An investigation by FRONTLINE and ProPublica into how the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion within the Gulf of Mexico was preceded by numerous security violations. Might the spill have been prevented? (Aired 2010)
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Lengthy earlier than the Deepwater Horizon explosion within the Gulf, BP was extensively seen as an organization that valued deal-making and savvy advertising and marketing over security, a “serial environmental legal” that left behind a protracted path of issues — lethal accidents, disastrous spills, numerous security violations — which many now consider ought to have triggered motion by federal regulators.
Every time, BP acknowledged the broader flaws in its tradition and promised to do higher. However from the refineries to the oil fields to the Gulf of Mexico, BP employees understood that income got here first.
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CHAPTERS:
Prologue – 00:00
Beneath a Ball of Hearth – 00:59
On The Hustle – 10:06
Retaining Silent – 15:17
Catastrophe in Alaska – 23:33
Deeper Water, Greater Dangers – 33:05
“The Effectively From Hell” – 46:04
Credit – 51:38
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Lengthy earlier than the Deepwater Horizon explosion within the Gulf, BP was extensively seen as an organization that valued deal-making and savvy advertising and marketing over security, a “serial environmental legal” that left behind a protracted path of issues — lethal accidents, disastrous spills, numerous security violations — which many now consider ought to have triggered motion by federal regulators.
Every time, BP acknowledged the broader flaws in its tradition and promised to do higher. However from the refineries to the oil fields to the Gulf of Mexico, BP employees understood that income got here first.
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#Documentary #TheSpill #DeepwaterHorizon
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/frontlinepbs
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Funding for FRONTLINE is offered by the help of PBS viewers and by the Company for Public Broadcasting. Further funding is offered by the Abrams Basis; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Basis; Park Basis; the Heising-Simons Basis; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with main help from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Basis, and extra help from Koo and Patricia Yuen.
CHAPTERS:
Prologue – 00:00
Beneath a Ball of Hearth – 00:59
On The Hustle – 10:06
Retaining Silent – 15:17
Catastrophe in Alaska – 23:33
Deeper Water, Greater Dangers – 33:05
“The Effectively From Hell” – 46:04
Credit – 51:38