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professionals and geologists about the future of oil production and exploration. The interviewed include Dr.

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, a geologist formerly working with oil exploration for BP and

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; Dr.

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, a retired British petroleum geologist who predicted that oil production would peak by 2007; Lord Ronald Oxburgh, former chairman of Shell; Professor Wallace S. Broecker at

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; and journalist

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. From the ABC's website: The film won the ''Best

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Program'' award at the 2007

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, and director Dr Richard Smith received the

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's " Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism" in 2008 for this film.

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