Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 24, Blowout: Deepwater Horizon
(2024, original release: 2022)
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2022
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (40 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
15065590
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames
It's easy to imagine the technical difficulties that come with drilling an exploratory well miles below a floating platform on the high seas. Explore the step-by-step sequence of failures—flawed design decisions, careless oversights, deliberate procedural shortcuts, and prioritizing profits over safety—that led to the worst environmental disaster in US history
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Stephen Ressler
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2022
Mode of access: World Wide Web