Azerbaijan: Center of the New Great Game Energy War?
Via Energy Daily, a detailed look at  Azerbaijan’s central role in the covert new Great Game energy war between the West and Russia for domination of both Caspian energy and its transit [...]
Pertamina Names A New Leader
As reported by The Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s state owned oil company – PT Pertamina  – named a new President recently.  As the article notes: “…Newly appointed [...]
Doubling Down? China Invests In Africa
As recently reported in The New Yorker, China has maintained its appetite for African investments, despite the economic downturn. As the article notes: “Some developed Western countries hit by the [...]
Solving Future European Gas Problems
Via The Moscow Times, a report on how one owner of RosUkrEnergo would solve future gas problems.  As the article notes: “…Russian, Ukrainian and European investors would each own a third [...]
Lukoil’s Prospects….
Via Fortune Magazine, an interesting article on Lukoil and its future prospects.  As the article notes “…one thing is clear about Lukoil: It’s a company that mirrors Russia right [...]
Re-Energizing Nabucco
Via Stratfor (subscription required), an analysis of the recent summit in Hungary for officials from countries interested in, or part of, the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project including Austria, [...]

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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.