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Wednesday, September 8 2010
9:30 PM
Worst Case Scenario
RATED 14+. Bear escapes a sinking car, and encounters a rattlesnake and a snakebite victim.
Duration: 1800 minutes
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Wednesday, September 8 2010
10:00 PM
Mayday
RATED 14+. A minor emergency turns into one of the worst disasters in British aviation history, when an engine catches fire on takeoff; the pilots abort but fire overcomes the aircraft in just six minutes; 55 of the 137 people on board lose their lives.
Duration: 3600 minutes
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Wednesday, September 8 2010
11:00 PM
Daily Planet
A daily science show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries and features; hosted by Jay Ingram and Ziya Tong.
Duration: 3600 minutes
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Thursday, September 9 2010
12:00 AM
Mayday
RATED 14+. A minor emergency turns into one of the worst disasters in British aviation history, when an engine catches fire on takeoff; the pilots abort but fire overcomes the aircraft in just six minutes; 55 of the 137 people on board lose their lives.
Duration: 3600 minutes
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Thursday, September 9 2010
1:00 AM
Mighty Ships
Get an unprecedented look at USS Kentucky, one of the U.S. Navy's Ohio-Class ballistic missile nuclear-powered submarines; virtually undetectable, she is capable of launching a surprise nuclear attack on any country in the world.
Duration: 3600 minutes
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Drillers Simulation Game

So you think you can manage a drilling operation?

  • simulation 1
    • Build, Drill and Connect
  • simulation 2
    • Brave the elements
  • simulation 3
    • Handle equipment, lead a team
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Drillers Arcade Game

Take matters into your own hands, anywhere!

Teams

MGM Level
  • Well 3 complete
  • Well 2 complete
  • Well 1 complete

MGM is a junior energy company based in Calgary with a huge stake in Canada’s Far North. With exploration rights to more than one million hectares of land in the Arctic, there’s nothing junior about its plans. To date, MGM has risked $140 million searching for natural gas in one of the most extreme environments in the world. This year it will drill three gas wells north of the Arctic Circle in an icy desert where temperatures plunge to – 70 °C and winter storms can be deadly.

Energy companies have long suspected that the Canadian Arctic is a treasure chest of gas reserves, but few have taken the gamble. The extreme conditions and difficulty of drilling...

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  • Well 2 complete
  • Well 1 complete
Nabors Level

NABORS DRILLING is the largest land-drilling contractor in the world; a multinational corporation with a growing interest in the production end of the oil and gas business. This year, Nabors has a multi-million-dollar stake in a natural gas field in northern British Columbia. It’s a new play to try to squeeze gas out of shale. But it’s buried thousands of metres below vast tracts of marshy swampland called muskeg.

Historically, oil and gas companies wait for the muskeg to freeze over in wintertime before trucking in their drilling rigs. Nabors is trying something radically different. With a specially designed drilling rig and the world’s biggest helicopter in production, they plan to airlift...

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Team Member Profile

…so don't be late, or you're going to get popular in a hurry.

John
Williams

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… I’m the type of guy that likes to be in control… be in control, … know where everything is, how everything is running.

Paris
Gagné

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Whatever you got to do to get the job done.

Tom
Forsyth

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The party's over but there's a few stragglers that just don't want to go home yet. I may be one of them.

Josh
Blinston

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Make Your Predictions!

Episode 

Will MGM strike Arctic gold again on its second well?

  • Yes Yes, the team finds another huge reservoir of natural gas.
  • No No, geologists find no trace of natural gas in their second well.

Watch Episode 5 NEXT TUESDAY
and find out what happens!

There are no more predictions to make, but there are still plenty of challenges to discover on our Games Page.

Latest Video

Directors' Comments (MGM)

Discover the challenges of making a TV show 300 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle outdoors in winter.

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Latest Article

Natural Gas Timeline

Historical accounts of natural gas seeping out of the earth in a flame date back to 500 B.C in China. Today, over two thousand years later, countries around the world are still looking for the fossil fuel. Only now, once they find it, it is transported across a vast network of pipelines before it makes its way into our homes.
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Latest Photos

Ralph's Photo Shoot

We turn the camera on Licence to Drill photographer Joe Wiecha as he takes pictures of MGM employee Ralph Vanderlinden.

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