Cuba’s Black Gold…
March 19th, 2009 Via Energy Daily, details on Cuba’s recent efforts to negotiate oil exploration and production deals with Russia, China and Angola, with its focus on Moscow shaping up as the partnership that [...]
Imminent Decline in Turkmenistan Gas Due To Lack Of Investment
March 18th, 2009 Via Bloomberg, news that Turkmenistan may need at least $5 billion a year in the next decade to stem a decline in natural gas production and meet export commitments to China, Iran and Russia.  [...]
Venezuela and Russia Form JV To Explore For Oil
March 18th, 2009 Courtesy of The International Herald Tribune, a report detailing the plans for Venezuela and Russia to form a joint company to work together on oil projects.  As the article notes: [...]
China Continues To Buy Into Africa’s Potential
March 18th, 2009 Via Terra Daily, a report that China is going to increase its investments in Africa.  As the article notes: “…China will boost its state-run Africa investment fund by two billion [...]
China and Iran: Partners in Yadavaran
March 16th, 2009 Via Radio Liberty, a report on a multibillion-dollar agreement recently concluded between China and Iran to develop the big Yadavaran oilfield in southern Iran.  As the article notes: [...]
Venezuela’s Oil: “At The Service of China”
March 16th, 2009 Via Bloomberg, a report that PetroChina Co. and Venezuela will build a refinery in Guangdong province that will rival the biggest Chinese oil-processing plant by capacity as the two nations reinforce [...]

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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.