2010: Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster

A survivor recalls his harrowing escape; plus, a former BP insider warns of another potential disaster
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  • @awesometjgreen
    @awesometjgreen4 жыл бұрын

    It always starts with an incompetent supervisor..

  • @ghostly620

    @ghostly620

    4 жыл бұрын

    Comrade Anatoly Dyatlov has entered the building...

  • @armandojuan64

    @armandojuan64

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chernobyl .

  • @firefighter343

    @firefighter343

    4 жыл бұрын

    Reactor #4 - Chernobyl.

  • @Loveroffood41

    @Loveroffood41

    4 жыл бұрын

    As well as a stupid politician.

  • @sunniallwein86

    @sunniallwein86

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're right, fish rot from the head down.

  • @tomw13
    @tomw134 жыл бұрын

    No one should die at their job. Due to the greed and negligence of others.

  • @derekwall200
    @derekwall2005 жыл бұрын

    let this be a lesson to all major companies. IF YOU THINK SAFETY IS EXPENSIVE TRY AN ACCIDENT

  • @obloodyhell1

    @obloodyhell1

    4 жыл бұрын

    LOL. If you look at your president now, you will disagree. You hate him for two reasons, most likely. One, he's a Democrat. Two, he's Black.

  • @gregoryillinivich5328

    @gregoryillinivich5328

    4 жыл бұрын

    they dont care. itll keep happening

  • @JavierBonillaC

    @JavierBonillaC

    4 жыл бұрын

    They know this. It works for them in large numbers even if it kills men and the environment. It’s like when Ford calculates how much customer’s deaths would cost the company versus a recall.

  • @relyenterprisestx

    @relyenterprisestx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Until they put top level executives in jail for getting their workers killed with no regard this won’t stop.

  • @garettmorgan9358

    @garettmorgan9358

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dont sit by the tail gate. It could fall open lol. BOOM!!!

  • @jacobjones5269
    @jacobjones52695 жыл бұрын

    Mike Williams.. An ordinary name, an ordinary man, capable of extraordinary things.. God bless you and your family..

  • @ryanharrington6389

    @ryanharrington6389

    5 жыл бұрын

    Real hero

  • @Zeldarw104

    @Zeldarw104

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes. He had me in tears, bless his heart, and bravery.😢😑😟💖

  • @mkay1957

    @mkay1957

    Жыл бұрын

    If you think about it, WW2 was won by ordinary men doing extraordinary things.

  • @CatLover-23

    @CatLover-23

    9 ай бұрын

    True Indeed.... 👍🙏

  • @BoulevardFan28
    @BoulevardFan285 жыл бұрын

    The Deepwater Horizon was "celebrated as among the safest in the fleet." Yeah... so was the Titanic.

  • @MrBrowne86

    @MrBrowne86

    4 жыл бұрын

    We have a saying in aviation. “There’s always enough fuel to get you to the scene of the accident”

  • @dalerobinson3436

    @dalerobinson3436

    4 жыл бұрын

    Human error.

  • @edtherockhound9944

    @edtherockhound9944

    4 жыл бұрын

    When ever they say something like that you knows it’s gunna end badly

  • @danielbusby5773

    @danielbusby5773

    3 жыл бұрын

    Accidents happen

  • @RalphCunha

    @RalphCunha

    3 жыл бұрын

    I personally don’t think it was arrogance as much as it was complacency. We’re all human beings are we’re not perfect, and it doesn’t take only one thing to cause a disaster. It is usually a bunch of things that occur overtime that turns into that proverbial straw that breaks the camels back. And that leads to some unfortunate consequence, in this instance; an explosion. 11 men payed with their lives and many many more have to live with physical, emotional, and mental injuries for the rest of their lives (including their loved ones)......

  • @christopherisraelson7920
    @christopherisraelson79203 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget the 11 Men who did not make it home to their love ones. Jason C. Anderson, age 35 Aaron Dale Burkeen, 37 Donald Clark, 49 Stephen Ray Curtis, 39 Gordon L. Jones, 28 Roy Wyatt Kemp, 27 Karl D. Kleppinger, Jr., 38 Keith Blair Manuel, 56 Dewey A. Revette, 48 Shane M. Roshto, 22 Adam Weise, 24

  • @rw8990

    @rw8990

    3 жыл бұрын

    May they Rest In Peace🙏🏾

  • @texastoast5202

    @texastoast5202

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't think they ever found the bodies either. Meaning, they were incinerated. Very sad.

  • @DR.DisInfect

    @DR.DisInfect

    3 жыл бұрын

    RIP dad miss you everyday

  • @Menga213

    @Menga213

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DR.DisInfect may the good spirit be with you

  • @amy109

    @amy109

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DR.DisInfect I’m so sorry for your loss 😔

  • @Walter_E_Kurtz
    @Walter_E_Kurtz3 жыл бұрын

    I bet BP dreads the fact that these men survived and can tell the story. Without them and their knowledge of what happened, BP is clear to write the story how they feel.

