Disaster on the horizon : high stakes, high risks, and the story behind the Deepwater well blowout
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
eBook, English, 2010
Chelsea Green Pub., White River Junction, Vt., 2010
History
1 online resource (xviii, 230 pages) : illustrations, map
9781603583176, 1603583173
991856521
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?