The Pipeline War?
August 12th, 2008 As noted by Robert Amsterdam in his ever insightful blog, Russia’s invasion of Georgia is mostly about seizing control of the only energy conduit threatening their monopoly of supply from [...]
More Than King Solomon’s Mine…?
August 11th, 2008 From the current issue of Fortune Magazine, an interesting article on a new generation of fortune hunters seeking riches under the sands of Saudi Arabia, namely gold and potentially even more [...]
Iran, Algeria to Discuss OPEC-style Gas Group
August 10th, 2008 As reported by Reuters, Iran and Algeria are expected to discuss the formation of an OPEC-style gas group during a visit by  Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to Tehran.  As the article [...]
Original Seven Sisters: Old & Struggling
August 10th, 2008 From Newsweek, a timely reminder of the struggles facing the original Seven Sisters and the rise of the new oil majors.  As the article notes: “…The escalating [BP] dispute is emblematic [...]
Ka$hakhstan
August 10th, 2008 Via Arabian Business, an interesting look at the wave of Middle Eastern investment targeting Kazakhstan. Up for grabs is the vast and untapped commodity wealth of a country the size of Western [...]
Ecuador Gains Help to Maintain Petroleum Production
August 10th, 2008 From Bloomberg, a report that State-owned energy company PetroEcuador and Ivanhoe Energy Inc., a Canadian oil and natural-gas producer, will sign an oil production deal in which Ivanhoe will invest [...]

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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.