Noor and Far: Kuwaiti Investment In Gazprom
Via The New York Times, a report that Kuwaiti investment firm Noor Financial Investment Co. will join with the Russian oil and gas giant’s Gazprom Geofizika subsidiary to form one venture in [...]
Russia and Iran: Emphasize “North-South” Routes vs. “East-West”
Via Windows on Eurasia, an analysis of the renewed interest in the development of three major north-south routes that would link Russia with Iran — via the Caspian Sea, via a railroad through [...]
China Invests in Liberia’s Mines
Via Terra Daily, a report that Liberia signed Thursday a 2.6 billion dollar agreement with Chinese conglomerate China Union to develop its main iron ore mine, the biggest ever investment in the West [...]
Peru: Delaying Its Planned Oil Change
Via The Associated Press, a report that low oil prices are forcing Peru’s government to reevaluate $2 billion it planned to invest in an oil refinery and new pipelines in the Amazon jungle. As [...]
The New Great Game: Russia vs. The West over Caspian & Central Asian Energy Resources
Via World Politics Review, an in-depth summary of the new geostrategic “Great Game” between Russia and the West over the future of Caspian and Central Asian energy resources.  As the [...]
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 [...]

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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.