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: [...]
Iran: Go East Young Man
As noted several weeks ago, Iran’s Pars Oil & Gas struck a $16 billion deal with SKS Ventures, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Al-Bukhari Foundation, to develop the Golshan and Ferdowsi [...]

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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.