Deep Horizon
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Deepwater Horizon
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Author : Earl Boebert
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-06
Deepwater Horizon written by Earl Boebert and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with Business & Economics categories.
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. Escaping gas and oil ignited, destroying the rig, killing eleven crew members, and injuring dozens more. The emergency spiraled into the worst human-made economic and ecological disaster in Gulf Coast history. Senior systems engineers Earl Boebert and James Blossom offer the most comprehensive account to date of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Sifting through a mountain of evidence generated by the largest civil trial in U.S. history, the authors challenge the commonly accepted explanation that the crew, operating under pressure to cut costs, made mistakes that were compounded by the failure of a key safety device. This explanation arose from legal, political, and public relations maneuvering over the billions of dollars in damages that were ultimately paid to compensate individuals and local businesses and repair the environment. But as this book makes clear, the blowout emerged from corporate and engineering decisions which, while individually innocuous, combined to create the disaster. Rather than focusing on blame, Boebert and Blossom use the complex interactions of technology, people, and procedures involved in the high-consequence enterprise of offshore drilling to illustrate a systems approach which contributes to a better understanding of how similar disasters emerge and how they can be prevented.
Deep Water
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Author : United States. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Deep Water written by United States. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 categories.
Synopsis: 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 region's economy, damaged fisheries and critical habitats, and brought vividly to light the risks of deepwater drilling for oil and gas-the latest frontier in the national energy supply. Soon after, President Barack Obama appointed a seven-member Commission to investigate the disaster, analyze its causes and effects, and recommend the actions necessary to minimize such risks in the future. The Commission's report offers the American public and policymakers alike the fullest account available of what happened in the Gulf and why, and proposes actions-changes in company behavior, reform of government oversight, and investments in research and technology-required as industry moves forward to meet the nation's energy needs. Complementary reports, staff background papers, hearing records, and other materials produced by the Commission are available at www.oilspillcommission.gov.
Deepwater Horizon
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Author : Earl Boebert
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-06
Deepwater Horizon written by Earl Boebert and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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. Escaping gas and oil ignited, destroying the rig, killing eleven crew members, and injuring dozens more. The emergency spiraled into the worst human-made economic and ecological disaster in Gulf Coast history. Senior systems engineers Earl Boebert and James Blossom offer the most comprehensive account to date of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Sifting through a mountain of evidence generated by the largest civil trial in U.S. history, the authors challenge the commonly accepted explanation that the crew, operating under pressure to cut costs, made mistakes that were compounded by the failure of a key safety device. This explanation arose from legal, political, and public relations maneuvering over the billions of dollars in damages that were ultimately paid to compensate individuals and local businesses and repair the environment. But as this book makes clear, the blowout emerged from corporate and engineering decisions which, while individually innocuous, combined to create the disaster. Rather than focusing on blame, Boebert and Blossom use the complex interactions of technology, people, and procedures involved in the high-consequence enterprise of offshore drilling to illustrate a systems approach which contributes to a better understanding of how similar disasters emerge and how they can be prevented.
Deep Horizon
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Author : John Self
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2003-04-22
Deep Horizon written by John Self and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-22 with Fiction categories.
To Danny, Joel (fearless of sharks) and Steve of Daytona Beach, and Raul of Long Beach, surfing is first and foremost. The surfers lives unfold in adventure as well as misadventure and romance. Surfer girls follow the young surfers from beach to beach. Some of them find marriage relationships along the way. These surfers' adventures involve Captain Mac's boat and Raul's airplane as well as surfing. The surfers experience driving through hurricanes after the police are gone from the highways, plane crashes, title waves and boat wrecks and surfing in the wake of storms. They chase the storm's wake to surf the killer surf. They surf around the world and the story climaxes in Palm Beach after Hurricane Floyd moves off the South Florida Coast.
