Pipeline Politics: Uzbekistan Cuts Gas Supply To Tajikistan
From the Times of Central Asia, a report that Uzbekistan recently cut gas supplies to neighboring Tajikistan by 45% in a dispute over a $7 million debt.  As the article notes: “…Before [...]
Myanmar To Pipe Natural Gas to China
Via Energy Daily, a report that Myanmar has signed a deal with South Korean and Indian companies to pipe natural gas from the energy-rich nation’s offshore fields to China.  According to the [...]
Caspian Energy in 2008: “The Best of Times, The Worst of Times”
Via Energy Daily, a summary of 2008 for the five petro-states ringing the Caspian.  As the article notes “…Three of these are the former Soviet republics of Russia, Azerbaijan and [...]
Gazprom’s Financial Woes
Via The International Herald Tribune (and New York Times), an insightful report on Gazprom’s recent financial woes.  As  the article notes: “…A year ago, Gazprom, the Russian [...]
Russia’s Energy Deals with Serbia
Via Stratfor (subscription required), interesting analysis on the recent “political agreement” signed on Dec. 24 by Serbian President Boris Tadic and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to [...]
China’s Look East To Africa Goes South…
Via Africa-Asia Confidential, an interesting report on how the economic meltdown and spread of cholera across Zimbabwe and into South Africa has emboldened China, India, and Japan – which have been [...]

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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.