National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)

A documentary about the oil pipe installation in Khark, Iran in 1962.

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), formed upon nationalization of the British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, employed film systematically, producing many films on oil and petrochemical subjects. It also made films depicting Iran's progress and modernization, highlighting the role of the Shah and NIOC in that direction. Under its auspices, Ebrahim Golestan directed A FIRE (1961), a highly visual treatment of a seventy-day oil well fire in the Khuzestan region of southwestern Iran. This film was edited by the Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad and won two awards at the Venice Film Festival in 1961.

This film is a product of the National Iranian Oil Company, which can be considered one of the first documentaries in the field of Iranian economy.

This short documentary pictures Abadan city in southern Iran in the early 70s and how the National Oil Industry development has affected its progress.