In Deep Water
How does the pioneer know how much his work is going to cost when he's operating at the frontiers of knowledge? And when the project stands 70 feet in air, 530 feet in water, drilling through 9,000 feet of rock below that, the costs can be appalling.
Raymond Baxter , William Woollard and Andrew Neil report on the struggle to win oil from the Thistle field, which is proving to be one of the most innovative projects the oil world has ever undertaken. Burmab's North Sea team, headed by executive director MIKE LOFTING and Managing Director DON SHIM -MON, are struggling to get the oil and the money flowing in a war against time, inflation, and the unpredictable North Sea. The Risk Business talks to them about their decisions and gambles.
Film editor MIKE JACKSON Producer CHRIS HAWS
Editor MICHAEL BLAKSTAD