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Title Comment Keywords
Petroleum Resources 07:08 - 07:19 (00:11) / 0.5 MB oil, resource
Searching for Oil and Gas 07:19 - 07:26 (00:07) / 0.2 MB "Stephen M. Scott", geophysicist, oil, resource
Reflection Seismology 07:26 - 07:41 (00:15) / 0.7 MB "reflection seismology", oil
Reflection Profiles 08:12 - 08:33 (00:21) / 0.7 MB "reflection seismology", "seismic profile", oil, gas
Oil and Gas in Pakistan 09:21 - 09:48 (00:27) / 0.6 MB satellite, "remote sensing", Pakistan, oil, gas, exploration
Natural Resources 14:02 - 14:17 (00:15) / 0.6 MB "natural resource", soil, mineral, oil, gas, water
Introduction to Geophysics 00:40 - 02:00 (01:20) / 1.5 MB introduction, "oil well", "James Sadd", "Soviet Union", drilling, oil, well, "Earth's interior"
Sea Floor Resources 18:42 - 19:32 (00:50) / 0.6 MB resource, oil, gas, "mid-oceanic ridge", metal, manganese, copper, zinc, iron, gold, "hydrothermal vent", nodule
Harvesting Undersea Resources 20:25 - 21:17 (00:52) / 0.5 MB oil, manganese, nodule, ecosystem, "mid-oceanic ridge", "Richard Hazlett"
Plate Boundaries 01:04 - 02:38 (01:34) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", collision, valley, mountain, plate, crust, continent, "plate margin", earthquake, volcano, "deep-sea trench", "San Andreas Fault", California, "North American Plate", "Pacific Plate", orogeny, "geologic hazard", oil, "mineral resource", landscape, mechanism
Economic Benefits of Structures 21:25 - 22:28 (01:03) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", "geologic structure", "economic geology", oil, strata, permeability, impermeability, fold
First Commercial Oil Well 22:28 - 22:46 (00:18) / 0.3 MB "James Sadd", "Appalachian Mountains", "oil well", "geologic structure", "economic geology", oil, gas, strata, permeability, impermeable, fold
Hydrocarbons 22:46 - 23:29 (00:43) / 0.8 MB "Stephen M. Scott", "organic material", microorganism, sediment, carbon, hydrocarbon, "oil well", oil, gas, strata
Petroleum Reservoirs 23:29 - 24:43 (01:14) / 1.7 MB "petroleum reservoir", oil, gas, "anticlinal trap", impermeable, permeability, anticline, unconformity, "natural gas", sedimentary
Source Rock Potential 24:43 - 25:22 (00:39) / 0.9 MB "source rock", "Stephen M. Scott", oil, gas, structure, hydrocarbon, temperature, reservoir, sedimentary
Conclusion 26:21 - 26:56 (00:35) / 0.6 MB "James Sadd", mineral, "precious metal", gem, "industrial mineral", "mineral resource", oil, rock, "geologic history"
Uses of Sedimentary Rocks 23:25 - 24:42 (01:17) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", "sedimentary rock", geologist, "Earth's surface", crust, "fossil fuel", oil, "natural gas", coal, "building material", cement, sand, gravel, concrete, "iron ore", steel, bauxite, aluminum, brick, tile, "cut stone", asphalt
Water Resource 19:34 - 20:39 (01:05) / 2.5 MB groundwater, resource, oil, hydrocarbon, energy, life, replenishment, infiltration, well
Carbon Dioxide 24:42 - 26:06 (01:24) / 2.0 MB "Industrial Revolution", "carbon dioxide", atmosphere, "fossil fuel", coal, vegetation, steam, gasoline, oil, "Greenhouse Effect", "air temperature", "polar ice melting", "sea level", flood, pollution, "geologic hazard"
Living With the Earth: Preserving the Legacy 30 minutes / n.a. oil, energy, drilling, technology, geothermal, gas, resource, power, exploration, "fossil fuel"
Nonrenewable Resources 02:20 - 03:28 (01:08) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", life, humans, "human power", resource, "Industrial Revolution", fuel, oil, "natural gas", coal, uranium, energy, geologist
Oil 03:28 - 04:15 (00:47) / 1.1 MB resource, oil, "continental margin", microrganism, "sea floor", burial, sediment, preservation, microfossil, "natural gas", heat, pressure, time
Petroleum Exploration 04:15 - 05:00 (00:45) / 0.8 MB "Stephen Scott", exploration, structure, oil, gas, density, geologist, "seismic wave", crust, rock, hardness, "rock formation", "rock layer", contact, reflection, image
Seismic Waves 05:00 - 06:15 (01:15) / 1.8 MB "Stephen Scott", "seismic wave", oil, "Vibra-seis truck", drilling, "electronic receiver", geophone, "reflection seismogram", subsurface, image
Subsurface Depth Map 06:15 - 07:00 (00:45) / 0.8 MB "Stephen Scott", seismogram, oil, "rock formation", subsurface, structure, hydrocarbon, drilling, reservoir, mapping
Oil In Pore Spaces 07:00 - 08:17 (01:17) / 1.6 MB "Anthony Marino", Arco, Bakersfield, California, oil, deposit, well, drilling, reservoir, "sedimentary rock", sandstone, limestone, pressure, gas, "rock formation"
Horizontal Drilling 08:17 - 09:11 (00:54) / 1.1 MB "Anthony Marino", drilling, "horizontal drilling", oil, reserve, well, "water pressure"
Tapping Shallow Oil Deposits 09:11 - 10:27 (01:16) / 1.7 MB "Anthony Marino", drilling, "horizontal drilling", oil, production, well, technology, resource
Geologic Exploration 12:49 - 13:50 (01:01) / 1.2 MB "John Everett", satellite, wavelength, technology, geologist, forester, climatologist, oceanographer, physicist, geology, exploration, oil, gas, groundwater, mineral
Pakistan Oil 13:50 - 15:15 (01:25) / 1.6 MB "John Everett", "John Harner", oil, "Earth Satellite Corporation", gas, reserve, drilling, data, satellite, Pakistan, exploration, "spectral band"
Petroleum Depletion 17:36 - 18:40 (01:04) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", "reflection seismology", "horizontal drilling", "satellite remote sensing", satellite, oil, gas, reserve, geologist, exploration, technology, energy, "fossil fuel", environment, "public health", "sedimentary rock", "geologic time", power, "nonrenewable resource"
Earth's Internal Heat Engine 20:19 - 21:32 (01:13) / 1.2 MB "Fred Teeters", "internal heat engine", crust, geothermal, volcanism, power, energy, Larderello, Italy, technology, "United States", oil, gas, resource
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