| 单词 | oilman |
| 例句 | “The Republicans have done nothing to help the Texas oilman for the last eight years,” said Clayton Williams, a Midland oilman. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Bush then left to give a speech at the Petroleum Museum to an audience of independent oilmen. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That August, as the number of suspicious deaths continued to climb, many Osage prevailed upon Barney McBride, a wealthy fifty-five-year-old white oilman, to go to Washington, D.C., and ask federal authorities to investigate. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z One oilman from Oklahoma told a friend that Harding’s nomination had cost him and his interests $1 million. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The oilmen anxiously pored over geological maps and tried to glean intelligence about leases from men they employed as “rock hounds” and spies. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Another famed oilman in Oklahoma quickly burned through $50 million and ended up destitute. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Then one day they stopped. Today more than ten thousand wells remain scattered across the reservation, but they are generally what oilmen call “stripper” wells, each one generating less than fifteen barrels a day. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The regulations, issued in 2014, were costly to satisfy, and as a consequence oilmen had virtually stopped drilling new wells, given that they produced only marginal returns. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Who, for example, had abducted the oilman McBride in Washington, D.C., or thrown W. W. Vaughan off the speeding train? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Since the brutal slaying of the oilman McBride, nearly six months had passed without the discovery of another suspicious death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “After all,” one oilman reasoned, “we’re just another Middle East war away from another boom.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Both those roles won Oscars for the actor, and so did his turn as an avaricious oilman in “There Will Be Blood.” New Trailer: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z With him are his Spanish-born mother and his father, a Texas oilman eager to capitalize on Franco’s new openness to foreign investment. In a Suspenseful New Novel From Ruta Sepetys, Franco-Era Spain Is as Repressive as Gilead 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z He is the oldest son of Marvin Davis, the billionaire oilman and onetime owner of 20th Century Fox, who died in 2004. ?Marmaduke? Producer Is a Friend to Comic Animals 2010-05-28T22:31:00Z After World War II he finds his calling as an oilman but ignores his wife and children; after hitting it big, he sees how spoiled and smug his kids have become. Movie Review: ‘The Ultimate Life’ Shows What Money Can and Cannot Buy 2013-09-06T03:53:55Z When they discover an oilman plans to raze the Muppet Theater to drill a well, they convince the Muppets to reunite to save the theater. A Minute With: Jason Segel on Muppets and puppets 2011-11-16T14:52:15Z Maybe an oilman, more interested in drilling rights than in wildlife. Movie Review: ?Big Miracle,? With Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski 2012-02-03T01:26:43Z Thirty-three years later, the Machiavellian oilman was shot again, in the second season of TNT's successful revival of Dallas, but this time it was fatal. Cory Monteith: how will Glee producers deal with his death? 2013-07-16T10:50:20Z Her husband, Rod Nugent Sr., made a fortune as an independent oilman, a ruthless operator. How My Aunt Marge Ended Up in the Deep Freeze . . . 2012-04-14T20:06:48Z “Wheatstacks” will be auctioned Nov. 11 along with other artworks from the collection of Edwin L. Cox, a Texas oilman who died last year at age 99. Van Gogh artwork looted by Nazis to be auctioned in New York 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z During my rewatch of the Bobby funeral episode, which ends with a freeze frame of a heartbroken J.R. looking up at the sky, I realized that the slick but soulful oilman was my gateway antihero. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Dallas’ 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Her father, an oilman, died when she was a girl, and the family fortunes declined precipitously. Dixie Evans, Who Brought ‘Monroe’ to Burlesque Houses, Dies at 86 2013-08-11T00:49:34Z On the mainland, in the slums of Caracas as in the elegant homes of bankers and oilmen, the situation is more severe. Silent Days Stalking Bonefish in Venezuela 2010-03-26T22:22:00Z Imagine the relief that would suffuse you if, while nibbling zakuski with a group of oilmen from Kazakhstan, you knew to call their largest city Almaty — rather than its Soviet name, Alma-Ata. | The Geopolitics of Name-Dropping 2014-03-12T22:00:59Z Not for nothing, Mitty is carrying an iconic number called the Zero Halliburton, an aluminum model named for the oilman who started the company. | To Have and To Hold 2014-03-06T14:00:39Z The bars in Ankawa, the city's laid-back Christian quarter, are a heady admixture of oilmen, contractors, journalists, security teams, aid workers and, increasingly, tourists. A Facelift for an Ancient Kurdish Citadel 2010-07-29T07:50:00Z He introduces character after character — goalies and oilmen and comely academics, the heartbroken, the disinherited and the excluded — each of whom blooms in the mind. Struggling to Love, Work and Do the Right Thing in Putin’s Russia 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Mrs. Stevenson’s father, Amon G. Carter Sr., was an oilman and philanthropist who in 1923, the year she was born, became publisher of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Ruth Carter Stevenson of the Amon Carter Museum Dies at 89 2013-01-12T03:58:44Z Congalton said he'll be reselling that collection, which was put together by an Oklahoma oilman, along with everything else he buys. Writer Larry McMurtry auctions most of 450,000-book collection 2012-08-11T16:13:09Z The buyer was J. Paul Getty, an inscrutable 45-year-old oilman from Minnesota who had suddenly emerged as a major collector of European paintings. Self-Portrait Of the Oilman As Collector 2010-12-26T02:23:54Z After Rice, she built a career in the oil and gas industry, working 18 years for oilman and Republican politician Robert Mosbacher, who later served as commerce secretary under George H.W. Houston’s Annise Parker, a gay mayor in a red state, ponders political future 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z In his case, that meant the Texas oilmen who were his biggest bankers, the journalists who acted as his megaphone and bureaucrats like the F.B.I.’s J. Edgar Hoover. ‘Demagogue’ Remembers a Vintage American Bully 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Petit St. Vincent became a resort in the 1960s and is today owned by American oilman Philip Stephenson and British property entrepreneur Robin Paterson. The Grenadines' Unwired Retreat 2012-02-03T06:10:00Z She knows how to speak to oilmen, to Christians, to farmers and ranchers, having lived for years in Lubbock, Tex., with her pastor husband. One of America’s top climate scientists is an evangelical Christian. She’s on a mission to persuade skeptics. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z The oilman was known for his tightfisted approach, reportedly installing a pay telephone in one of his residences so that family and friends would not be able to place long distance calls at his expense. Troubled grandson of J. Paul Getty dies at 54 2011-02-08T17:03:22Z Devices on board Huygens have detected ethane, acetylene and other complex hydrocarbon molecules – an oilman's dream. Welcome to a new Eden ? two billion miles from Earth 2010-05-08T23:06:00Z The naturalist and activist Terry Tempest Williams fights to preserve her Utah roots by buying up parcels of federal public land at auction to prevent the oilmen from drilling there. Women Write of Home, and a Woman’s Place in It 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z It all began with my dream of becoming an oilman. Birth Of A Wildcatter - How Harold Hamm Got His Start 2012-12-06T15:00:00Z My dearest friend, who had known me since our punk days in the East Village, offered an assessment that I still quote: “You look like a Texas oilman’s wife named Babs or Linda.” I Never Planned on Being a Playboy Pinup 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Two oilmen would come to grief, more or less, in the 1920s. Real estate, transit, oil — how early L.A. built fortunes and bred scoundrels 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Heirs to J. Paul Getty, the oilman who assembled one of California’s most famous fortunes, maneuvered their wealth in an effort to limit the amount of taxes they paid, the New Yorker reported in January. As IRS funding shrinks, California's wealthiest can breathe a bit easier 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “He came across to me as a very respectful, thoughtful young man,” said Harvey Yates, an oilman and former chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party, who