Sentences with phrase «oil man»

And I'd have to say that if I have to save my life by winning an argument with oil men in a bar in Midland, Tex., on this topic, I would go in with some lumps of black mudstone from the ancient rock record, I'd go in with the established figures on our present input of carbon dioxide, and I'd say which bit of this observational science do you guys quarrel with, and why?
As news spread over the weekend of the death of George P. Mitchell, the 94 - year - old Texas oil man widely credited with playing a pivotal role in unlocking the shale energy era, I reached out for a reaction from Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer - winning chronicler of humanity's fossil fuel era.
A blank yet brutal indictment of lucre, Daniel Day Lewis gave one of his best ever performances as oil man Daniel Plainview, and Jonny Greenwood's fearsome score is still being performed live several years after its release.
Anderson's mercurial character study is impressive if wildly uneven, creating in oil man Daniel Plainview a conflicted and ultimately incomplete vision.
Hailed by many as one of the defining films of the 21st century, it also provides him his greatest role as Daniel Plainview, the self - made oil man turned monster.
The National Society of Film Critics named Day - Lewis's new film There Will Be Blood, about a turn - of - the - century oil man infected with greed, the best picture of 2007.
Boys» Quarters Project Space is delighted to present Oil Man: Paintings by Segun Aiyesan.
From the beginning of his administration, oil man former President George W. Bush consistently appointed former lobbyists, executives and others from the fossil fuel industry to key decision - making posts within the federal government.
In the summer of 2008, when west Texas intermediate was $ 140, crusty old oil man said to me, «the oil price could go to $ 80.
The anti-nuclear group Friends of the Earth — which has representatives in South Korea — received its initial funding from a wealthy oil man, while Greenpeace receives over $ 350 million per year from anonymous sources.
The Perth - based company is led by savvy oil men Alan Stein and Jonathon Taylor, who have a strong investor following thanks to stunning successes with Fusion Oil and Gas and the massive Ophir Energy.
When Keene failedto show up — he didn't get back to Russia until 1909 — an Armenian oil man namedMichael Lazareff, who owned most of the horses, hired two trainers to replacehim, one a Russian, the other a Pole.
Times are tough when a millionaire oil man can't get a wind farm built.
Since he can't have a space of his own I thought I would make him his own essential oil man cave spray that he can use near his gaming area to at least give the scent of a «manly space».
On TV, Remsen was seen as Mario the Chef in It's a Living (1980 - 81) and as wildcat oil man Harrison «Dandy» Dandridge during the 1987 - 88 season of Dallas.
Essentially, There Will Be Blood is about a ruthless oil man named Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day - Lewis).
Undoubtedly, a 158 - minute film about an ill - tempered oil man will not be to everyone's taste.
Spoils tells the story of Devon Morehouse, who as a child is adopted on the side of the road in West Texas 1931 and given that name by Jonas Morehouse (Tim Robbins), an unsuccessful oil man.
He later served as United Nations ambassador in East Timor where he negotiated an oil - treaty between East Timor and Australia 90/10 in Timor's favor, and forced Australia to back down on maritime boundary issues declaring to Australian oil men, «The Timor Sea is closed for business!»
As part of its Europeanisation big, brash, bold new hotels are springing to cater not just for oil men, but they hope, tourists looking for a new pastures to explore.
28 C 84 F Visibility 70ft CREW: Captain: Niko Cruise Director: Michal Chief Officer: Raswan Main Engineer: Yuly 2nd Engineer: Olan Oil man: Rahmad Chef:... > > Read More
The «Plastique Fantastique Welcome Bi SON Oil MAN» performance at London's IMT Gallery will take place on April 27.
Mr. Alden Freeman presided and gave a humorous account of how he, the son of a Standard Oil man, had been «driven into the arms of anarchism.»
He pulled the U.S. out of the Kyoto protocol, let oil companies dictate energy policy, and installed other oil men in environmental posts who censored government scientists» warnings about climate change.
Hunt Petroleum, founded by the legendary Texas oil man H.L. Hunt in the 1920s, engaged LDH as special corporate counsel in 2007 to advise the company in considering strategic alternatives which resulted in the acquisition of the company by XTO Energy in 2008 for approximately $ 4 billion.
Well, that was created by a true cult leader, John Allen, and a guy named Ed Bass — the son of a wealthy Texas oil man.
When he finally speaks some 15 minutes into the film, he has reinvented himself as a self - made oil man, and he finds his nemesis in a self - aggrandizing young preacher (Paul Dano) who set out to humble Plainview as he builds his church on Plainview's money.
Particularly compelling is the character of Vince McMahon, the architect of the Screwjob and a menacing figure whose presence hangs over the film ominously, the patriarch of the wrestling world, a villain who seems like a cross between a 19th century oil man and dictator than a CEO of a billion dollar company, a cartoonish figure who just might be the most GIF - able human being on the planet.
Daniel Day - Lewis gives one of his most diabolical performances as an oil man who will stop at nothing to thrive in his business.
He was a oil man, a multimillionaire... and a Republican.
Our owner unlike the oil men or Brand Utd is not willing to throw 150 mill at the team every season for one title every 4 years.
After quite a hiatus (for audiences, anyway) Anderson has brought us a hard - hitting portrait of «oil man» Daniel Plainview.
Following the rise and rapid decline of self proclaimed «oil man» Daniel Plainview, whose fall from grace is less than noble, this film is known for the haunting, Oscar winning performance of Daniel Day - Lewis in the leading role....
There is also a touch of Hollywood left - wing propaganda, as the bad guy is an oil man.
Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie and the whole gang have gone their separate ways, but a starry - eyed Muppet and his brother (Jason Segel) rally them back together to put on a show and save their beloved but abandoned Muppet Studios from a greedy Texas oil man.
Daniel Day - Lewis plays Daniel Plainview, a self - proclaimed «oil man» with experience and persistence in the field of obtaining petroleum and profiting off it.
Ann M. Bauer's piece «The Oil Man» was selected from River Teeth as a Notable Essay of 2000 in The Best American Essays, 2001.
I like the fact that he's an oil man.
She has documented social groups like the oil men and women of Saudi Arabia in her project, If I Forget You Don't Forget Me, and has addressed the impact of mass media on propagating intentional erasing of identities in her project Crash, highlighting the unnamed Saudi teachers dying in car crashes across Saudi Arabia.
She has documented social groups like the oil men and women of Saudi Arabia in If I Forget You Don't Forget Me, and has addressed the impact of mass media on propagating intentional erasing of identities in Crash.
She has documented social groups like the oil men and women of Saudi Arabia in
Our current show is «Oil Man: Paintings by Segun Aiyesan».
~ 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair Forum, London: In Conversation with Koyo Kouoh, 18th Oct ~ Goodman Gallery, Cape Town: [Working Title] 2014, 20th Sept — 25th Oct 2014 ~ Brundyn Gallery, Cape Town, 4th Sept — 25th Oct 2014 ~ Boys» Quarters Project Space, Port Harcourt: Oil Man: Paintings by Segun Aiyesan, Curated by Zina Saro - Wiwa.
«Oil Man: Paintings by Segun Aiyesan» 17th Sept till 5th Dec 2014 BOYS» QUARTERS PROJECT SPACE 24 Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria Curated by Zina Saro - Wiwa
«Oil Man: Paintings by Segun Aiyesan» 17th Sept till 5th Dec 2014 BOYS» QUARTERS PROJECT SPACE 24 Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria Curated by Zina Saro - Wiwa Boys» Quarters Project Space is delighted to present Oil Man: Paintings by
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z