Movies and TvShows featuring "american-oil-companies" theme.

The Mattei Affair tells the story of Enrico Mattei, a powerful and wealthy man who was born in poverty. He becomes a partisan leader during the 1940s and later becomes a modern art collector and trout fisherman. Mattei faces various challenges and abuses of power as he navigates the complex world of international trade, particularly with American oil companies. The movie explores themes of communism, deception, and a mysterious disappearance of Mattei. A journalist investigates the enigma surrounding Mattei's life and his powerful enemies.

In the 1960s, the US government came up with an experimental plan supported by the oil companies to try using nuclear explosions to extract natural gas in the American West. The tests set for Wyoming were known as the Wagon Wheel Project.