donated $5,000 to Mr. Peña’s election effort. Despite Red Flags, G.O.P. Backed Candidate Now Charged in Shootings 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z “Him being an oilman, I don’t think that will be that big of a risk for him.” UAE names technocrat to lead upcoming UN COP28 climate talks 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The committee focused heavily on liberal organizations, but it also investigated nonprofits such as the Facts Forum foundation, which was headed by Texas oilman H.L. Churches are breaking the law by endorsing in elections — but the IRS is looking the other way 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z This oilman here was not a nabob like Doheny, but his L.A. oil scandal was going on at the same time. Real estate, transit, oil — how early L.A. built fortunes and bred scoundrels 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z "Barrack has done deals with Saudi princes, Texas oilmen, a Caribbean dictator — even with Donald Trump," that sycophantic Fortune profile recounted. How one of Trump's best friends was trapped in the Jersey swamps: An American tale 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Texas oilman Lamar Hunt had one of them, and at a news conference where reporters were still struggling with the concept of big-money tennis, Hunt was pressed about the financial challenges he faced. Commentary: How Wimbledon legend Jack Kramer ended 'shamateurism' and ignited pro tennis movement 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Texas oilman Jason Herrick is scrambling to pump more oil, chasing the promise of profit as oil prices soar. Why can't the US stop soaring oil and gas prices? 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z The center itself came into focus in 2016, when billionaire Tulsa oilman George Kaiser heard from a New York rare-book dealer through his Kaiser Family Foundation. In Tulsa, the new Bob Dylan museum reconsiders the legacies of an icon and a city 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The two Great Plains oilmen tussled over the direction of America’s energy policy, in which each man had an enormous vested interest. Rags-to-Riches Stories Are Actually Kind of Disturbing 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Most famous, perhaps, was West Texas oilman Clayton Williams, who, as the 1990 GOP nominee for governor, bankrolled himself into a seemingly invincible lead in the race over the Democrat, state treasurer Ann Richards. Opinion | No matter what men say, rape is never something to ‘lie back and enjoy’ 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z “The Burning Sea” is meant to be a kind of cautionary tale, framed by an interview with an oilman who stresses that the story’s events are bound to happen if the drilling continues. 'The Burning Sea' follows the standard operating procedure for an ecological disaster movie 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z "Our oilmen have prepared very good new solutions on hydrocarbon supplies to the People's Republic of China," Putin said at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss closer cooperation. Putin hails $117.5 bln of China deals as Russia squares off with West 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z As with the Nigerian oilmen, the Pandora Papers extend what is known of their offshore assets. Secret trove illuminates the lives of the world’s billionaires 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z But the film also marked the start of a nine-year screen absence after her marriage to a producer and wealthy Texas oilman, William P. Moss Jr., with whom she had three children. Jane Withers, impish child star of Depression-era Hollywood, dies at 95 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z One of their candidates, Greg Goff, was an oilman who had led a smaller refining company to legendary profitability and thought that mitigating environmental harm was part of corporate responsibility. The Little Hedge Fund Taking Down Big Oil 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z The son and grandson of West Texas oilmen lived with his wife in the Preston Hollow section of Dallas, home to former president George W. Bush and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. How an obscure Texas security company helped convince Americans the 2020 election was stolen from Trump Navy petroleum reserves in Wyoming and California to his friends, oilmen Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny, in exchange for cash gifts. Today in History 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Other shell companies owned by the oilmen provided the minister and her family with a chauffeured car, and they shipped her luxury furnishings worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, U.S. prosecutors later alleged. Secret trove illuminates the lives of the world’s billionaires 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z An oilman’s bride sees her ex-boyfriend romance her stepdaughter, and it drives her mad. Movies on TV this week: 'My Fair Lady'; 'Marry Poppins' 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z A Texas oilman named Bob McNair had shown an interest, but always had been shuffled aside by the NFL as it waited for Los Angeles. Dwyre: 'This didn't end well': The year I assigned Leon Uris to cover the L.A. Super Bowl 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z “I actually live here,” said Mark Murphy, a third-generation oilman in New Mexico. Big U.S. oil drillers have federal permits to mute effect of any Biden ban 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Billionaire oilman George Kaiser funded an acclaimed $465 million public park and other public amenities, and offered cut-rate housing to attract young entrepreneurs. Moderate Tulsa mayor faces fierce political crosscurrents 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Billionaire oilman George Kaiser funded an acclaimed $465 million public park and other public amenities, and offered cut-rate housing to attract young entrepreneurs. Moderate Tulsa mayor faces fierce political crosscurrents 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z His endorsement for any candidate is the political campaign equivalent of an oilman and hitting a gusher. Barack Obama poised to add his star appeal to Joe Biden's campaign 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z A stranded New York chorus girl keeps house for an oilman; then her boyfriend arrives. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, March 29, 2020 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z At odds with his wife and son, a casino owner bets all against a lucky oilman out to break the bank. Movies on TV this week: March 15: 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' on Freeform; Raiders of the Lost Ark and more 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The six oilmen were under house arrest when they were abruptly rounded up without explanation two weeks ago. Maduro accused of “disappearing” US oilmen as trial delayed 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z A Texas oilman’s sister makes him doubt his wife and best friend. Movies on TV this week: 'Schindler's List' on Starz and more 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Phillips was a successful oilman who used some of his fortune to develop a huge ranch in northeastern New Mexico. Boy Scouts mortgage vast New Mexico ranch as collateral 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Mark Veteto, an oilman who is among New Mexico’s largest political donors, argued that a fracking ban could have a draconian impact. New Mexico’s ‘Little Texas’ Booms, Igniting Battles Over Oil Windfall 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z A cattleman and his spoiled wife watch an upstart oilman try to take over Texas. Movies on TV for Oct. 6-12: 'Throne of Blood' and more 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z “It’s been valuable to have Boone as part of the team,” said Carl Pope, who was executive director of the Sierra Club at the time, in response to the oilman’s backing of alternative energy sources. T. Boone Pickens Is Dead; Oil Magnate and Corporate Raider Was 91 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Pickens soon landed on the cover of Time and became known as a spokesman for shareholders, many of them pensioners and retirees, who showered the oilman with fan mail. T. Boone Pickens, Texas oil tycoon who led legendary corporate raids, dies at 91 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens, known in sports circles as a mega-booster of Oklahoma State athletics, died Wednesday at his Dallas home. College football notebook: Oklahoma State booster Pickens dies 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Even his name seemed to fit, like central casting’s idea of what an oilman should be named. The Latest: OSU president: Pickens was ‘ultimate Cowboy’ 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Johnson is a liberal in this deep-red country of Baptist preachers and rich oilmen. All 77 counties voted for Trump. These musicians are fighting to turn Oklahoma blue 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Pendley was counsel to oilmen suing the federal government to drill these sacred mountains. Opinion | Conflicts of interest should lead to William Perry Pendley’s recusal 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z George Mitchell, her grandfather, was a wealthy oilman who helped establish hydrofracking technology, which enabled the extraction of hard-to-reach oil and gas. As Politics Creep Into Philanthropy, Beneficiaries Come Under Fire 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z A circus singer helps a 19th-century oilman move his Pennsylvania crude despite the railroad. