So, he's influential enough to affect multimillion dollar deals but NEVER dines with the big boys to discuss it? Maybe he's just an insufferable bore and on one wants to be around. Even so, why would this big wig take goldnumbers out for the wine and dine if he's just a consultant for the company of interest? Wouldn't Mr. Big take the Mr. Bigs of the company being courted to lunch instead?
Come on, you're gonna spoil the bouncy! Maybe someone told him about the boss going to the Petroleum Club, and he was fascinated by it, so he made up this bouncy for his friends at the DUmp. But even at the very lowest level of the company, secretaries, janitors, everyone, would be familiar with the Petroleum Club in a small town like Anchorage. If he's truly never heard of it, then his whole story about working for a company in the oil business is part of the fantasy.