Gas ‘Troika’ Discuss Gas OPEC
As reported by The Huffington Post, Russia, Iran and Qatar – which together account for nearly a third of world natural gas exports and hold some 60 percent of world gas reserves – made [...]
PetroChina: A Global Growth Strategy Not Admired at Home?
Via Stratfor (subscription required), an in-depth look at recent consideration by China’s state-owned energy giant PetroChina to acquire smaller foreign energy companies that have been weakened by [...]
Part of the Axis of Oil Springs A Leak
Via The International Herald Tribune, an interesting look at the recent (mis)fortunes of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela in their bids to challenge United States hegemony in the aftermath of falling oil [...]
Will The Global Financial Crisis Sink Petrobras’ Offshore Development Plans?
From Seeking Alpha, a pessimistic view on Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras (PBR) which recently postponed the disclosure of its new business plan so that it could evaluate the impact of the global [...]
Mobius on Emerging and Frontier Markets
Via The Financial Times, an interesting report on Mark Mobius’ continued optimism on emerging markets and several which he is focused on at present. As the article notes: “…While [...]
Cuba Claims Much Larger Offshore Oil Reserves
Via BBC, an interesting report that Cubapetroleo, the state-owned Cuban oil company, recently announced that the country may have more than 20bn barrels of oil in its offshore fields – more [...]

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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.