HOW AN OIL REFINERY WORKS SHELL OIL HISTORIC FILM 71862

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Made in the 1950s by the Shell Oil Company, "Refinery Process" goes behind the scenes at a huge oil refinery to show how crude oil is transformed into finished products. The film uses a combination of animation and live-action to present the story in a simple and entertaining style, how crude oil is separated into major fractions or "cuts". It then describes how complicated molecules are "cracked" into simpler molecules of the lighter, more valuable products by the application of heat and pressure.
This film is one of a series made by Shell as part of its public relations efforts. All the films in the series are well-made and use innovative techniques for their time. The company spent over $1 million dollars in the 1950s -- roughly $10 million in today's world -- on its film library.
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful products such as petroleum naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas. Oil refineries are typically large, sprawling industrial complexes with extensive piping running throughout, carrying streams of fluids between large chemical processing units. In many ways, oil refineries use much of the technology of, and can be thought of, as types of chemical plants. The crude oil feedstock has typically been processed by an oil production plant. There is usually an oil depot (tank farm) at or near an oil refinery for the storage of incoming crude oil feedstock as well as bulk liquid products.
An oil refinery is considered an essential part of the downstream side of the petroleum industry.
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@dossube 2 жыл бұрын

The narration, the visuals and the playing cards illustration made this video worth at least 1 year courses in petrochemical engineering. The traditional 4-year college curriculum for most majors needs a reform to make learning more accessible, straightforward and affordable. "Cut the rope!"

@appliedengineering4001 Жыл бұрын

With the internet these days. Who need collage or universities any more. The only thing collage and universities are good for now days is to get a piece of paper and that's it. There was once a time when getting a higher education actually meant something. Not anymore.

@floorpizza8074 Жыл бұрын

@@appliedengineering4001 Your comment could actually be used as a reason why "collage" is needed now more than ever before in history.

@MANOFTIME 6 ай бұрын

@@floorpizza8074yep

@DomRiccobene 2 ай бұрын

Out of all the 3D animated slop explaining refining on KZfaq, this by far the most informative and easy to understand.

@jmfa57 Жыл бұрын

I was awarded my Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering in 1980. I wish this video (okay, film) had been shown in my Unit Operations class. It is excellent!

@adcockerell Жыл бұрын

I love these old films - everything explained in such simple ways. A masterpiece

@Questington Жыл бұрын

It seems there was a golden era of teaching in the 1950s (maybe ushered in by Richard Feynman) to explain things with simple words and strong visuals. Teaching you core concepts instead of vocabulary.

@CheckAG 9 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, they explained things so much better in the old days!

@lgnlint 8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Gordon Yeah, I love old educational films.

@moncorp1 8 жыл бұрын

+Ch0plol ~ When the soundtrack has a xylophone in it, you know its going to be good.

@pkdesantiago 6 жыл бұрын

Who knew watching an old video from 50s would score me an interview as an Oil Refinery worker

@mjrod1985 5 жыл бұрын

Pedro De Santiago awesome! did u get the job?

@monkeymuggs 5 жыл бұрын

@@pkdesantiago I hope that I can use this Seemingly worthless Ptec degree to the same soon.

@anthonycammack2616 Жыл бұрын

Out of all the animations ive seen explaining this process, i never could fathom any of it, until this! That was an amazing learning movie, they did a great job-

@MonkeyChicka 8 жыл бұрын

I must have seen this film at least five times in grades 6 through 9 in the late 70s & early 80s. I can't get the image of the rising playing cards out of my head. That's pretty much what I have remembered about this film for the last few decades.

@birukkifle8447 5 жыл бұрын

This a course that take years of knowledge is explained in effective way in very short. Great job guys, for sharing your knowledge and making the world better.

@GeorgeJansen Жыл бұрын

Love seeing all the pipes, tubes, gauges, regulators, tanks, cracking chambers, check valves, pressure valves etc etc.. at oil refineries ,

@adnankassem8114 6 жыл бұрын

What a great film. I studied chemical engineering when I was in school. I feel like if they showed us this video - a lot of the concepts would have been really simple to understand the first time around. Thanks for posting.

