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Portrays the challenges that face the oil industries and the consumers of the infinite products of oil. "The pipeline" follows the route of a pipeline linking the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and thus the global market. "The oil curse" contrasts the cases of Ecuador and w...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), British Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Cran, William, Allan, Dominic, John, Rebecca, Burgess, Paul, Sanders, Jay O., 1953-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004]
Subjects:
Petroleum industry and trade.
Petroleum pipelines > Caucasus.
Petroleum industry and trade > Ecuador.
Petroleum industry and trade > Africa, West.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects > Alaska.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects > Canada.
Documentary television programs.
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Summary:Portrays the challenges that face the oil industries and the consumers of the infinite products of oil. "The pipeline" follows the route of a pipeline linking the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and thus the global market. "The oil curse" contrasts the cases of Ecuador and western Africa, and looks at how the discovery of oil has affected the local population. "The wilderness" explores the tension between the world's desire for oil and existing and proposed environmental restraints.
Item Description:Title on some disc surfaces of "The wilderness": Threatened wilderness : battling the invasion of big oil.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (57 min. ea.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Issued also in VHS format.
Format:DVD and DVD-R.