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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 59 sec.) ; 314666292 bytes |
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This program 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.The April blast aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 people and caused one of the worst oil spills in history.The Macondo well, about a mile under the sea's surface, eventually leaked millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging hundreds of miles of coastline before it was capped in July.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. (From the UK) |
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Broadcast 2011-02-13 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill (2010)
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Dams -- Design and construction.
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Oil spills and wildlife.
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Oil spills -- Control.
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Americas.
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Streaming video
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Campbell, Pat, contributor
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Holvey, Jason, contributor
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Lynch, Richard, contributor
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Mackintosh, Steven, cast
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Quinn, Tristan, director
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Salazar, Ken, contributor
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Suttles, Doug, contributor
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Tyrell, Joe, contributor
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