Tales from Early UK Oil Exploration, 1960-79. 30th anniversary
Details:
- Author(s) Moreton, Richard (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1995
- Pages 144pp; illus
- Publisher Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Oral history
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Comprises a 'collection of individual personal collections which are vivid personal accounts viewed from a long distance of time and some memories may have become blurred. It is not intended as an historical treatise but as wonderful entertainment'. The sections are: How it all started; Geological understanding at the time; Licensing and fiscal background; Early days - the search for commercial oil; Early seismic and growth of geophysics; First oilfield (pre-fourth round); Discoveries flourish; Efforts back on shore; Data sharing and the birth of PEGGD; Where are we now?