Deep Water The Gulf Oil Disaster And The Future Of Offshore Drilling Report To The President January 2011
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Author : National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Dril
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 2011-05-24
Deep Water The Gulf Oil Disaster And The Future Of Offshore Drilling Report To The President January 2011 written by National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Dril and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-24 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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 nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill disrupted an entire region’s economy, damaged fisheries and critical habitats, and brought vividly to light the risks of deepwater drilling for oil and gas—the latest frontier in the national energy supply. Soon after, President Barack Obama appointed a seven-member Commission to investigate the disaster, analyze its causes and effects, and recommend the actions necessary to minimize such risks in the future. The Commission’s report offers the American public and policymakers alike the fullest account available of what happened in the Gulf and why, and proposes actions—changes in company behavior, reform of government oversight, and investments in research and technology—required as industry moves forward to meet the nation’s energy needs.
Disaster On The Horizon
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Author : Bob Cavnar
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date : 2010-10-22
Disaster On The Horizon written by Bob Cavnar and has been published by Chelsea Green Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-22 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Disaster on the Horizon is a behind-the-scenes investigative look at the worst oil well accident in US history, which led to the current environmental and economic catastrophe on the Gulf Coast. Cavnar uses his 30 years in the business to take readers inside the disaster, exposing the decisions leading up to the blowout and the immediate aftermath. It includes personal accounts of the survivors, assembled from testimony during various investigations, as well as personal interviews with survivors, witnesses, and family. It also provides a layman's look at the industry, its technology, people, and risks. It deconstructs events and decisions made by BP, Transocean, and the US Government before and after the disaster, and the effects of those decisions, both good and bad. Cavnar explains what happened in the Gulf, explores how we arrived at deep water drilling in the first place and then charts a course for how to avoid these disasters in the future.
Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon Blowout
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2012-03-02
Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon Blowout written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-02 with Science categories.
The blowout of the Macondo well on April 20, 2010, led to enormous consequences for the individuals involved in the drilling operations, and for their families. Eleven workers on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig lost their lives and 16 others were seriously injured. 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. The flow continued for nearly 3 months before the well could be completely killed, during which time, nearly 5 million barrels of oil spilled into the gulf. Macondo Well-Deepwater Horizon Blowout examines the causes of the blowout and provides a series of recommendations, for both the oil and gas industry and government regulators, intended to reduce the likelihood and impact of any future losses of well control during offshore drilling. According to this report, companies involved in offshore drilling should take a "system safety" approach to anticipating and managing possible dangers at every level of operation-from ensuring the integrity of wells to designing blowout preventers that function under all foreseeable conditions-in order to reduce the risk of another accident as catastrophic as the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. In addition, an enhanced regulatory approach should combine strong industry safety goals with mandatory oversight at critical points during drilling operations. Macondo Well-Deepwater Horizon Blowout discusses ultimate responsibility and accountability for well integrity and safety of offshore equipment, formal system safety education and training of personnel engaged in offshore drilling, and guidelines that should be established so that well designs incorporate protection against the various credible risks associated with the drilling and abandonment process. This book will be of interest to professionals in the oil and gas industry, government decision makers, environmental advocacy groups, and others who seek an understanding of the processes involved in order to ensure safety in undertakings of this nature.
Deep Water
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Author : United States. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Deep Water written by United States. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 categories.
Synopsis: 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 region's economy, damaged fisheries and critical habitats, and brought vividly to light the risks of deepwater drilling for oil and gas-the latest frontier in the national energy supply. Soon after, President Barack Obama appointed a seven-member Commission to investigate the disaster, analyze its causes and effects, and recommend the actions necessary to minimize such risks in the future. The Commission's report offers the American public and policymakers alike the fullest account available of what happened in the Gulf and why, and proposes actions-changes in company behavior, reform of government oversight, and investments in research and technology-required as industry moves forward to meet the nation's energy needs. Complementary reports, staff background papers, hearing records, and other materials produced by the Commission are available at www.oilspillcommission.gov.
