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Professor Iain Stewart investigates the discovery of North Sea oil.
- Programme: Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World
- Episode: 3
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2015
- Geography | Energy and Resources | Non-renewable and renewable energy | Non-renewable energy: fossil fuels
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