MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010042692
003 DLC
005 20110111083247.0
008 101008s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780071760812 (alk. paper)
020 $a0071760814 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHD9574.M63$bS74 2011
082 00 $a338.7/62218240916364$222
100 1 $aSteffy, Loren C.
245 10 $aDrowning in oil :$bBP and the reckless pursuit of profit /$cLoren C. Steffy.
260 $aNew York :$bMcGraw-Hill,$cc2011.
300 $axvii, 285 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aThe first in-depth examination of how a lack of corporate responsibility and government oversight led to the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. On April 20, 2010, a series of explosions rocked Deepwater Horizon, the immense semisubmersible drilling platform leased by British Petroleum, located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. The ensuing inferno claimed 11 lives and raged uncontained for two days, until its wreckage sank a mile beneath the waves. On the ocean floor, the unit's wellhead erupted. Over the next ten weeks, an estimated 200 million gallons of oil--the equivalent of 20 Exxon Valdez spills--spewed into the Gulf of Mexico, eventually lapping up on beaches as far away as Florida. Business journalist Loren Steffy--considered by many to be the writer with the best access to the story--presents the definitive account of this catastrophe and how BP's winner-take-all business culture made it all but inevitable.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aPiercing the fires of hell -- Dawn in the desert -- Rise of the sun king -- "Flying close to the wind" -- "There's nothing left" -- Imminent hazard -- The price of failure -- The fixer -- The fall of the sun king -- Not enough -- "A burning platform" -- "Who cares, it's done" -- Prelude to disaster -- Drops in the big ocean -- A fox in the henhouse -- Reefs of ruin -- Apologies all around -- Meet the new boss-- -- Lost faith -- All for oil.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-274) and index.
650 0 $aPetroleum industry and trade$zMexico, Gulf of.
650 0 $aIndustrial productivity$zMexico, Gulf of.
650 0 $aOil spills$xCleanup$zMexico, Gulf of.
650 0 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zMexico, Gulf of.
610 20 $aBritish Petroleum Company.