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  1. 1001 Million Saharan Nights: Petroleum Geology of Southern Libya (2007)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 270 minutes), £150.00

    Libya is rich in hydrocarbons and the southern part of the country in particular has attracted much of the petroleum industry’s attention. This film aims to give a comprehensive introduction into the...

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  2. Alaska: The Great Land (1971 Video)

    Director
    Derek Williams
    Producer
    Humphrey Swingler
    Subject
    Geology; History
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

    Surveys the history of Alaska from Behring’s discovery in 1741 to the recent findings of oil close to the Arctic shore.

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  3. Energy Resources: Petroleum (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Focuses on reservoir rocks and the best ways of extracting oil from them, looking at sandstone reservoirs and at recovery methods for reef oil deposits, with demonstrations of how oil can be extracted by...

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  4. This Earth: The Search Within (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

    Looks at the sophisticsted methods and equipment used to search for minerals and hydrocarbons - from LANDSAT satellite to seismic echoes.

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  5. Oil: Finds for the Future (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    An analysis of world oil production, reserves and prospects, predicting how long oil supplies will last Cconsiders factors such as new discoveries, new production technology, new extraction technology and...

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  6. Capitan Reef, The (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Studies in detail the Capitan Reef, the largest known fossilised reef, which is preserved in the desert along the New Mexico/Texas border. It is illustrated by the Capitan Reef ‘diorama’ which was filmed...

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  7. Seismic Methods (1992 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

    Measuring the distances between layers by seismic refraction: a simple kind of seismic refraction experiment is set up in the Cretaceous chalk near Didsbury. Then, staff of a geophysical exploration company,...

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  8. Origins of Oil (1980)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An account of the formation of a hydrocarbon reservoir. Describes ways in which water erodes rock for sedimentary basins. Shows partially decayed material (plankton, bacteria, dead animals) from hydrocarbon...

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  9. Earthquake Connection, The (1983 Video)

    Producer
    John Groom
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Concerns research on the land mass from which the British Isles was created and the links with earthquake activity in the Aegean area, possibly linked to the size of the British North Sea oil field.

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  10. Planet Oil (2015)

    Producer
    Richard Downes
    Subject
    Energy; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Three part series which tells the story of global energy security, at a critical juncture in the history of humankind. Travelling to many oil and gas producing territories around the world, ‘Planet Oil’...

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