Oil Storm update.
Aug. 31st, 2005 03:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semiotic_pirateOkay, I've sent an email to FX requesting them to reair the movie Oil Storm for the benfit of the American Public. For all of you who haven't seen it, here is some more information about it.
Aired on Sunday, June 5th, 2005 – Oil Storm; America’s Lifeline Has Been Severed.
As per the Synopsis of Oil Storm on FX.com:
Oil Storm examines what happens when a Category 6 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico slams into Louisiana, crushing the city of New Orleans and crippling the vital pipeline for refined oil that is Port Fourchon. It examines the ripple effect of that event and the ensuing cascade of disasters associated with it, though the eyes of public officials, a brutal winter, and a ranching family in South Dakota who have their subsidy’s completely taken away and question whether we need oil or food to survive.
As the country reels from the loss of life and energy reserves associated with the hurricane’s fury, the price of crude oil skyrockets and the United States government sets forth to take immediate action. It puts in motion efforts to rebuild the infrastructure of Port Fourchon (8 months minimum) and the sagging and disabled deep sea rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (of equal length). It re-routes activity normally associated with the Port Fourchon shipping lanes to the Port of Houston and compels Houston to work 24/7 in order to get the crude to our refineries and out to the public.
As gas lines quickly begin and the price per gallon passes three dollars, the government reaches out to our good friends in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, to increase its oil production. However the decision by the Saudi’s to help the Americans inflames an already unsteady Muslim population in that country already emboldened by the continuing challenges in the war in Iraq. Extremists’ interests then commit a terrorist act in an upscale shopping mall in Riyadh, killing some 300 Americans employed by multi-national oil companies in the country. With big business directly impacted and the need for more oil keen, the United States government agrees to send American troops to Saudi Arabia to help protect the oil infrastructure.
Meanwhile, in Houston, the increased activity in their notoriously narrow shipping channels has inadvertently created another challenge to the oil crisis when two, large tankers collide, creating a huge oil spill that shuts the channel down completely for an extended period of time.
As the country absorbs the Houston blow and anticipates increased production from the Saudi’s, those same terrorist interests strike again by assassinating the Saudi Oil Minister responsible for advocating the deal with the US and then, in an enormous act of cowardice, those same terrorists blow up sections of the huge Ras Tanura facility on the outskirts of Riyadh killing a vast number of American soldiers sent there to protect the infrastructure.
Lines at the gas pumps are the least of our worries. As the country grieves, winter has set in and heating oil is not only expensive, it’s often not available. Many in the country die from the cold. So the government turns to Russia for help and strikes a deal for 3 million barrels of oil per week for the foreseeable future. The Russians however are compelled to shop the deal to the other, largest consumer of energy in the world, China. The Chinese outbid the Americans for the oil, leaving the United States diplomatically exposed and with growing chaos on our streets.
As the year of 2005 continues, the true spirit of American sacrifice emerges. Aspects of a new agrarian philosophy take root, alternative sources for energy are put on a fast track and the basic decency of Americans rises to the occasion as the country attempts to take care of itself in ways that hearken back to a more simple time.
While this occurs, the United States government steps into the Russian oil deal and with diplomatic skill, heretofore abandoned, manages to put the deal back on track changing the course for the oil from China back to the United States.
As the story concludes, an awakened populace reconciles its losses and learns more about the character of our great nation. Our government expends all its financial, political and diplomatic resources to get the country’s infrastructure back on track. And our country emerges from these terrible events, stronger and more dedicated to protecting the American way of life; a way of life that now means a permanent gas price of almost 4 dollars a gallon.
But something nobler comes to pass. We are now amid a great shift into the future, a future filled with renewed purpose and renewed exploration of all means at our disposal for survival in a world that is not the world of our parents, but the world of our children. It’s a world that does not forego oil as an energy source, but rather creates a more healthy association with it. It’s a world that invigorates, in real terms, a look at all forms of energy creating an approach to that vital industry that will allow our children to thrive in the 21st Century.
