At its best, the book is a fascinating look at a littleunderstood industry and a fastpaced and emotional story of the efforts to save the deepwater horizon. Publishers ready books on deepwater horizon oil spill the new. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Cavnar knows his material and wants you to understand it as well. Deepwater horizon oil spill, also called gulf of mexico oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an april 20, 2010, explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig located in the gulf of mexico, approximately 41 miles 66 km off the coast of louisianaand its. On april 20, 2010, while drilling at the offshore bp macondo prospect, there was a blowout on the rig followed by a release of gas and in turn an explosion that killed 11 crew members.
Deepwater horizon was an ultradeepwater, dynamically positioned, semi submersible. In august 2010 louisiana district court judge carl barbier was appointed to oversee the consolidated proceedings relating to the spill, which had prompted numerous lawsuits and precipitated a. Deepwater horizon joint investigation, brett cocales. In a market that demands more than ever from a drilling company, transocean is raising the standard for what delivery to the customer means. On the night of april 20, 2010, williams, the chief electronics technician on the deepwater horizon oil rig, barely survived a devastating blowout that claimed the lives of 11 of his coworkers. 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. Therein is the books major failing, there are nothing like enough illustrations. Opinion a decade after deepwater horizon the new york. The focus of this book is a history of the deepwater horizon mobile offshore.
Its been six years since the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico, but for survivor mike williams, the memory is still fresh. Published on sep 30, 2016 on april 20 2010, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico, creating the worst spill in u. There are approximately 3400 deepwater wells in the gulf of mexico with depths greater than 150 meters it has not been technologically and economically feasible for many years, but with rising oil prices, more companies are investing in this area. It is also a multifaceted look at deepwater drilling, replete with swashbuckling history. Just 17 months before the deepwater horizon destroyed 600 miles of gulf coast, bp covered up a.
While we all love a great villain, and the portrayal of bp fits so. An explosion and fire aboard the deepwater horizon oil drilling rig in the gulf of mexico, approximately 50 miles off the louisiana coast, kills 11 people and triggers the largest. It is the largest marine oil spill in history caused by an explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig and its ultimate sinking. A systems analysis of the macondo disaster 1st edition by earl boebert, james m. Deepwater horizon incident joint investigation, chad. It was the largest oil rig in the world at the time and had been digging the deepest well in history, starting on the seabed at a depth of 5,000 feet beneath the gulf of mexico. Fire on the horizon the untold story of deepwater horizon. 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. The movie opens with bp managers traveling to the deepwater horizon drilling rig in an attempt to expedite a project that has fallen more than a month behind at a cost of millions of dollars. It does not dwell on the subsequent well containment and environmental cleanup. Arco arena bp ford world rally team bp national championships bp natural world book prize bp pedestrian bridge. Beyond finger pointing safety culture and the deepwater.
Bp celebrates 10th anniversary of deepwater horizon by. Before days end, the world would bear witness to one of the greatest manmade disasters in u. Ten years ago this week, a drilling rig called the deepwater horizon exploded 41 miles off the louisiana coast, setting in motion the biggest oil spill in u. On april 20, 2010, the crew of the floating drill rig deepwater horizon lost control of the macondo oil well forty miles offshore in the gulf of mexico. Port fourchon, laon the very spot off the louisiana coast where the deepwater horizon drilling rig exploded and left the companys mark on the region forever, bp celebrated the 10th anniversary of its historic, 210milliongallon oil spill monday by dyeing the entire gulf of mexico black. Publishers see opportunities in the deepwater horizon disaster, if an author. Deepwater horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an april 20, 2010, explosion on the deepwater horizon oil riglocated. On the night of april 20, a bubble of methane gas escaped from the well and shot up the pipe towards the surface, causing an explosion and fire.
Deepwater horizon oil spill deepwater horizon oil spill legal action. The film depicts the challenges that mike williams mark wahlberg and the rest of the rigs crew faced as they fought for survival. The deepwater horizon was a worldclass drilling rig manned by a topflight crew that was put in jeopardy by bp, the operator of the macondo well, through a. The emergency spiraled into the worst humanmade economic and ecological disaster in gulf coast history. 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. Deepwater horizon 35,050 feet, vertical depth record and 35,055 feet, measured depth, deepest offshore oil and gas well record.
In uzbekistan, coming to terms with the countrys dazzling history. Few of the books that have been written about the bp oil leak that began last. The rig was ten years old at the time of the catastrophe, but still pretty much a stateoftheart. Deepwater drilling, or deep well drilling, is the process of creating holes by drilling rig for oil mining in deep sea. This tragically took the lives of 11 rig workers, while 115 others were successfully. As disasters go, this was definitely one for the history books. What is the best book to read about the deepwater horizon. 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. As with most historical films, the postrelease flurry of critique and dialogue about the films accuracy has ensued, and bps blunders have become a conversation topic around most dinner tables. The blast tuesday night aboard the deepwater horizon rig 50 miles off the louisiana coast could prove to be one of the nations deadliest offshore drilling accidents of the past halfcentury. This will go down in the history books as the earth day blowout.
