oilman
Driller for crude
An oilman works in the petroleum industry, typically as an executive, entrepreneur, or investor rather than a laborer.
The term evokes wealth and influence—Texas oilmen, wildcatters who struck it rich: He made his fortune as an oilman in the 1970s.
The word carries associations with boom-and-bust fortunes and political clout.
Dominant industrial leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
- wildcatterSpeculative petroleum explorer
industrialist · plutocrat · oligarch · kingpin · titan · empire · fortune · dynasty
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- hydrocarbonAll-carbon-and-hydrogen compound
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
natural gas · fossil fuel · energy · downstream · midstream · upstream · barrel · OPEC
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- wellheadSurface opening of bore
- frackingExtracting gas via pressure
- offshoreAway from land
onshore · exploration · extraction · seismic · reservoir · borehole · casing · blowout
Oil platform laborer
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
- drillerOne who bores holes
- pipelinerOil conduit builder
- motormanElectric transit vehicle operator
mudman · crane operator · welder · rigger · crew · hardhat · shift · offshore worker
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- fortuneWealth or destiny
millionaire · billionaire · luxury · mansion · yacht · assets · capital · investments
tycoon
Dominant industrial leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
wildcatter · industrialist · plutocrat · oligarch · kingpin · titan · empire · fortune · dynasty · petroleum
petroleum
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- hydrocarbonAll-carbon-and-hydrogen compound
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
pipeline · natural gas · fossil fuel · energy · downstream · midstream · upstream · barrel · OPEC · shale
rig
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
offshore · onshore · exploration · extraction · seismic · reservoir · borehole · casing · blowout · gusher
roughneck
Oil platform laborer
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
- drillerOne who bores holes
- pipelinerOil conduit builder
motorman · mudman · crane operator · welder · rigger · crew · hardhat · shift · offshore worker · field hand
affluence
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
fortune · millionaire · billionaire · luxury · mansion · yacht · assets · capital · investments · portfolio
- oil industrypetroleum, crude, drilling, drilling rig, refineries
- minersminer, coal miner, gold miner, forty-niner, overman
- TexansHoustonian, Tejano, Aggie
oilmanminer
One who excavates ore
coal miner · quarryman · gold miner · lumberjack · fisherman
oilmanenvironmentalist
Natural world protection advocate
conservationist · Greta Thunberg · tree hugger · eco-warrior · Al Gore