Oil Storm (2005)
June 4, 2005Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Melody Chase
Hazel Knowle
Liev Schreiber
Self - Narrator
Lance E. Nichols
Frank Milner
Mark Krasnoff
John Hamel
Roland Uribe
Jack Roden (as Hector Roland Uribe)
Lee Ritchey
Ed Matthews
James Erskine
Director
Caroline Levy
Writer
Details.
Release DateJune 4, 2005
StatusReleased
Filming LocationsNew Orleans, United States of America
Wiki.
Oil Storm is a 2005 television simulation portraying a future oil-shortage crisis in the United States, precipitated by a hurricane destroying key parts of the United States' oil infrastructure. The program was an attempt to depict what would happen if the highly oil-dependent country was suddenly faced with gasoline costing upwards of $7 to $8 per gallon (as opposed to the national average of around $2 per gallon when the show first aired). Directed by James Erskine and written by Erskine and Caroline Levy, it originally aired on FX Networks on 5 June 2005, at 8 p.m. ET.
The crisis arises from a hurricane destroying an important pipeline at Port Fourchon in Louisiana, a tanker collision closing a busy port, terrorist attacks and tension with Saudi Arabia over the oil trade, and other fictional events. The program followed the lives of several people - the owners of a mom-and-pop convenience store, a paramedic, stock market and oil analysts, government officials, and others - and includes a substantial amount of human drama.