Gazprom Gains Control and ENI Exhales With Relief
April 10th, 2009 Via Stratfor (subscription required), analysis of Gazprom’s $4.2 billion acquisition of the 20 percent stake in Gazprom Neft held by Italian energy giant ENI.  As the article notes, the [...]
East Siberian-Pacific Ocean Pipeline Reaches China
April 10th, 2009 Via Energy Daily, a report that Russia will finish an oil pipeline connecting Siberian oil fields to energy-hungry China in several weeks.  As the article quotes Prime Minister Vladimir Putin: [...]
More Pipe Dreams? White Stream and Nord Stream Updates
April 10th, 2009 Via Energy Daily, an update on the White Stream and Nord Stream pipeline projects.  As the article notes: “…Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding in Tbilisi with the London [...]
More Pipe Dreams? Russian & Turkey Thoughts On Blue Stream 2
April 6th, 2009 Via Energy Daily, an interesting article on the continued impact that January’s natural gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine has had throughout European energy markets:  Europe, alarmed by [...]
China & Ecuador: Oil For Investment Money
April 6th, 2009 Via Energy Daily, a report that China is close to inking a one-billion-dollar deal to receive Ecuadorian oil.  As the article notes: “…China has offered us initial capital worth one [...]
Gazprom: Into Africa (Again)…
April 4th, 2009 Via Energy Daily, a detailed report on Russia’s renewed interest in Nigeria’s oil patch.  As the article notes: “…Russian energy firm Gazprom has signed an agreement with 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.