Mobius’ Emerging Opportunities
Via The Financial Times, an interesting look at which emerging markets Mark Mobius (executive chairman of Templeton Asset Management) is focusing on, in spite of the recent credit-related financial [...]
Renewed EU Support for A Trans-Saharan Pipeline
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on the EU’s recent offers of financial and political backing to Nigeria for a €15bn ($21bn, £12bn) trans-Saharan pipeline to pump its [...]
Gazprom: A “Political Insurance” Company
From Robert Amsterdam’s insightful blog, a very interesting analysis of the latest announcement that Gazprom is forming a new $4.5 billion joint venture in the tumultuous Andean country with [...]
Sinopec’s Bid for Syrian Petroleum Assets
Via The Financial Post, an interesting article on China Petrochemical Corporation’s (Sinopec) offer to pay $1.9 billion for Tanganyika Oil Co. to gain oil and natural gas operations in Syria.  [...]
China and Venezuela: Increased Energy Cooperation
Energy Daily recently reported that China and Venezuela signed several energy agreements that will allow the South American country to export half a million barrels of oil a day to the Asian giant [...]
KazMunaiGas and Shell Team Up For Kashagan Oil
According to Reuters, Kazakh state oil company KazMunaiGas will create a joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell to handle the production segment of the Kashagan oilfield.  As noted in the article: [...]

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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.