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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Enhanced Oil Recovery (1980 Video)

    Director
    Derek Stewart
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 11 min.

    Technical problems and economics mean that it is often not possible to recover more than half the oil from an underground reservoir. New methods are being explored to recover more oil from proven fields....

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. After Oil: What? (198 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Summarises the problem of falling reserves of oil and natural gas and describes alternatives: solar energy, wind and wave power, tidal power. geothermal energy. nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.

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  9. Australian Offshore Platforms (1976 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 25 min.

    Documents the construction and placement of a steel oil platform designed to be permanently fixed on the sea floor up to 80 kilometres off the Victorian coast in the Bass Strait. The design had to last up to...

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  10. 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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