oilman

Like oilmen everywhere, Hassan Marican, Petronas's boss, is busy trying to pare costs in a global slump.

If one day it's the bankers or the insurers or the oilmen, the next day it could be you.

Thirst for fuel is not the only thing in the oilmen's favour.

The report calls on the oilmen to set up a new and separate safety body, as the nuclear business did after the Three Mile Island accident.

Some oilmen reckon that Egypt's reserves have actually risen in recent years, and much of the country remains unexplored.

So although the oilmen are full of gloom over the tax rise, Aberdeen's enterprising spirit may see it through.

Chilean miners, Brazilian car workers, Nigerian oilmen and British railwaymen have all taken industrial action in recent days.

Add to that various corporate, payroll and production taxes, oilmen complain, and the state creams off as much as 92% of profits.

Oilmen are divided over whether Mr Raymond's departure will herald a change at Exxon.

The oilmen, for their part, are fretting less about competition than about interference from Washington, DC.

New Year' eve has been and gone, but for oilmen, the party continues.

Just now oilmen are focused on the rapidly slowing demand for their product.

In our film today, you can see some oilmen.

Oilmen are worried because they believe that many of the factors behind the record-breaking ascent last year remain in place.