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  1. Devil’s Gas Lighter

    Date released
    10 May 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1718A
    NoS ID
    024626
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Devil’s Gas Lighter. DESCRIPTION: 5 months ago, something went seriously wrong in the Sahara oilfields, a gas-well blew its top, and it’s been raging ever since. Now, Red Adair, the...

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  2. Red Adair on the Piper Alpha tragedy (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    Andy Stenton reports on the aftermath of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster. American troubleshooter, Red Adair, who was brought in to work on the unstable structure talks to press about the scale of the...

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  3. Ekofisk oilfield accident (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Interview with Red Adair, American oil field firefighter, on the need for disaster vessel and training programmes to cater for North Sea oil accidents; follows the blow out in the Ekofisk oilfield, Bravo oil...

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  4. Ekofisk oilfield accident (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Neil Andrews reports on the successful capping of the oil well (by US firefighter Red Adair) in the Ekofisk oilfield after a blowout on 22/04/07. Includes report by Greg Jensen; interview with Phillips...

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  5. Alexander Kielland oil rig disaster (1980)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    Steve Wood reports on the capsizing of the Norwegian Alexander Kielland oil rig in the Ekofisk field in the North Sea. Includes details of the disaster, and of past accidents. Also archive interview with Red...

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