Increasing Ties Between China and Turkmenistan
Via Energy Daily, an insightful analysis of the growing ties between China and Turkmenistan.  As we have recently discussed on this blog in earlier posts, China National Petroleum Corp. announced [...]
Frontier Markets – Now Part of Mainstream (Media) Thinking?
As noted in a recent US News & World Report article, many investors are engaged in the hunt for the next generation of emerging markets.  And, as we’ve discussed in this blog before, [...]
Gazprom’s African Gas Grab
From The Financial Times, a report that Gazprom is offering to invest in Nigeria’s energy infrastructure in return for the chance to develop some of the biggest gas deposits in the worlds, a [...]
Uzbekistan and A Russian Energy Battle: Part of Lukoil’s Capital Flight Plan?
Via Stratfor (subscription required), a highly interesting analysis of Uzbekistan’s status as a large natural gas producer that is locked into Russia’s interests, even though it has many [...]
Africa: The Final Emerging Market Frontier?
Despite the current tragedy and turmoil in Kenya, much is being written of Africa as the final emerging market frontier.  While we have been covering Africa for some time, 24/7 Wall Street offered [...]
Pakistan & Iran: IPI and More
As noted in the Daily Times of Pakistan, Iran and Pakistan recently discussed oil and gas cooperation, with particular emphasis on the continued development of the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) [...]

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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.