So, he took his winnings and formed a company to train oil and gas professionals in various aspects of the trade.

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The train also is expected to bring fuel oil from Umm Qasr to Baghdad to power electric plants in the Iraqi capital.

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The humble train is getting a boost from record oil prices, as companies switch out of planes and cars and into Europe's rail networks.

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He rose to the top of the oil industry - ending up as treasurer of Enterprise Oil - and gave up a six-figure salary to train as a priest.

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Likewise, ordering The Godfather, a monstrous sandwich with four different meats, mozzarella, roasted peppers, pepperoncini and extra virgin olive oil, from Villa, a classic deli near East Hampton train station, is a ten-minute operation, as opposed to an hour.

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In the days ahead, our train will pass a succession of monstrous eastbound freight services, groaning with raw materials: Albertan oil and yellow sulphur, British Columbian coal and lumber, but mostly grain from the prairies.

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Edwin Drake had no obvious qualifications to run the Seneca Oil Company except for two: as a retired railroad conductor, he could travel by train with a free pass, and--in what is required for the head of any start-up--he was very persistent by nature, indeed downright stubborn.

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