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 [...]
Sinochem: Hunts for Assets Overseas
August 8th, 2008 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 [...]

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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.