In too deep : BP and the drilling race that took it down /
Here's the truth behind the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history. In 2005, fifteen workers were killed when BP's Texas City Refinery exploded. In 2006, corroded pipes owned by BP led to an oil spill in Alaska. And then in 2010, eleven BP workers were killed in the Gulf of Mexico...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Bloomberg Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | Bloomberg ;
137 |
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| Summary: | Here's the truth behind the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history. In 2005, fifteen workers were killed when BP's Texas City Refinery exploded. In 2006, corroded pipes owned by BP led to an oil spill in Alaska. And then in 2010, eleven BP workers were killed in the Gulf of Mexico's Macondo blowout. What's next? The authors, Stanley Reed, a journalist who has covered BP for over a decade, an Alison Fitzgerald, an investigative reporter, answer not only the question of what's next but also examine why these disasters always happen to BP and not to the other large oil companies. The book shows that practices put in place by former BP CEO John Browne, who was forced to resign after salacious details of his private life emerged in 2007, may have more to do with the disaster than anything else. It details a BP built on risk-taking and cost-cutting and examines the past, present, and future of BP. In August 2010, BP successfully "killed" the company's damaged deepwater well. But, the environmental fallout and public relations campaign to rebuild the brand are just beginning. In Too Deep details why BP suffered this disaster, why now, and what's next for the oil giant.--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0470950900 9780470950906 9781118023198 1118023196 9781118023204 111802320X 9781118023211 1118023218 |