India & Iran: Gas Pipeline Project
July 4th, 2008 From AFP, a report that India expects to finalize a deal “by next month” on a pipeline that will transport gas from Iran.  According to the article, Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora [...]
Libya & Egypt: Refining Relations
July 4th, 2008 Via Stratfor, news that Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi said that Libya is planning to invest $10 billion in Egypt over the next two years including the development of an oil [...]
Angola’s Oil Future
July 2nd, 2008 From The Oil Drum, an excellent analysis of Angola’s oil future.  As the article notes: “Angola is one of the few oil producing countries with a bright future ahead.  Decades of war [...]
Qatar To Invest $8bn in Libyan Companies
July 2nd, 2008 Via The Financial Times, news that Qatar will invest about $8bn in Libyan companies in the financial services, energy and real estate sectors.  As the article notes: “…Libya, with a [...]
Russia Oil Companies Eye Gulf Of Mexico Exploration via Cuba
July 2nd, 2008 Via DowJones, a report that Russian energy companies OAO Gazprom (OGZPY) and OAO Lukoil Holdings (LUKOY) may revive Soviet-era ties to enter the oil-rich Gulf of the Mexico – through its Cuban [...]
Foreign Firms Able To Own Iranian State Companies
June 30th, 2008 Via Stratfor (subscription required), news that Iran will begin to allow foreign firms to buy unlimited shares in Iranian state-run companies that are in the process of being sold off, with the [...]

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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.