Episode 10: Deepwater Horizon Pt. 1

This event put international eyes on the oil and gas industry, claimed many human lives, and was one of the worst environmental disasters to befoul the coastal United-States.

Episode Source Material

Deepwater Horizon In Their Own Words (Full Episode) by Frank Alcock for National Geographic

Profit, Pollution and Deception: USA’s Largest Oil Spill by ENDEVR

The Devastating Environmental Impact of BP’s Deepwater Horizon by Earth Stories

Deepwater: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling

Remembering Deepwater Horizon, 10 Years Later by The NASEM

Fleet Specifications: Deepwater Horizon by Transocean

Dynamic positioning mobile offshore drilling units by Global Maritime AS/Gard

Monitoring system reduces rig downtime by Judy Maksoud

U.S. exempted BP’s Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study by Juliet Eilperin

The Forensic Anatomy of the Events on the Deepwater Horizon by Bartley J. Eckhardt and Arthur Faherty

Eleven workers missing after Louisiana oil rig explosion by USA Today

Deepwater Horizon: one of history’s worst offshore accidents by Arnold & Itkin

Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours by David Barstow, Stephanie Saul and David Rohde

Telling the true story of the heroes behind ‘Deepwater Horizon’ without using ‘stolen valor’ by Josh Rottenberg

Understanding Gas Kick Behavior in Water and Oil-Based Drilling Fluids by Kaushik Manikondam, et al.