After oil explorers opened tracks into this jungle region in the 1970s, settlers poured in from all over Mexico.

Not even the prospect of Cairn Energy dishing out $3.5bn (£2.2bn) to shareholders could keep the oil explorer above water.

There he worked as an oil explorer and saloon owner without much success.

Ampolex, an Australian oil explorer and producer, said its board would meet today to discuss the offer.

It is now an oil explorer with operations in Latin America and Africa.

In 1859 an oil explorer found a natural gas seep near Moncton, New Brunswick.

Recently, oil explorers have discovered oil and natural gas off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean.

The rising oil price smoked out a few bid rumours regarding smaller oil explorers too.

Deep in Libya's deserts, oil explorers have found vast reserves of underground water.

Indeed, the spirit of Texas's oil explorers has spilled over into the arts.