  • @jordisalavert1912

    @jordisalavert1912

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not that many actually died during the disaster. Rip to those that did but 80-90% of the crew survived.

  • @tescheurich

    @tescheurich

    2 жыл бұрын

    And millions of gulf wildlife and fish and shellfish stocks :D :D :'D

  • @wandering2320

    @wandering2320

    2 жыл бұрын

    In real life it was not only BP who was at fault but involving many other people as well, such as the other contractor that did the cement. BP planted the first seeds for the tragedy by being greedy and rushing the job, but a lot of other people could have easily prevented this anyways.

  • @paulkhoe384

    @paulkhoe384

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jordisalavert1912 to plpl

  • @mnomadvfx

    @mnomadvfx

    Жыл бұрын

    What is even more horrific is that despite all the new rules/laws put in place to prevent further disasters after the DH investigation most/all of those new rules/laws were repealed during the Trump administration. People just dont learn.

  • @edtherockhound9944
    @edtherockhound99444 жыл бұрын

    I bet you BP didn’t want mike to survive and that’s a fact

  • @sheliaburge2146

    @sheliaburge2146

    3 жыл бұрын

    You know it

  • @louiserk4520

    @louiserk4520

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yhhvkbv

  • @yesnoyeswait4306

    @yesnoyeswait4306

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can't bet and use fact at same sentence.

  • @yallabro74

    @yallabro74

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yesnoyeswait4306 right 😂

  • @pf-2292

    @pf-2292

    3 жыл бұрын

    Crazy

  • @dominichowell961
    @dominichowell961 Жыл бұрын

    I could listen to Mike talk all day. Well-spoken and intelligent man. It's absurd that BP's only punishment was a collective of fines that still left them worth $96 billion.

  • @michaelbocchino584

    @michaelbocchino584

    9 ай бұрын

    Do you believe it still leaking they put a patch on it and it leaking for years and years but no one doing nothing about it

  • @BostonsF1nest

    @BostonsF1nest

    6 ай бұрын

    @@michaelbocchino584it will always leak something. There’s no way to completely close it once it blows open like that. It’s like trying to patch a hole in the ocean floor left from an atomic bomb going off. There will always be cracks and holes under the mud that allows oil to seep thru

  • @ericcartman8694
    @ericcartman86945 жыл бұрын

    *tries to save $2 Million in doing so cost $60 billion

  • @cherryrotella3714

    @cherryrotella3714

    4 жыл бұрын

    Eric Cartman greed makes you blind

  • @kelvinmorris1991

    @kelvinmorris1991

    4 жыл бұрын

    way more than that

  • @chrisE815

    @chrisE815

    4 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the world of corporate decision making.

  • @DavidElstob73

    @DavidElstob73

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well they saved on the manager bonuses.

  • @x-raymind7778

    @x-raymind7778

    3 жыл бұрын

    Timmy!!!

  • @precisiont5188
    @precisiont51885 жыл бұрын

    Williams experience is so emotional.

  • @rotyler2177

    @rotyler2177

    4 жыл бұрын

    PrecisionTreck He said he will never, ever go out to sea again.

  • @kahkinv
    @kahkinv3 жыл бұрын

    Safety was completely neglected.. Here is why priorities shouldn't be manipulated.. RIP to all whom passed away in this incident.. 😢

  • @theloniousmonk1000
    @theloniousmonk10003 жыл бұрын

    I salute that man Mike Williams . Top worker, team player, leader

  • @slightlypsychoticgamer
    @slightlypsychoticgamer4 жыл бұрын

    Every executive in BP should be in prison. PERIOD

  • @TheDudeMaaaan

    @TheDudeMaaaan

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol why

  • @TheDudeMaaaan

    @TheDudeMaaaan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jaredweston6235 good luck proving that in the court of law

  • @TheDudeMaaaan

    @TheDudeMaaaan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jaredweston6235 nice argument

  • @jackmitchelles2646

    @jackmitchelles2646

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t say PRISON. After all, as Trading Places proved, the way you punish rich people is by turning them into poor people. As far as I can tell, all the bad press and lawsuits and refits cost BP millions, they’re still far from poor but they, at least for the time being, seemed to have learned their lesson

  • @jaredweston6235

    @jaredweston6235

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jack Mitchelles i agree

  • @skylaryoung3819
    @skylaryoung38193 жыл бұрын

    As a laborer, when he said “I got mad at the doors,” I really felt that.... I curse at my tools and material all the time lol

  • @Gonken88

    @Gonken88

    Жыл бұрын

    Some hockey players get mad at the puck, footballers at the ball etc....

  • @mnomadvfx

    @mnomadvfx

    Жыл бұрын

    The difference is that these things were supposed to be designed to take anything and save his life. Instead they were ripped right off their hinges and pinned him against a wall, not once but twice. Either one of those could have killed him had there been something dangerous between him and the wall.

  • @Eric-jb1ym
    @Eric-jb1ym4 жыл бұрын

    Pressure to satisfy Investors is exactly why safety is often neglected.

