon Kush
Via Inc., an interesting article on how bill-payment kiosks are transforming consumers’ economic lives in Central Asia: On our first morning in Dushanbe, the Tajik police stop our car. We had [...]

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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.