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The transaction hinged on access to Saudi crude, so Barrack took the Texan oilman and two Saudi princes to meet the island’s dictator, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier. Tom Barrack, a Trump ally with fingers in many pies 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Texas oilman Marvin Davis bought Fox, eventually selling it to Murdoch, who made it the foundation of his influential U.S. media empire. Hollywood executive’s book recalls misbehaving stars, moguls 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z When oilmen came to a young Saudi Arabia, alcohol flowed freely among foreigners, who shared it at parties attended by the Saudi elite. Are Saudis moving toward lifting taboo on booze? 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Committee aides peppered the former oilman with questions about the 2017 session in Hamburg. Putin out-prepared Trump in key meeting, Rex Tillerson told House panel 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z It's nearly lunchtime and the place is busy with oilmen - they are all men - savouring their first beer after two or three weeks on the rigs. Is oil industry still a good career option? 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Based on Tom Pendleton’s out-of-print novel, “The Iron Orchard” wants to be a decades-spanning epic about an oilman’s rise and fall, but it has all the draw of a dull school reading assignment. Reviews: Supernatural thriller ‘Stray,’ dystopian ‘Level 16,’ Jean-Claude Van Damme and more 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Can it be an accident that the artist made it in the year that saw Texas oilman Rex Tillerson named U.S. Review: For Desert X 2019, I drove 198 miles to see 19 artists' work. Here's the best 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z The dough is based on a recipe from their grandmother, and the fillings are as bold and assertive as a Texan oilman. You’re going where? Provo, Utah. 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z In effect, Hollywood was providing the capital oilmen needed to drill wells. How a 91% rate sparked the golden age of tax avoidance in 1950s Hollywood 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Most of the contributors, I had been told, were oilmen—in Texas parlance, “big oilmen.” Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z She and the Texas oilman never established a close working relationship. Trump to nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as the next U.N. ambassador 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Bush, a former oilman who prized loyalty, resisted. 'America has lost a patriot and humble servant': Tributes and condolences pour in for George H.W. Bush 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Bush, a former oilman, nurtured a close relationship with leaders in Saudi Arabia. World leaders pay tribute to George H.W. Bush, who presided over a tumultuous period in international affairs 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Levandowski sometimes wore a custom-designed gray T-shirt, a gift from a colleague, that read “I Drink Your Milkshake”—a line from “There Will Be Blood,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s film about a murderously ambitious oilman. Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property? 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Afterward, he took me to see the legendary “8-F,” Suite 8-F at Houston’s Lamar Hotel, where the biggest of Texas’s big oilmen and contractors met to map out the state’s political future. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Rockefeller, for example, colluded with the railroads to put other oilmen at a huge disadvantage in shipping their product. Are low prices for consumers always a good thing for society? 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The bills, they said, mainly benefit ranchers, farmers and oilmen who often have to work around and avoid harming endangered species. Analysis | The Energy 202: Republicans rev up calls to rewrite Endangered Species Act 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z On “Dallas,” he portrayed a doctor who treated the notorious Texas oilman J.R. Peter Donat, actor who played multitude of roles, dies at 90 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z He cultivated a group of activists, poets and disaffected oilmen, meeting late in the night. A man who goes by AMLO is the favorite to win Mexico’s presidential election 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z I started calling for the big oilmen’s folders. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z George Mitchell, the Texas oilman who invented fracking, made oil and gas cheaper for the whole world—and he received only a tiny share of the wealth he created in so doing. How Income Equality Helped Trump 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z And unlike other executives with whom Mr. Pruitt is known to have close ties — like the oilman Harold Hamm or the coal mogul Robert E. Murray — Mr. Craft has stayed relatively under the radar. A Courtside View of Scott Pruitt’s Cozy Ties With a Billionaire Coal Baron 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z “Oil prices” may be near a multiyear high, but some oilmen are happier than others. Wacky Prices Pinch Oil Producers’ Profits 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Get away from those sticky oilmen who can hear a dollar bill fall on the rimrock — men who would watch the world burn to increase their profits. Opinion | Walk with us, Ryan Zinke, and see the folly in what you’ve done 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Another big oilman was Charles F. Roeser, of Fort Worth: the amount mentioned in the letter I found from him was again five thousand, the payee the same. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z To prevent that, the state forged a remarkable coalition of ranchers, hunters, conservationists, politicians, scientists, miners and oilmen to devise measures to stop the listing. The parable of the sage grouse 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Pruitt is a onetime Oklahoma state lawmaker who built alliances to wealthy oilmen and influential Republican conservatives. EPA chief Pruitt’s condo deal under scrutiny 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The publisher’s daughter and oilman’s wife could be caustic in private, but her public image was that of self-sacrificing, supportive spouse who referred to her husband as her “hero.” Barbara Bush brought plainspoken, grandmotherly style to DC 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The publisher’s daughter and oilman’s wife could be caustic in private, but her public image was that of a self-sacrificing, supportive spouse who referred to her husband as her “hero.” Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z I knew that one of the biggest and the most politically astute of the oilmen was Sid Richardson. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z She was portrayed as the consummate wife and homemaker as her husband rose from Texas oilman to commander in chief. Barbara Bush, matriarch of American political dynasty, dies at 92 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z From his comments after firing the Texan former oilman, Trump clearly sensed that the secretary of state was not representing him but trying to manage him. 