A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher
The struggle to kill the BP Macondo gusher in the Gulf of Mexico is the Apollo 13 of our time. This is the story of the nightmare well and of the men who conquered it in dangerous waters. It is a technological thriller for the ages.Joel Achenbach, a pre-eminent writer on science and technology...
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The struggle to kill the BP Macondo gusher in the Gulf of Mexico is the Apollo 13 of our time. This is the story of the nightmare well and of the men who conquered it in dangerous waters. It is a technological thriller for the ages.Joel Achenbach, a pre-eminent writer on science and technology who led the coverage of the crisis for The Washington Post, tells the story of the engineers, technicians, and government scientists who had to figure out how to kill the “Well from Hell.”
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781451625387 (1451625383)
Publish date: April 5th 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
This was a gripping book. It brought back very vivid memories of that summer, and accurately captured the feeling that pervaded the atmosphere - the desperation, the despair, the sickening nausea at the pit of my stomach. Even though I didn't live there, I drove down to the coast myself, to witness ...
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