Deepwater Horizon

Works Cited

"Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster." 60 Minutes. CBS. 20 May 2010. Television. Through an interview with crewman, Mike Williams, Scott Pelley chronicles the destruction of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Although it had gone a remarkable seven years with out any crew injuries, After encountering issues with a drilling line, the crew was forced withdraw and start a new line, but not before a vital piece of safety equipment was damaged. On May 20, when executives came to congratulate the stellar safety record, the rig blew. Williams was left on the rig with two other crew members. He eventually jumped over 90 feet into the ocean and survived the destruction and his account has given the offshore rig investigator valuable information.

Smith, Martin, and Marcela Gaviria. "The Spill." Frontline. OPB. WGBH, Chicago, Illinois, 26 Oct. 2010. Television. The Frontline program, "The Spill," provides an informative account of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The controversial oil conglomerate has a spotted past and history of cost cutting (but safety endangering) practices as seen by the Texas City and Alaska incidents within a short time span. Despite three CEO's in less than four years, reforms were not made. After the spill, the heads of other major oil companies testified that BP's practices were unsafe and the company was banned from off shore drilling for seven years.

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Inkley, Doug, and David Mizejewski. "How the Gulf Oil Spill Could Hurt Animals." - National Wildlife Federation. N.p., 4 May 2010. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. <http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/national-wildlife/animals/archives/2010/oil-spill-species.aspx>.