Impact of $60 Oil On The New Seven Sisters
An interesting report by Reuters on the impact of decreased oil prices on the New Seven Sisters.  As the article notes “…The world’s biggest state-owned oil companies are [...]
Brazil’s Pre-Salt Oilfields: Larger Than Initially Thought
As recently reported by The Financial Times, Brazil’s newly discovered “pre-salt” oilfields may contain more than 100bn barrels, Haroldo Lima, head of the industry regulatory.  As the article [...]
Russia: CPC Down; Kazakhstan-China Pipeline To Go
Via Stratfor, a detailed analysis of the implications arising from Russia increasing its share in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) to 31 percent after buying a 7 percent stake from Oman. The [...]
Azeri Efforts to Manage European & Russian Interests In Its Resources
Via The International Herald Tribune, an interesting look at Azerbaijan’s efforts to play Europe and Russia off against each other during the tug-of-war over over Azerbaijan’s energy [...]
Iran, Dubai, and Economic Sanctions
An interesting article in The New York Times Magazine on the strategy and impact of economic sanctions against Iran.  As the article notes, the idea is to prevent a country reliant on global trade [...]
Cuba and Brazil: Cooperating on Offshore Exploration
As ably reported by the St. Petersburg Times, Brazilian president Inacio Lula da Silva recently signed an agreement between his country’s state oil company, Petrobras, and its Cuban [...]

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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.