Episodes
1. Episode 1
January 4, 2009
50 min
Few believed there was oil on the Norwegian continental shelf, but the day before Christmas in 1969 gets the Norwegian authorities an important call to change the nation forever.
2. Episode 2
January 11, 2009
50 min
This series of five episodes included the Norwegian oil adventure from the 1960s until today - an important period in Norwegian history. Norway knew nothing about oil and gas production when international oil giants wanted to explore the North Sea in 1962. But since the first oil discoveries on the Ekofisk field in 1969, Norway has grown into a technological and economic superpower, mainly thanks to the large revenues from the seabed on the Norwegian Continental Shelf . In 1965 Stavanger one of the poorest cities. Today the city is a world leader in the oil business.
3. Episode 3
January 18, 2009
50 min
March 1980: 123 people die in the worst disaster in Norwegian oil history. Much has been sacrificed in the pursuit of oil.
4. Episode 4
January 25, 2009
50 min
Today, Norway has been voted an oil technological superpower, but this has not always been the case.