Deepwater Blowout: Catastrophic Failure of Offshore Drilling Methane, Pressure, and the Ecological Devastation in the Gulf of Mexico, 2010
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Altersempfehlung
1 - 99 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
05.04.2026
Verlag
EpubliSeitenzahl
120
Maße (L/B/H)
29,7/21/0,7 cm
Gewicht
381 g
Auflage
1
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-565-38498-3
The deep ocean is an unforgiving frontier where human engineering battles absolute, crushing pressure. In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig was attempting to cap a well nearly a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. It was a routine operation that ended in the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry.
The disaster was born from a fatal chain of mechanical failures and corporate compromises. A bubble of highly pressurized methane gas shot up the drill pipe, expanding rapidly as it bypassed a series of compromised seals and a faulty blowout preventer. When the gas reached the rig floor, it instantly ignited, killing eleven workers and triggering an unstoppable, catastrophic geyser of crude oil.
This book meticulously deconstructs the extreme physics and tragic negligence of deep-sea drilling. You will explore the complex mechanics of the blowout preventer, the intense corporate pressure to finish the well ahead of schedule, and the agonizing months-long effort to cap the gushing wellhead.
Dive into the darkest depths of the energy industry. Discover how the relentless global demand for oil pushed mechanical limits to the breaking point, resulting in unprecedented ecological ruin.
The disaster was born from a fatal chain of mechanical failures and corporate compromises. A bubble of highly pressurized methane gas shot up the drill pipe, expanding rapidly as it bypassed a series of compromised seals and a faulty blowout preventer. When the gas reached the rig floor, it instantly ignited, killing eleven workers and triggering an unstoppable, catastrophic geyser of crude oil.
This book meticulously deconstructs the extreme physics and tragic negligence of deep-sea drilling. You will explore the complex mechanics of the blowout preventer, the intense corporate pressure to finish the well ahead of schedule, and the agonizing months-long effort to cap the gushing wellhead.
Dive into the darkest depths of the energy industry. Discover how the relentless global demand for oil pushed mechanical limits to the breaking point, resulting in unprecedented ecological ruin.
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