@alexsmith-ob3lu 2 жыл бұрын

I think this film was designed for technicians, logistics personnel, and contract tradesmen. Not four year college bound engineering students. Community college and vocational schools teach way less theory than state college, so industry has to "help" their rookies with this technical documentary.

@edenbarrera7599 4 жыл бұрын

How could anyone thumbs down this video? It is a very well made and the explanation is on point.

@melamassoud7428 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing?

@mikezylstra7514 Жыл бұрын

a tree hugger I s'pose.

@zachalexander963 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Periscope for making this available. It's a shame that all of the modern renditions are devoid of specifics. Nowadays, profit comes before pursuit of knowledge any day. Hopefully one day films like these begin being made again in our country.

@harshadashinde46 Жыл бұрын

I loved the film , i have never understand this process . But I watching this video I got the process thank you so much for uploading it

@cattleprods911 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so addicted to videos like this, brilliant explanation.

@mikezylstra7514 Жыл бұрын

I've seen films on refining but I like the playing card imagery they use here. . Good way to illustrate it.

@doctortabby 4 жыл бұрын

An easily understood explanation of this process. Timeless.

@PappyGunn 2 ай бұрын

Straightforward and practical demo of the process at the start of the video. Very good

@jagdishvirkar9772 Жыл бұрын

Best documentry Thanks lot👍🙏

@Shivai1215 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, I find this video is the best one among all video which are available on youtube

@koalibuk2476 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic illustrations

@tschengyu522 7 жыл бұрын

It worth to watch this video before starting to learn processes in oil refinery. Every point is explained very well and easy to understand. The language used is also friendly even for non-English-speakers. Thanks for sharing!

@andrewhdz Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm native Spanish speaker but the explanation was friendly for people with Intermediate English skills (I believe even for Begginer English people)

@user-iz8bc8ph2d 5 жыл бұрын

The best video with the best explanation. Old stays gold. Thank you for sharing.

@andredegraaf1643 4 ай бұрын

This film is still the best explanation of refinery processes.

@stevenmalcomb4168 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Very accurate. Made an old distillation column operator smile. You should definitely watch this video before reading any distillation book written by Henry Kister.

@leeksoup3199 Жыл бұрын

I’d love to hear any interesting stories/insights from your time working on these.

@bloqk16 2 жыл бұрын

The 1950s was a marvelous time for educational films produced by Shell Oil and Bell Telephone with its Bell Science series (hosted by Frank Baxter); as I vividly recall as a kid in the mid-1960s watching such films in classes at school (US).

@mikezylstra7514 Жыл бұрын

Bell Telephone made a number of excellent films both PR and employee training types. I thoroughly enjoy them.

@sebankunnath 8 ай бұрын

fantastic and simple explanation of refinery process

@abhijeetgavali9058 Жыл бұрын

well explained on the basics , superb.

@djohanson99 Жыл бұрын

I leave this video a smarter man. That was good. I suggest you watch this if you wish to know the basics of making oil into automobile gas.

@terrykavanaugh2481 Жыл бұрын

I worked in an oil refinery 33 years..hell of a lot of climbing ladders..hauling on huge valve...dangerous conditions...hydroflouric acid..ammonia..chlorine...silicate..flue gas..fuel gas..sampling.. rounds...catastrophic failures of pumps..exchangers..fires..clearing out units for turn arounds...very difficult work..what a life.. death from nitrogen..h2s. Seen it all..smh

@daviddavidson7851 11 ай бұрын

Ilived in south east texas for a long time and I moved away. I work at a paper mill now and paper mills are dangerous but I always tell my co workers they don't understand: When something happens with a refinery the whole town has to evacuate.

@carlosguzman2841 9 ай бұрын

Refineries in Venezuela are worst jajaja I’d like you had seen actual conditions that they find each other

@TheEgg185 Ай бұрын

My daughter was killed on her first day of work when hot oil steam was released into her face.

@terrykavanaugh2481 Ай бұрын

@@TheEgg185 I'm so sorry.. I've had many injuries..but have made it. My deepest sympathy

@dsandoval9396 5 жыл бұрын

Man, at first I thought this was going to be a propaganda film, not even five minutes in and I'm glued to the screen.