A Sea In Flames
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Author : Carl Safina
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2011-04-19
A Sea In Flames written by Carl Safina and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-19 with Social Science categories.
Carl Safina has been hailed as one of the top 100 conservations of the 20th century (Audubon Magazine) and A Sea in Flames is his blistering account of the months-long manmade disaster that tormented a region and mesmerized the nation. Traveling across the Gulf to make sense of an ever-changing story and its often-nonsensical twists, Safina expertly deconstructs the series of calamitous misjudgments that caused the Deepwater Horizon blowout, zeroes in on BP’s misstatements, evasions, and denials, reassesses his own reaction to the government’s crisis handling, and reviews the consequences of the leak—and what he considers the real problems, which the press largely overlooked. Safina takes us deep inside the faulty thinking that caused the lethal explosion. We join him on aerial surveys across an oil-coated sea. We confront pelicans and other wildlife whose blue universe fades to black. Safina skewers the excuses and the silly jargon—like “junk shot” and “top kill”—that made the tragedy feel like a comedy of horrors—and highlighted Big Oil’s appalling lack of preparedness for an event that was inevitable. Based on extensive research and interviews with fishermen, coastal residents, biologists, and government officials, A Sea In Flames has some surprising answers on whether it was “Obama’s Katrina,” whether the Coast Guard was as inept in its response as BP was misleading, and whether this worst unintended release of oil in history was really America’s worst ecological disaster. Impassioned, moving, and even sharply funny, A Sea in Flames is ultimately an indictment of America’s main addiction. Safina writes: “In the end, this is a chronicle of a summer of pain—and hope. Hope that the full potential of this catastrophe would not materialize, hope that the harm done would heal faster than feared, and hope that even if we didn’t suffer the absolutely worst—we’d still learn the big lesson here. We may have gotten two out of three. That’s not good enough. Because: there’ll be a next time.”
Our Horizon
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Author : Mark Henderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-07
Our Horizon written by Mark Henderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-07 with categories.
9:56 PM CDT, April 20th, 2010. 4.9 million barrels' worth of oil begins to spew into the Gulf of Mexico as the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, stationed on the Macondo Project, violently erupts. This is a first-hand story of Deepwater Horizon and its crew, told by a former member.For many, Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a terrible environmental catastrophe. It was deemed a result of irresponsible behavior and failed safety systems that wreaked havoc on the local ecosystem while shattering British Petroleum's reputation.A media circus soon followed as shocking images were beamed to television sets around the world, accompanied by opinionated and conjecturing "talking heads" and an eponymous Hollywood movie.At the heart of this story lies the crew who suffered the full brunt of the disaster. Of the 126 crew on board at the time of the explosion, 11 lost their lives. 8 of them were author Greg Williams' friends, a part of the "rig family".For years, they have suffered the opprobrium of public opinion and its notions of what happened, a silent reflection on mainstream news today. These brave and industrious people have dismissed the "distorted fabrications" of Hollywood, and this is their story.During the 1990s and 2000s, oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico was pushing the limits of the possible and accepting all challenges to further explore and discover; the Deepwater Horizon was one of these crews.Williams worked at the coalface, as a floor hand then on to a driller. In Our Horizon, he brings the rig to life, sharing its stories. From the mundanity of day-to-day life including the highs and lows, he charts the life of offshore drilling and the pain and heartache endured by survivors through first-hand accounts of the fateful night itself and the devastating aftermath in raw human terms.Our Horizon also explores the historical perspective, charting the rig's discoveries and records over the course of a decade from its construction in the Korean port city of Ulsan. Williams examines the economics of the industry, Deepwater Horizon's incredible discoveries, and the steely determination of crew to achieve the impossible while pushing technology to its limits. All the while, this pioneering progress was pushed by powerful global organizations overseeing operations, putting a multi-faceted dynamic at the heart of the infamous explosion. This is not just a history: this is their story--the story of heroes.