An edition of BP and the Macondo Spill
(2011)
BP and the Macondo Spill
The Complete Story
by Colin Read
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"The complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs, not the hyperbolic costs, and an explanation of the science and business of the spill and its remediation"--
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BP, Anadarko, Mitsui, Transocean, Halliburton, Cameron, Weatherford, US Dept. of Interior, US Dept. of Energy, Minerals Management Service, MMS, BOEMRE, Macondo, blowout, drilling, Deepwater Horizon, catastrophy, spill, oil, petroleum, Gulf of Mexico, rig, environment, market, BP (Firm), Oil spills, Anglo-iranian oil dispute, 1951-1954, Environmental aspectsPlaces
Gulf of Mexico, Houston, New Orleans, Lake Charles, LondonTimes
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BP and the Macondo Spill: The Complete Story
2011, Palgrave Macmillan
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations.
About the Author.
1. Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
2. Introduction
Part I. The Natural and Economic History of Oil
3. A Brief Natural History of Oil
4. The Science and refining of Oil
5. Oil and Our Past and Present
6. Demand for Oil in Our Future
7. The Industry of Oil Extraction
Part II. The Uneasy Mix of Oil in Our Natural Environment
8. The Dirty Dozen before the Deepwater Horizon
9. The Case of the Exxon Valdez
10. A Brief History of Oil Rig Fires
11. Exploration, Drilling, and Extraction U.S. Environmental and Safety Records
Part III. The Macondo Prospect and What Went Wrong
12. The Macondo Prospect
13. What Went Wrong- A Congressional Perspective
14. Lessons for BP from More Considered Reviews
15. The Principal-Agent Problem and Transocean
16. The Management of Risk
Part IV. The Spectacle of the Spill
17. For All the World to See
18. Partners in the Problem
19. Engineering a Solution
20. The Toll on the Environment
Part V. Politics, Courts and Markets
21. The Politics of Oil
22. A Complicated Legal Quagmire
23. The Market Response
Part VI. Where Do BP, Big Oil, and Energy-Starved Consumers Go from Here?
24. Reform of Regulatory Oversight
25. What Do We Do with the World's Insatiable Need for Energy
26. Conclusion
Notes.
Glossary.
Index.
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An event such as the Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout and spill in the Gulf of Mexico should give us cause to pause and try to make sense of such an environmental tragedy. However, if we merely brush off such a tragedy as a result of the carelessness of foreign "Big Oil", we miss an opportunity to truly understand an exceedingly complex energy environment. And, by blaming a single entity, we avoid broader culpability in an industry that may need reform, a government regulatory body that failed to protect the public, and a set of technologies that have lulled us into energy complacency. In this book, Colin Read uncovers precisely what occurred during this most complex saga. While the various factors that contributed to an oil-damaged gulf and a financially ravaged BP are explored and analyzed, the author looks deeper to better understand our increasing energy dependency and assesses the impact this will have on future generations.
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