Word: oilman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...companies that now deal with Iran have mixed reactions to the barter proposal. Says an executive at Standard Oil of California: "The Iranian government has been pressing the members of the Iranian oil consortium recently to accept more oil. This could take the pressure off us." But another oilman at Standard of Indiana disagrees: "We are now in delicate negotiations with the Iranians. Their crude is overpriced, and we are unwilling to accept their terms. Now along comes the U.S. Government, which says it will [go along with a barter deal]. We are shocked...
...sales: $1.5 billion). He is a brilliant administrator who has been an oilman for his entire career. Born and educated in Texas, he received a graduate degree in chemical engineering from M.I.T. in 1940 and joined Gulf...
During that campaign, Reagan made an emotional TV speech denouncing Big Government, foreign aid, welfare, urban renewal and taxes. He electrified conservative Republicans; after Goldwater's defeat, many looked on Reagan as their spiritual leader. Three California millionaires-Auto Dealer Holmes Tuttle, Industrialist Henry Salvatori and the late Oilman A.C. Rubel -persuaded Reagan to run for Governor in 1966. (Tuttle remains a close friend and adviser; Salvatori went over to Ford last summer...
...Representative Meir Gueron replied that the Jewish Sabbath would begin soon. Unless Marcum agreed to represent Egypt as well as Mobil, the Israelis could not sign any transfer until after the Sabbath ended, 24 hours later. Agreement was finally reached. On behalf of a sovereign Arab nation, a Texas oilman received the field from Israel, with an Irish army captain on U.N. observer duty as witness...
...billion more than the U.S. spent to land a man on the moon. Major U.S. oil companies, including Chevron, Amoco, Exxon, Texaco and others are drilling in the North Sea. But rigs are now in surplus, and the pace of exploration is expected to slow. One Norwegian oilman says flatly that "the North Sea is not a bonanza...