Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Russia’s Declining Oil Production
October 5th, 2008 Via Stratfor (subscription required), an in-depth analysis of Russia’s declining oil production capacity and implications this will cause for Russia as a whole.  As the report notes, Russia [...]
Gazprom & Kyrgyzstan: An Energy Side of “The Great Game”
October 3rd, 2008 Via Energy Daily, interesting analysis of Gazprom’s strategy of offering former Soviet republics in the Caucasus and Central Asia near-market prices for its future natural gas production, [...]
SOCAR So Good: Azerbaijan Wants to Boost Oil Carried by Russian Pipelines
October 2nd, 2008 From Windows on Eurasia, an interesting report that Azerbaijan hopes to send more oil through Russia.  According to the article: “…The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is [...]
China’s Growing Economic Influence in Central Asia
October 1st, 2008 From The Foreign Policy Association, a nice summary of China’s growing influence in the Central Asian states.  As the article notes, recent projects include: “-A 960-kilometer oil [...]
South Korea Deals for Russian Gas
October 1st, 2008 Via Reuters, news that South Korea agreed on a $90 billion deal to import Siberian gas that should allow Russia to diversify away from Europe while bringing North Korea closer to its neighbour via [...]
PDVSA’s Growing Influence in Central/South America
October 1st, 2008 Via IPS News, an in-depth report on the growing influence of PDVSA in Central America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and islands in the eastern Caribbean who are receiving more and more oil from [...]

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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.