Deepwater horizon by peter berg mark wahlberg, kurt. The new movie deepwater horizon is an awesome, gripping, welltold drama about the destruction of an oil rig that lead to the biggest oil spill in u. For the one hundred and twentysix people aboard the deepwater horizon offshore oil rig, april 20, 2010, began like any normal day. Telling the true story of the heroes behind deepwater. Id like to present some factual information concerning the deepwater horizon rig and the mineral management service u. Deepwater horizon movie vs true story of mike williams. Our horizon also explores the historical perspective, charting the rigs. Cavnar brings his knowledge and attitude to describing the events leading up to the fire and blowout on the deepwater horizon and to its aftermath. Deepwater horizon began showing in united states theaters on september 30. Deepwater horizon honors the sacrifice without sacrificing the action deepwater horizon is the tense and terse story of the gulf oil rig explosion. When the deepwater horizon disaster struck in 2010, mike williams, who worked as the chief electronics technician on the oil rig, emerged as one. Publishers have bought at least six books relating to the explosion of the deepwater horizon drilling rig in the gulf of mexico on april 20, and several more proposals are circulating. Deepwater horizon oil spill legal action britannica.
On april 20 of 2010, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded, killing eleven people. The first explosion on transoceans deepwater horizon rig hit at 9. A coast guard mh65c dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit deepwater horizon, while searching for survivors april 21, 2010. Ten years ago, april 20, 11 men on the deepwater horizon were incinerated when the bptransocean oil rig blew out and exploded. Coast guard and bureau of energy management joint investigation of the april 20, 2010, deepwater horizon oil rig. It predates the publication of most of the various investigation and inquiry reports. The focus of this book is a history of the deepwater horizon mobile. Konrad, a veteran oil rig captain, teams up with shroder old souls to offer a.
Lessons for deepwater horizon that come directly out of the history books there are many parallels between the deepwater and ixtoc 1 oil spills. Lone survivor director peter berg helmed this docudrama about the deepwater horizon disaster, the 2010 oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico that resulted in the largest offshore oil spill in u. Lessons for deepwater horizon that come directly out of. There were also enormous consequences for the companies involved in the drilling operations, to the gulf of mexico environment, and to the economy of the region and beyond. Escaping gas and oil ignited, destroying the rig, killing eleven crew members, and injuring dozens more.
In 2010 bps deepwater horizon catastrophe spiraled into the worst humanmade economic and ecological disaster in gulf coast history. Gulf of mexico oil spill interactive smithsonian ocean. Is deepwater drilling safer, 5 years after worst oil spill. Next is deepwater horizon, which is about the deepwater horizon oil rig explosion and those brave souls on board who kept the disaster from being even worse. Deepwater horizon was an ultradeepwater, dynamically positioned, semisubmersible. Deepwater and a sexanddrugs ethics scandal force change. 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 explosions. The deepwater horizon true story reveals that the rig was located 52 miles off the coast of venice, louisiana.
Witnesses testified about the april 20, 2010 explosion and eventual sinking of the deepwater horizon oil rig in the gulf of mexico. Deepwater horizon book fire on the horizon facebook page. Eleven workers on the deepwater horizon drilling rig lost their lives and 16 others were seriously injured. The deepwater horizon rig sat 42 miles off the louisiana shore, pumping oil up from deep beneath the seafloor. Lessons for deepwater horizon that come directly out of the history books there are many parallels between the deepwater and ixtoc 1 oil spills, but the environmental damage could be much worse. On this day eight years ago, the deepwater horizon offshore drilling rig experienced an uncontrollable blowout, causing an explosion that killed 11 people and set off the most devastating environmental disaster in us history. On april 20, 2010, about 50 miles off louisiana, an explosion on the deepwater horizon rig killed 11 workers and triggered the worst oil spill in u. Fears have lessened that the sinking of the oil rig deepwater horizon will. The rig was 396 by 256 ft 121 by 78 m and capable of operating in waters up to 8,000 feet 2,400 m deep, to a maximum drill depth of 30,000 ft 9,100 m. Deepwater horizon was the second semisubmersible rig constructed of a class of two, although deepwater nautilus, its predecessor, is not dynamically positioned. The deepwater horizon oil rig explosion resulted in whats been named the worst environmental disaster in u.
The deepwater horizon was a deepwater, offshore oil drilling rig owned by transocean rig and contracted to the operator bp plc. Fire on the horizon, by longtime oilrig mariner john konrad and. But the deepwater horizon rig was also about the business of opening new wells, and could carry up to 5,000 pieces of drilling equipment, pipe, and tools. Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. On april 20, 2010, the halfbilliondollar floating oil rig deepwater horizon became. A formal civil and criminal investigation into the spill was initiated in june 2010 by the u. Publishers ready books on deepwater horizon oil spill. Deepwater horizon an overview sciencedirect topics. Oil spill fears subside at rigexplosion site national geographic. In september 2009, the rig drilled the deepest oil well in history at a vertical depth of 35,050 ft 10,683 m.
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