  • @deanjones2525

    @deanjones2525

    4 жыл бұрын

    GREED!

  • @huntermcclovio4517

    @huntermcclovio4517

    3 жыл бұрын

    capitalism = greed at any cost

  • @huntermcclovio4517

    @huntermcclovio4517

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Yoo Wat you have no idea what are you talking about. no sense of how the word runs today. if every country is capitalist then they would be greedy.

  • @huntermcclovio4517

    @huntermcclovio4517

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Yoo Wat nope you are wrong there. you have not live long enough to know the difference. i see you are very unexperience with politics and with the nature of man.

  • @stevecase6168

    @stevecase6168

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nailed it. Greed is at the core of almost all human suffering...

  • @ExhaustedElox
    @ExhaustedElox4 жыл бұрын

    Mike, you did survive for a reason: someone had to tell the story of what happened.

  • @Pauly421

    @Pauly421

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. But nothing to do with any phoney man upstairs

  • @mnomadvfx

    @mnomadvfx

    Жыл бұрын

    Plenty did and testified at the govmt investigation over the disaster.

  • @carsonsmith9914
    @carsonsmith99143 жыл бұрын

    Can we all just appreciate this as an excellent work of journalism

  • @tescheurich

    @tescheurich

    2 жыл бұрын

    The interviews about the disaster itself are good quality, but an awkward truth has come out since then... There's no real evidence of a problem with Atlantis. A court looked at it all pretty carefully, the judge threw it out, and the rig has operated normally and successfully for 12 years.

  • @Gonken88

    @Gonken88

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd appreciate your silence and lack of like fishing regarding a serious subject more. This isn't very excellent btw.

  • @mnomadvfx

    @mnomadvfx

    Жыл бұрын

    To a point. Who ever f**ked up the editing/audio mixing part way through should be fired - you can hear 2 sets of people talking at the same time and neither are fully legible because of it. Did they even watch this before rendering it out? FFS, lazy work.

  • @user-yi6nb9sj9i

    @user-yi6nb9sj9i

    2 ай бұрын

    🐂💩

  • @kelvin31272
    @kelvin312725 жыл бұрын

    "THERES RUBBER AAND OUR SAFETY THINGS ARE GONE!" Supervisor: ah its fine nothing will happen stop being a chicken

  • @rotyler2177

    @rotyler2177

    4 жыл бұрын

    Unusuals alot of workers on that rig now not only refuse to work on another rig but refuse to go out to sea altogether.

  • @ofrabjousday1
    @ofrabjousday13 жыл бұрын

    Almost 100 years later, this was the Titanic of the 2010's that happened for all the same reasons: speed, overconfidence in modern technology, trying to out-perform the competition and pure greed.

  • @marquissummers7230

    @marquissummers7230

    3 жыл бұрын

    And almost a decade later you have the MCAS system on those 737 Max 9 aircrafts. Corporate greed and arrogance.

  • @2kiona
    @2kiona2 жыл бұрын

    Dude, I'm so sorry you went through all that trauma and fear. Even though you've recovered physically, make sure you also recover emotionally. What you experienced can cause PTSD and no one should have to live with that.

  • @traviscoates6878

    @traviscoates6878

    10 ай бұрын

    Who are you talking to?

  • @TBullCajunbreadmaker
    @TBullCajunbreadmaker4 жыл бұрын

    One of the guys that died on that rig , I grew up with. May he rest in peace. I also worked in the oil patch for about 35 years and I have to say I wish I could still go to work doing what I use to do but I have been injured out there several times and can't pass the physical anymore. I guess I'm a little too old too.

  • @Lajosen

    @Lajosen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just started to work as an industry electrian this summer. Im thinking of applying for training/competence to work on a rig, would you recommend it?

  • @freddylong156

    @freddylong156

    4 жыл бұрын

    TBull Cajunbreadmaker damn man that sucks. Roughnecks rock

  • @TERoss-jk9ny

    @TERoss-jk9ny

    4 жыл бұрын

    I never worked off shore, but spent many years in the patch. My health gave out after 30 years of 80 hour weeks. I’d give anything to get back out there!!

  • @edtherockhound9944

    @edtherockhound9944

    4 жыл бұрын

    TBull Cajunbreadmaker it happens brother I just turned 50 and 2 hip replacements on the same side lol one got infected. . I wish I was in my 20’s again those where the days now I can’t walk without a limp and I used to be a athlete

  • @hackonefouryou

    @hackonefouryou

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@edtherockhound9944 Me too bro. Hips on both sides and now probably a knee. Same age too.

  • @freddylong156
    @freddylong1564 жыл бұрын

    Bp should never be allowed to drill ever again. All this was preventable

  • @samapple490

    @samapple490

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nuclear ftw!!!

  • @CJOlin

    @CJOlin

    4 ай бұрын

    For those who say no more drilling: Where do you think your gasoline, motor oil, tires and all those plastic thingies, including your phone and laptop, in your house come from? Answer: Deep drilled OIL WELLS!!!

