He's a tycoon.

I'm no industrial tycoon.

Another Oil Shock?

Nigeria s Resurgent Oil Diplomacy

Think of the oil market, for example.

The Oil Shock that Never Was

Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil

Tom works for an oil company.

a business meeting in the Oil Capital of Europe

But this is not enough for the oil rich country.

A brisk wind had blown away the stench from the well.

A ship that transports oil is called an oil tanker.

Tom holds a high position in an oil company.

Ukraine's richest individual, Donbas steel baron Rinat Akhmetov, owns Ukraina.

Some suggest that Iraq's oil problem be dealt with by distributing shares in the state oil company to the people. This is no solution, because the government will still control oil revenues and determine the dividend.

Some suggest that Iraq's oil problem be dealt with by distributing shares in the state oil company to the people.

This is an extraordinarily high dividend in the world oil industry.

These features make the oil market vulnerable to speculation.

Amory Lovins on winning the oil endgame

You can join the One Campaign, and leaders like Mo Ibrahim, the telecom entrepreneur.

Here are some recent poll numbers that suggest that the real estate mogul isn't just a passing phase

In a non oil economy, labor is the main engine of wealth.

Will Human Rights Survive Africa s Latest Oil Boom?

The Republican Party and the American Petroleum Institute sank that proposal.

Iraq's oil infrastructure in a new interactive map by Internews

The oil and petrochemical sector account for 60 of Xinjiang's local economy.

Instead, 2.3 billion was invested directly into the Iraqi oil sector.

The properties of this oil emulsion differ from normal crude oil.

The commercial oil business was then in its infancy.

Yet many of his first appointments were rewards to his supporters and cronies in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Basij militia, armed groups that mobilized voters on his behalf during the campaign. For example, an the Oil Ministry gave a 1.3 billion no bid contract to an oil company associated with the Revolutionary Guard, and Ahmedinejad appointed his brother in law as cabinet secretary.

For example, an the Oil Ministry gave a 1.3 billion no bid contract to an oil company associated with the Revolutionary Guard, and Ahmedinejad appointed his brother in law as cabinet secretary.

The country s biggest media baron, who happens to be the head of state security, expands his media empire by abusing the courts.

(Mexican telephone magnate Carlos Slim, for example, is a close competitor to Gates for the title of the world s richest man.)

But perhaps the biggest risk lies with the US shale oil industry.

It seems the bird became exhausted and managed to find refuge on the oil rig.

The key to oil security is peace, not military occupation and puppet regimes.

And most importantly, don t be lazy. The toad won t knock itself off the oil pipe.

After having conquered America (Nevada and Pennsylvania) as well as Asia (Macao and Singapore), the gambling magnate now contemplates taking over Europe, and more specifically Spain .

During the 1970s, Hughes went back into the airline business, buying the airline Air West and renaming it Hughes Airwest.

Americans are not alone in worrying about oil as a security problem.

Now that the dust has settled and the populist tycoon is soon to move into the White House, speculations abound as to what his foreign policy will be like.

An oil fund should be seen as an instrument of macroeconomic stabilization, segregated from normal revenue streams.

A few companies, such as the oil giant Yukos, even appoint independent directors from abroad.

Meanwhile, the oil sector expressed its concern about the credibility of the country's institutions.

The oil industry comprises about 45 of Saudi Arabia's nominal gross domestic product, compared with 40 from the private sector (see below).