Sinochem: Hunts for Assets Overseas
Via Energy Daily, news that China’s Sinochem Corp., a state-owned oil trading conglomerate, has entered into an agreement to explore oil and gas in two blocks in Indonesia. As the article [...]
Turkey and Iran: Natural Gas Deal
According to The International Herald Tribune, Turkey and Iran will probably sign a natural gas deal during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s expected visit to the Turkish capital, [...]
Petrobras and Jubarte: Next Stop Jupiter?
From Stratfor, news that Brazilian state oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) reportedly plans to start production at the Jubarte oil well in the Campos Basin on Aug. 12. While the well’s [...]
City of Silk Rail Network to Link Middle East & China
Via Inhabitat, news that Camassive urban masterplan has been approved for Madinat al-Hareer, or City of Silk, in Subiya, Kuwait. With a budget of £66 billion ($132bn USD), the project is an [...]
Russia’s Far Eastern Frontier: Energy as a Political Tool
As recently reported in The Japan Focus, Russia’s Far Eastern frontier is now turning into the place where energy export becomes a political tool in shaping the country’s relations with [...]
Venezuelan-Russian Energy Axis: Global Power Politics
As recently discussed by The Latin Business Chronicle, the emerging Venezuelan-Russian energy axis is a 21st-century throwback to the Cold War Soviet-Cuban alliance and may be emblematic of [...]

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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.