Nord Stream Leading To Continental Divide?
October 13th, 2009 Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the ambitious Nord Stream pipeline planned to run along the bed of the Baltic Sea, the Russian natural gas giant Gazprom is driving a political wedge [...]
Russia Gives China Gas
October 13th, 2009 Via The New York Times, news that Gazprom signed a general trade agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation during a state visit by Russian officials.  As the article notes: [...]
Dialing For Dollars In Iran
October 9th, 2009 Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting look at a special type of investment in Iran, namely the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ recent takeover of a majority share in the nation’s [...]
China: Interested In Mining North Korea’s Mineral Wealth
October 7th, 2009 Via The Financial Times, a report that China aims to gain access to North Korea’s mineral wealth.  As the article notes: “… if resource-hungry China hopes revived camaraderie will [...]
Turkmenistan: Market Diversification
October 4th, 2009 Via Bloomberg, a report that Turkmenistan’s willingness to ship natural gas to European partners if they build a pipeline across the Caspian Sea to transport fuel westward.  As the article [...]
Resource Nationalism And Structural Changes In The Global Oil System
October 2nd, 2009 Via Gregor.us (subscription required for complete newsletter), some detailed commentary of the structural changes in the global oil system and the new era of resource nationalism which has emerged.  [...]

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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.