Bibliograph

Disaster on the horizon, high stakes, high risks, and the story behind the Deepwater well blowout, Bob Cavnar

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Label

Disaster on the horizon, high stakes, high risks, and the story behind the Deepwater well blowout, Bob Cavnar

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-220) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Disaster on the horizon

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

651903183

Responsibility statement

Bob Cavnar

Sub title

high stakes, high risks, and the story behind the Deepwater well blowout

Summary

Provides detail about the oil well accident that occurred in April of 2010, which the author describes as the worst oil well accident in United States history, and examines the oil industry, its resistance to regulations, and government concessions that cause the issues to remain

Table Of Contents

Unleashing the beast and paying the price -- The well from hell: drilling the Deepwater -- How blowout preventers don't work -- Technology reaching beyond our ability to control it -- A rogue from the start: influencing world politics, gambling with safety -- How did we get here? A brief history of offshore drilling -- Corporate shape-shifting and the BP-government merger -- How not to save an ecosystem: dispersants, skimming, and booming -- Top cap, top hat, top kill, capping stack: making it up as we go along -- Going for the kill: firefighting and relief wells -- The politics of offshore drilling -- The aftermath: what do we do now?

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