Britain Seeks Oil: Prospectors Drill Under North Sea
Britain Seeks Oil: Prospectors Drill Under North Sea
There are new boom towns springing up in Europe - right smack in the middle of the North Sea. With the discovery of natural gas off the coast of the Netherlands, a half a dozen companies are probing for oil. They work from drilling platforms manned around the clock. Science is taking a great deal of the guesswork out of oil prospecting, but still this North Sea venture is a multi-million dollar gamble that will be either a complete bust or a fantastic bonanza. Britain s oil rig right in the middle of the North Sea. MS - A shot of the oil rig from another angle. There was a discovery of natural gas off the coast off the Netherlands. CUS - Drilling platform. The big drill is spinning and there's a crew of men manning the operation of the drill. MS - A crew of four men being hoisted by a large net off the deck of a transport ship that brings them to the oil rig. The transport ship is bobbing to the left and to the right and up and down due to the roughness of the sea. Side view - Oil rig, Conoco, No 1. MS . Men walking around the deck of the oil rig. CUS - In the boiler room of the oil rig, huge engines that operate the drilling process of the rig, dials and meters, so the operators can take readings and taking samples of the water and mud for analysis. MS - Looking down from a higher elevation of the oil rig down to the bottom level. CUS - One of the machine room technicians. CUS - One of the Scientist or science technicians looking at soil samples. MS - Oil rig surrounded by a choppy sea.