Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway, but Conway, now married to Dawson's ex-lover Marina refuses, fearing that his wife will want to renew her romance with the other man.
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.
Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
Na de mysterieuze verdwijning van de eigenaar van een oliebron neemt Gerardo, een van zijn werknemers, de bedrijfsleiding over. Al snel arriveert de zus van de eigenaar uit Argentinië, en in de overtuiging dat Gerardo haar broer heeft vermoord om de oliebron voor zichzelf te houden, begint ze onder een valse naam als zangeres te werken in hetzelfde casino waar haar broer verdween, om erachter te komen wat er precies is gebeurd. .
In an effort to end family feuding, a young gypsy travels back in time to kill mammoths to ensure Hungary becomes rich by killing mammoths in order to create a massive oil reservoir. Things don't go entirely according to plan...
Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person who brings in the first well. They find oil on the outskirts but have to sell a share to a promoter who hires Johnny's old enemy.
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
De strijd barst los als de belangen van oliemaatschappijen en de ranchers tegenstrijdig blijken. Gene kiest de kant van de ranchers omdat hij vindt dat de oliebronnen de grond zullen vervuilen. Als Gene hoort dat de mogelijkheid van olie in de grond ook de komst van de trein mogelijk zal maken, verandert zijn mening. Hij ontdekt ook dat de hoofdopzichter valselijk heeft gemeld dat de oliebron droog is om zo zelf te kunnen profiteren van de oliebron.
An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.
A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.
The stooges need money for their father's operation, so they head for the country to prospect for uranium. Instead of uranium, they discover oil on their father's property and all their troubles are solved.
Unknown to oil company president Ross, his man Quinn is pulling a swindle on the independent drillers. Quinn controls both the Judge and the Marshal. But when the Marshal is accidentally killed, Wild Bill Elliott is brought in as the new Marshal and things begin to change.
Once again, the Stooges are three hapless tramps. After nearly destroying a farmer's (Richard Fiske) pile of firewood, the boys come to the assistance of the Widow Jenkins (Eva McKenzie), who has just been cheated out of her land by a trio of swindlers (Dick Curtis, Eddie Laughton, James Craig). Attempting to fix the woman's well, the Stooges instead unleash an oil geyser. They manage to retrieve the deed to the land and are allowed to marry the now wealthy Widow Jenkins' daughters. Moe tells Curly to wish for quintuplets, and Curly replies, "We'll honeymoon in Canada!" (a reference to the Dionne quintuplets).
Daggett is out to stop the completion of an oil well. He cheats Foster at poker and then forces him to delay the drilling. But the Mesquiteers are on the job with Lulaby posing as a cleaning lady to get evidence.