Keď sa v 20. rokoch 20. storočia objaví ropa na pôde kmeňa Osagov v Oklahome, príslušníkov kmeňa jedného po druhom zabíjajú, až zakročí FBI, aby záhadu objasnila.
Film Až na krv sa odohráva v Kalifornii na prelome storočia, v období ropného boomu. Príbeh dokumentuje vzostup Daniela Plainviewa, osamelého otca, ktorý sa z živoriaceho baníka v striebornej bani vypracuje na pozícii ropného magnáta. Keď Plainview dostane záhadný tip, že smerom na západ leží mestečko, v ktorom prýšti zo zeme oceán nafty, vydá sa so svojím synom H.W. skúsiť šťastie v zaprášených uliciach mesta Little Boston. Plainview a H.W. sa v tomto chudobnom meste, ktorého hlavnou atrakciou je kostol s charizmatickým kazateľom Elim Sundayom, pokúšajú prelomiť doterajšiu smolu. Ale aj keď sa im začína dariť, nedokážu uniknúť konfliktom, v ktorých sú všetky základné hodnoty – láska, nádej, pospolitosť, viera, ambície a dokonca aj puto medzi otcom a synom – ohrozované korupciou, podvodmi a prúdmi ropy.
V roku 1969 nórska vláda oznámila objav jedného z najväčších svetových ropných polí v susednom Severnom mori, čím začala prosperujúce obdobie ťažby na mori. O päťdesiat rokov neskôr sa začnú prejavovať dôsledky pre životné prostredie – na dne oceánu sa otvorila trhlina, ktorá spôsobila zrútenie plošiny. Tím výskumníkov, vrátane Sofie, ktorá obsluhuje ponorku, sa ponáhľa, aby hľadal nezvestných a posúdil príčinu škôd. Zistia, že je to len začiatok možnej apokalyptickej katastrofy. Po evakuácii ostatných vrtných plošín však Sofiin milujúci spoločník Stian uviazne v hlbinách mora. Sofie sa musí ponoriť a použiť všetky prostriedky na to, aby ho, aby ho zachránila.
An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.
A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups.
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage... they eventually find love.
A policewoman returns with her young daughter to her hometown to care for her dying mother. The murder of a young girl will keep her there longer than expected. She will try to solve a case that no one seems to care about, risking everything on the path.
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge...
Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
Film sa zaoberá nielen o kolapse našej civilizácie tak, ako ju poznáme, ale tiež životom bývalého policajta Michaela C. Rupperta. Michael predstavuje svoju víziu kolapsu na konci veku ropy, kvôli ktorej ľudia vedú vojny, podplácajú a vraždia a ktorú v budúcnosti nebude možné ničím nahradiť. V dokumente sú použité ako oficiálne dokumenty a vyhlásenia, tak i sedliacky rozum a kritické myslenie zmieneného protagonistu. Námet vychádza z knižky A Presidential Energy Policy. Dokument je vyústením Ruppertovej práce investigatívneho žurnalistu, ktorým bol po zhruba tridsať rokov, keď sa zaoberal problematikou pašovania drog CIA, vládnej korupcie, 11. septembra, vojny na Strednom východe, ekonomiky, fosílnych palív, atď.
When layoffs are announced at a remote oilfield office, team morale deteriorates with both humorous, and heartbreaking, results. With support, and often-questionable guidance from her co-workers, new engineer Wendy must navigate personal ethics and corporate industry within one of the world's most controversial industries.
The Play Speaks about the problem the Oil in the beginning of the 90s and the problems State of Kuwait facing during that era.
The environmental measures taken by the oil industry at the Sullom Voe terminal in the Shetlands.
The imagination of history in Ecuador never thought that oil, “its redeeming hope”, discovered in the Lago Agrio No. 1 well, was going to mean the beginning of the worst environmental catastrophe on the planet. Thirty years of operation and exploitation of the Texaco company, forever transformed the rivers and estuaries, the forests and the life of the indigenous communities in the northern Amazon of Ecuador.
Documentary about the two big resources in the North Atlantic, fish and oil, and the impact of their exploitation on the environment in various countries on both sides of the Atlantic.
The French researcher Bertrand Monnet visits pirates in Nigeria and Somalia to learn how they make money from oil theft and kidnapping.
Filmed in the Inner Mongolian portion of the Gobi Desert, this film follows a group of oil field workers as they go about their daily routine.
Experts say over the next hundred years the "perfect storm" of population growth, resource depletion and climate change could converge with catastrophic results. The scenarios in Earth 2100 are not a prediction of what will happen but rather a warning about what might happen.