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Jan 8, 2019 47 min

25: Deepwater Horizon

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In 2010 an Oil Drilling Rig suffered a catastrophic well blowout, killing 11 people, destroying the rig and leading to the worst maritime oil spill in history. It all happened a few hours after the well was declared safe and ready for handover. We look at the human and financial factors that led to the incident at Macondo. With John Chidgey. Links of potential interest: Deepwater Drilling Semi-submersible Platform Macondo Prospect Macondo Prospect Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon MC252 Data ERMA Tool Pusher Blowout (well drilling) Deepwater Horizon Explosion BP Oil Spill Report As It Happened How Prepared Are We For the Next Major Oil Spill Oil Spill Day 100 The 11 Men Who Died On The Deepwater Horizon Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Letter To BP CEO Tony Hayward BP Manager Ignored Warnings Before Deepwater Horizon Blew BP And The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Of 2010 DeepWater Horizon Explosion Was No Surprise Minerals Management Service Muster And Evacuation Regulation GPO Oil Commission BP Guilty Verdict BP Deepwater Horizon Costs Balloon To $65B USD Support Causality on Patreon Episode Gold Producer: 'r'. Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen and John Whitlow.

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In 2010 an Oil Drilling Rig suffered a catastrophic well blowout, killing 11 people, destroying the rig and leading to the worst maritime oil spill in history. It all happened a few hours after the well was declared safe and ready for handover. We look at the human and financial factors that led to the incident at Macondo.

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25: Deepwater Horizon

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  1. 0:32 Deepwater Horizon
  2. 0:54 Background
  3. 8:02 The Incident
  4. 16:04 After The Incident
  5. 17:49 What Went Wrong
  6. 18:19 Believing The Wrong Reading
  7. 20:41 Money: The Final Casing Design
  8. 22:03 Money: Centralisers
  9. 26:17 Money: The Cement
  10. 28:17 Money: Circulating Mud
  11. 29:17 Money: Cement Bond Log Test
  12. 32:32 Money: The Blowout Preventor
  13. 33:48 Audible Alarms Disabled
  14. 34:36 Commission Findings
  15. 37:28 The Movie
  16. 39:52 Conclusions
  17. 45:36 Outroduction

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