A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher

by Joel Achenbach

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It was a technological crisis in an alien realm: a blown-out oil well in mile-deep water in the Gulf of Mexico. For the engineers who had to kill the well, this was like Apollo 13, a crisis no one saw coming, and one of untold danger and challenge. A suspense story, a mystery, a technological thriller: This is Joel Achenbach's groundbreaking account of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and what came after. The tragic explosion on the huge drilling rig...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1451625340

ISBN13:9781451625349

Release Date:April 2011

Publisher:Simon & Schuster

Length:276 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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21st Century Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Disaster Relief Engineering History Industries & Professions Oil & Energy Petroleum, Mining & Geological

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