Oil Storm (2005)
June 4, 2005Release Date
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Cast & Crew.

Melody Chase
Hazel Knowle

Liev Schreiber
Himself - Narrator (voice)

Lance E. Nichols
Frank Milner

Mark Krasnoff
John Hamel

Roland Uribe
Jack Roden (as Hector Roland Uribe)

Lee Ritchey
Ed Matthews

Peter Malof
Bob Knowle

Will Wallace
Tom McGraff

Michael Brouillet
Joe Knowle

Steven Chester Prince
Howard Gibbons

Kortney Adams
Estelle Sanders

Brady Coleman
Adam McGraff

Malcolm Adams
Emergency Medical Technician

Caroline Levy
Writer

Sheila Bailey
Mary McGraff

Kim Carrell
Boston Riot Leader
Details.
Release DateJune 4, 2005
StatusReleased
Filming LocationsNew Orleans, United States
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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.