J. J. Carter

J. J. Carter scratched around in the dirt but sold out to Standard. The obvious analogy here is that he sold his soul (oil) to the Devil (Standard). Daniel, however, never sold out. Compare Daniel's confidence of what is right with that of Gods in scriptures, in particular the sacrifices they all had to make for the greater good. 

H.W.'s own company in Mexico

H.W. was clearly making a misstep. How would the competition between Daniel Plainview, the Third Revelation, and bastard-from-a-basket play out? Continue the script after Daniel has eaten Eli. (For the purposes of this question, assume that Daniel has already found H. M. Tilford in his house, wherever he was sleeping, and cut his throat).