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Disaster On The Horizon
Bob Cavnar
High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout
Chelsea Green Publishing
November 2010
On Sale: November 1, 2010
248 pages
ISBN: 1603583165
EAN: 9781603583169
Paperback
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What Really Happened Out in the Gulf? The
Deepwater Horizon blowout dominated the world's attention
for months, yet Americans still lack an understanding of the
greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history. Disaster
on the Horizon is the first comprehensive book on the
causes of the disaster by expert Bob Cavnar. He delivers
a hard-hitting portrait of industry and government
woefully unprepared to respond.From inside the
oil business - field hand to CEO - Cavnar witnessed the
carelessness of the industry first hand when he was burned
by a gas well fire in 1981.Disaster on the
Horizon reveals explosive details:- Collusion
between BP and the government to hide the severity of the
spill.
- The blowout preventer technology details -
why it failed.
- The behind-the-scenes story of the
Obama administration's $20 billion deal with BP.
- How
BP blamed others for their mistakes.
- BP's corner
cutting on safety.
- The risky top kill
procedure.
- Obama's failure to take advice from
industry experts.
Disaster on the Horizon
provides a roadmap for ensuring this never happens again.
Cavnar calls out his own industry for ignoring safety
improvements and lobbying to end the moratorium on off-shore
drilling as quickly as possible. Cavnar's
takeaways:- Technology must be vastly improved before
deepwater drilling resumes. The industry had a chance to get
started on this during the moratorium, but delayed and
lobbied instead.
- Tougher regulations on deepwater
drilling should be enacted-in technology, disaster
preparedness, and response operations.
- A
comprehensive energy policy that creates a favorable
environment for full-scale alternative energy development
and conservation.
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