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One of a series highlighting the efficiency, competitiveness and technological inventiveness of industries vital to the business and commercial life of the UK. This programme looks at the successes of...
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...
Looks at the ecological disaster in the Arabian Gulf resulting from the oil spills and burning oil wells of the conflict in the area that began in August 1990. Follows the progress of the oil slicks along...
In the Soviet Union oil production threatens the ecosystem of the tundra of western Siberia, homeland of the nomadic Netsy people. In the Gorbachev era, environmentalists found the freedom to speak out about...
Four half-hour programmes in which National Gallery director Neil MacGregor takes a particular painting and through it explores the ideas and beliefs shared by Europeans at the period in which it was made....
In 1989 the oil tanker ‘Exxon Valdez’ ran aground and split open off the coast of Alaska, spilling 10m barrels of oil into the sea. The ecological disaster sparked an angry debate about the oil...
In July 1988, 167 men were killed in the world’s worst oil industry disaster to date. Using interviews with eyewitnesses who were aboard the ‘Piper Alpha’ oil rig, questions the standards of design and...
Looks at the ‘Exxon Valdez’ oil spill in Alaska two years on and examines the repercussions of pollution, tanker safety and the apportioning of blame. Shows the power of the oil industry as well as the...
The oil palm is grown as a plantation crop in West Africa, the Far East and tropical America. Examines three developments in oil palm technology which have made an important contribution to agricultural...
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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