Fire on the horizon : the untold story of the Gulf oil disaster / John Konrad and Tom Shroder.

Draws on first-person accounts to examine the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig explosion and the offshore-drilling culture that laid the groundwork for the disaster.

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Main Author: Konrad, John
Other Authors: Shroder, Tom
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, c2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Author's note: A perilous crossing
  • Prologue: The end
  • The beginning
  • Oil and water
  • Cold comfort
  • Sea legs
  • King Neptune
  • Macondo
  • X marks the spot
  • The flood
  • A captain's colors
  • Latching up
  • Kicks
  • A long string
  • Uneasy partings
  • Positive test
  • Negative test
  • Sailor take warning
  • "Something ain't right"
  • Mayday
  • Abandon ship
  • Mustering
  • Going home
  • Epilogue.