@elizabethb4634 Жыл бұрын

fantastic video! really explains oil refinement well!

@KennethStone Жыл бұрын

Best explanation I've ever seen! Makes it very clear. Now I'm curious what's changed in the last 60-70 years... I also found this interesting because living in the SF Bay Area, there are a couple refineries around the bay (I know most people don't think of San Francisco and Big Oil in the same sentence , but this IS where Standard Oil got started, and is now called Chevron). So, I've driven past these oil tank farm and refineries since I was born, and was alway curious about what was going on.

@markarca6360 6 жыл бұрын

That process is called fractional distillation or fractionation. Crude oil is heated and then passes through a fractionation column. The products of the fractionation process depends on the temperature where that component starts to separate from the crude oil (Lowest temperature: top). To give a few examples, the precursor for aviation gasoline and jet fuel comes from the distillate that comes from the top of the fractionating column. Asphalt and paraffin wax comes from the bottom part of the column.

@Dmitriy_Pivko Жыл бұрын

Excelent video, this explanation cost for two semesters in petroleum university

@derrickk901208 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading the video! So well explained!

@WifeBTR123 6 жыл бұрын

The surface area of 6000 sq ft blew my mind.

@laurelviolet 5 жыл бұрын

I actually felt my mind expand at this point, lol

@kristinarain9098 4 жыл бұрын

That Was AHH-Mayzing! I knew very little detail if any about this process other than crude oil is just distilled into gasoline in a process similar to distillation of pure alcohol into potable beverage alcohol only instead of discarding a 3rd of it , it's all kept and has different purposes This was a huge eye opener Thank you for posting !

@tikitavi7120 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating, as usual.

@lynnleigha580 Жыл бұрын

My father retired from there, thankfully before Brandon got in office. My dad was a supervisor for 36 years. He use to call it prison because it was 12 hour shifts

@hmbpnz 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent film. Thank you.

@Beezmantv 2 жыл бұрын

*This was soooo Educational!!* Thank you for keeping this Film on KZfaq. ☺️☺️📚📚📚📊📊 💰💰💵💵💵

@adalethakkaniyet4451 2 жыл бұрын

İt could have not been better, impeccable.

@MichaelVLang 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic film, thanks for posting! It's a wonder these refineries don't end up in huge explosions.

@porterporter5506 7 жыл бұрын

Michael Lang they do explode when not maintained or when knowledge or safety factors is missing. they haven't aloud any. refinerys to be built in the US in over 50 years I believe

@bubbajones6907 3 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking. All that heat with many tonnes of volatile flammable liquids and gases. It's amazing. Those refineries must be very well managed.

@jaik195701 Жыл бұрын

Refinery fires can Be bad

@bcubed72 8 жыл бұрын

Damn, this works just like pappy's still!

@jehare7056 7 жыл бұрын

the reason a eedsw I am ex, gooda

@GeorgeJansen Жыл бұрын

Would love to see one made on oil pipe lines /distribution

@Gannett2011 2 жыл бұрын

Like other commenters have said, very clear and concise explanation of the process. I wonder if it was made later than the 50s, though; the style and presentation seem a little more informal, and the music at 20:06 is "Trade and Commerce" by Johnny Pearson from a 1968 KPM LP "Orchestral Kaleidoscope".

@deltapee9259 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining were the tunes come from! If you look at the 11:20 the film shows what looks like a ‘69 Pontiac.

@telcobilly Жыл бұрын

@@deltapee9259 I saw that too..

@Volodka7000 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect! And that is 50s! Fascinating!

@sup2069 5 жыл бұрын

60s ?

@lonnieanderson4233 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this film. I seen this in school class two different times and always tried to find it on web.

@banderfayyomi4745 8 жыл бұрын

Wendrful , thank you to share the knowledge

@pandukawb Жыл бұрын

We take oil for granted!

@bday9629 7 жыл бұрын

the old videos explain so much better...

@somucin 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent! A topic so easily explained.

@jake_runs_the_world 6 жыл бұрын

wow this is sooo good

@harishankartripathi5144 5 жыл бұрын

Super video, very clear message.

