Oil Storm (2005)

Directed by

James Erskine

Genre

docudrama

Country

United Kingdom

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A simulated documentary follows the impact of a sudden oil shortage in the United States after a hurricane destroys key infrastructure. It shows how individuals like convenience store owners, a paramedic, and government officials deal with skyrocketing gas prices and economic chaos.

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What happens

Oil Storm is a 2005 television simulation portraying a future oil-shortage crisis in the United States, precipitated by a hurricane destroying key parts of the United States' oil infrastructure. The program was an attempt to depict what would happen if the highly oil-dependent country was suddenly faced with gasoline costing upwards of $7 to $8 per gallon (as opposed to the national average of around $2 per gallon when the show first aired). Directed by James Erskine and written by Erskine and Caroline Levy, it originally aired on FX Networks on 5 June 2005, at 8 p.m. ET. The crisis arises from a hurricane destroying an important pipeline at Port Fourchon in Louisiana, a tanker collision closing a busy port, terrorist attacks and tension with Saudi Arabia over the oil trade, and other fictional events. The program followed the lives of several people - the owners of a mom-and-pop convenience store, a paramedic, stock market and oil analysts, government officials, and others - and includes a substantial amount of human drama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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