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Go aboard an oil platform to learn about petroleum extraction from the reserves off the Chilean coast

Go aboard an oil platform to learn about petroleum extraction from the reserves off the Chilean coast

Offshore oil platform and oil pumps in southern Chile.
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Transcript

NARRATOR: Along the southern coast of Chile, below the Strait of Magellan and on Tierra del Fuego, lie reserves of oil. After the petroleum is extracted, it is shipped to refineries in central Chile for processing. Production meets about half of the country's oil needs.