China’s Crude Finance – China & Brazil Con(Tango)
Via Stratfor (subscription required), a close look at the most recent of China’s yuan-for-resources initiatives.  As the article notes: “…Jose Sergio Gabrielli, the chief executive [...]
Gazprom’s Woes = Less Influence for Russia
Via Stratfor (subscription required), a detailed look at Gazprom’s troubling declines in both production and export values in 2008 and even sharper falls predicted for 2009.  As the article [...]
Axis of Oil Springs A Leak…
Via Newsweek, an interesting look at the impact that plunging oil prices have had upon what many consider to be “unfriendly” regimes such as Iran and Venezuela.  As the article notes [...]
China, Russia, and ESPO: Was This A Deal of Desperation?
Via Stratfor (subscription required), insightful analysis of the recent deal between China and Russia that will give Russian energy firms Transneft and Rosneft loans to increase East Siberian oil [...]
China and Russia Agree on Oil Sector Loans
Via The Financial Post, a report that Russia signed its biggest ever energy deal with China, under which its oil companies will receive US$25-billion in loans in exchange for long-term crude [...]
Rosukrenergo
Via The Kansas City Star, an interesting article on Rosukrenergo, the mysterious firm that had acted as the intermediary between Russia & Ukraine on gas sales. As the report notes: When Ukraine [...]

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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.