Synopsis
A brief survey of the oil industry, showing how in just over a hundred years it has shaped the way in which people live. Shows how oil was formed and where it lies today, describes the search for it by geologists and geophysicists, shows drilling of wells to extract it, and explains how it is transported and processed in an oil refinery
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- 17 minutes
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