Wildcatter oilmen
19 Dec 2019 Nelson: What would old wildcatters say today about taxpayer handouts? That particular afternoon his advice was aimed at those oilmen and 27 May 2014 He's a Texas oilman. New breed of Texan oilmen cash in on shale an ageing workforce is welcoming a new generation of wildcatters, 11 Sep 2019 T. Boone Pickens, the onetime Texas oil wildcatter turned corporate raider who became a billionaire energy investor and TV pitchman for wind Wildcatters focuses on the transition, embodied in the desire of Dick Moncrief, a third generation oilman determined to stake his claim in the Middle East despite
The term “wildcatter” originates from the 1880s when independent oilmen ranged across the West in hopes of discovering new or unproven oil reserves.
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In the 1970s and 1980s the Texas wildcatter was a recognizable figure in popular culture. Since then, the wildcatter's role is less celebrated but still important, 29 Nov 2019 Armstrong, a gregarious second-generation oilman who had his share of celebrated finds over the years and, more recently, has come to admit Wildcatters: Texas Independent Oilmen. By Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien. (Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1984. xi + 235 pp. $16.95.) - Volume 59 16 Sep 2008 Oilmen laughed him out of their offices. But McCarthy didn't give up. He offered to drill wells for next to nothing, and a few wildcatters, no doubt This one hour documentary depicts the risky adventures of early day wildcatters and adventurous businessmen who gambled everything in a quest for black 15 Jun 2010 Glenn McCarthy, oilman, was born in Beaumont, Texas, on Christmas day, 1907. McCarthy's Wildcatter Whiskey, introduced in 1949.
The possibility of becoming wealthy from oil created a "wildcatter" culture, a reckless, entrepreneurial spirit, in many areas of the state. Independent entrepreneurs chased dreams of wealth by purchasing land and equipment to find oil. Ranchers and farmers, from both inside and outside of the state, turned to prospecting.
29 Nov 2019 Armstrong, a gregarious second-generation oilman who had his share of celebrated finds over the years and, more recently, has come to admit Wildcatters: Texas Independent Oilmen. By Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien. (Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1984. xi + 235 pp. $16.95.) - Volume 59 16 Sep 2008 Oilmen laughed him out of their offices. But McCarthy didn't give up. He offered to drill wells for next to nothing, and a few wildcatters, no doubt This one hour documentary depicts the risky adventures of early day wildcatters and adventurous businessmen who gambled everything in a quest for black 15 Jun 2010 Glenn McCarthy, oilman, was born in Beaumont, Texas, on Christmas day, 1907. McCarthy's Wildcatter Whiskey, introduced in 1949. Boomtowns, Wildcatters, and Roughnecks to sling heavy cables and pipes on the derrick floor, the farmers became oilmen and graduated to roughneck status.
29 Nov 2019 Armstrong, a gregarious second-generation oilman who had his share of celebrated finds over the years and, more recently, has come to admit
15 Jun 2010 Glenn McCarthy, oilman, was born in Beaumont, Texas, on Christmas day, 1907. McCarthy's Wildcatter Whiskey, introduced in 1949. Boomtowns, Wildcatters, and Roughnecks to sling heavy cables and pipes on the derrick floor, the farmers became oilmen and graduated to roughneck status. Women wildcatters sometimes take over as oil prospectors. In Tulsa (1949) Charlton Heston is the love-interest rancher who becomes an oilman. Since these 3 Dec 1987 E. E. (Buddy) Fogelson, an oilfield wildcatter, horseman and philanthropist who was married to actress Greer Garson, died Tuesday of 14 Mar 2019 Lester Smith, Houston oilman and well-known philanthropist, died Thursday. He was 76. Lester, who was born in Wharton on Aug. 16, 1942
Wildcatters focuses on the transition, embodied in the desire of Dick Moncrief, a third generation oilman determined to stake his claim in the Middle East despite 20 Aug 2013 admiration for George Mitchell, the billionaire wildcatter who died last Oilmen knew that the formation, which stretches for miles under north