'Dialogue of the deaf'? Iran deal talks persist as Trump looks poised to kill it 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z SHANGHAI—An upstart oilman with ties to China’s military intelligence, Ye Jianming shot from obscurity to spearhead multi-billion-dollar deals with leaders in Africa, Europe and Russia that won the blessing of President Xi Jinping. Top Chinese Oilman Is Struck Down and a $9 Billion Russian Deal Is at Risk 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr Trump also publicly undercut the former Texas oilman by tweeting that he was "wasting his time" trying to negotiate with North Korea. Sacked Tillerson issues Russia warning 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z But the veteran Texan oilman had survived similar battles before, riding out presidential satisfaction by marshalling his allies, and affecting a laconic unconcern about the backstabbing ways of Washington. Rex Tillerson: a rocky road with Trump that ended with a 4am surprise firing 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Bush sought his fortune as a Texas oilman before winning a congressional seat in 1966. Barbara Bush, matriarch of American political dynasty, dies at 92 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z George W. Bush credited Graham with helping him transform himself from carousing oilman to born-again Christian family man. Procession planned for ‘America’s Pastor,’ Rev. Billy Graham 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z George W. Bush credited Graham with helping him transform himself from carousing, hard-drinking oilman to born-again Christian family man. Billy Graham dies: ‘America’s Pastor,’ adviser to presidents 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z One prominent opponent, Hattiesburg oilman Thomas Blanton, still opposes the deal. Mississippi regulators set to approve deal on utility rates 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Clements was a key adviser to her husband, Bill Clements, an oilman and the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction. Former Texas first lady Rita Clements, 86, dies in Dallas 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Two dozen donors affiliated with America First spent Tuesday at the Mesa Vista, Texas, ranch of billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens. Bannon’s war exposes GOP donor divisions 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Before Nancy Lee Bass met Texas oilman Perry Richardson Bass at a Fort Worth dance and married him in 1941, her maiden name was Muse. Matisse, van Gogh, Rothko Head to Auction 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Film Series Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2009 classic There Will Be Blood, an epic morality tale about greed, ambition, guilt, and false piety, stars Daniel Day Lewis as a turn-of-the-20th century oilman. The Moviegoer, Oct. 15-21 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Mr Trump publicly undercut the former Texas oilman by tweeting that he was "wasting his time" trying to negotiate with nuclear-armed North Korea. Trump challenges Rex Tillerson to IQ test 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z For now, though, the faces and voices of America’s fourth-largest city are not oilmen, quarterbacks, pop stars or U.S. senators. In Houston, affiliation to the human race, not political party 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Then American oilman Tom Slick mounted several expeditions. This Man Searched for the Yeti for 60 Years—and Found It 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Few here forget when oilman Clayton Williams Sr. and West Texas farmers pumped the prodigious Comanche Springs, just east of Balmorhea, to barely a trickle. Fracking-related water issues draw attention in West Texas 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z For oilmen, the Middle East is a land of fortune and opportunity, and Mr. Tillerson struck some of the most important and lucrative deals of his career here. Tillerson Tries Shuttle Diplomacy in Qatar Dispute 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z His character was also a suspect in the 1980 series cliffhanger that left the world wondering who shot ornery oilman J.R. Jared Martin, who played Dusty Farlow on ‘Dallas,’ dies 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The Russian oilman and close aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, denied Rosneft was seeking to directly operate any of Citgo’s assets inside the U.S. U.S. Examines Russia’s Grip on Citgo Assets 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Haynes later won the acquittal of Fort Worth oilman Cullen Davis, the first billionaire to be indicted for murder in the United States. Famed Houston lawyer Richard ‘Racehorse’ Haynes dead at 90 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z I remember when J. Paul Getty, the oilman, was the archetypal rich American, in a class by himself. Opinion | Are you rich enough to be a true philanthropist? 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The Texas oilman also met with a top Chinese foreign policy official, Yang Jiechi, on Saturday at the lakeside Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in west Beijing. China pushes back on tougher U.S. approach to North Korea 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z In visiting the three countries over several days, the veteran oilman but inexperienced diplomat enters a hornet’s nest of geopolitical intrigue and tension. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Asia calls for 'different approach' to confront North Korea 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z But the impact of this new suit was murky: it’s either the kind of thing worn by a slick Texas oilman, or the outfit a misguided teenager would wear to prom. 'These are dangerous times': the man who sued George W Bush and the Iraq war 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z And the former Texas oilman is winning over skeptics at State who questioned his lack of government experience. Tillerson heads on first overseas trip for Trump, trying to find his voice 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The Texan oilman has been hobbled at the starting gate with delays over his confirmation, leaving old timers and newcomers in the department warily adjusting to each other. Rex Tillerson: New US secretary of state faces tough task - BBC News 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z As senior state department officials take months to get vetted and confirmed, the former oilman will have to work with a significant hole in his administration for quite some time. Rex Tillerson needs to win battles at home before the wars abroad 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Plein’s team scoured modeling agencies for gray bearded men to play oilmen in his billionaire fantasy. Impish, boyish looks permeate Milan's menswear runways 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z But the oilman has a conflict of interest: billions of dollars in company deals that can go forward only if the U.S. lifts sanctions against Russia. Aleppo, Donald Trump, Paolo Gentiloni: Your Tuesday Briefing 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Former Exxon executives noted that he even fit the mold of a Texas oilman — physically imposing, with a resonant voice and a drawl. How Rex Tillerson Changed His Tune on Russia and Came to Court Its Rulers 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z In 1981, an oilman named George Mitchell developed a fixation on a geologic formation called the Barnett Shale, near Fort Worth, Texas, in which some promising drilling prospects were locked under seemingly unbreachable rock. Ryan Zinke, Donald Trump’s Pick for Interior Secretary, and the Rising American Land Movements 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The Texan oilman, with not a day’s government experience, will face gargantuan challenges around the world in the months to come, but some of his biggest and earliest battles will be in Washington. Rex Tillerson needs to win battles at home before the wars abroad 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z A group of oilmen and deer hunters from Houston lent her family a 10-seater plane for the trip. Bereaved Texas Town Finds Comfort in a State High School Title Game 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The new energy secretary, Rick Perry, is an oilman and a climate change sceptic. The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s team: not the new normal | Editorial 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The scandal has resulted in the jailing of more than 40 construction moguls, oilmen and politicians. Opera Maestro Ensnared in Brazilian Graft Scandal Lashes Out at Accusers 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z If the blue states had Wall Street and Silicon Valley, the red states had Texas oilmen and the commercial banks of Charlotte and Atlanta. Donald Trump Brings a New Age of Political Combat 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Her father, Lawrence Herman Elder, was an oilman who moved the family to California a few years later and left before Aileen was a teenager. Aileen Mehle, Gossip’s Grande Dame Known as ‘Suzy,’ Dies at 98 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z This pipeline, owned by oilman Kelcy Warren, crosses 200 rivers and countless farms, and it cuts through the ancestral lands and burial grounds of the tribe. Dakota ground battle: Can Sioux tribe protect ancestral lands and water from global energy barons? 