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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Cavnar, Bob, 1953-     Subjects     BP (Firm)     BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.     Oil spills -- Mexico, Gulf of.     Oil wells -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Blowouts.     Offshore oil well drilling -- Mexico, Gulf of -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cavnar, Bob, 1953-       by title:      Disaster on the hori...         MARC Display

Disaster on the horizon : high stakes, high risks, and the story behind the Deepwater well blowout / Bob Cavnar. by Cavnar, Bob, 1953- White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2010. Subjects BP (Firm)   BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.   Oil spills -- Mexico, Gulf of.   Oil wells -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Blowouts.   Offshore oil well drilling -- Mexico, Gulf of -- History. ISBN:  9781603583169 (pbk. : recycled, alk. paper) : 1603583165 (pbk. : recycled, alk. paper) Description:  xviii, 230 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. 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? Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.11962 Ca Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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