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The great American oil spill /

Horizon reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves - a crisis that became America's worst environmental disaster. Engineers and oil men at the heart of the operation talk for the first time about the colossal engineering chal...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Davies, Adrian (Producer) (Producer), Fry, Stephen, 1957- (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2010.
Series:Engineering case studies online
Subjects:
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 > Environmental aspects.
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 > Social aspects.
Oil spills > Mexico, Gulf of.
Explosion de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon et marée noire dans le golfe du Mexique, 2010 > Aspect de l'environnement.
Explosion de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon et marée noire dans le golfe du Mexique, 2010 > Aspect social.
Déversements de pétrole > Mexique, Golfe du.
Oil spills.
Social aspects.
Gulf of Mexico.
2010
Documentary television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Horizon reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves - a crisis that became America's worst environmental disaster. Engineers and oil men at the heart of the operation talk for the first time about the colossal engineering challenges they faced and how they had to improvise under extreme pressure. They tell of how they used household junk, discarded steel boxes and giant underwater cutting shears to stop the oil. It's an operation that one insider likens to the rescue of Apollo 13.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 24, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (50 min.).
Playing Time:00:50:12