Two of the three rigs featured in "Black Gold" are contracted by Mike's company, ExL Petroleum. On weekends, Mike is a Catholic deacon. With an oil boom going on, Mike and his partners are ready to launch their new company among intensely fierce competition. Mike's religious background gives him faith that his company will make it.

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Oil Industry Not Done Right By Hollywood

Posted June 17, 2008 | 07:31 PM (EST)


As a lifelong oilman, I've been disappointed -- and sometimes frustrated -- by the way Hollywood has portrayed my industry.

During the past four decades or so, people in the oil business usually have been shown as greedy, manipulative, opportunistic villains who value money over conscience. From J.R. Ewing on...

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