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z An oilman first, rather than just a financier, Pickens shook up the complacent world of big oil companies. AT&T’s bid for Time Warner underscores what’s lost in megamergers 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Now, a new generation of oilmen has arrived in Texas, lusting to seize the oil - or perhaps something else - hidden beneath the dust of the same Indian reservation. Review: ‘Strong Cold Dead’ is fast-moving & action-packed 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The daughter of an oilman, she’d grown up on a family ranch near Santa Barbara, with three years in Venezuela. Patagonia’s Philosopher-King 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Decades ago, Mr Kornze notes, his bureau’s badge showed five working men: a surveyor, a miner, a cowboy, a logger and an oilman. Land made for you and me 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z In Louisiana, on-the-books environmental regulations were laxly enforced by conservative state legislators many of whom were oilmen or, like Jindal, took donations from Big Energy. Stranger in his own land: how to be green when you believe in Donald Trump 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano and tells the story of an oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth. Mulholland Drive tops BBC Culture greatest film poll - BBC News 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z British bankers, oilmen and consultants are also working with Chinese companies in third countries on multi-billion dollar projects as part of China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative. Not so gung-ho 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z For years, he and Dr. Strominger and a few others had gotten together to work in seclusion at a Texas ranch owned by the oilman and fracking pioneer George P. Mitchell. No Escape from Black Holes? Stephen Hawking Points to a Possible Exit 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Trump called him “one of the great oilmen of the world.” Trump promotes fossil fuels and assails pollution rules in energy plan 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The isolation introduced him to characters, from oilmen to drifters, who would later show up in his songs. 'Guy Clark's songs were like Peckinpah movies – that powerful' 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z After intense lobbying, Oklahoma’s oilmen scored a victory two years ago. Special Report: As oil boom goes bust, Oklahoma protects drillers and squeezes schools 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z It started in 1912 when an oilman named Tom Slick discovered the area's first crude. Oil glut up close: How Cushing copes with full crude tanks 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The senator, Delcídio do Amaral, had been caught detailing an elaborate plan for an oilman ensnared in Brazil’s spiraling graft scandal to flee the country on a private plane. Insider’s Account of How Graft Fed Brazil’s Political Crisis 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The oilman who supplied that fuel would, in fact, prove to be the best American friend a Fascist dictator could have. The oil man and his dictators: Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco and the forgotten fascist history of Texaco 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Fortunately for the oilmen, a Republican Congress means his plan may not get far. Oiling the wheels 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “I would characterize this as a depression,” said Mike Cantrell, an Oklahoma oilman and chairman of the National Stripper Well Association. Falling Oil Prices Force Cutbacks at Smallest Companies 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z While Texas may be known for its oilmen, the state is big enough that one sectoral collapse won’t sink the whole economy. America’s hidden economic crisis: The rising tide of statewide recessions & the GOP lawmakers who refuse to help 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z And second, they let the Generals’ owner, an Oklahoma oilman named J. Walter Duncan, sell the team to Trump. Donald Trump’s Less-Than-Artful Failure in Pro Football 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Still, oilmen point to the Wytch Farm field on Dorset’s Jurassic coast as an example of environmentally responsible and profitable extraction. Oil be damned 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z In fact O’Daniel was being backed by a cabal of Texas’s richest oilmen and bankers, ultraconservatives all, and his campaign was directed by a sharp PR man out of Dallas. The phony in American politics: how voters turn into suckers 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The original owner of the Generals, an understated Oklahoma oilman named Walter Duncan, had enough of the league after just one year and sold the team to Trump. How Donald Trump, with pizazz and bluster, took on the NFL 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Serious disruptions in price – like the 70 percent drop we’re seeing now – is battering shale producers in North Dakota and Oklahoma as much as traditional oilmen in Texas and Louisiana and Alaska. Is the next recession on the way? Here’s everything you need to know about the market’s oil collapse 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z A former Texas oilman named George W. Bush was in the White House at the time. Flashback! Gas goes for 47-cents a gallon in Michigan 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Hilliard grew up far from the Oil Patch, in a rural northwestern corner of Wisconsin farm country, without a thought about being an oilman. Life in oil: At 90, Paul Hilliard looks ahead 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z A Lubbock oilman whose late father served in World War II, Collier, who knew of Lopez’s advocacy work, offered to provide rent-free rooms to homeless veterans. Closing of homeless shelter for veterans underlines woes 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z That substantial difference shows that exuberant American drivers and not just despondent American oilmen are doing their part to bring the oil market into balance. What Could Drive the Price of Oil 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z “Fill ‘er up,” a refrain that usually makes oilmen smile, is taking on an ominous tone for the energy industry. Oil Glut: How to Tell When It’s Really Time to Worry 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s a good, fast read, especially on the subject of how a quick-thinking oilman went from victim to relentless tracker of his former captors. Hoover and Public Enemy No. 1 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z He was an oilman and never looked back. Life in oil: At 90, Paul Hilliard looks ahead 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z In the 1990s oilmen responded to criticism from environmentalists by launching campaigns to encourage debate about climate change, and by increasing their investment in renewable energy. Nodding donkeys 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Israeli and American oilmen believe they have discovered a bonanza in this most inconvenient of sites. Black gold under the Golan 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Following the coup, Iranian intellectuals no longer viewed Americans as missionaries, democrats, teachers, nurses and doctors, but as oilmen, spies and military men. Iranian Leaders Continue to Use Enemies Abroad to Rally Nation 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z J. Edgar Hoover saw opportunity in the kidnapping of an oilman named Charles Urschel. Review: ‘Year of Fear’ is compelling tale about 1933 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z “It was bad for the oil reservoirs and bad for the oilman.” Well nearly forgotten, only remains are concrete pilings 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Yet oilmen still play down the risk that oil and gas assets will be abandoned en masse, not least because of the still-growing demand in the developing world. Nodding donkeys 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z American oilmen fume that their potential export markets are being sacrificed to the interests of America’s refining industry, which enjoys artificially cheap feedstock thanks to the ban. Nafta naphtha 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z He is among oilmen who joined Cnooc early and helped it grow alongside China’s economy. How China Slipped on Canada’s Oil Sands 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z As a common saying among oilmen here goes: the risk in Venezuela is all above ground. Eulogio del Pino Battles to Turn Around Venezuela’s Energy Giant 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Hunt Estate, built in 1929 in Dallas, Texas; home for the famous oilman as well as his son, the late sportsman and promoter Lamar Hunt. Inside the Beltway: Hillary Clinton’s moment of truth in New York City - or maybe not 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Mark Bristol, a blustering, self-serving quasi-ambassador whose disdain toward Greeks and Armenians fed into his agenda of helping Turkish nationalists and U.S. oilmen seeking a foothold in the region. Review: How 250,000 refugees were rescued in Turkey 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z When the oilmen themselves are arguing for stronger action to fight climate change, it’s probably time to start acting. Shell's Former Chairman Made a Startling Comment About Climate Change 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, I was invited to a barbecue at the home of a Texas oilman, Steve Espinosa, and his wife, Norma. Luxury Living in a Failed State 