The shoreline will have been scrubbed clean, and bp will have resumed business as usual. Family of victim in deepwater horizon disaster says bp. Dvd cover for 2016 film, deepwater horizon, based on the 2010 bp gulf of mexico oil rig disaster that killed 11 workers and resulted in the worst oil spill in u. Macdonald critiques the spill rate estimates made by bp and others during the bp deepwater horizon disaster. A timeline of the gulf oil spill, from the deepwater horizon rig explosion that began it, to the containment cap that has slowed the flow of oil subscribe to. On april 20th 2011, the one year anniversary of the bp rig explosion, gcaptain was honored to conduct video interviews with many survivors of the deepwater horizon. What is the best book to read about the deepwater horizon disaster. What is the best book to read about the deepwater horizon. The deepwater horizon drilling rig explosion was the april 20, 2010, explosion and subsequent fire on the deepwater horizon semisubmersible mobile offshore drilling unit modu, which was owned and operated by transocean and drilling for bp in the macondo prospect oil field about 40 miles 64 km southeast off the louisiana coast. There is certainly no shortage of books about the deepwater horizon. A 60 minutes interview with deepwater horizon s chief technician, mike williams, revealed a series of errors that led to the oil spill.
A decade ago on april 20, the deepwater horizon drilling rig leased by bp was working a mile below the surface of the gulf of mexico when a surge in pressure and a. Because key survivors declined to consult on the movieberg. Deepwater horizon, which premiered september 30, is the first feature film about. The explosion and subsequent fire resulted in the sinking of. Invisible oil escaped the view of satellites that were tasked with measuring the extent of the deepwater horizon spill in the gulf of mexico in 2010, according to a new study. Deepwater horizon survivors allege bp risked safety by. Page on its free to the public for download, but you can buy a copy if you want. After the deepwater horizon oil spill slate magazine. As the bp oil spill civil trial begins this week, the federal government will attempt to prove whether british petroleum bp andor any of its contractors such as transocean rig, the owner and operator of the deepwater horizon oil rig, and halliburton hal, which was responsible for pouring the cement plugs in the well, were grossly negligent and thus financially liable in causing.
It was an oil spill in the gulf of mexico, the largest marine oil spill in history. The devastating impact of the gulf oil spill surveys the overconfidence in. Deepwater horizon disaster had much worse impact than. The deepwater horizon disaster in book form mother jones. Ten years after bp oil spill, coastal restoration work thrives. While factchecking the deepwater horizon movie, we learned that on april 20, 2010, the day of the disaster, bp and transocean officials showed up to give the rigs crew a safety award to celebrate seven years without a losttime accident. Bp was grossly negligent in the 2010 deepwater horizon disaster that killed 11 men and unleashed the worst offshore oil spill in u. Heres the absolute best explanation of how and why it happened. Detection of oil near shorelines during the deepwater horizon oil spill using synthetic aperture radar sar oscar garciapineda, jamie holmes, matt rissing, russell jones, cameron wobus, jan svejkovsky and mark. On april 20, 2010, a fiery explosion on the deepwater horizon oil. The deaths and the gigantic oil spill following the sinking of deepwater horizon will surely become a landmark of corporate ineptness and greed for the. It is a highly original work with a wellstructured argument, providing insight into the bp oil spill. In 2010 bps deepwater horizon catastrophe spiraled into the worst humanmade.
The deepwater horizon rig, owned and operated by offshore oil drilling company transocean and leased by oil company bp, was situated in the macondo oil prospect in the mississippi canyon, a valley in the continental shelf. Bp s bob dudley, who navigated oil giant through deepwater horizon aftermath, is leaving epic oil spill in gulf of mexico cost britishbased energy firm tens of billions. Steffy meets the burden by demonstrating that corporate behemoth bp formerly british petroleum could have prevented the 11 deaths on april 20, 2010, aboard the deepwater horizon. It is adapted from the december 25, 2010 the new york times article deepwater. Bp deepwater horizon oil spill and its economic impact. Bp agrees to plead guilty to crimes in gulf oil spill. New deepwater horizon data reveals invisible oil that. The oil well over which it was positioned was located on the seabed 4,993 feet 1,522 metres below the surface and extended approximately 18,000 feet 5,486. Deepwater horizon movie vs true story of mike williams.
Four years ago when the deepwater horizon exploded, one man made a harrowing escape from. The 2010 oil spill, triggered by a blowout that killed 11 workers and toppled the deepwater horizon drilling rig, shook the company to its core, says robert dudley, a low. The spill was caused by an oil gusher when the drilling machines exploded on april 20, 2010. There is evidence the oil spill increased the risk of heart disease and heart diseaserelated heart attacks for up to four to six years after the spill. In 2010 bp s deepwater horizon catastrophe spiraled into the worst humanmade economic and ecological disaster in gulf coast history.
