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1) Armageddon
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
The U.S. government calls upon an oil-well driller and his colorful crew to save the world by flying to an asteroid that's on a collision course for earth and setting off a nuclear bomb to divert it.
Author
Series
Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history volume no. 22
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
3) Catch a fire
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The true story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical. That is, until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A South Pacific island's dormant volcano unexpectedly erupts in fury. Tourists are surprised by a volcanic eruption in a lonesome hotel in the Caribic. Shelby Gilmore is the hotel owner who ignores all the warnings and advises his guests to wait for a rescue team. Hank is a wildcat oil driller who gathers a small group of followers and heads toward higher ground. Kay Kirby is a PR executive who must choose between the two men.
Author
Series
Publisher
AV² by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Did you know that operating an oil rig can cost up to $650,000 per day? Oil rig operators work on large oil pumps that gather oil from underground and bring it to the surface. This is one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. Discover more fascinating facts in "Oil Rig Operator," a Dirty Jobs book.
Author
Publisher
Drawn and Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime...