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Which seemed to be a good idea at the time with oilmen Bush and Cheney to the south and high oil prices globally. Tar Sands Interrupted - A Canadian Political Explosion 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Cash-strapped oilmen would like to sell their product abroad—just like any other industry—and are lobbying to lift the ban. Binning the ban 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The oilman was persuaded to scrap the nonprofit and start a super PAC. How a Conservative Oilman Was Fleeced 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Britain’s regime, unlike Norway’s, does not encourage oilmen to keep going in lean years. The cruel sea 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In the long run, there are signs that oilmen believe the decline in prices will be lasting, which should prompt a broader restructuring of the industry. The Saudi project, part two 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Pete Brown became the first black to win an official PGA Tour event when he captured the 1964 Waco Turner tournament in Oklahoma, an obscure event named for an oilman who founded it. Charlie Sifford, First Black Player on PGA Tour, Dies at 92 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z In the early 1920s, Harding’s interior secretary, Albert Fall, accepted $400,000 in “loans” from prominent oilmen Edward Doheny and Harry Sinclair to secretly open the oil reserves to drilling. Government sells scandalized Teapot Dome oilfield for $45M 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Davis' camp said Hill was hatching a plan to defraud the oilman out of $4 million, and alleged the PAC's attorney may have been in on a cover-up. How a Conservative Oilman Was Fleeced 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Then, in the early nineteen-thirties, oilmen arrived and informed Abdul Aziz not only that he was the ruler of the holiest cities in Islam but that he would soon be unimaginably rich. The Once and Future Saudi Kings 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Arnall, a former Continental executive, has claimed the ruling wrongly allowed the oilman to keep more than 90 percent of the wealth the couple built together. Exclusive: Oklahoma oilman appeals billion-dollar divorce judgment 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z The lodging company, referred to as “Club Med” for oilmen by Einhorn, is proving to be one of the most exposed publicly traded companies to fluctuating oil prices. Civeo's Troubles After Spin Off Underscore Miscues By Jana Partners And Einhorn's Greenlight Capital 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z States with far sighted oilmen like T.Boone Pickens have no need to fear the... Some States See Budgets at Risk as Oil Price Falls 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z "Nobody fires anybody until I tell 'em to," the oilman said, according to Hill. How a Conservative Oilman Was Fleeced 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Mike Cantrell, a veteran Oklahoma oilman, recalls lobbying Washington in the 1980s for a tax on imported oil. The Relentless Production of Shale Oil Is Breaking OPEC’s Neck 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z In essence, the most successful oilman in America is arguing that he was lucky. Exclusive: Oklahoma oilman appeals billion-dollar divorce judgment 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z In the oil world, filled with Texas oilmen and former U.S. military types, Khedery stood out. Special Report: How Exxon helped make Iraqi Kurdistan 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z “I never dreamed of becoming an oilman,” Sheffield says. Parsley Energy’s Sheffield flamed out as a trader, but Texas oil tycoon has worked out Vote2ReduceDebt collapsed amid allegations of faked campaign events, destroyed records, fabricated expenses, contracts routed to cronies and a plot to siphon the Texas oilman's money to a reality TV show. How a Conservative Oilman Was Fleeced 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z To some, an oilman known as the “father of fracking” would be the antithesis of a nature conservationist. Planned community faces crossroads at 40 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Left behind were a large concentration of Art Deco buildings built by the oilmen in Tulsa’s declining 100-square-block downtown district, which fell victim to suburban growth and a lack of investment. With Faith of Investors, Downtown Tulsa Reawakens 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z The fact the sanctions so clearly targeted the drilling project with ExxonMobil in the Kara Sea was not lost on the Russian oilman. Sanctions bind Russia's energy elite to Putin 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z USA Today reported that the October haul was driven by $1 million donations from Texas oilman Paul Foster, an Arkansas poultry company, and Roger Stone, who runs an Illinois packaging company. New Koch Super PAC gives GOP last-minute boost 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z It is not just oilmen but tech wizards and sellers of fancy handbags who face political risk. Profits in a time of war 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z While the oilman pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to bribe officials, Mr. Stevens maintained his innocence, and the case went to trial. Bob McDonnell verdict a much-needed win for Justice Department ethics unit 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Retired oilman Sir Ian Wood claims the Scottish government's predictions for North Sea oil recovery are up to 60% too high. Five unresolved Scottish independence questions 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Here, the day after retired oilman Sir Ian Wood said predictions on the amount of oil left were too high, we tackle this key referendum issue. How much oil does Scotland have left? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Bush, an oilman in Houston, would wrestle with some of the same demons. Game of Thrones An influx of oilmen is exactly what the government wants, not a debate about the merits of fracking. On shaky ground 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z By 2006, Browne had become one of the most influential oilmen of his era and a member of the British establishment. John Browne, former chief executive at BP, becomes the face of fracking in Britain 2014-04-25T14:14:31Z The Skirvin’s restored elegance makes it easy to imagine an era when the clientele included oilmen, actors and presidents. Hotel Leaves Oklahoma City Thunder Opponents Telling Ghost Stories 2014-04-19T17:47:01Z George Bush was a successful and pioneering Texas oilman, first on land and then offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. George Bush Presidential Library opens offshore drilling exhibit 2014-04-14T17:23:32Z He presents himself as a wholly different kind of Texas oilman. George W Bush paintings on display 2014-04-04T20:32:53Z The oilman focused on real estate earlier in his career, developing a suburb north of Houston out of 25,000 acres of pine forest. George P. Mitchell revolutionized oil and gas exploration 2013-07-26T23:54:35Z Browne's friends believe that such media speculation has as much to do with mistaken information put about by headhunters as it does any wish on the oilman's behalf to lead another FTSE-100 group. Lord Browne, the Sun King of oil, returns to Gulf of Mexico 2013-07-19T18:37:16Z He represented Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., the Texas oilman who pleaded guilty to paying kickbacks to the Hussein regime to gain access to Iraqi oil contracts. DealBook: Gerald Shargel to Close Shop to Join Winston & Strawn 2013-06-10T02:07:02Z By all accounts, oilmen and farmers — often shortened to “oil and ag” here — have coexisted peacefully for decades in this conservative, business friendly part of California about 110 miles northwest of Los Angeles. California ‘Oil and Ag’ Face Rift on Fracking 2013-06-01T23:43:21Z Elliott Roosevelt Jr., a grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, grins and leans toward visitors in his Dallas office to describe his biggest discovery in 53 years as an oilman. The future of energy: More carbon dioxide? An FDR grandson and oilman is betting yes. 2013-04-05T13:54:00Z The oilmen reply that fracking has been conducted in California for years without trouble. Fracking in the West: Big reserves, big reservations 2013-02-14T16:06:18Z Albanian oilman Rezart Taci, who emerged as Vetro's majority shareholder after hiding his name until the end of the tender, said three weeks ago "the financing arrangements and investment of capital are in place". Albania holds off sale of Albpetrol to Vetro 2012-12-10T17:23:26Z At least 15 people were killed after police fired on crowds of protesters, many of them oilmen engaged in a long-running labor dispute. Kazakhstan's first president grips power as legend grows 2012-11-30T14:03:45Z They are entrepreneurs and farmers, oilmen and ranchers, lawyers and real estate developers. Capitol Assets: Congress’s wealthiest mostly shielded from effects of deep recession 2012-10-07T03:30:00Z This sent the rumour mill into overdrive that the oilman could become Angola's next president. Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos 2012-08-29T18:42:12Z For starters, oilman T. Boone Pickens and the environmental group Sierra Club both oppose exporting natural gas, though for very different reasons. Strange Bedfellows Debate Exporting Natural Gas 2012-08-22T10:00:42Z It is opening new parts of the country to drilling, although not as quickly as oilmen would like. Lexington: How not to manage a boom 2012-08-09T15:01:02Z You think of all the scandals in college history — the lawlessness of the old Southwest Conference, $100 handshakes from rich oilmen, the perpetual murkiness around the SEC — and nothing comes close to this. Penn State, Joe Paterno were busy protecting themselves in Sandusky case 2012-07-13T02:47:03Z The Mumbai-born oilman says he needed a partner to keep competitors from muscling him aside. Spending spree and aggressive land grab may cost Aubrey McClendon his company 2012-07-07T22:59:25Z Last week, a separate court cleared six people of rioting in Shetpe, where a large group of people supporting striking oilmen stopped a passenger train and set a locomotive on fire. Five Kazakh policemen jailed over oil town clashes 2012-05-28T15:51:57Z At least 14 people were killed in Zhanaozen when the oilmen demanding higher wages clashed with police who used live rounds. Six convicted over Kazakhstan oil riots: court 2012-05-21T18:15:56Z Her father might be a pork-butcher, or a pawnbroker, or an oilman; that was no barrier to his daughter becoming a countess or even a duchess. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z President Bush grew up in Midland and spent 11 years as a West Texas oilman, albeit without much success, before entering politics. The Energy Rush: Inching Toward Energy Independence in America 2012-03-22T19:42:46Z A lamp in an oilman's window, one of the few lights that at long intervals broke the dull gloom of Brewer Street, shone on the group. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Charles and David Koch, the billionaire conservative oilmen, expect to raise another $200 million for other groups opposing Mr. Obama. Obama Campaign Fears Uphill Climb Raising ?Super PAC? Money 2012-03-13T19:33:34Z The next day fighting spread to the nearby village of Shetpe, where a large group supporting the oilmen stopped a passenger train, set a locomotive on fire and clashed with police. Six convicted over Kazakhstan oil riots: court 2012-05-21T18:15:56Z "Why, that will lock you in!" exclaimed the bewildered oilman. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z Mary proceeded to the shop where jelly was sold, an oilman's, bought a sixpenny pot, and took it back to Mrs. Darby's, handing it in at the door. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z "We are bound together with most of the oilmen in this room," he told the conference. Dealtalk: Under Fu, Sinopec M&A machine overtakes Exxon, BP 2012-01-05T07:36:05Z In the film, three fans learn that an oilman wants to drill under the characters’ old theater. ‘New Year’s Eve’ Is No. 1 Film With $13.7 Million in Receipts 2011-12-12T16:24:38Z Perhaps his most important role has been his alliance with T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire oilman who grew up in a small town in Mr. Boren’s district. The Champions: Dan Boren, Oklahoma Lawmaker, Shares in Gas Field Bounty 2011-12-04T00:39:41Z “Why do we want to get rid of oil?” asked former ExxonMobil oilman and current Tufts University business school professor Bruce Everett. Energy Economics: What Will Turn Us On in 2030? 2011-11-02T18:45:01.050Z The oilman also has spoken out publicly both to urge support for alternative power sources and ending tax breaks for fossil-fuel producers. Obama-Backing Billionaire’s Charity Sought Solyndra in Tulsa 2011-09-26T18:48:03Z Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens abandoned his plans for a massive water pipeline stretching across Texas to just moving water around the Texas Panhandle. Could water be moved from drenched East to drought-stricken Texas? Fantastical ideas abound 2011-09-09T21:46:33Z The bar at the hotel is full of oilmen and military guys. Cheap motels 2011-07-28T13:22:58Z It is also building a skyscraper in Oklahoma City unlike anything the state has ever seen — it towers over the Capitol like the oilman’s version of the Washington Monument. The Champions: Dan Boren, Oklahoma Lawmaker, Shares in Gas Field Bounty 2011-12-04T00:39:41Z DeChristopher could not pay for the leases and his actions cost some angry oilmen hundreds of thousands of dollars in higher bids for other parcels. Activist sentenced to 2 years in prison for thwarting gov?t auction of leases near Utah parks 2011-07-26T22:57:33Z Sudlow walks her two dogs along the Arkansas River as many as four times a day through a riverfront park and trail project that Mayor Bartlett said has received $75 million from the oilman. Obama-Backing Billionaire’s Charity Sought Solyndra in Tulsa 2011-09-26T18:48:03Z A Texas oilman once envisioned long pipelines carrying water to drought-stricken Texas cities, just one of several untested fantasies of moving water vast distances. Could water be moved from drenched East to drought-stricken Texas? Fantastical ideas abound 2011-09-09T21:46:33Z Perry spoke at a Peterbilt Motors Company truck factory in North Texas in the Barnett shale region where hydraulic fracturing drilling techniques were pioneered by Houston oilman George Mitchell. Texas first state to enact hydrofracking rules 2011-07-15T19:43:14Z Faced with that prospect, Canada's oilmen are growing desperate. What Obama can do to save the planet 2011-07-14T16:01:00Z One of them is T. Boone Pickens, the oilman and corporate raider, who first bought some property here in 1971 to hunt quail. BW Archive: There Will Be Water 2011-07-14T20:07:02Z Why does the daughter of a Louisiana oilman with two grown daughters and a nice house in which to retire turn to pulling baby raptors from a swamp? | Donna Gee, Wildlife Rehabilitator: As Gators Rise With the Water, Young Raptors Are in Peril 2011-05-21T23:17:13Z Asked about the link between climate change and the current drought, Wes Perry, an oilman and the mayor of Midland, said that it was hard to know without empirical data. Green: In Texas, Questions of Drought and Climate Change 2011-04-22T16:53:25Z That is because Midlanders prefer requests to mandates, said Wes Perry, an oilman and Midland’s mayor, who said he himself xeriscapes at home and even turns off the shower when he shampoos his hair. The Texas Tribune: A City Built on Oil Discovers How Precious Its Water Can Be 2011-04-21T23:09:20Z Unlike most of soccer-mad South America, the national sport in Venezuela is baseball, first introduced by U.S. oilmen. I'm no enemy of golf, says Venezuela's Chavez 2011-01-25T20:38:00Z These circumstances have also subtly redefined what it means to be a wildcatter and changed too the oilman’s relationship with risk. The Will to Drill 2011-01-14T19:13:05Z But to Texas oilmen, carbon dioxide is a useful — and scarce — commodity that is vital to extracting hard-to-reach oil reserves. The Texas Tribune: Carbon Dioxide, the Bane of Environmentalists, Is in Demand in the Oil Industry 2011-01-07T04:04:45Z On his arrival, he stopped awhile before the stall of Dwari, the oilman, and made kindly inquiries about his business. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z The oilman father of a player he was recruiting there in the early '90s built a development and named streets after several coaches who were pursuing his son. Bowl season kicks off with first of 35 games on Saturday 2010-12-17T00:50:05Z But T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire Texas oilman who has been a practicing geologist for 50 years, has expressed skepticism about the richness of remaining offshore reserves in the United States. Green: How Much Untapped Oil Is There? The Answer Varies 2010-12-02T16:08:00Z Shale Gas: Hope for Our Energy Future You probably have never heard of oilman George Mitchell, but more than anyone else, he has changed the global energy outlook. Shale Gas: Hope for Our Energy Future 2010-08-05T17:39:00Z T. Boone Pickens, the Texas oilman, said that the study paid too much attention to the electricity sector and not enough to using natural gas as a substitute for gasoline and diesel in transportation. Study Predicts Natural Gas Use Will Double 2010-06-25T04:03:00Z The Chinese oilmen were taken after a tribesman was killed by police at a nearby checkpoint, reports said. Kidnapped workers freed in Yemen 2010-05-18T15:59:00Z Less than an hour after the explosion, the oilmen on the Damon B. Bankston lined up for a headcount. Oil riggers on ship that exploded in Gulf of Mexico describe fateful night 2010-05-07T04:00:00Z But the fourth may count for most: that he is an oilman by conviction as well as profession. Schumpeter: In the black stuff 2010-05-06T10:49:00Z His father was an oilman and banker who moved the family to Columbus in 1930s after the governor of Ohio asked him to supervise the closing of banks that had failed during the Depression. John G. McCoy, Banc One Innovator, Dies at 97 2010-04-06T02:08:00Z In a city with no shortage of flamboyant wealthy oilmen, Mr. Duncan was particularly low key. Dan L. Duncan, Oil Billionaire, Dies at 77 2010-03-31T03:59:00Z Americans for Prosperity, a group financed by David Koch, the oilman, is also jumping into the fray with an advertising campaign of nearly $1 million. Millions Spent to Sway Democrats on Health Care 2010-03-15T11:37:00Z The issues of payment and the delays all the political wrangling was imposing on their business plans were high on the agenda as the oilmen dined on lamb roast and shrimp and sipped imported wine. 2010-02-01T06:36:00Z In 2000 when they voted for an administration made up of oilmen and tobacco executives, they gave their country away lock, stock and barrel. 