七年前失去妻小的麥斯（梅爾吉勃遜），面對著晦暗不明的未來，勉強答應幫一個小型石油開發公司，他在無止盡的沙漠公路上前進，尋找地球上最珍貴的資源----石油，同時，還必須對抗一群邪惡貪瀆的暴徒！
在二十世紀初，早期石油未普遍開採的時代，無名小卒採銀礦工丹尼爾普蘭攸（丹尼爾戴路易斯 飾），帶著身家財產及僅有的一切，與兒子來到小波士頓區偏遠的鄉間，在牧師伊萊協助下，挖到了油脈而嘗到一夜致富的滋味。
石油是現代社會最珍貴的材料,但是正當千禧年即將來臨,全球的原油產量卻面臨短缺的空前危機,這時全世界最大的內海--裏海卻發現蘊藏了極大的原油含量,來自各國實力雄厚、勢力龐大的跨國際石油公司,竭力想分這一塊大餅,在互不相讓的情況下,一場空前絕後的石油大戰可以說是一觸即發。 這時英國最大的輸油管公司,金恩企業的總裁羅伯金恩慘遭刺殺,而一名神秘女子則對進行調查的詹姆斯龐德開槍射擊。後來英國情報局發現,該神秘女子原來是惡名昭彰的恐怖份子雷納的手下。羅伯金恩死後,他美麗的女兒伊莉翠繼承了他龐大的事業,並且決心要完成父親的遺志,當龐德查看她的檔案時,發現她於數年前曾遭雷納綁架,並自行逃出綁匪手中,於是英國情報局的女局長M便決定派007情報員龐德前往金恩企業在高加索山的大本營,以便保護伊莉翠的安全,並且找出刺殺她父親的兇手。 他們倆在會面後隨即便遭到恐怖份子的攻擊,龐德憑著情報局機關高手Q的巧妙道具,在躲開一場大雪崩後, 把伊莉翠救出險境,逃到裏海海岸的一個叫巴庫的城市。當晚他們前往當地的一家賭場,龐德竟然遇到他的宿敵,前KGB魏倫汀蘇考斯基,由於蘇考斯基和俄國、土耳其以及中國大陸的黑道都有密切往來,所以龐德相信蘇考斯基一定和雷納互相勾結,於是他馬上展開調查,無意間竟然在一處地下彈庫發現一枚核子彈頭,而且大壞蛋雷納正意圖偷取致命核彈。雖然龐德得到一名美麗的核武專案克莉莫絲博士的協助,他還是讓雷納把核彈偷走了。不過龐德毫不氣餒,他和情報局長M以及克莉莫絲博士發現雷納將核彈裝置在土耳其的油管控制中心,但是龐德和克莉莫絲博士正準備拆除核彈之際,卻發現雷納的目的其實是想要盜取珍貴的鐪元素, 這時他才知道雷納的計畫是炸毀西方世界四條主要輸油管其中的三條,讓他掌握餘下的最後一條油管, 藉以控制整個西方世界。這次數度出生入死的007情報員詹姆斯龐得,又會如何擊敗野心勃勃的恐怖份子,拯救整個世界呢?
故事發生在南美洲的某個小鎮。 位於當地的一家美國公司——南方石油公司（SOC）旗下的油井爆炸，需硝酸甘油來滅火，於是派了馬里歐、鄧巴、老喬、魯吉等四人，以卡車運送這些危險物質，一路上危機重重，而這四人在生與死的重要關頭穿梭著。最後只有馬里歐一人抵達油廠，並獲得了四千元獎金，然而興奮過度的馬里歐，在彎道上一路蛇行而過，結果發生了一失足而墜谷而亡的慘劇。
Jed Clampett and kin move from Arkansas to Beverly Hills when he becomes a billionaire, after an oil strike. The country folk are very naive with regard to life in the big city, so when Jed starts a search for a new wife there are inevitably plenty of takers and con artists ready to make a fast buck
1981年的紐約冬季，紐約歷史上治安最黑暗與動盪的一年。移民男子亞貝(奧斯卡伊薩克飾)原本只是一個從外地來的窮小子，憑藉著過人的毅力與高明的交涉手段，他成功地在紐約建立了自己的石油公司，還娶了來自黑道家族的美嬌娘安娜為妻，亞貝以為已實現了自己的美國夢，豈料遭遇不明歹徒搶劫石油，進而連帶全家的生命安全也受到威脅，原想循求正常途徑伸張正義亞貝，卻受到警方與銀行的種種刁難。 眼看自己建立起的王國就要毀於一旦，亞貝不得不放棄謹慎保守的處理方式，決定非常時代就要採取非常手段，唯有成為冷酷無情的奸商，以暴制暴，才能生存。
故事背景設定在1870年代的美國西部小鎮，一名性格溫和的丹麥移民在失去了家人之後向凶手報仇，然而這讓他成為了當地一個臭名昭著的大惡棍的眼中釘。鎮上貪生怕死的居民全都背叛了他，留下了主人公獨自面對那些不法之徒。
It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady and childhood friend Jim Redbird. When the oil and the money start gushing in, both Brad and Jim want to protect the land but Cherokee has different ideas. What started out as revenge for her father's death has turned into an obsession for wealth and power.
The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage... they eventually find love.
霍特石油公司的鑽油平台失聯，引起外界高度關切。同時，安東妮特帶領學生校外教學時，發現許多離奇死亡的動物屍體，隨後在遙控下潛器輔助下，偵測到海底熔岩。不久，前夫布萊德前來告知，有人洩漏安東妮特的研究資料，並表示其開採樣本的化學成分與海底熔岩相同。就在此時，蒸氣海嘯現身邁阿密海岸，安東妮特將如何阻止悲劇發生？
Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy.
A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.
Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.
Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle, aided by her father and a hobo, is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.
在加州的中央河谷，石油公司區域主管琪琪派遣說客艾力克斯，向農民佛瑞德收購鄰近煉油廠的土地，不久佛瑞德發現水質跟樹木變得黑濁，而經過專家檢測發現水質遭到石油污染。 於是佛瑞德在好友桑提亞戈幫助，找到律師雷夫提告石油公司，而琪琪不僅聘請律師奧莉薇對應，另派遣殺手埃薩齊暗中伏擊，最終查驗毒素確鑿，但琪琪仍是拉下執行長取而帶之。
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
An oil-field worker from Texas journeys to Australia to look for his missing sister, and his search winds up getting him involved with a violent drug-smuggling gang.
An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fortunes and must deal with a fanatical terrorist group led by his daughter.