Ships into Pipelines

Series

Series Name
Oil Review

Issue

Issue No.
2
Date Released
1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Oil Detection
  2. 2Ships into Pipelines
  3. 3Comet across the sky

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
Film User Summary - forging a steel oil pipe from an old ship
BP synopsis: In Iran the oil is pipes across to the refinery and then shipped back to the west. Back on the Clyde old battle ships are cut up as scrap and then 2.5 ton ingots are created. They are then put in a ‘piercer’ which creates a hole through the steel rod, next is the ‘elongator’ which stretches it out and then it is forged. 90 feet of pipe is produced and it is cut down and moved back to Iran to create oil pipelines.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture
Written sources
Film User   Vol.4 No.44 June 1950, p358.
BP Video Library   Tape details. Used for Synopsis
Credits:
Sponsor
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Production Co.
Greenpark Productions Ltd.
Producer
Humphrey Swingler

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