Peter Thorton gets himself mixed up with a government operative called Dowding, who needs him to front a buy for 400,000 tanker truck at £125,000, outbidding Switz arms company, and bringing the real seller to the surface.
Mogul become the latest victim of the Scottish Republic Army as they begin a campaign of sabotage following the major discovery of oil in the North Sea.
Mogul chief executive Brian Stead is left sitting around in a Thailand hotel while the government make deals with other country's as Britain if left out in the cold.
Bad weather causes the collapse of an oil rig in the Caribbean with loss of life. Mogul's problems mount when witnesses say the rig had a major structural problem.
Mogul North America boss Alec Stewart is basking in the company's success. However he faces a major crisis when the Sierra Nevada runs aground and leaking oil. With a tornado on the way, Mogul want it destroyed against Alec's wishes.