Dinosaurs at the Tar Pit (3): Energy’s Center of Power & Resource Nationalism Is On The Move
As noted in today’s Financial Times, the story of energy in the 21st century has been the relative decline of the developed world as both a producer and a consumer.  We have been following [...]
Next Stop: Jupiter — Brazil’s ‘Huge’ Gas Field Find
As reported by BBC, a huge natural gas field has been found a short distance off Rio de Janeiro’s coastline, another recent find which could help turn Brazil into even more of a leading global [...]
Dialing for Dollars (or Dirhams?): Gulf Arab Telcos Expanding Their Area Codes
Two recent reports on Gulf Arab telecom operators continuing their expansionist trends out of their home markets, where most have been riding a wave of economic growth spurred by a five-fold increase [...]
Russia Moves On The Caspian; Back to Iraq As Well?
As neatly reported by Energy Daily,  Russia is moving swiftly to develop projects in its own self-defined sector of the Caspian Sea.  Russia’s move offshore means it is now joining [...]
Big Oil = Dinosaurs at the Tar Pit (Part 2) / Thoughts on a Natural Gas Cartel
In an exclusive SPIEGEL interview, OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem el-Badri discussed – among other items – the failures of the multinational oil companies and the possibility of a [...]
India: A “Minnow” in Oil & Gas Exploration Potential
An interesting look by The Financial Times at India’s auction of oil & gas exploration blocks on which the global majors have mostly shied away from bidding. As the article notes: [...]

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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.