Oil
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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Plastic. Audio, 9 minutes
We make so much plastic these days that it takes about eight percent of oil production
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
File on 4. Dirty Oil? Audio, 38 minutes
Did UK firms win multi-million pound oil contracts through bribes to corrupt officials?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Open Country. Gainsborough's Nodding Donkeys. Audio, 25 minutes
Helen Mark visits the nodding donkeys of the Gainsborough Trough.
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The Food Programme. A Fat Lot of Good. Audio, 30 minutes
With a growing array of oils on sale, Sheila Dillon cuts through the latest thinking.
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The Inquiry. Can Nigeria End Oil Corruption? Audio, 23 minutes
President Buhari’s promise to end decades of corruption in the oil industry
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The Inquiry. What Are The Consequences Of Cheap Oil? Audio, 23 minutes
Why the price of oil is impacting on the global economy and world politics
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Simon Evans Goes to Market. Series 1, Oil. Audio, 30 minutes
Simon looks at commodities markets in oil. Why is this trade different to others?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 2 months
File on 4. Oil Spill Hangover. Audio, 40 minutes
Could lessons from past disasters have prevented BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. Fuelling Inflation. Audio, 15 minutes
Alistair Cooke considers how oil price may affect the future of the US more than politics.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Earthworks. Fossilized Sunshine. Audio, 14 minutes
First broadcast in 1999. What are oil and gas and where are they found?
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Global Concerns. Prospecting in the Amazon. Audio, 14 minutes
How oil exploration in the Peruvian Amazon will threaten 19 different indigenous peoples
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Global Concerns. Sea Empress Supertanker Oil Spill. Audio, 14 minutes
"The shore was totally contaminated... and the air was heavy with the stench of oil"
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Global Concerns. Oil Spills. Audio, 14 minutes
The risks of dealing with oil pollution by containment, collection and dispersal
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Global Concerns. Oil Slick Pollution. Audio, 14 minutes
Testing a new radar system on the space shuttle Endeavour that finds oil slicks
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- Available for over a year