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Title: WELLS OF MONTROSE, the

Reference number: 0694

Date: 1977

Director: d. Ferdinand Fairfax

Sponsor: Amoco

Production company: Charles Barker Films

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 27 mins

Description: Film recording the operation of Amoco Alpha rig. A tribute to the late 'Mitch' Watt who was responsible for many oil and gas operations in the North Sea from 1965-1977.

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Credits: production controller Ron Appleton
ph. Clive Tickner
ed. Morgan Daniels
composer Vic Flick
unit manager John Gray
titles Ray Wright
w. Bernard Houser
p. Jean Wadlow

Shotlist: Credits. This film is a tribute to the late P.M. "Mitch" Watt who was responsible for so much of the successful oil and gas operations depicted in this film from 1965 - 1977 (0.18) general shots around operational rig as narrator introduces the film (1.25) title (1.31) bleak desert landscapes as narrator explains how oil is formed (2.46) North Sea Gas installations at sea and on land (3.11) scientist at work evaluating results of seismic survey and considering whether or not an exploratory drilling would be worthwhile (4.03) shot of exploration rig in heavy seas (4.31) shots of drill deck of rig (4.48) a core sample of sand stone rock from 8000ft. below sea bed is analysed (5.24) supply ships in heavy seas (5.40) night shots in Aberdeen of busy harbour and of streets with Christmas lights (6.13) supply ships are loaded (6.42) supply ships in heavy seas (7.00) shot of Amoco alpha rig (7.34) on board as supervisor phones to land base regarding supplies (8.26) supply ship approaches rig (8.53) platform supervisor on rig (9.27) shots of men on deck of supply ships as waves crash over the sides (10.03) replacement rig crew flies out from Dyce Airport near Aberdeen by helicopter (11.05) helicopter lands on rig and crews change over (12.11) divers at work below sea and in decompression chamber. shots of control room (13.30) day crew is woken for the start of another day at 6:30 am (14.07) shots of men at work at drill head and in control room (18.40) workers enjoy rest break (19.27) work continues (20.24) narrator discusses safety precautions for rig (20.46) extracting the oil and shots of the complex pipes and equipment through which the oil will flow (22.34) samples of oil and gas are taken for analysis (22.52) surplus gas is burned off (23.03) oil is pumped from the rig to a tanker one mile away (23.38) night shots of rig (24.13) tankers bring crude oil to refineries (24.30) Amoco road tanker (24.39) shots of Amoco's London headquarters and a boardroom meeting, where there is talk of the future and long term plans (2.559) shots of the Houses of Parliament (26.12) Amoco Alpha rig at night (26.51) ecs (27.23)