The explosion killed 11 workers and injured 17 people. It is written in a concise, nononsense style, and couched in terms that a layman can understand. On april 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig deepwater horizon, operating in the macondo prospect in the gulf of mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the deepwater horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. It haunts me this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Konrad, who skippered a rig similar to the deepwater horizon, left transocean in a. Deepwater horizon, called the worst environmental disaster in american history, was one of the environmental stories i covered at huffpost a decade ago. Oilfield survival guide gives a minute by minute account of the deepwater. Last september, the deepwater horizon set a world deepwater record when it drilled down just over 35,000 feet at another bp site in the gulf of mexico, panagos said.
Why is it so hard to get answers about deepwater horizon. It fouled the coasts of florida, alabama, mississippi, louisiana and texas and launched a sixyear long environmental and legal battle. There are now 1,000 people involved in efforts to stop oil leaking from the rig. The bp oil spill that started below the deepwater horizon oil rig in the gulf of mexico began last april and continued for weeks. Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. This book offers an extremely methodical approach to the bp deepwater horizon oil spill. In the most comprehensive account to date, senior systems engineers earl boebert and james blossom show how corporate and engineering decisions, each one individually innocuous, interacted to create the disaster. Few of the books that have been written about the bp oil leak that began last april 20 with the explosion of the deepwater horizon drilling rig. Its one of the more advanced rigs out there, he said. The focus of this book is a history of the deepwater horizon mobile offshore drilling unit modu, the runup to the blowout and the very immediate aftermath of the.
It is the largest marine oil spill in history caused by an explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig and its ultimate sinking. The deepwater horizon investigation included several investigations and commissions, among others reports by national incident commander thad allen, united states coast guard, national commission on the bp deepwater horizon oil spill and offshore drilling, bureau of ocean energy management, regulation and enforcement, national academy of engineering, national research council. A book about a disaster necessarily belongs to the genre of tragedy. The deepwater horizon disaster held the nation spellbound for months as bp s engineers struggled to halt the flow of oil from the damaged well 150 miles off the louisiana coast and. The deepwater horizon oil spill is also called the bp oil spill, the gulf of mexico oil spill, or the macondo blowout. Deepwater horizon survivor i had a death wish for a long time after the rig blew mike williams jumped hundreds of feet into the sea from the burning rig after a huge blowout, but 11 of his. Konrad, an oil rig captain, worked for transocean, the owner of the deepwater horizon.
Exclusive interview with deepwater horizon survivor doug brown. For many, deepwater horizon oil spill was a terrible environmental catastrophe. Deepwater horizon is a 2016 american disaster film based on the deepwater horizon explosion and oil spill in the gulf of mexico. It stars mark wahlberg, kurt russell, john malkovich, gina rodriguez, dylan obrien, and kate hudson. On april 20, 2010, the macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men and beginning a catastrophe that sank the deepwater horizon drilling rig and spilled over 4 million barrels of crude oil into the gulf of mexico. The spill disrupted an entire regions economy, damaged fisheries and critical habitats, and brought vividly to light the risks of deepwater drilling for. Deepwater horizon disaster had much worse impact than believed, study finds this article is more than 3 months old effects of 2010 bp oil spill were 30% larger than calculated. This is the story of eleven lives lost in the gulf oil spill. Bp found grossly negligent in deepwater horizon disaster. Deepwater horizon oil spill simple english wikipedia. The survivor story scott pelley will never forget cbs news. On april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded off the gulf coast, killing 11 people and injuring 17. The deepwater horizon oil spill was a coverup, not a cleanup. Tom shroder make sure their stories, as well as the stories of the survivors, are told.
Inside the harrowing true story of deepwater horizon survivor mike williams. Federal and state claims against bp for the april 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill have been resolved, the justice department says, with the oil. After the deepwater horizon disaster, a new bp emerges. The gulf oil disaster and the future of offshore drilling. Peter berg directed it from a screenplay by matthew michael carnahan and matthew sand. The justice department indicts three bp managers for their roles in the deepwater horizon disaster and its aftermath. The deepwater horizon oil spill, also known as the bp oil spill, bp oil disaster or the gulf of mexico oil spill, was an industrial disaster that began on april 20, 2010, in the gulf of mexico. In 2016, hollywood produced a film that tackled the daunting subject of the 2010 bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico.
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