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21) Pioneer
Pub. Date
c2015
Description
In the early 80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian oil boom. Oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea, authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline. Petter, a professional diver, is obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea. Then a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where he loses sight of who is pulling the strings. He then realizes that he is in way over his head...
22) Syriana
Pub. Date
p2006, c2005
Description
As a career CIA operative, Bob Barnes begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to. An up-and-coming oil broker, Bryan Woodman faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir al-Subaai. Corporate lawyer, Bennett Holiday faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies Across the globe, a disenfranchised...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Investigates the development and demise of the fuel-efficient, environment-friendly electric car. Examines the Bush administration's role in the car's being peremptory pulled from production, the influence of the automobile industry and oil interests, and implications for the future of sustainable energy in the United States.
24) The overnighters
Series
Drafthouse Films volume no. 27
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
An intimate portrait of job-seekers desperately chasing the broken American Dream to the tiny oil boom town of Williston, North Dakota. With the town lacking the infrastructure to house the overflow of migrants, a local pastor starts the controversial 'overnighters' program, allowing down-and-out workers a place to sleep at the church. His well-meaning project immediately runs into resistance with his community, forcing the clergyman to make a decision...
26) Arabesque
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
A romantic thriller about an Oxford professor who is hired by a mysterious Arab oil magnate to decipher a secret message and befriends his exotic companion.
