Texaco Public Relations, 1970s

Year Published: 1970s

Creator: Texaco D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B)

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: - See this offshore drilling rig 0:02 might look like a toy to you, 0:04 but to Texaco drilling offshore is serious business. 0:05 To drill just one offshore well takes 0:08 a lot of manpower and supplies. 0:11 And you can't put all that stuff in a rowboat. 0:13 Texaco would use thousands of sacks of cement. 0:16 Hundreds of people like engineers, 0:19 geologists and carpenters. 0:21 Miles of drill pipe drilling bits. 0:23 True boats and helicopters, plus lots more. 0:26 In the last five years, 0:31 Texaco has spent over $800 million in the United States 0:32 for offshore leases. 0:36 With a little luck and a lot of hard work 0:37 those leases will bring in oil 0:39 to help make us more self-sufficient 0:40 and less dependent on oil from abroad. 0:42 Hate has a great potential for finding new supplies of oil 0:45 under our oceans, 0:48 and Texaco is doing everything he can to find them. 0:49 Say, did anyone bring a fishing pole? 0:53 At Texaco we're working to keep your trust. 0:57

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