NFB Collection
Offshore
197319 min 46 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: John Ralph
Production: William Brind
Script: Strowan Robertson
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.
Marine oil exploration, as seen on the Sedco-H, an oil drilling rig anchored off the Nova Scotia coast over Canada's continental shelf. Here oilmen hope to discover black liquid treasure deposited by the same natural processes that formed the oil fields of the western prairies. This film shows the intense round-the-clock activities aboard the Sedco-H and the precautions taken against pollution and possible blowout.
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Subject categories
- Industry and Commerce > Atlantic RegionOil and Gas IndustriesWork and Labour Relations
- Technology > Oil Industry and Mining Operations
Credits
- director
- John Ralph
- producer
- William Brind
- commentary
- Strowan Robertson
- camera
- Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
- sound
- Jean-Guy Normandin
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau