a worker who produces or sells petroleum

a person who owns or operates oil wells

so the villain of the piece is neither oilman nor despot but oil itself.

所以导致这些罪恶的罪魁祸首不是石油开发商业不是暴君而是石油本身。

boone pickens, an oilman turned clean-energy entrepreneur, decided to call off plans for the world「s biggest wind farm, in texas.

boone pickens（注3），这位由石油转行作清洁能源的企业家，决定叫停在德州修建的世界最大风电场，预示着7月「风向」起了变化。

another is a texas oilman who paid $44 million for 45, 000 acres five years ago.

另外一个是德克萨斯州的石油商，他五年前花了4400万美元买下了45000英亩土地。

lee raymond, the combative chairman of exxon mobil, could be the most successful oilman in a century.

李-雷蒙德――精力旺盛的埃克森石油总裁，可能是本世纪最成功的石油大亨。

an indication of the way the wind is blowing came in july when t. boone pickens, an oilman turned clean-energy entrepreneur, decided to call off plans for the world’s biggest wind farm, in texas.

boone pickens（注3），这位由石油转行作清洁能源的企业家，决定叫停在德州修建的世界最大风电场，预示着7月「风向」起了变化。

but the fourth may count for most: that he is an oilman by conviction as well as profession.

四是他被公认为石油业内令人信服的专业人士，也是最关键的一点。

」it「s in our environmental interest, 」 the one-time texas oilman added. 「and, finally, it」s in our national security interest.

「这是我们的环境利益」前德州石油商说：「也是最终我们的国家安全利益。」

texas oilman tom hicks isn’t letting boston red sox owner john henry buy his uk soccer club liverpool fc without a fight.

得克萨斯州石油大亨汤姆·希克斯（tomhicks）不打算轻易就让波士顿红袜队所有人约翰·亨利（johnhenry）从自己手中收购英国足球俱乐部利物浦队。

for all his. scientific methods of detection, the only way the oilman can actually know for sure that there is. oil in the ground is. to drill a well.

对石油工人所有的科学探测方法来说，能确切地知道地下是否有油的唯一方法就是鉆一口井。

an oilman in houston or a lobbyist in northern virginia lives a life of abundance and choice.

在休斯敦的石油商和北弗吉尼亚的说客都过着舒适的生活。