@asn65001 4 жыл бұрын

What an incredible video! I thought it was going to be cheesy, but damn, is it good!

@louiscervantez1639 Жыл бұрын

So very interesting and understandable ! Thank you

@pranitadalvi2409 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing work..guys

@meruraghavani4616 5 жыл бұрын

Appreciable work 👌👌👌

@scottholman3982 Жыл бұрын

I was hoping that they would include the coker in the explanation. That is the process where they take the heaviest material out of the crude oil, and make coke, which is used for industrial processes, as well as making anodes for aluminum production.

@gerardopagulong635 3 жыл бұрын

Wow.. Brilliant video.. Thanks..

@leroyjones6958 8 ай бұрын

This is how we need to learn!

@MarkDavis77 8 жыл бұрын

wow, so this is what TV used to be like

@PeriscopeFilm 8 жыл бұрын

Mark Yolktern Actually this was an instructional film, not a TV show.

@Crazcompart 10 ай бұрын

Very thorough video that explains various stages in the refining processes... I would imagine by now, even more extensive molecular change processes have been introduced and developed...

@CT-vm4gf 3 жыл бұрын

Wow fascinating and so well explained.

@Santosh-wx2xy 6 жыл бұрын

exllent explanation

@XxxCannabioticxxX Жыл бұрын

This is nice ! Super

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@vajaynunthandass676 Жыл бұрын

2chemical engineers (nephew&grand nephew)in my family. I live close to 2 oil refineries .l worked for Spoornet and my job took me to both refineries. Amazing experience. If one stands in front of the refineries it's sound is strange and eerie.

@thillaigovindaraj7946 Жыл бұрын

excellent explaination..

@adamgodwin9875 5 жыл бұрын

very educational video.

@cesarmaravi7915 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@joeyjennings9548 Жыл бұрын

😬 cheezy music a must in the process i feel like im back in school watching lol

@someasiandude4797 Жыл бұрын

I swear you could get a college degree by just watching these videos

@mrstratau6513 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating.

@subbiahranok4098 4 жыл бұрын

#Awesome 👍👍👍👍 ....ur explanation is mass... Every body can understand very easily..Tnq so much....

@careycummings9999 Жыл бұрын

Nice shiny new refinery! I wonder what it looks like now? This does a great job of explaining the whole refining process.

@zachalexander963 Жыл бұрын

The Shell plant in La Porte, TX looks like it's scheduled for a LOPC sometime soon... They all look awful nowadays though haha; no reason to keep them shiny if they'll be retired by the end of the century.

@JimmyTheProstitute Жыл бұрын

@Zach Alexander I work at Shell Deer Park and I guarantee they are not shutting down anytime soon. Although you are correct these plants are dulapidated, neglected, and falling apart as we speak. I was wondering if this was actually the cat cracker thats out here now haha. It's all rust now. I've been to the top of that and the crude oil tower. They're tall.

@robertkosowski1552 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video.

@mattbriggs199 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video ! Very well done for the year!!

@doctortabby 2 жыл бұрын

Well done for any year.

@ShukokaiStu 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video.

@jayantkumardas1987 3 жыл бұрын

excellent video......thanks for sharing

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@saulrodriguez9112 7 жыл бұрын

I like the music

@marcellalibra 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@imarjibi14 7 жыл бұрын

very good

@enzymeyuexiang8894 6 жыл бұрын

thank you

@collinmc90 Жыл бұрын

anybody else get stoned and watch these? Shits fascinating hahaha

@VIKASKUMAR-vu9fk 6 жыл бұрын

Useful

@branndonscott1 Жыл бұрын

That music hook around 6:30 is great.

@Scotford_Maconochie Жыл бұрын

At an era where large corporations like Shell had a soul...

@Freedom21stCenturi Жыл бұрын

this was awesome

@slap3954 9 жыл бұрын

Its easy way of understanding O&G process video, who r all not working in O&G plant. thank u - shell & periscopefilm

@fvdj2204 6 жыл бұрын

Good stuff

@bestthing12 6 жыл бұрын

wish they have same method of teaching in near future

@michaelomalley6 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff here

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