  • @shelleybarnard5648
    @shelleybarnard56483 жыл бұрын

    As a resident of Biloxi, I can say that the Gulf is still ruined. It will be for a million life times.

  • @timgiglio9457

    @timgiglio9457

    3 жыл бұрын

    Seriously? Ten years later you still notice a difference?

  • @shelleybarnard5648

    @shelleybarnard5648

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@timgiglio9457 Yes. No salt in the water. No ocrSn smell. Flesh eating bacteria on the sand and in the water. Seafood unsafe to eat. Ocean looks like McDonalds tea. It looks like what 3 months of oil pumped into water looks like. It’s down to Texas and around to Florida.

  • @Pauly421

    @Pauly421

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shelleybarnard5648 Thats utterly horrific. The sheer amount of poison gushed into the ocean there is unfathomable.

  • @jheltz4

    @jheltz4

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shelleybarnard5648 sorry but this is completely untrue. I live on the Gulf Coast

  • @Gonken88

    @Gonken88

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jheltz4 She's probably a vegan or something. All that lack of iron and b12 has made her lose her senses.

  • @marcguidry5744
    @marcguidry57443 жыл бұрын

    I remember being at my doctors office, across the street from Terrebonne General Medical Center, when I heard the helicopters started coming into the hospital with the injured from the rig.

  • @kelleybutler9720

    @kelleybutler9720

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’ll never forget it either!! When I was about 12 years old, a Delta Airliner went down in North West Georgia in a severe thunderstorm ⛈ and I can remember all the emergency 🚨vehicles (police 🚔 ,fire trucks 🚒 and ambulances 🚑) going on and on for ever!!!! Being the mid to late 1970’s there wasn’t any of the technology we have now and it was a rural area back then as well, so they had to come from all the surrounding countries as well!!! It’s amazing how our brains 🧠compartmentalize certain memories according to how the experience made you feel emotionally!!! I didn’t go to the crash sight to help of course but I remember my Daddy, Uncles and Grandfathers being upset for awhile from dealing with the loss of life!!! Fortunately half of the passengers survived, but it was a horrible situation no matter what especially when a couple of children are in the wreckage!!!

  • @brandongarcia3478

    @brandongarcia3478

    3 жыл бұрын

    oh really i live in thibodaux,i guess they do have world class medicine close to home

  • @nilsp9426
    @nilsp94263 жыл бұрын

    It is heroic to relive these hardest moments of his life to tell the story, opening up so much.

  • @zingermike
    @zingermike4 жыл бұрын

    I was working at the BP Whiting refinery when this happened. The shortcuts they use to save money is mind blowing. BP talks a big game about safety, but reality is they only want to save money.

  • @Gonken88

    @Gonken88

    Жыл бұрын

    Question is if you're willing to make 15% less to have a more secure work environment...

  • @ninjajunior4422

    @ninjajunior4422

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@Gonken88yup profit before safety worked out really well didn't it?

  • @Gonken88

    @Gonken88

    10 ай бұрын

    @@ninjajunior4422 As you can see OP didn't reply = no.

  • @Copeewe
    @Copeewe4 жыл бұрын

    This is the type of person we should all strive to become.

  • @ladyyaya78
    @ladyyaya783 жыл бұрын

    Wow... I saw the movie and it was so emotional. Watching Michael speak again about it is very emotional as well. RIP to all those who lost their lives on that fateful day. Greed and corruption caused so much tragedy 😢

  • @CatLover-23

    @CatLover-23

    9 ай бұрын

    It was Emotional for me as well... Even Alot of Low Vibrational Comments were peeving me off...

  • @ladyyaya78

    @ladyyaya78

    9 ай бұрын

    @@CatLover-23 Same here. We're 2 peas in a pod, my fellow cat lover ❤️ 🐈 😻 🐈‍⬛️ 😺 I have two felines.

  • @CatLover-23

    @CatLover-23

    9 ай бұрын

    @@ladyyaya78 👍🐈👍

  • @kohimakahil3135
    @kohimakahil31353 жыл бұрын

    I really admire his clear mind.

  • @SweetBlackSistah
    @SweetBlackSistah3 жыл бұрын

    I wanna hug him. Terrifying experience. 😢

  • @joe18425
    @joe184254 жыл бұрын

    Same reason we got Chernobyl, executive chest beating.

  • @gabrielpontual9290

    @gabrielpontual9290

    4 жыл бұрын

    and Challenger...

  • @firefighter343
    @firefighter3434 жыл бұрын

    “I.......get......sick” .... well said sir. “Oil well” said. It breaks my heart to hear him say those words

  • @1cheshire
    @1cheshire3 жыл бұрын

    Having worked for BP many years ago they had a very high safety standard I use to joke that you'd have earplugs so you couldn't hear anything, safety glasses that would be covered in crude so you couldn't see anything and you couldn't do any work with out permits loads of permits so the fireproof overalls had every pocket stuffed with paper 😂

  • @BostonsF1nest

    @BostonsF1nest

    6 ай бұрын

    They turned into a different company after John Brown took over as CEO. In the 90’s they purchased multiple other oil companies and expanded their operations which lead to a total neglect of safety regulations. They had 3 major accidents occur within 5 years: Texas City plant explosion in 2005 that killed 15 ppl, 2006 Alaskan oil spill, and 2010 Deepwater.

  • @ivonnegarcia1127
    @ivonnegarcia11274 жыл бұрын

    Wow, the movie is right on! Didnt know it was this accurate.

  • @citizenerased7746
    @citizenerased77463 жыл бұрын

    This is part of the reason why I never fill up at BP or it’s affiliates

  • @paulatwood9794
    @paulatwood97945 жыл бұрын

    It's all about the money.

  • @paulatwood9794

    @paulatwood9794

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Marissa Gomez-Davis no, I am not I'm an American

  • @jamessparks5966

    @jamessparks5966

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's what capitalism is all about.

  • @donbrashsux

    @donbrashsux

    4 жыл бұрын

    And always will be ..Greed

  • @barryshulman8316
    @barryshulman83165 жыл бұрын

    God bless you Mike Williams for your wife and your daughter. Sincerely mr Barry shulman.

  • @lisamurphy5770
    @lisamurphy57704 жыл бұрын

    I love you Mike Williams! I’m so glad for you and your family that God wanted you to be here on earth. You have and will do exceptional things to bring to us. Blessings on you Sir!

  • @SarahBerah120
    @SarahBerah1203 жыл бұрын

    This is heartbreaking... All of the warning signs were thrown into the BP managers face! All of those people lost their lives just because a multi billion dollar company wanted to save a buck....

  • @MrEric2cu
    @MrEric2cu4 ай бұрын

    This man is a true hero. The fear must have been uncharted. He's lost the use of a arm and a leg, and is nearly blind from a gash to his forehead. I can tell you in that moment, the last thing I'd say is,"no, I've got responsibilities.'

  • @helbertasprilla
    @helbertasprilla5 жыл бұрын

    BP destroys the environment should be the headline of this story.

  • @unleash07

    @unleash07

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@theegyptianconqueror7100 you're absolutely right!!

  • @relyenterprisestx

    @relyenterprisestx

    3 жыл бұрын

    BP murders employees and no one cares should be the headline. But let’s go arrest some more people who didn’t pay their traffic tickets.

  • @coolcat6303

    @coolcat6303

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Egyptian Conqueror It’s about both the environmental destruction and the human lives lost.

  • @mattybean3194

    @mattybean3194

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mike Williams.. An ordinary name, an ordinary man, capable of extraordinary things.. God bless you and your family..

  • @oxide9679

    @oxide9679

    3 жыл бұрын

    Human loss is far more tragic than a massive oil spill. Oil spills can be cleaned up, animals will repopulate, but human lives cannot be replaced.

  • @KevMac58
    @KevMac584 жыл бұрын

    Your a good man Mike love you thanks for all of your help there...Take care of yourself....

  • @miniworxx2016
    @miniworxx20163 жыл бұрын

    Mike Williams is a genuine guy, god bless him

  • @jonathanloredo7979
    @jonathanloredo79793 жыл бұрын

    I love what I do when I’m offshore but we do take a risk when we are out there.

  • @Lawperson97

    @Lawperson97

    3 жыл бұрын

    And for an industry that only works for their own greed...

  • @WVgirl1959
    @WVgirl1959 Жыл бұрын

    "When the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank, 11 workers lost their lives. 17 others were injured. In total, there were 126 crew members on the rig at the time of the explosion. 94 of the workers who survived were taken by lifeboat and 17 were evacuated by helicopter."

  • @DavidElstob73
    @DavidElstob733 жыл бұрын

    7 years without an accident gave them false confidence.

  • @l.tallmadge6536
    @l.tallmadge65363 жыл бұрын

    What a crime to call this a spill. Sick

  • @theresechristiansen9769
    @theresechristiansen97692 жыл бұрын

    "mad at the doors that should protect me." You bet. Equipment that protects people is viewed cheaply by those paying the bills. Even with oversight. What a humble, soft spoken gentleman is Mike Williams.

  • @mkay1957

    @mkay1957

    Жыл бұрын

    I have installed doors similar to that when I was young. They are very strong. But the over pressure from an explosion in a confined space can measure hundreds of pounds per square inch. There is little that can withstand that.

  • @2345allthebest
    @2345allthebest3 жыл бұрын

    The Peter Berg film on this is major-underrated...

  • @thedbcooperforum
    @thedbcooperforum5 жыл бұрын

    Challenger, seal will fail in the temps...go ahead and takeoff.... Deep Horizon, damaged seal...no problem. work double time!!!!

  • @thedbcooperforum

    @thedbcooperforum

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Aditi Gopikrishna money and stupidity seem to be the issue at hand.....

