Texaco Gas Stations, 1960s
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| - | Hey, Bob Hope at Signal Hill in California, where | 0:01 |
| Texaco is reviving this tired old oil field with water. | 0:04 | |
| This field had produced more oil | 0:07 | |
| per acre than any field in the United States. | 0:09 | |
| But after 47 years, it was down | 0:12 | |
| to just a few hundred barrels a day. | 0:14 | |
| So now Texaco's using a secondary recovery method | 0:16 | |
| to get more oil out. | 0:20 | |
| This model will give you an idea of | 0:22 | |
| roughly what happens 4,500 feet below the earth's surface. | 0:24 | |
| Okay, Mike, let show them. | 0:28 | |
| Water under great pressure surges through the field. | 0:30 | |
| It loosens oil that coats the rocks, | 0:33 | |
| untraps small deposits, and forces it up and out. | 0:36 | |
| Look! More oil, and we need it. | 0:39 | |
| By 1980 Texaco hopes to bring up 14,000 barrels a day here. | 0:42 | |
| So far it's cost over $18 million, | 0:47 | |
| but we got to find more energy for America here in America. | 0:50 | |
| At Texaco, we're working to keep your trust. | 0:54 |
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