Offshore: The Search for Oil and Gas; Offshore: The Search for Oil and Gas

  • Title card: Offshore: The Search for Oil and Gas
  • An Exxon Film
  • Brief history of oil exploration, increasing scarcity and need to look for new sources
  • Searching for oil in the ocean
  • Geological clues
  • Seismology
  • Seismology computer lab
  • Exploration rigs
  • Drilling process (the string)
  • Blowout preventer
  • Point-of-view shot of drill
  • 'Mud,' a mixture of clay, water and chemicals
  • Geologists checking rock chips for hydrocarbons
  • Target depth
  • Production platforms
  • Animation of production platform
  • Production process
  • Offshore mooring device
  • Credits