  • @lolbr3720

    @lolbr3720

    4 жыл бұрын

    TheDBCooperforum, You are correct. I'm an old ruffneck & that's exactly how it work's...

  • @lyncressler2608

    @lyncressler2608

    3 жыл бұрын

    Omfg ... so right ... ugh

  • @tylersullivan643
    @tylersullivan6433 жыл бұрын

    I. Get. Sick. That sums up this whole situation and BP not taking responsibility smh

  • @johndaley9594
    @johndaley95944 жыл бұрын

    how come company executives never go to jail>?

  • @BodyRibbonz

    @BodyRibbonz

    4 жыл бұрын

    $$$$

  • @christomes2217

    @christomes2217

    3 жыл бұрын

    They hide behind their Corporations and LLCs

  • @veritasdel3649
    @veritasdel36496 күн бұрын

    As a Floridian I haven't shopped or purchased gas from a bp since the incident. The multiple bps in my town dwindled down to zero within a cpl years.

  • @sappermade6012
    @sappermade60123 жыл бұрын

    When he said 90-100 feet my body shivered

  • @ShainAndrews
    @ShainAndrews3 жыл бұрын

    8:11 Two simultaneous audio tracks.

  • @LadyOaksNZ
    @LadyOaksNZ2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing that I didn't hear about the 11 men who died. Until I watched the movie yesterday. NZ here. My family has stopped using BP.

  • @schnarre0
    @schnarre03 жыл бұрын

    ...I still remember this. A friend of mine was working for ADEM at the time, & was one of many overwhelmed by the cleanup efforts. ...Once again, 'Greed over Safety' results in countless numbers paying the price.

  • @roymiller5847
    @roymiller58474 жыл бұрын

    BP's moto: "No Lost Time"

  • @rachelarmstrong9483
    @rachelarmstrong94835 жыл бұрын

    Why does it not surprise me that the commercial that played before the video was an ad for bp

  • @AnniThing24
    @AnniThing243 жыл бұрын

    Coming from a lifetime of a husband who’s whole life was oilfield. The movie was spot on. If you pay attention. Both sides, parties, did they very best that they could without realizing what the actual problem was.

  • @suehowie152

    @suehowie152

    2 жыл бұрын

    There were pieces of rubber bits being dredged up on to the deck..They knew..

  • @187mrsmith
    @187mrsmith3 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes trying to take shortcuts to get home you end up taking the long way home an dealing with a bunch of problems! So all that time you were trying to save you really ended up costing yourself time!

  • @yves3560
    @yves35604 жыл бұрын

    The ONLY language bp and co understand is money. So fine them much, much harder : Then they will do all the neccesary to prevent these disasters for sure.

  • @edwiser3547
    @edwiser35473 жыл бұрын

    Good film. Good comments.

  • @mikewilliams7985
    @mikewilliams79854 жыл бұрын

    When it comes to the lives of the common man or the greed of a corporation, the corporation always wins.

  • @mysticalpineapple7263

    @mysticalpineapple7263

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mike Williams yes 100%

  • @ThnCampr

    @ThnCampr

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Yoo Wat True but to them he is just a lower class man

  • @erickcastillon6370
    @erickcastillon63703 жыл бұрын

    Keep in mind that a US Circuit Court dismissed the lawsuit against BP Atlantis because it was "paperwork wrinkle" problem

  • @kylelovelace272
    @kylelovelace2724 жыл бұрын

    What happened to that guy's voice in New Orleans that he never recovered from?!

  • @kelleybutler9720

    @kelleybutler9720

    2 жыл бұрын

    He became sick with the flu and developed strep throat and he went to the Doctor and was treated but he couldn’t rest because he had to much to do plus spending so much time in cold water his life was saved but the damage to his vocal cords will never heal!!!! He’s a great man with tremendous intelligence and vast knowledge and I’m grateful he’s still teaching because he doesn’t like engineers to ever cut corners for any reason!!!! It’s the corporations and the shareholders greed that always causes these disasters and they have to live on this planet with everyone else, yet they only think about their “wallets” they don’t even care or worry how it could affect their own grandchildren or great-grandchildren lives in the future!!!!!

  • @NicholasWingComposer
    @NicholasWingComposer3 жыл бұрын

    Also, would it be beneficial to consider engineering two, three or even half a dozen or more backup annular blowout preventers in future drilling infrastructure to statistically mitigate the chance of annular failure contributing to such a disaster? Logically, if one gasket were to fail, the inactive blowout preventer rubber gaskets could then engage one by one, in a series of individual pressure initiated stacked blowout preventers, if there were successive failures. Thus, the worksite could continue regular operations without decreasing safety. Its a low material cost rubber gasket, correct? Perhaps each gasket could be at regular operating specifications, while the last annular in a series of 12 could be the most robust, akin to an emergency brake to prevent a pressure blowout over any operating efficiency considerations recognizing that the others would have already had to have failed for the last to be engaged. The last annular might be many times larger in size while also intentionally decreasing the efficiency of any continued operations by design like a governor in order to incentivize the immediate servicing of the BOP, as it would be the omega line of protection. Further, this obvious now, but perhaps an automatic emergency disabling of the manual use of the joystick during pressure testing could have prevented damage to the annular? Was the employee in charge of the joystick drug & alcohol tested, as well as polygraph tested? Would it also be wise to enact new policies and procedures for shutting down the engine, onboard systems which could ignite a gas cloud and unnecessary electrical systems in the event of such combustible gas dispersals? Could standoff distance hyperspectral imaging, Raman gas identification and chemical sensing equipment also be required capabilities on all current and future rigs and other oil & gas infrastructure? Perhaps an automatic engine and critical system shutdown would be wise to consider following a standoff distance chemical detection of combustible gas in the engine room, rig or worksite, requiring a captain's override.

