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| Directed by | Dr. Richard Smith |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Crude (2007) is a 90-minute-long feature documentary made by Australian filmmaker Dr Richard Smith attempting to explain the links between formation, extraction and refining as well the link between geology and economy. The film features interviews withoil industry professionals and geologists about the future of oil production and exploration. The interviewed include Dr.Jeremy Leggett, a geologist formerly working withoil exploration forBP andShell; Dr.Colin Campbell, a retired British petroleum geologist who predicted that oil production wouldpeak by 2007;Lord Ronald Oxburgh, former chairman of Shell; ProfessorWallace S. Broecker atColumbia University; and journalistSonia Shah.
From theABC's website:
Crude takes a step back from the day to day news to illuminate the Earth's extraordinarycarbon cycle and the role of oil in our impendingclimate crisis. Nearly seven billion people have come to depend on this resource, yet the Oil Age that began less than a century and a half ago, could be over in our lifetimes.
The film won theBestEarth Sciences Program award at the 2007Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival,[1] and director Dr Richard Smith received theAmerican Geophysical Union's "Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism" in 2008 for this film.[2]
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