The 2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
Table of contents: title: Contenido; title: 1. Background; title: 1.1. General introduction; title: 1.2. Macondo; title: 1.3. Deepwater Horizon; title: 1.4. BP’s involvement in the GoM; title: 1.5. Concluding remarks; title: 1.6. References; title: 2. The Drilling Operation; title: 2.1. Background; title: 2.2. Cementing; title: 2.3. Analysis of some issues raised in respect of the drilling; title: 2.4. Concluding remarks; title: 2.5. References; title: 3. The gas leak and explosion; title: 3.1. Introduction; title: 3.2. The blowout preventer; title: 3.3. Passage of the gas along the drill tube; title: 3.4. Events at Deepwater Horizon; title: 3.5. Injuries and deaths; title: 3.6. Concluding remarks; title: 4. Crude oil release; title: 4.1. Introduction; title: 4.2. Background levels of oil in the sea; title: 4.3. Plumes; title: 4.4. Spillage rates; title: 4.5. Further remarks; title: 4.6. References; title: 5. Responses; title: 5.1. Introduction; title: 5.2. Booms and skimmers; title: 5.3. Activity of the Discoverer Enterprise; title: 5.4. The metal dome; title: 5.5. Top kill; title: 5.6. Relief wells; title: 5.7. ‘Top Hat 10’; title: 5.8. Closure on September 16th; title: 5.9. Concluding remarks; title: 6. Postscript; title: 7. Appendix; title: 8. Endnotes