https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/78bb19b6-5f1d-46b4-a39e-441bde3def44 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com "The Constant Quest" (1958) was produced for Gulf Oil Corp. by Mode-Art Pictures, Inc. from a script by Craig Thompson. The film presents the scope of scientific operations at Gulf Oil Corporation's new research center at Harmarville, Pennsylvania, is advanced in the theme of The Constant Quest new 28-minute color motion picture sponsored by the Corporation. The film depicts the "constant quest" of more than 1,500 employees of Gulf Research & Development Company who labor in many areas of oil industry research, utilizing the Harmarville facilities which were shown to industrialists, scientists and the press at an open house. These facilities include a laboratory where motor fuels and lubricants are tested with the engines for which they were developed and an atom smasher which bombards substances with 3 million volts of electrical energy. The Constant Quest pictorializes a multi-minded search that experimentally pits monstrous flies against new insecticides, probes nuclear science and develops such technical aids as the airborne magnetometer for oil exploration, a "profile printer" which cuts oil hunting costs, and "In-situ combustion"—which uses fire to recover oil. Designed for showings to Gulf employees in the United States and overseas, to Gulf dealers and distributors and to business and civic organizations and television audiences. • 0:31: Introduction to Gulf Oil Corporation's Research Center. • 0:38: Annual expenditure and workforce at the research center. • 0:51: The diverse scientific disciplines represented at the center. • 1:01: Impact of the research on future technologies. • 1:16: Increasing future demand for petroleum. • 1:29: Explanation of salt domes and their formation. • 2:03: Salt domes' role in creating petroleum reservoirs. • 2:32: Use of special probes including an airborne magneometer to find petroleum. • 2:38: Development of the flying magnetometer by Gulf. • 3:02: Creation of magnetic maps to visualize underground structures. • 3:52: Use of dynamite and seismographic detectors to locate oil. • 4:50: Profile printer's role in reducing the cost of oil exploration. • 5:35: Laboratory drilling rig and improvements in drilling technology. • 6:23: Techniques to extract hard-to-reach oil, including fracturing and water flow. • 7:46: In situ combustion method for recovering oil. • 9:21: Use of platinum catalysts in refining processes. • 10:03: Hydroisomerization process for producing higher octane gasolines. • 11:00: Development of cleaner home heating oils. • 12:17: Overview of the research center's facilities and specialized equipment. • 13:28: Importance of microanalytical studies. • 13:48: Role of glass blowing in creating specialized research tools. • 14:18: Petrochemical industry and the production of plastics. • 15:20: Machine shop's role in creating custom research equipment. • 16:48: Continuous testing of Gulf's products. • 17:10: Simulating driving conditions to test fuels and lubricants. • 19:03: Development and testing of future automotive engines. • 20:00: Road and weather condition simulations for product testing. • 21:55: Entomology research and development of insecticides. • 24:12: Use of nuclear physics tools like the Van de Graaff particle accelerator. • 25:17: Effects of radiation on substances like table salt and oil. • 26:14: Ongoing quest for knowledge and future petroleum products. 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