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Licence to Drill

Licence to Drill

Description: Crews drilling for natural gas and crude oil in the Canadian north battle bitter cold, brutal terrain, unpredictable weather and their own equipment for four months, working 12-hour days searching for reserves. It's a high-stakes business, too risky for all but the most daring companies, as operations can cost as much as $250,000 per day and four out of five wells drilled come up empty. The series' second season follows the work of oil crews near the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories and in central Alberta, where a reservoir discovered in 1953 has yielded more than a billion barrels of oil.
Genre: Reality-TV
Year Released: 2010
Number of seasons: 4
Number of episodes: 28
First episode air date: January 5, 2010
Awards: Gemini Award for Best Documentary Series, Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Series
Network: Discovery Channel
Narrated By: Adrian Burhop
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