  • @icuryy5826

    @icuryy5826

    3 жыл бұрын

    You got a little long winded there, don't you think?

  • @user-fi5hc9um6q
    @user-fi5hc9um6q7 ай бұрын

    Im amazed at how the rigg could carry the absolute immensely huge balls this man has, all creds to him, a real captain.

  • @videosuperhighway7655
    @videosuperhighway76554 жыл бұрын

    Measure twice cut once. A bunch of suits in some remote location telling people to rush a job which ended up costing them so much more. All they had to do is be patient and let people do their work safely.

  • @DistractedDaisy
    @DistractedDaisy4 жыл бұрын

    Omgosh what a harrowing experience.

  • @cami-loo108
    @cami-loo1084 жыл бұрын

    Dear God I'm so over the greed of these corporations

  • @garybowler5946
    @garybowler59469 ай бұрын

    I was a diesel mechanic and one of the jobs I did was to install engine shut down devices on trucks going to the oil fields. The engine will run on the gas in the air and the rpm runs up until the engine comes apart. The cure is a shut down plate over the air intake that activates when gas is detected or when rpm exceeds a set limit. Why did a drill rig not have this device?

  • @jasonx-ray3921
    @jasonx-ray392110 ай бұрын

    Remember that nobody from BP ever went to jail. Nobody. It's only a matter of time before BP does this again.

  • @ericlakota1847
    @ericlakota1847 Жыл бұрын

    This man blew all the whistles

  • @natashagreen6860
    @natashagreen68602 жыл бұрын

    The real f@$ked thing is there are god knows how many fires and how many deaths on rigs that aren’t reported on the news… my husband used to work on rigs and I can’t even remember how many injuries or deaths he witnessed let alone rig fires. Show respect for these brave people who do what not many of us can do. May all those lost RIP

  • @jameswasmund3855
    @jameswasmund38558 ай бұрын

    What an AMAZING MAN, A REAL MAN! GOD BLESS YOU MIKE WILLIAMS!

  • @stephenjacks8196
    @stephenjacks81963 жыл бұрын

    The bottom of the Gulf is covered with "methane hydrate" which decomposes at 4C. They poured warm concrete on that.

  • @K.E.U.
    @K.E.U.3 жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised the dude remembers it clearly

  • @mystictk4149

    @mystictk4149

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean that something you can’t forget.

  • @icuryy5826

    @icuryy5826

    3 жыл бұрын

    No doubt....

  • @K.E.U.

    @K.E.U.

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mystic TK I mean most people forget it they end up blacking out in the middle of it

  • @BaconBeast11

    @BaconBeast11

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@K.E.U. what are you a doctor?

  • @K.E.U.

    @K.E.U.

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BaconBeast11 naa but in high stress situations they get so pumped with Adrenaline that they go into survival mode and they black out

  • @Vector_Ze
    @Vector_Ze6 ай бұрын

    It would be helpful if the original air date was noted, either on the video or in the description.

  • @infiniteuniverse123
    @infiniteuniverse1233 жыл бұрын

    Not many stories more intense than that

  • @a.2wavyholland503
    @a.2wavyholland5033 жыл бұрын

    In my trade school my teacher use to say big company's cut safety corners because of greed. This is a prime example of wat he was talking about. In the movie the BP guy showed that by saying " no that's why we a 186 billion dollar company"

  • @jeremywinston7199
    @jeremywinston71995 жыл бұрын

    What a brave man!!

  • @huskiililsknow8857
    @huskiililsknow88575 жыл бұрын

    The door came off its hinges, impacts me and sends me to the other side of the room? Really? Sounds like the movie.

  • @Syclone0044

    @Syclone0044

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why, you'd almost think it's like the movie somehow had knowledge of this man's mind... as if they had perhaps, somehow communicated with him; an exchange of information, before they created the film.... Very suspicious.. 😁

  • @confusedbadger6275

    @confusedbadger6275

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are you serious ?

  • @lilia2may

    @lilia2may

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cause it was based off a real life event?? You think some similarities would be there!!

  • @Lisa1111
    @Lisa1111 Жыл бұрын

    So very very heartbreaking for the workers! I'm glad however, that BP lost billions. Not that they don't claw their way back! This was 12 years ago now!

