Russia’s Winter of Discontent: An Opportunity for International Companies to Invest?
Via The Times, an interesting look at Gazprom’s cash woes and the opportunity that such a crunch may afford Western companies. Specifically, an obvious solution to the Ukrainian crisis is for a [...]
Pemex: Unable to Reverse Its Accelerating Production Decline
Via Stratfor (subscription required), an interesting analysis of Petroleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) continued production woes.  As the article notes “…Oil output … dropped 9 [...]
Venezuela Quietly Courting Big Oil Once Again
Via The International Herald Tribune, a report that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who initially reveled in describing the crash as proof of capitalism’s flaws, is now quietly courting [...]
China and Iran Sign Large-Scale Oil Development Contract
Via Energy Daily, a report that China and Iran recently signed a $1.76 billion contract for the initial development of the North Azadegan oil field in western Iran.  As the article notes: [...]
Plowing Money Into Southern Sudan via A Warlord’s Family
Via The Financial Times, several interesting articles about investment in southern Sudan.  The first deals with a US businessman backed by former CIA and state department officials says he has [...]
Falling Oil Prices = Falling Stars & Some Turnarounds in Fortune
From Foreign Policy’s new blog entitled The Call, some thoughts on winners & losers from the steep drop in oil prices and the financial meltdown.  As the report notes, the old Seven [...]

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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.