@ethanstyant9704
Its so frustrating how every single ginormous disaster is caused directly by extremely avoidable negligence just to save a few bucks and the damages are paid by taxpayers rather than the company
@mainsource7839
The fact that BP did not go bankrupt as a result of this event shows on the one hand how absurdly much money is made with the extraction of oil and on the other hand how much costs are externalized.
@Cipher_Cider
I live in Miami, and I remember the conch and oyster crop coming in disappointingly low... then halts entirely. Fisheries pull empty, the price of shellfish skyrocket, and the local BP near my house is vandalized. The ripple effect tumbles Florida economically. Gulf Coast tourism grinds to a halt, and as such, Central Florida sees less tourism. Alarmist news claim oil is in the Gulf Stream, so Miami beaches fall silent. Nobody wants to get in the water. It wasn't until 2014 that the price of oysters and other shellfish reached to pre-DWH levels. There are barely any BP gas stations here now, and when we went to London, and saw a BP petrol station, we weren't happy.
@MustangBanana
Never forget that the two executives responsible for this disaster walked free.
@iijj404
I grew up 40 miles from Deepwater Horizon in a small town called Buras just before the Mississippi River meets the gulf, I was 10 years old when it happened. I still remember some days the wind would come from the gulf and we could smell the oil. It was so bad that the fumes would make your eyes burn if you went outside. All of our dogs developed a lingering cough. We knew lots of fishermen who lost their business due to the extreme pollution, and it took years before the lawsuits against BP were settled. Our small town was barely recovering from Hurricane Katrina, and the oil spill really sunk us. Most of us moved away in the coming years, and last I heard the place is totally trashed and nearly a ghost town now. I still miss the place and get homesick every now and again. It was very peaceful and filled with lots of wonderful folks and Cajun culture.
@jaysmith5293
I worked on this . I was on the OI 3. Mill42/ maxx3 ROV Pilot. Made almost every dive, from 1st to the last. You have NO idea how much was lost. Most leaks weren't covered on t.v. news till we blocked 2 leaks and closed down the main flow significantly. By 80%... that took about 9 days of unrestricted flow from 3 breaks, leaks. Then they came out with bp's spokesman, blah, blah, blah. It was really interesting to see how everything got spun by the government. @ 16:50 That's me !! And the crew of Maxx3 plugging the pipe.!!
@jovawy99
As a deep sea diver. Oil spills are way more common than you think. They do a great job of covering it up and the entire industry is behind it.
@mattty7898
The same exact disaster almost happened on my fathers rig, about a year earlier (different company, different place). His boss back home (my father was working in the caribbean) ordered him to cut the corners and save money, without putting any instructions in writing, so as to save himself in case of problems. My father refused due to the dangers involved, and was fired for it. The boss then sent in one of his yes-men, who cut the corners he wanted. My father kept in contact with the workers on the floor, and heard about the mud spills on the floor and other worrying signs that happened during the operation, but in the end they got lucky, and managed to close the well in time. The crews were also instructed not to note down any of the spills, as it wouldn't look good. When Deepwater Horizon happened a little under a year later, it proved my fathers warnings warranted.
@globalflow8
This one hit hard. Can’t imagine being 10 and watching your hometown slowly fade away. Not from one disaster, but from two back-to-back. Thanks for sharing your story. People need to remember it wasn’t just oil and numbers- it was lives, culture, and entire communities.
@mlleplle4570
Fern, Neo and Hoog must be LEMINOs sons, there's no other explanation
@ziqi92
What a great day it is to learn about something I was too young to understand when it originally happened.
@ClassicGamer2996
"were sorry" -BP Oil
@JohnSonofSons
I graduated from LSU in Petroleum Engineering. There is literally a Blowout Preventer Facility where we have to take 2 classes there. Many oil companies also do training with it. It's an actual well with a blowout preventer stack where we learn in a control room how to stop an oil/gas blowout. I'm not sure if they built this facility in response to the BP oil spill, but it exists.
@waikikinz
As an expert in oil and gas, this is by far the best explanation of what happened. Not the root causes but the event per se. Hats off !
@Alt-Key_Here
7:21 I was NOT expecting the metal pipe falling sound.
@okatflyin
I was not expecting the metal pipe sound at 7:20
@Jerry_The_Cactus
fossil fuel corporations: "only you can reduce pollution by recycling your plastic bottles and reducing your energy consumption" also fossil fuel corporations: allows one of the worst industrial chemical spills in recent history to occur due to negligence
@GFischRacing
My dad used to work offshore, he had friends that died on this rig. When the movie came out he tried watching it but it was too much for him. God bless those lost souls.
@kmp43kz48
as someone who works on bop systems these types of vids really show me how important they are
@PhxGKINGMIKE