Deepwater Horizon - Oil Explosion Underwater

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I will be discussing the Deepwater Horizon explosion. On the 20th of April 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon hit a series of issues which resulted in the rig exploding, killing 11 on board. It also resulted in the largest oil leak and spill in history which would take almost 5 months to contain and resulted in huge numbers of wildlife dying. 

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Sources:

• A Sea in Flames - Carl Safina
• https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/offshore-drilling.htm
• https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-to-drill-a-relief-well
• https://www.resilience.org/stories/2010-05-21/what-caused-deepwater-horizon-disaster/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCVCOWejlag
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowout_preventer
• https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2018/12/when-all-hell-breaks-loose-years-after-deepwater-horizon-offshore-drilling-hazards-persist
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
• https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/16/bps-deepwater-horizon-bill-tops-65bn