2010-01-23T00:09:00Z Earlier that year, oilman T. Boone Pickens characterized the Southwest U.S. as the Saudi Arabia of solar power, offering the choicest elevation and sun strength in the world for optimal power generation. 2010-01-14T01:11:00Z F. was the most gentlemanly of oilmen: grandiloquent, yet courteous. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time And the best of it was that everybody was satisfied, importers and exporters; East, West, and Middle; farmers, manufacturers, lumbermen, oilmen, painters—everybody. In a Little Town For the above we are indebted to a respectable oilman, who has many years proved the receipt. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual The joint operation of shaving and bleeding, performed by a drunken 'prentice on a greasy oilman, does not seen a very natural exhibition on a rejoicing night. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency The Teli-ki-Sarai or oilman’s caravanserai is not conspicuous for magnitude; but it is remarkable not merely for its utility but even for its elegance of design. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala This belief once led a certain oilman, a resident of Rad�l�, to send a bedstead, chair, and other marriage presents to the shrine at this time. The Faith of Islam The conscientious oilmen, less anxious with respect to colour, substitute for this poison the more harmless pigment, called Armenian bole. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy The whole staff of waiters with all the preserved meat and oilman's stores had been sent by special train to the next station so that the railway passengers might not be inconvenienced. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition The oilman, missing the prattle of his favourite, began to shower his alms on every passing beggar, in hopes that some one would induce the parrot to speak again. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers Ten butchers are equal to a single oilman. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The custom is still kept up by the descendants of the oilman. The Faith of Islam A gay light of cool recklessness danced in the eyes of the young oilman. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West The potter supplies him with pots, the weaver with cloth, and the oilman with oil. The Case for India One day one of his cart bullocks died and this loss was a sad blow to the oilman. Folklore of the Santal Parganas By accepting a gift from an oilman, therefore, one incurs ten times as much sin as by accepting a gift from a butcher. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Then she went and lodged with an oilman, who had great jars full of oil. Deccan Nursery Tales or, Fairy Tales from the South So now Alfred is pushing a truck for an oilman in the Isle of Dogs at a shilling a day. Essays in Rebellion His business had forced him to allow me to work alone, with hired guides or the help of oilmen and farmers elsewhere; but a Limberlost trip at that time was not to be joked about. At the Foot of the Rainbow At last the oilman consented, provided that some of the villagers went to the Raja and proposed the match; he was too frightened to go himself. Folklore of the Santal Parganas Equal to ten oilmen is one drinker of alcohol. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 So the oilman drove her off out of the house. Deccan Nursery Tales or, Fairy Tales from the South But the oilman thinks him "kind of dormant," and it is possible that he may be sent back to the school for a time. Essays in Rebellion Only a few trees had been taken out; oilmen were just invading it. At the Foot of the Rainbow And the oilman took the five hundred rupees and they all went home. Folklore of the Santal Parganas Some observed, but the average American hunter's observations on game animals are about as illuminating as the trophy-stuffed den of a rich oilman or the lockers of a packing house. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations F. was the most gentlemanly of oilmen; grandiloquent, yet courteous. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia On the night of Thursday, 25th April, 1886, the cry rang through Union Street, Borough, that the shop of Chandler, the oilman, was in flames. Beneath the Banner One was an exciseman, one an oilman; and one or two were apprentices like himself; but there was also one Thomas Heath, who was actually the Lord Mayor's kinsman. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 They went to a distant village and Chote took service with an oilman and Mote with a potter on a yearly agreement. Folklore of the Santal Parganas The first thing an oilman does after amassing a few millions is buy a ranch on which he can get away from oil—and on which he can spend some of his oil money. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations Thus, oilmen need to know everything they can about the right kind of rocks. Let's Collect Rocks and Shells Quoth the youth, "This is no reply to my question," and quoth the oilman, "I know not nor regard aught save what is by me in my shop." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 The oilman asked her, "O woman, I suppose thou art a stranger and not one of this city?" and she answered, "Nay, I am thy townswoman." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 But the leading villagers urged him and undertook to find the money if he lost, and to persuade the Raja that the oilman was mad, if he became angry with him. Folklore of the Santal Parganas Now I was anhungred so I took hot bread from a baker's oven and going into the shop of an oilman, spread the bread with clarified butter and honey and ate. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 I have an enemy, an oilman, who frieth fritters, and I stopped to buy some of him, when I chanced to spit and my spittle fell on the fritters. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 He stopped at the shop of an oilman and offered him the honey for sale and he bought it. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 Moreover, the holy man, after compassing the death of the oilman's son, has suspended him head downwards from a mimosa tree in a cemetery. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance So they returned and told the oilman to be ready and raised a subscription of five hundred rupees. Folklore of the Santal Parganas Then I fared for the market, where I saw an oilman with his scales set up and fronted by various kinds of wares such as cheese and so forth, all of stone. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 In one and the same city a tailor's foot will differ from a carpenter's foot, an oilman's pint from a spirit-merchant's pint, and so on. The Civilization of China The man who overheard this conversation was much astonished and went off to the oilman and told him all about it. Folklore of the Santal Parganas For a short time he was puzzled to reconcile the appearance with the words of the giant, who informed him that the anchorite had hung the oilman's son to a tree. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance From that day the oilman no longer put the bullock to work the oil mill but fed it well and left it free to go where it liked. Folklore of the Santal Parganas But the oilman objected to the mahout’s riding the elephant; no one was going to ride his bullock. Folklore of the Santal Parganas “Then,” said the jackal, “explain why you have given the oilman a decree.” Folklore of the Santal Parganas And they admitted that they were wrong and awarded the calf to Sona and fined the oilman five rupees for having deceived them. Folklore of the Santal Parganas "Decidedly this is the young oilman!" exclaimed the Raja, after he had stood for a minute or two with mouth open, gazing upwards and wondering what he should do next. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance There was once an oilman with five sons and they were all married and lived jointly with their father. Folklore of the Santal Parganas So he turned into a Hindu village and went to an oilman’s house and asked to be allowed to sleep there. Folklore of the Santal Parganas And all the villagers collected, and saw the bullock licking the calf and they believed the oilman. Folklore of the Santal Parganas No one ever saw a bullock lick a strange bullock or cow and so they awarded the calf to the oilman. Folklore of the Santal Parganas |
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