  • @StasherDragon
    @StasherDragon3 жыл бұрын

    I remembered when this episode aired

  • @Adrian-zd4cs
    @Adrian-zd4cs3 жыл бұрын

    Gosh... This is hard to watch, as a nurse with trauma experience... The scars on his forehead between his eyes on the bridge of his nose are still healing... Kudos to 60 minutes interviers being top notch as always Edit: I feel kind of stupid now cuz I made this comment immediately before he described his head wounds lol

  • @bobbypaluga4346
    @bobbypaluga43465 жыл бұрын

    Every time the 1950’s era pipelines leak crude oil, whether it be under the Yellowstone River in Wyoming or in the bay and the beaches near Santa Barbara; people will be charged up but eventually they loose their enthusiasm. I think the fines should be in line with the damages. so oil companies then have a reason to replace the leaking old pipes as well as the valves that shutdown the c

  • @jamesdick2580
    @jamesdick25803 жыл бұрын

    no doubt that BP doesnt like the fact that these guys survived and are telling what really happened. no doubts they were getting ready to tell a story saying that the workers were incompetant.

  • @BostonsF1nest

    @BostonsF1nest

    6 ай бұрын

    No. They had a history of things like this happening. Ppl know. Their former CEOs testified about it. In 2005 their Texas City plant exploded and killed 15 ppl.

  • @James-bs8bd
    @James-bs8bd Жыл бұрын

    Getting mad at the doors because you don’t know what else to be mad at and your hurting and just wanting to survive. Damn

  • @nunyabizness7259
    @nunyabizness72592 жыл бұрын

    God bless you Mike

  • @lc6124
    @lc61244 жыл бұрын

    After this occured, I personally boycotted BP and all its products. The fact that they got away with this was an absolute disgust.

  • @tommym321

    @tommym321

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lloyd Cutler I read somewhere that this only hurts the ordinary people who own the BP franchise gas stations- you aren’t impacting BP the corporation. It was an article critical of BP and lamenting the fact that boycotting the gas stations hurts the wrong people

  • @Aw-ns1qx

    @Aw-ns1qx

    11 ай бұрын

    I still won't buy BP.

  • @Aw-ns1qx

    @Aw-ns1qx

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@tommym321It may hurt them, but if everyone boycotts, it will harm BP itself. My heart breaks for those who lost their business, but more so those who lost their lives. Which is more precious?

  • @tommym321

    @tommym321

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Aw-ns1qx Your rhetorical question makes no sense in this context. No, it won’t hurt BP at all. BP is not selling directly to the consumer. You are talking about punishing people who had absolutely nothing to do with this tragedy. You’ll damage the livelihood of hard working people while doing NOTHING to affect the people who were responsible. That’s pure stupidity.

  • @traviscoates6878

    @traviscoates6878

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Aw-ns1qxDo you drive a car? Do you heat your home? Do you use petroleum products in any form? Then you haven’t boycotted British Petroleum

  • @lovethedogsNC
    @lovethedogsNC5 ай бұрын

    That man ... WOW!! F'ing ROCK STAR!!!!!!

  • @bradgrier4228
    @bradgrier4228Ай бұрын

    The guy being interviewed is sharp!

  • @zingermike
    @zingermike4 жыл бұрын

    Criminal recklessness by BP

  • @845835

    @845835

    4 жыл бұрын

    They paid for all criminal charges to be gone. No one went to jail.

  • @zingermike

    @zingermike

    4 жыл бұрын

    845835ab yeah I never said anyone did. A few should have thou. I was working at one of the BP refineries when it happened. They cover up just about everything they do, even at refineries.

  • @WillieBickham-bg8ww
    @WillieBickham-bg8ww9 ай бұрын

    I never finished school but I know that when a piece of rubber breaks just like the gasket on the space shuttle just like the tires on my car u put on new tires and replace broke down rubber

  • @fanningconstruction2050
    @fanningconstruction20502 жыл бұрын

    The will to survive is very strong.

  • @BethelAbba
    @BethelAbba2 жыл бұрын

    The movie they made for this --- I remember seeing it in the theater. I'm normally rather chatty, an extrovert by nature, and love to discuss the movies we see with my wife. After this movie, we both walked away speechless. Utterly drained. The last 20 minutes was so shocking that it took me days before I could be my normal self. I grieve for those 11 men who were lost.... and celebrate those that survived.... but the sheer and utter tragedy of this event lives on well beyond those tense few months of them trying to seal the well. The fishing economy of the gulf states may never be the same and I honestly wish BP would be held accountable for their actions. If we all could merely boycott BP for a day... a week.... hit them where it hurts them most, in their pocketbooks... then maybe there might, in the future, be far less tragedies like this.

  • @talesofthemacabre4752
    @talesofthemacabre47522 жыл бұрын

    Deepest drill and worst drill accident. That tells ya something. Halliburton. Cheney.

  • @cuddlesandFur1980
    @cuddlesandFur19802 жыл бұрын

    Omg what a story 😥