Maui One – Oil from the Sea (1971)

New Zealand’s National Film Unit presents ‘Maui One – Oil from the Sea’ (1971)

Ungainly, a giant raft with a crazy superstructure, the off-shore drilling rig Discoverer II spent several months in a probe for oil in New Zealand waters. This film is a complete record of the successful search – and perhaps one of the most exciting ever made about the hunt for oil.

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