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 and the Macondo spill: the complete story
2011, Palgrave Macmillan
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0230293581 9780230293588
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PART I: HISTORY - A BRIEF HISTORY OF OIL SPILLS
-Arabian Gulf
-Ixtoc I
-Atlantic Empress
-Fergana Valley
-ABT Summer
-Nowruz Field Platform
-Catillo de Bellver
- Amoco Cadiz
- MT Haven
-Odyssey
- Sea Star
- Morris J. Berman
- Irenes Serenade
- Urquila
- Torrey Canyon
- Montara
PART II: THE INDUSTRY - VARIOUS WAYS TO EXTRACT OIL
- where does oil come from?
- early extraction and shallow well
- offshore drilling
- deep sea drilling
- the complication of combined oil and gas at pressure
- the risks in perspective of drilling, transportation, refining, distribution, and consumption
PART III: WHAT HAPPENED - THE MACONDO SPILL
- history of the Macondo oil reservoir
- events leading up to the fire and spill
- partners in the spill
- early BP response
- U.S. Federal government response
- the science of determining the spill rate
PART IV: THE MEDIA - FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
- the first example of transparency at the ocean's floor
- a spill in clear view
- the role of the media
- an assumption of moral responsibility
- the public face of BP
- 24 hour news cycle
PART V: THE SCIENCE - ENGINEERING A SOLUTION
- what went wrong
- five contributing factors and their implications
- the effectiveness of various solutions
- deep sea dispersants
- the new phenomenon of subsea plumes
- when engineering meets politics
PART VI: POLITICS - A PARALLEL POLITICAL AGENDA
- a stalled U.S. energy bill
- concessions to offshore drilling in return for a filibuster proof energy bill
- a moratorium on drilling
- finger pointing
- Congress extracts a pound of flesh
- time to talk tough, heads must role
PART VII: BUSINESS - THE MARKET RESPONSE
- loss of value of BP stock
- exaggerated claims of cost and liability
- promise to pay all legitimate claims
- the $20B solution
- a special master and his scope
- talk of bankruptcy, merger and acquisition
PART VIII:- THE FIX - CAPPING AND ABATING THE SPILL
- a final solution
- the cleanup effort
- long term effects
- direct and indirect costs
- the human toll
- the effectiveness of compensation
PART IX: THE LAW - A COMPLICATED LEGAL LANDMINE
- statutory liability
- the Jones Act
- Who's in charge
- new laws in Congress can't be retroactive
- maritime oil spill law
- shareholder and class action suits
PART X: OUR ROLE - THE WORLD'S INSATIABLE NEED FOR ENERGY AND HYDROCARBON BASED FUELS
- we are all part of the problem
- past consumption
- demand from emerging nations
- future prospects
- all the easy oil has been tapped
- the economics of alternatives to hydrocarbons
PART XI: - CONCLUSION - WHERE TO GO FROM HERE.
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