THE STORY OF PETROLEUM Part 1

Description

Reel 1: Shows how drilled core samples and seismographs are used to locate oil deposits. Reel 2: Shows a torsion balance locating oil. Explains how drilling for oil progresses and compares modern and early techniques. Reel 3: Shows various processes in drilling for oil at fields in California, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Pennsylvania. Reel 4: Shows several methods of pumping oil from wells. Reel 5: Shows pipe laying. Reel 6: Explains various steps in refining petroleum. Reel 7: Shows other refining operations, especially in extracting gasoline. includes views of types of storage tanks. Reel 8: Shows containers for oil products and tankers, barges, and tank cars.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Bureau of Mines

Series

Public Information Films and Video Recordings