To make a request of your own, send an email to FX at this address: user@fxnetworks.com
Aired on Sunday, June 5th, 2005 – Oil Storm; America’s Lifeline Has Been Severed.
As per the Synopsis of Oil Storm on FX.com:
Oil Storm examines what happens when a Category 6 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico slams into Louisiana, crushing the city of New Orleans and crippling the vital pipeline for refined oil that is Port Fourchon. It examines the ripple effect of that event and the ensuing cascade of disasters associated with it, though the eyes of public officials, a brutal winter, and a ranching family in South Dakota who have their subsidy’s completely taken away and question whether we need oil or food to survive.
As the country reels from the loss of life and energy reserves associated with the hurricane’s fury, the price of crude oil skyrockets and the United States government sets forth to take immediate action. It puts in motion efforts to rebuild the infrastructure of Port Fourchon (8 months minimum) and the sagging and disabled deep sea rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (of equal length). It re-routes activity normally associated with the Port Fourchon shipping lanes to the Port of Houston and compels Houston to work 24/7 in order to get the crude to our refineries and out to the public.
As gas lines quickly begin and the price per gallon passes three dollars, the government reaches out to our good friends in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, to increase its oil production. However the decision by the Saudi’s to help the Americans inflames an already unsteady Muslim population in that country already emboldened by the continuing challenges in the war in Iraq. Extremists’ interests then commit a terrorist act in an upscale shopping mall in Riyadh, killing some 300 Americans employed by multi-national oil companies in the country. With big business directly impacted and the need for more oil keen, the United States government agrees to send American troops to Saudi Arabia to help protect the oil infrastructure.
Meanwhile, in Houston, the increased activity in their notoriously narrow shipping channels has inadvertently created another challenge to the oil crisis when two, large tankers collide, creating a huge oil spill that shuts the channel down completely for an extended period of time.
As the country absorbs the Houston blow and anticipates increased production from the Saudi’s, those same terrorist interests strike again by assassinating the Saudi Oil Minister responsible for advocating the deal with the US and then, in an enormous act of cowardice, those same terrorists blow up sections of the huge Ras Tanura facility on the outskirts of Riyadh killing a vast number of American soldiers sent there to protect the infrastructure.
Lines at the gas pumps are the least of our worries. As the country grieves, winter has set in and heating oil is not only expensive, it’s often not available. Many in the country die from the cold. So the government turns to Russia for help and strikes a deal for 3 million barrels of oil per week for the foreseeable future. The Russians however are compelled to shop the deal to the other, largest consumer of energy in the world, China. The Chinese outbid the Americans for the oil, leaving the United States diplomatically exposed and with growing chaos on our streets.
As the year of 2005 continues, the true spirit of American sacrifice emerges. Aspects of a new agrarian philosophy take root, alternative sources for energy are put on a fast track and the basic decency of Americans rises to the occasion as the country attempts to take care of itself in ways that hearken back to a more simple time.
While this occurs, the United States government steps into the Russian oil deal and with diplomatic skill, heretofore abandoned, manages to put the deal back on track changing the course for the oil from China back to the United States.
As the story concludes, an awakened populace reconciles its losses and learns more about the character of our great nation. Our government expends all its financial, political and diplomatic resources to get the country’s infrastructure back on track. And our country emerges from these terrible events, stronger and more dedicated to protecting the American way of life; a way of life that now means a permanent gas price of almost 4 dollars a gallon.
But something nobler comes to pass. We are now amid a great shift into the future, a future filled with renewed purpose and renewed exploration of all means at our disposal for survival in a world that is not the world of our parents, but the world of our children. It’s a world that does not forego oil as an energy source, but rather creates a more healthy association with it. It’s a world that invigorates, in real terms, a look at all forms of energy creating an approach to that vital industry that will allow our children to thrive in the 21st Century.
To make a request of your own, send an email to FX at this address: user@fxnetworks.com
