A Thirsty Dragon Strikes in Turkmenistan
Via Energy Daily, reports that one relatively obscure Western oil company – Ireland’s Dragon Oil – managed to beat out mega-competitors such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Royal [...]
Big Goals for Iran’s First Private Oil Producer
Via Shana, news that Arvandan Oil and Gas Co. was busy setting up the first private oil producing company in Iran.  What struck me most about the report was the rather audacious production goals [...]
Africa: A to Z(TE)
Via Stratfor (subscription required), an interesting look at the plans for Chinese telecommunications equipment company ZTE and Libya’s telecom regulator to build the first-ever WiMAX wireless [...]
Tupi: Transforming Petrobras and Brazil
As a recent International Herald Tribune article details, while some of the world’s largest oil producers such as Mexico and Iran are struggling to remain exporters, Brazil is moving in the [...]
Off The Map In Africa – Balancing Political Risk With Geological Risk
Going to take a break from discussions of supermajors and the New Seven Sisters for one post to highlight an interesting article from Canada’s Globe and Mail introducing a small Toronto Stock [...]
An Iranian Exploration Deal With Italy
Via Shana (Iran’s Petroenergy Information Network), news that the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Italian company Edison SpA signed a contract on the exploration of Dayyer Block, an [...]

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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.