REPORT FROM LIBYA 1960's ESSO STANDARD OIL FILM TRIPOLI ZELTEN OIL FIELD 19394
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Journey. Report from Libya. Produced for Standard Oil Company, New Jersey. By Tangent Films, Inc. The movie opens with a view over the water at Tripoli, the capital city of Libya. The purpose of the movie is to show the progress of oil drilling and collaboration between American oil companies and the Libyan people. Historically the area of Libya was considered as three provinces (or states), Tripolitania in the northwest, Cyrenaica in the east, and Fezzan in the southwest. Tripoli has wide boulevards, palm trees and beautiful modern architecture 1:15. Downtown Tripoli, cars and horse and carriages share the road 1:35. Regio Tripolitana. Around the beginning of the 3rd century AD, it became known as the Regio Tripolitana, meaning "region of the three cities", namely Oea (i.e., modern Tripoli), Sabratha and Leptis Magna. It was probably raised to the rank of a separate province by Septimius Severus, who was a native of Leptis Magna. Arch honoring Marcus Aurelius 1:50. The ruins of the two other modern cities in Libya stand as monuments to ancient Rome. The theater at Sabratha 2:10. Camels truck down the road carrying passengers 2:21. Large excavations in Libya uncovering Roman ruins 2:42. Aerial view of the desert 2:51. The Sahara Desert. Esso Standard Libya was the first company to find oil in Libya in 1958 in the Fezzan province 3:06. Dry holes from failed excavating attempts dot the landscape 3:25. Drilling rig in the Fezzan 3:36. Drills find “basement rock” meaning that there was no oil in the hole 3:47. Pneumatic tires under the rig 3:55. Oil has been found more than a mile deep in Zelten. The oil camp is moved from the Fezzan province to Zelten 4:12. Trucks move the large equipment 4:25. Airplanes and Land Rover cars scout for passable roots 4:45. The trip takes two weeks. Skilled Libyan drivers push the trucks across the desert to Zelten 5:13. Discovered in 1956, Zelten (Zelten 1) was Libya's first major oil well, producing about 17,500 bbl/d. In 1959, its reserves were estimated at 2.5 billion barrels (400,000,000 m3) of 38° API oil, lying at 5,500-7,600 feet. Esso Standard began production of Zelten in 1961. The Zelten gas-lift system was installed during the period from 1969 to 1971 and represented one of the first uses of gas lift on a fieldwide basis to produce the high-volume wells typical of Middle East Oil fields. Zelten begins oil drilling 5:47. Libyan men are trained on the oil rigs 6:20. The Libyan men teach American oil workers how to survive in the heat of the Sahara 6:45. The crew pumps fast setting cement into the well to seal a hole 7:08. Pressure is restored. Oil is struck 7:22. 15,000 barrels a day. Libyan oil-well camp has potable water 7:50. The camp boss has a radiotelephone connected directly to the main office and other camps 8:20. Land Rover crosses what used to be in inland sea 8:52. Geologists look at different types of rock to locate oil 9:15. A plane takes off from the desert 9:25. Oil explorers encounter vast areas of land mines in the desert since World War II 10:00. Anti-tank mines are excavated 10:15. Aerial view of the seismic camp and test pattern 10:29. The truck rig digs a 20-foot hole in two minutes 10:55. Dynamite is placed into each hole of the test pattern 11:17. Geophones are laid out in the desert 11:32. The underground explosion is measured through the geophones 11:50. A geophone is a device converts ground movement (velocity) into voltage, which may be recorded at a recording station. The deviation of this measured voltage from the base line is called the seismic response and is analyzed for structure of the earth. It can help locate oil. In Tripoli, the company maintains permanent offices 12:25. Libyans and Americans work together 12:35. Geological drafting room 12:50. In the Paleo laboratory young Libyans work as lab assistants 13:16. The End.
The Zelten oil field (now the Nasser field) is located at the foot of the Zelten Mountains, about 169 kilometres (105 mi) south of Brega. Zelten holds the title as the largest oil field in the Gulf of Sidra. The 229 wells in Zelten use a gas lifting system.
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Thank you for presenting this film. My father worked in Zelten many times for weeks at a time while we lived in Marsa El Brega with Esso Standard Libya. At Zelten, I was also involved in a Fokker F27 runway overshoot incident where the runway ended and plane kept going on landing. As a kid in the cockpit with crew, this was dangerously fun/potentially deadly.
greeting from Zelten Field where i am writting to you from well No C22H-6 Reentry, Date 7 June 2024
Libya is a very rich country, and the Libyan people love work and trade, and they have generous hospitality. They respect all the peoples of the world and have courage, determination and love for their land that you will not find even in any other people. And if they love another country, you should know that they trusted them and not who It is easy for the Libyan people to love any country in the world because they are always very careful in dealing with the countries of the world, and if you want to understand their nature and their ancient and very rich culture, you have to live with them for a long time and you will notice that they are a good, generous, brave and intelligent people, and Libya is a country. Very old, its history goes back to more than 5000 years ago, but Libya has been suffering from the problem of administrative and financial corruption for 20 years, and the civil war caused by NATO has increased the rate of poverty, corruption, displacement and systematic displacement due to the support of the governments of European and American countries for militias. The radical criminality that emerged in the year 2011, may God protect Libya.
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We lived for a time in East Africa. The name “Esso” was slow to disappear, as the “x” in Exxon” did not show up routinely in regional languages. I thought that was interesting.
Things could have been so good for the people of Libya. Political nonsense and international interference for power created chaos. My father trained many Libyans as part of the work he did in Libya. Life was good. The country had so much potential. The people were wonderful !
I know, Libya is one of the most beautiful countries in the world and has more potential than any of those in the Middle East because of its big amount of oil and small population. Unfortunately when the west gets involved in foreign countries this is what happens
Now all that is gone with the wind ..the country is in total chaos and controlled by thieves and militias .
Thx for this vid, this was useful for my home schooling and really helped my mom teach me
i guess it is kinda randomly asking but do anyone know of a good website to watch newly released movies online ?
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It was like being stabbed with the knife when he said a "modern resort on the Mediterranean"
Libya is free now 🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
@@freelibya219 Thank god... But imagine where we would be if the tyrant Gaddafi didn't take over the country. So sad, yet hopes for a brighter future...
@@o.k3625 we would have been the richest country in the world by now if gaddafi didn't take power but that's our destiny i wish all of this never happened
@@UhhhIdk_ richest in world nah
Richest in Africa and Arab world maybe
@@mr_moon204 probably richer than Europe too
Libya 🇱🇾 🇱🇾 🇱🇾 ❤
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Then kaddafi came and ruined everything
Agreed
Ruined it for the traitors and west loyal followers, not for the true libyans.
Nonsense
No he didn’t best times were in his days
Indeed he did
Then Qaddafi came along and ruined it all
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He didn’t
The Earth is displayed upside down. The South Pole should be at the top. Regarding the solar system from the southern ecliptic is the correct view.
If you want it to be.
The South Pole should be at the center! Antarctica lies at the center of our flat circular world. At the edge the Flerf is protected by an encircling ocean. That ocean is patrolled by the military and no one is allowed to travel there. Truthy!
@Nikolai Ninja You sir, are humor impaired. You really need to lighten up.
Epilogue... reality-challenged narcissists have destroyed this.
The place is a total mess now.
hated living in libya
Any specific reason?