À l'ombre des derricks is a Lucky Luke comic written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris.

At first, he thinks to refuse but he soon realizes that this rush to oil will lead to chaos if it is not controlled and he finally accepts, to the chagrin of Jolly Jumper .

Blunt is quick to arrive and his avowed goal is to seize the city and all the nearby oil fields.

In the weeks that followed, Barry Blunt and his men manage, by terror and threat, to seize all the oil wells, except that of Colonel Drake who holds out.

By court decision, the oil wells returned to their legitimate owners who manage to extinguish the fire.