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Deepwater Disaster (2010)

aka: Deepwater Disaster: The Untold Story

Director

Tristan Quinn

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

This programme reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves, a crisis that became America’s worst environmental disaster. Engineers and...

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Return to Skomer (1996 Video)

Producer

Anne-Marie Gallen

Subject

Environmental science; Mathematics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10 min.

Following the 1995 ‘Sea Empress’ oil spill, thousands of tonnes of oil flooded the coast of west Wales. One of the islands affected was Skomer, home to thousands of seabirds. Examines whether the annual...

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Environmental Control in the North Sea (1993 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at waste and water management aboard a North Sea oil platform. Considers not just the inevitable solid and liquid wastes of the accommodation for several hundred workers, but the complex industrial...

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Oil Refinery (1980)

Director

Roland Lewis

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses crude oil, its properties and products that can be made from it. Archive film outlines the history of oil refineries. The main section consists of a non-technical survey of refinery techniques:...

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Search for Oil (1984)

Director

Clive Mitchell

Producer

Peter Bradford

Subject

Geology; Technology

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 19 min.

A survey of modern techniques and equipment used by geologists to visualise underground geological formations in order to help locate reserves of oil and gas. Shows seismic and magnetic surveys in operation...

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Under the North Sea (1980 Video)

Director

John Armstrong; Clive Mitchell

Producer

John Armstrong

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min.

A history of oil and gas from the North Sea and an examination of some of the offshore production systems of the future.

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Petrol (1985)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 21 min.

Production of gasoline from crude oil by fractional distillation. Discusses the nature of oil, the suitability of gasoline fraction for spark ignition engines and fuel design to suit purpose and operating...

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Real Story, The: The Environmental Impact of the ‘Braer’ (1997 Video)

Director

Tom McInnes

Producer

Tom McInnes

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1999 sale:

Describes the results of the monitoring work and the scientific investigations carriec out by the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, and others after the ‘Braer’ oil spill in Shetland.

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Slender Chance, The (1976 Video)

Director

Michael Crossfield

Producer

Peter Griffiths

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min.

Explains how well-logging equipment enables the petroleum engineer to obtain evidence of the potential of the oil reservoir.

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Down a Long Way (1950 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min.

How oilmen decide where to drill and how the drill works. The old method of siting a well is contrasted with new, more scientific, techniques. The erection of a derrick is shown and the practice of drilling...

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